tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16245889583632347242024-03-05T17:15:36.641-08:00Keep Moving ForwardAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-68008028033718013492017-05-08T22:06:00.003-07:002017-05-08T22:06:38.116-07:00Having fun with photos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My girls love taking photos (yes I include my wife in that mix)! And boy we have been taking a lot of pictures as of late.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you have a beautiful mountain in your backyard, there are a lot of opportunities. The funny thing is that we used to this a lot more. I mean go into the Open Spaces nearby after I got home from work. We would hike, then run the hills. It was so relaxing and was really helpful in reducing anxiety.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDaL383hc-fv70PPXfk-9FRj1kCF7f0wK1vAT5Bub_ymrjncj9pZpQKQvEiEJy5ZYd6XQFbmnVyp5xpjpiXev655WAsmgqwPmV8Uvno0jE2fOlJS6c4Kx_2Wt62w5mt5P4F0HDuubuhz5/s1600/IMG_20170507_195033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDaL383hc-fv70PPXfk-9FRj1kCF7f0wK1vAT5Bub_ymrjncj9pZpQKQvEiEJy5ZYd6XQFbmnVyp5xpjpiXev655WAsmgqwPmV8Uvno0jE2fOlJS6c4Kx_2Wt62w5mt5P4F0HDuubuhz5/s320/IMG_20170507_195033.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, last Thursday, we incorporated our family worship night as hike in the mountains. Family Worship night for our family, as Jehovah's Witnesses, means that we look at ways to strengthen our relationship with our heavenly father Jehovah. We have done everything from bible plays, to building a miniature Noah's ark, watching videos on <a href="https://tv.jw.org/">JW Broadcasting</a>, etc. The key here though is to find something that the whole family can enjoy. To be honest, my wife is better at coming up with the ideas for family worship; however, I wanted to figure how we could incorporate a hike into the mix.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Basically our hike was out of Mitchell Canyon and our goal was to find as many examples of Jehovah's for key attributes: Wisdom, Power, Justice, and Love.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnhV0GIKLHeX6aGEkoDy7rRz7TNPydyzvHn_9nNPn3Ce6JDejFTkcyX0N9U3YBhXy_LEAeFmcwMmYijtE21ieqqR3Ubse5Xj3B_DSO191C6-86pNvfoZXkHVqTniHoguuan36Ue7nYHxF/s1600/IMG_20170507_212427_395.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnhV0GIKLHeX6aGEkoDy7rRz7TNPydyzvHn_9nNPn3Ce6JDejFTkcyX0N9U3YBhXy_LEAeFmcwMmYijtE21ieqqR3Ubse5Xj3B_DSO191C6-86pNvfoZXkHVqTniHoguuan36Ue7nYHxF/s320/IMG_20170507_212427_395.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is pretty easy to find example of three out of the four; however, it was kind of a stretch for Justice. Let's just say, I figured that poison oak and woodpeckers were examples of those.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Sunday, we went back on the mountain. It's been beautiful around here and with a full moon, plenty of picture opportunities. Included below are a few of these. By far, I love spending time on the mountain with my family.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-59594061672315919682017-04-29T18:07:00.001-07:002017-04-29T18:07:45.517-07:00Hello....Is there Anyone Out There?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRI9b8GsoaGRQlwTgHPQDr9uhP3kSPkexHGHzRXyFZrYwACKi4b-c4G4OSvLbLiLxwtIMFV5woH6PIL0Bm0mdlo75qTbkLk3FynNmXIFvcKCBF9WhmFBOx1wW9vamUTOhSmgyLiGPrkpH6/s1600/IMG_20170429_142907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRI9b8GsoaGRQlwTgHPQDr9uhP3kSPkexHGHzRXyFZrYwACKi4b-c4G4OSvLbLiLxwtIMFV5woH6PIL0Bm0mdlo75qTbkLk3FynNmXIFvcKCBF9WhmFBOx1wW9vamUTOhSmgyLiGPrkpH6/s320/IMG_20170429_142907.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay....running three blogs and then getting busy with life means that you let all three blogs to suffer. Yes there has been a lot going on. But I will promise to work on updating this one too. This one is dedicated to the family. So I will feature what has been going on with them more often going forward as well as any trips that occur.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My other blog is more dedicated to running and trail pictures. That said, I will showcase some of these pictures here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess photography runs in the family. Our daughter Emma has just started her blog which focuses on her favorite hobby. It is titled <a href="http://wanderthroughthelense.blogspot.com/">Wander Through the Lense</a>. You will find all of her photography there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyways, I will probably use this more as a photo-log.