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April. Liza and Maddie; Mom and Erin preparing for class; Mom with her new super stove ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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Baby class reunion. Bloomsday: waiting for the race to start ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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More bloomsday ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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Proud race finishers--official time: 3:28; At Katy and Carlos' ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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Z and his comrades checking out the USS Abe Lincoln ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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Andy and Serena were in town. We ate; we walked; we hung out. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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Dad started with the idea of adding a room... kinda like I started with the idea of building a little shed. This cactus blooms for just one day of the year. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
The Ring
Jamie and Johanna's housewarming party was last week. We had a great time, with lots of folks in town to celebrate. Unfortunately, we didn't take too many digital pics... so we'll just have to fill this space with more pictures of Maddie.
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| Cute bambina. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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First off, congratulations to three members of the Speare, Mattana, Jamison, Mueller, Zyskowski family. Char had a glowing write up in the Spokesman Review on March 20th--go mom! And Sarah and Katie Mueller had victorious volleyball matches. They're going on to nationals in Atlanta this June--yay girls!
Maddie is loving her new jogging stroller--lots of walks. And she's unphased by "tummy time," the more, the merrier. She's also rolling over. Such a precocious 3 month old!
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| Cute bambina. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Andy and Serena were here this weekend. They came to celebrate Serena's 25th birthday, and brought along some of her wonderful family to share in the festivites: Annya, Russel and her cute little niece, Ainsley. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Dad and Maddie. The shed. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| More shed. Note the heavy use of hardware. Sarah and Don chillin with the kid. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Sweats day at the Duvall mansion. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Nonno and Maddie. Maddie, Grandma Z, and Great-Granny G. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Nonna and Grandma Z. Happy kid. Grandma and Madeline. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Hanging with Uncle Carlos and Aunt Katie. Maddie meets the extended-extended family: The Winters and the Sandborns. Maddie and Nonna playing. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Liza and Maddie loitering on 3rd and Cherry. The first crocus of the season. Liza eating the cut cheese. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Happy kid (no doubt happy due to the wisdom her parents have gleaned from Parenting magazine). Hungry kid. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
John has been off for the last couple weeks on parental leave. There's 3 more weeks to go!! Yay. We're getting lots done.
Check out the wood cook stove.
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| We're building a shed for Liza. It's coming together bit by bit. Building something like this if you don't know what your doing is pretty easy if you take the same approach as wrapping presents, but instead of using lots of tape; use lots of wood, lots of screws and lots of metal braces. I've discovered the metal braces. With these little life savers all you have to do is approximate your cuts and bind it all together. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| The shed is almost finished. Just need to cover up the blemishes with some trim and put some shelves in it. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Pizza night with Uncle Urb. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Liza and Maddie. Maddie crying. The family at Jamie and Johanna's new pad. The first family dinner at the new house, in honor of Katie's 13th Birthday. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Katie blowing out her candles in her birthday pie (which ruled: Gina). The kid crashing on Christopher's bed. Maddie and Aunt Jo. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Proud home owners. Proud toothbrush owner. (nice bathroom) ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| A picture of the kitchen and a couple gratuitous pictures of Maddie. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Another gratuitous picture of Maddie. We're building a shed for the back yard. This is the floor. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Here's Lila meeting Maddie; and Vicki and Tyler meeting Maddie. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| The First Annual White Trash Party. Baking bread in the new wood stove. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Aunt Betsy rolling around with Maddie ---------------------------- |
They said it couldn't be done: Grampa doing two things at once. Holding the kid and on the phone. ---------------------------- |
Asleep. ---------------------------- |
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| Liza and I took off and left the kid with the Grandparents. This is what happened while we were out. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Chillin. Check out Elmer. ---------------------------- |
Christmas morning, opening Madeline's presents. ---------------------------- |
I've fallen and I can't get up. ---------------------------- |
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| On Dec 28th, there was a huge windstorm that knocked power out for about 9 hours. We had planned to make a roast for dinner and some enchiladas and tamales for the following day. One would think that with the power out, our plan would be foiled. Not so! We set up a kitchen in the garage with the propane burners, and roasted the beef on the weber. The roast was awesome. The tamales and enchiladas turned out great and we had a great time. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- | ||
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| Grampa Z, babysitting. ---------------------------- |
Liza and Madeline: ready for the morning stroll ---------------------------- |
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