Monthly Archives: June 2009

Still in Texas

Leaving late tonight.
I have a lot of pictures to go through but here are a few more

Our beach pet

What dinner looks like, minus two of the grandkids

Grandma Lu holding her new great grandchild

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Tie Dye

Annual Cousin Camp tradition- the making of the tie-dyes.

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beach pics

Some of the cousins

Blake headed out

Emma and Grace

Aunt Julie and Eva

Aunt Julie and Alex

Andy and Cole

Andy

Max and Blake

Cole
I just realized when I was going through the pics that I am not in any of them. And after thinking it through, I realized this is probably...

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Tired

It’s been a crazy week. Never a good idea to start a vacation off on 3 hours of sleep, but I never dreamed that it could be the most I got each night. I actually have no idea how much I am getting each night. It is a bit of a blur....

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Beach

I am having the hardest time updating the blog because there are 9 kids here and only 3 laptops. Unless I sneak in while they are all at the beach, it is hard to find an open computer. Plus the connection is slow and I can’t get any photos uploaded.
So…
Blake and Andy made...

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A Rocky Start

Saturday night was crazy. Up until 1am with a boy freaking about our 6am flight and another boy that couldn’t stop coughing.
Got them to sleep at 1am, and then up at 4 to the airport. Things were running smoothly until Blake gets to the entrance of the plane and pukes. The pilot...

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4am wake-up call

So the rest of the family is already there, enjoying day one on the beach. Austin didn’t want to travel on his birthday so we are leaving tomorrow- bright and early!
I have been trying to pack for our family of 6 while Andy runs all kinds of errands, all the while dealing with two...

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Happy Birthday Austin!

As part of Austin’s birthday present I took his two pesky brothers down to the farm so that he could have his big sleepover without them bugging
I had to go anyway because the dogs stay here while we go to the beach. Plus it’s not like they don’t have fun….

We took a...

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Huh, that’s interesting

Ever find yourself quoted online? I just did.
And I must say I cracked up when I read the author say
That makes me so sad: “School meant getting down to business, play time was over.” That wasn’t my own experience in the 1980s, but then again I was fortunate to be in gifted classrooms where...

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Mini Q and A

A few questions that have come in lately I thought I would just cover in a post.
1. What kind of camera do you use?
I get this one a lot, and I mention it every now and then. I use a Canon 40d. With a handful of different lenses. I don’t have...

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