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Setting up for the perfect picture</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emma Setting up for Snow on Mt. Diablo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Myles and a friend making and trying out there boats</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-57134042536911240992015-11-28T20:32:00.000-08:002015-11-28T20:32:13.384-08:00When you realize that it has been over a year!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well you can really say that I have neglected this blog for a while now. Not that there wasn't stuff to post, quite the opposite. The kids continue to grow, I am back at AAA (where I over four years ago), and have been swamped.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We rediscovered our love of day trips and visiting places we have never seen, like the gold mining town of Columbia....</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also did our annual Shasta Lake camping trip which included a ride on a Patio boat up Squaw Creek.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This meant, due to the drought of course, dodging the snags at the mouth of the creek, but there was plenty of water to have fun and relax.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Speaking of bike riding.....Emma and I learned the fun of mountain biking. I have only run one race this year, a 10K, and greatly cut back on my running and bike riding. However, this has meant that the times I do I get to have a lot of fun with my family!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We finally, after four years, made it back to Disneyland!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We decided that we take advantage of "California Pricing and Payment Options" to get annual passes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was a goal all year for me. 30 years ago, my parents and sisters and I made the trip down to Disneyland, visited Magic Mountain and Universal. I was a sophomore in high school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well to come back 30 years later with our family, with our youngest in 3rd grade, well, it was pretty wild to think about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Yeah, I did say I ran one run this year, the 10K. However, I would be remiss to also acknowledge the "Color Run" we did as a family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Running along the Embaradero, AT&T park, and having people throw color corn starch at you was fun and after our first big rain of the year made for a really fun and beautiful morning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which brings you up to this past week. We have been busy with hikes, bowling, ice skating, seeing the movie "The Good Dinosaur," and just plain relaxing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So no promises, and basically this might have been a one shot deal, but that basically catches you up on the going-ons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, one last thing, I have discovered Periscope and Instagram. I do post on those more frequently so to keep up, you can find us there also.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0t2zdaatgu5i_1aMJHvFTDlY8z0HL8KJDBenUB966tV0owSX5AI8fKQ5XOwKwLSzoNuJNlYCzWyrmARmIiM8aCWDnqsP4mJHEalColDtxigyR0hN0LiXkdQmazZ7bDGpHq_zBGJrhPA_I/s1600/IMG_20140901_130347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0t2zdaatgu5i_1aMJHvFTDlY8z0HL8KJDBenUB966tV0owSX5AI8fKQ5XOwKwLSzoNuJNlYCzWyrmARmIiM8aCWDnqsP4mJHEalColDtxigyR0hN0LiXkdQmazZ7bDGpHq_zBGJrhPA_I/s1600/IMG_20140901_130347.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So today, since we had a free day off, we decided to go to Ocean Beach. The temperature was in the upper 70's at the beach with the water temperatures about 65. Since it was going to be close to 100 at home, we opted for the 40 minute drive to the beach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So to say we have been busy is an understatement. Hopefully these pictures give a bit of a summary of what we have been doing the last couple of months. Next week we will be going camping and fishing up at Shasta Lake and will have the pictures up shortly after. Going up to the lake around the 15th of May always seems like revisiting my childhood and my grandparents.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We were treated to a horseback ride by Beth's dad up at Redwood Regional Park. There was fun for all!</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, these are iridescent clouds. They are pretty rare in this latitude. Basically it it caused by ice crystals at very high altitudes. I was running Lafayette Reservoir and saw the clouds appear twice. I almost thought they were man made. It was beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It does seem like I have neglected this blog for some time
