Amy and Amanda Play Paintball

When my sister Lisa was visiting with her kids, Chris had to go work at a paintball field for the day. We asked Amy and Amanda if they wanted to go play paintball, and they said that would be Awesome!Here they are making their...

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Working at the Carwash

Now that we own a car, it needs to be washed occasionally. Chris decided to pull out the hose and buckets and wash everyone’s cars, not just ours. The kids thought this looked like great fun, so we had them help out.Oliver...

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San Diego Space Museum

Grandma and Grandpa took us to the San Diego Space Museum. I haven’t been there since I was a kid, but I remember it being really fun and it is pretty close to their house. We had lunch outside when we first got there...

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Big Cousin Birthday Party!

While visiting Grandma and Grandpa, we had a big birthday bash for Elora and Oliver and their cousins Amy and Amanda, whose birthdays are all within a month of each other. It was fun to have the cousins together and to eat a lot...

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Amy’s Wedding

So this random girl we met many years ago turned out to be my (Chris’) long lost cousin. Who knew we had family on the east coast? Not me! Well, now she was getting married and we were thrilled to attend the rehearsal and...

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Elora’s Early Birthday Party

Just before we left Arizona, Nana wanted to give Elora a little party for her birthday, even though she isn’t technically five yet…So we made some cupcakes (which Oliver enjoyed eating the batter more than helping...

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Teddy Parties!

Elora likes celebrating Dirty Teddy’s birthday. We celebrate at least twice a month. She got a new book called Fancy Nancy Tea Parties which had all sorts of cute ideas for having a fancy tea party and Elora was so excited...

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A Day at Canyon Lake

My brother David has a boat, so he took us all out to Canyon Lake here in Arizona. When we were kids, we had a boat and we would go waterskiing all summer long. Funny fact of the day – Arizona is land locked but has the...

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Pup is Up

The kids’ birthdays are only a month apart, so their big birthday present this year was a puppy! Chris and I went shopping at Walmart one night and saw some people in a truck selling puppies. We went to check it out and saw...

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