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While the primary purpose of it was
to keep family up-to-date I found that other than one family member, no one
else was coming to the site (I have a stat counter that keeps track of who visits
or not).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had other friends stop
by, however, as the more sporadic I got with posting the fewer and fewer times
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I have tried to keep this site upbeat, but with the changes
in career and the associated effects on our activities, the number of things we
have done have dropped off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also found
that the posts were getting rather mundane, trying to find things to write
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I really focused on my other
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while even if it isn’t being read on a regular basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To some extent it is a bit of therapy for
me and a little bit of keeping a written log to be able reflect on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also helps to keep focus on what
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So after almost 15 years in the Walnut Creek congregation
(not including the year in Georgia) we decided to move to the Concord South
congregation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The primary reason for
this change has been due to the growth in the circuit we have been in which has
meant that a territory alignment is on the horizon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since we have lived actually in Concord South
territory for the last seven years (which is outside the circuit that Walnut
Creek is in) we felt it was a great time for a change to support these future
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years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Family relationships are slowly
mending.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have lived in our current
house now for three years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The kids are
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We didn’t take the decision lightly, but prayerfully weighed
the options and made the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emma
was baptized in February so we didn’t want to make the change then. <a href="http://lathamskeepmovingforward.blogspot.com/2014/02/emmas-baptism.html">The video is here.</a></span></div>
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planned where Beth and I were to run a 50K.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately Beth pulled her calf muscle a few weeks prior which meant
that I would go solo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did great and
you can <a href="http://from262to26.blogspot.com/2014/03/way-too-cool-not-to-finish.html">find the recap here</a>.</span></div>
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can say this has been a great decision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
kids have made friends pretty quickly as well as Beth and I. Instead of a 20
minute drive to the hall and 15 minute drive to field service, it is a 8 minute
drive to the hall and 2 minute drive to the service group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Sophie ending up at their friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Myles
and I have been invited to an A’s game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And Beth had a “girls night out” (code for a cleaning supply
demonstration – we do live in the burbs after all).</span></div>
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pictures as a record of what is going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Beth has an excellent blog also which at times makes this blog redundant so if there is a bit of a delay in posts <a href="http://lathamsontherun.blogspot.com/">go over and check it out</a>. Also, she keeps up with all of our pictures on the <a href="http://www.dropshots.com/beefydrut">Dropshot picture site</a>. And I don’t expect anyone to read any of it, but if you do I hope you
enjoy and drop a line every once in awhile. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-12582984110393430512014-02-23T11:57:00.002-08:002014-02-23T11:57:45.790-08:00Emma's Baptism....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And thank you to family and friends who were there to make the day very special! Emma, I am very proud of you!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-36811140652218169932013-10-06T17:43:00.000-07:002013-10-06T17:43:09.246-07:00Anniversary Weekend at Old Sacramento and a Hike on Donner CanyonTrail<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmG9P7ACSnxYXV9Z3Vj2FKpd0hZceK3anYX-3LsT7gr3l4E22cUoXKWMZJkxwaMr1w2SAv7pRljU_zx1pJHwzTG3KGhsja91prbQu1OBvrF7ZIqhEqleJ8o5BgqA8mKrCq6pXAqCtOVlt/s1600/115308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmG9P7ACSnxYXV9Z3Vj2FKpd0hZceK3anYX-3LsT7gr3l4E22cUoXKWMZJkxwaMr1w2SAv7pRljU_zx1pJHwzTG3KGhsja91prbQu1OBvrF7ZIqhEqleJ8o5BgqA8mKrCq6pXAqCtOVlt/s320/115308.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Between last week and this we have been pretty busy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Last weekend, we spent our 16th wedding anniversary with the kids in Sacramento. It was a pretty relaxing trip with a trip on the train, a visit to the train museum and just strolling Old Sacramento. We had our anniversary dinner at Joe's Crab Shack. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kY7FM8pzCS4euLf4ece6XMP5NssOqN74b5I9QxEX53sP6bOvTpBmrHp0b__7Vy-WoCdDr7t9HiTeI6QYMpKKwfcqlC7JNXtgTKVC2oiqhIK6P_2OobhJ2hrdBvtqkXrS8XIZm1LDHQke/s1600/181855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kY7FM8pzCS4euLf4ece6XMP5NssOqN74b5I9QxEX53sP6bOvTpBmrHp0b__7Vy-WoCdDr7t9HiTeI6QYMpKKwfcqlC7JNXtgTKVC2oiqhIK6P_2OobhJ2hrdBvtqkXrS8XIZm1LDHQke/s320/181855.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since we have really cut back on these type of adventures, the kids had a wonderful time. The highlight was the train museum. I thought I would have kids that loved museums as much as myself but they just ate it up. The museum is awesome, with the focus on how the railroad transformed the United States into the the industrial powerhouse that it would become. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQ2pHihEDbKTN8mG5-WsRJ3PxrnwQGnVMLmVLlOGI5W1mdOUSPtrS1sqMBkxq8l1OZtlybhyJGCweyA-4j2GlXy5cOd_df0PR1tJDpnZu92SvX4C406iWTY5zE2i7w26yfjrKu2kCKCsg/s1600/IMG_20130929_112058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQ2pHihEDbKTN8mG5-WsRJ3PxrnwQGnVMLmVLlOGI5W1mdOUSPtrS1sqMBkxq8l1OZtlybhyJGCweyA-4j2GlXy5cOd_df0PR1tJDpnZu92SvX4C406iWTY5zE2i7w26yfjrKu2kCKCsg/s1600/IMG_20130929_112058.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Funny thing, it made me remember when I was a kid, maybe 4 or 5 - maybe younger, when my parents took us to a railroad restaurant in Redlands. We didn't go there often, I believe it might have been pretty pricey. However, I remember playing in the caboose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After the museum, we continued with the California state history lesson to visit Sutter's Fort. This was actually Emma's choice. Again, packed full of history, you quickly come to realize while Sutter was not a nice gent; however, his impact on the creation of the state prior to the discovery of gold was important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was a wonderful anniversary weekend, the first one of these since loosing my job 2 years ago.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8MCiijyMbsV2HRMnNU-2w80V6SkXWvOTJtJ8AxHZPbi7BG3rABsWkGU3052YxmGE-FKRKyv0EToyhoTYeIA-ghYveJ2uf5g0yav-sRrQ2WU0p4J2uEad9bv0ws1PG2m1NEs8kQvpaHmDf/s1600/DSCF3879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8MCiijyMbsV2HRMnNU-2w80V6SkXWvOTJtJ8AxHZPbi7BG3rABsWkGU3052YxmGE-FKRKyv0EToyhoTYeIA-ghYveJ2uf5g0yav-sRrQ2WU0p4J2uEad9bv0ws1PG2m1NEs8kQvpaHmDf/s320/DSCF3879.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today we had set aside to take the kids up to the Mount Diablo summit; however, there was a cycling race to the summit (the Diablo Challenge). So we ended up hiking out of Mitchell Canyon. We did a little exploring and were treated to a whole new side of the mountain to enjoy -Donner Canyon Trail. This is a beautiful valley at the base of the mountain with oak forests along a creek. Overall it was a 4.5 mile loop with gentle rolling hills. When the rain comes, this will be a very beautiful area with waterfalls and emerald green hills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">By the way, this is the 100th blog post for this blog. I have really enjoyed this outlet and look forward to more posts in the future.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-72505317228298395062013-09-22T21:45:00.001-07:002013-09-22T21:45:47.305-07:00Time to Do Some Catching Up....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFhL_SkXeXt66neLLAnQPuqh1ymI-8upmsKtNMtCQxoAL1xlWqEs5Rci9ln_R1GKSkjnPplefYRgBPPM6CQT9gR5XoxS8NJU9YAbUuOzFMfbT_Frdlb25MdxAvQsy_dyMfQL_FkaH5Vkte/w283-h211-p-no/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photo" border="0" class="tDMXke sJ2Rje" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFhL_SkXeXt66neLLAnQPuqh1ymI-8upmsKtNMtCQxoAL1xlWqEs5Rci9ln_R1GKSkjnPplefYRgBPPM6CQT9gR5XoxS8NJU9YAbUuOzFMfbT_Frdlb25MdxAvQsy_dyMfQL_FkaH5Vkte/w283-h211-p-no/" style="height: 211px; margin-top: 0px; width: 283px;" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well time flies when your having fun and your computer crashes over two months ago. Its funny on how you make do and realize what really you need a computer for and what is basically a waste of time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Oh well, what has been sorely missing is the update of the rest of summer and the kids going back to school. Emma is now in middle school and we have switched Sophie and Myles to a elementary that is two blocks from the house!</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-32102296721678569082013-07-04T16:33:00.001-07:002013-07-04T16:33:42.330-07:00June 2013 Recap<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well, we were pretty busy with graduation parties and a visit from Beth's mom. So busy that it has kind of been nice with the BART strike and me working from home this past week. I will keep this post short and sweet but include a lot of pictures ala Beth style.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Henwoods and Vitale's put together a begining of summer / end of school party. It was pretty much awesome and with the kids playing on the water slide to their hearts content.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">While Jackie was here, we took her local to nearby Borges Ranch and up Mount Diablo to Rock City. The kids had their usual fun climbing the sandstone!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jackie's Visit - Learning to Crochet</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I love that the girls love to do this type of thing. Especially when you think that it was the girls idea for their grandmother to teach them.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And Lots of Running</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We have been running a lot in our neighborhood. There is a little bit of single track on a part of the trail. I have been running this for a few weeks now and have been aware that this would be a prime location for rattlesnakes. Well Beth took the kids out a couple of days a go and low and behold this lovely lady was waiting for them to come back. As with most rattlesnakes, they want very little to do with humans and they gave her a wide berth. That week we saw quite a few deer, rabbits and other non-venomous type snakes. Pretty cool!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Pretty much sums up the last couple of weeks. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafyu7Rx_CxOyxU2kZTResR4xWLIRutFQ7t3BVWu044OxBXzwNjqVV9gwhZxvmdCRbKmtSiKqAcRoTOk3E3u_uPnPua3aAXJw47nbE35BSpBAm9Ty7zHfsSzTJ_o9Vx19tBOWwB0R4Flp8/s1600/IMGP1870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafyu7Rx_CxOyxU2kZTResR4xWLIRutFQ7t3BVWu044OxBXzwNjqVV9gwhZxvmdCRbKmtSiKqAcRoTOk3E3u_uPnPua3aAXJw47nbE35BSpBAm9Ty7zHfsSzTJ_o9Vx19tBOWwB0R4Flp8/s320/IMGP1870.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today was one of those fun life changing days.<span> </span>Our oldest daughter Emma graduated from
elementary school today.<span> </span>What was even
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years (kindergarten through 5<sup>th</sup> grade) she had been at Woodside.</span></span></div>
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would be lying if I didn’t say I shed a tear or two when she was handed her
promotion certificate.<span> </span>I am taken back a
bit that middle school is right around the corner.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emma opening a card from a brother and sister in our congregation.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I never went to one school straight through, attending five
different schools by the time I was finished, so for her to relate her
experiences with kids and teachers (some who were in the audience) for each
grade at Woodside was pretty awesome.<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emma's friend Jasmin since 1st grade.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Unfortunately, next year we have decided to move Myles and
Sophie to an elementary that is much closer (1 block away instead of 5 miles
away).<span> </span>This will mean getting used to
new teachers and reestablishing a good parent –teacher-student relationship that
we had done at Woodside.<span> </span>The good news
is that the middle school is right across the street from the elementary so the
kids will be able to leave at the same time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I can’t say enough about how awesome the kids teachers have
been, from Mrs. Holmes and Hutchenson, to Robinett, Mrs Brandt, to Wilmoth, and
not to leave out Mrs. Cattalini.<span> </span>They
have been great partners in teaching our children at Woodside.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You can also find it on YouTube here:</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="watch-page-link"> <a href="http://youtu.be/Nj2lDaIOLVA" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/Nj2lDaIOLVA</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="watch-page-link">And Beth's recap is found <a href="http://lathamsontherun.blogspot.com/2013/06/5th-grade-graduation.html">on her blog here</a>. </span> </span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-4886459767727026542013-05-27T19:16:00.000-07:002013-05-27T19:16:00.776-07:00May Shasta Trip<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-QXSdtgoMfeWIiln2mPMViaCqNoZorqTRbiVDooGgWrhaOU1NMjNmiRnmXPBUjBAeVCFcImVXJQwsjJKhrT_8FJ7hUvmcOr11oGTyBGBaVewVzaHkvV9frQPRejrj-n2id3pEBblGItgt/s1600/DSCF3150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-QXSdtgoMfeWIiln2mPMViaCqNoZorqTRbiVDooGgWrhaOU1NMjNmiRnmXPBUjBAeVCFcImVXJQwsjJKhrT_8FJ7hUvmcOr11oGTyBGBaVewVzaHkvV9frQPRejrj-n2id3pEBblGItgt/s320/DSCF3150.JPG" width="320" /></a> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So we were able to get up to Shasta this May! It has been so warm this year, and with the lake already down 30 feet, we thought it would be a great trip for some fishing and swimming. However, as you probably figured, the rain did make a brief showing early on the trip which meant that is was in the low 70's - too cold for a lot of swimming but the fishing was great.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5xDBmwlGvr1lSUgxt4U4L5I7TNLzQdaZAl45A7omhrfu6s77r2vQ_XkMpS2OF38MF-gGquctQW9hGq9Yjkpb3OOENQe1I3_KjdciDWf8Gz5ModdNeAkmSCZofdYQXDEhMH75JYb2ouTW/s1600/DSCF3129.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5xDBmwlGvr1lSUgxt4U4L5I7TNLzQdaZAl45A7omhrfu6s77r2vQ_XkMpS2OF38MF-gGquctQW9hGq9Yjkpb3OOENQe1I3_KjdciDWf8Gz5ModdNeAkmSCZofdYQXDEhMH75JYb2ouTW/s320/DSCF3129.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In all we caught eight fish - 7 bass and 1 huge bluegill that went after a casting lure. We went old school with using a long rapala crank-bait a green perch crank-bait handed down from my grandfather. All of the bass were in the 10 to 11 inch range (stuff we would have kept on the houseboat) but we returned to the fishery.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-OAorN8lmono-IcjG5CUCoqHQ7XVL8G0quAZx3Y5Hr9j-unZKxaRvNaolbyUX5Dvkro9By5dL7OKsqpBsXpDW211DQ_o_9QJGZwBVh66R5Tqmad72-ykFmr4Vguw0x6Sj9ys-8IsdNO2/s1600/DSCF3144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-OAorN8lmono-IcjG5CUCoqHQ7XVL8G0quAZx3Y5Hr9j-unZKxaRvNaolbyUX5Dvkro9By5dL7OKsqpBsXpDW211DQ_o_9QJGZwBVh66R5Tqmad72-ykFmr4Vguw0x6Sj9ys-8IsdNO2/s320/DSCF3144.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Camping was wonderful, full of my stick to your ribs classic breakfast (bacon and sausage patties, and pancakes and hash browns cooked in bacon grease), hot dogs and S'mores for dinner, and a lot of relaxing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We are planning another trip in August, which will be all about the
swimming. However, with the heat this year and the current lake level, I
am also now opening up to the possibility that we may need to find an
alternative. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I
am told that since CalTrans requires the lake to be at a certain level
for the Antlers Bridge construction that it can't go too low and as low
as we have seen it at Antlers. Let's see how CalTrans fights off the
farmers and PG&E when it comes to their water needs.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Spring break was fun filled with several hikes and runs and a visit from my sister. I had a long deserved 4 day weekend, which was extremely relaxing. Pretty much an awesome spring break.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk32iflgKjwJ0YaPy33BC5bCqb4GT-TxZo3Ud5cK4NzMda3kKHsILcTcEuS8KDGj9p9Fk5xjE_pJ5hNRCxBtYCG2TPxnCizSgTcYcElmSiCLdkS6buJ6mLN-HpEcpnsPpiLxODT5l8zD9x/s1600/IMGP0466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk32iflgKjwJ0YaPy33BC5bCqb4GT-TxZo3Ud5cK4NzMda3kKHsILcTcEuS8KDGj9p9Fk5xjE_pJ5hNRCxBtYCG2TPxnCizSgTcYcElmSiCLdkS6buJ6mLN-HpEcpnsPpiLxODT5l8zD9x/s320/IMGP0466.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The kids had fun with their friends, with a hike on up in the Briones with the Berhens. The weather has been perfect, with the hills in beautiful emerald green and mustard yellow.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our rain pattern here for the last few weeks has been one day of rain a week. For the Briones, this means some pretty muddy trails. The Berehens wanted to have our kids see some pretty awesome single track trails that were created for some mountain bikes. Needless to say, they had a pretty hard time keeping upright, but they certainly had fun playing in the mud.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixd9zEuoj2VjRWVpfnGtgPcj9Bv6TSyBPEP0Fz7A3FH8Vn9lVlWyZHrlX92wLKPT38SWlgh6YhNM6iDoynpfLfXWJ5xejYOmOEXE-aNAdM27okNUZAS9ChF_0Bcyjq_P32EgRVOyjuG0rm/s1600/IMGP0521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixd9zEuoj2VjRWVpfnGtgPcj9Bv6TSyBPEP0Fz7A3FH8Vn9lVlWyZHrlX92wLKPT38SWlgh6YhNM6iDoynpfLfXWJ5xejYOmOEXE-aNAdM27okNUZAS9ChF_0Bcyjq_P32EgRVOyjuG0rm/s320/IMGP0521.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On Wednesday, the kids went for a hike with a family in our hall, the Hash's. They are new to the area (from Ohio) and we have been showing them of the fun things we like to do. A couple of weeks ago we took them through Castle Rock Regional Park. This time, Beth met them at the Lafayette Reservoir. The kids had a great time on the loop, which ends at the awesome play area.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIKfpMSh6r4EWMn3e6hUNDTWsKZVIUqbOQDWHPVWTieK93NFKbfVYdd7C2WRNDUbALpKVp-rlbc4tg82gm_1W0qzg-OWSTTaL7YvYc_7FHptK9NUfxRrQNna4aOAos93sN-LR7iEcHL_i/s1600/DSCF2869.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIKfpMSh6r4EWMn3e6hUNDTWsKZVIUqbOQDWHPVWTieK93NFKbfVYdd7C2WRNDUbALpKVp-rlbc4tg82gm_1W0qzg-OWSTTaL7YvYc_7FHptK9NUfxRrQNna4aOAos93sN-LR7iEcHL_i/s320/DSCF2869.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On Thursday, my sister Melissa flew in for a visit with her friend Lisa in Napa. We picked her up at the Oakland Airport and took the long way around to Napa. First stop was at Ghiradelli for coffee and hot cocoa. Next, we took a trip across the Golden Gate Bridge to have lunch in Sausilito. There is a nice deli we discovered a couple years back and they have awesome sandwiches. Melissa also bought some Smarties (the English style M&M's) and I was tempted to buy some Coffee Crisp but resisted.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We visited some of the historical buildings, like the mission, the barracks, and looked at some of the shops. It is a really quaint town and worth a trip up. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After Sonoma, we dropped my sister in Napa with her friend Lisa. Thank you Lisa for arranging this for her. It really means a lot, giving her some time to decompress. Thanks again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After Thursday, we spent some time up on Mt. Diablo. On Friday, Beth and I took a run on a segment of the 50K we will be running in a couple of weeks, off of Camino Tassajara. With the rain we received on Thursday, it was pretty slick but a good run. There was a lot of poison oak showing up by now, but somehow we made it through the run incident free. This is beautiful country, and very jungle like. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nNfAfKmQ720Dow9PF6wEEzH-3ycFQmIyPdiJ4s1EZBPUCQTAx_vFI33_Q7gMJIYcwn89wycNI-OGjrjsZxfcsIhkhr_Snheeo0DCAJqJDcWxkO6YVMrew7EPHyNj2Tf5vJ93Rbt-FtCk/s1600/r90_175203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nNfAfKmQ720Dow9PF6wEEzH-3ycFQmIyPdiJ4s1EZBPUCQTAx_vFI33_Q7gMJIYcwn89wycNI-OGjrjsZxfcsIhkhr_Snheeo0DCAJqJDcWxkO6YVMrew7EPHyNj2Tf5vJ93Rbt-FtCk/s320/r90_175203.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To say we were busy in March is an understatement! With the visit of the Circuit Overseer, the Memorial season tract work, One Day Special Assembly day, as well as the Memorial, we were very busy spiritually. We also managed to get some hikes in as well as a 30K for Beth and I and another race this past weekend for the entire family.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Memorial, as usual, was the highlight. The kids are getting so old and there dresses reflected that. Emma, because of her height, is now shopping in the women's section. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWVc8QFrY8h1kN4bl6bGnxAEmVG4GZjYGDOMhTzmcGMxUhQ4jz5MrnFOAX3xQuFqGahF0PVz7tBg0E67GMgvLQEKtI3EbECwGV59somKbIFWG9QlnAvSmVlIIwLgBa3Sm3dnOWtBJf0MI/s1600/IMG_3338.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWVc8QFrY8h1kN4bl6bGnxAEmVG4GZjYGDOMhTzmcGMxUhQ4jz5MrnFOAX3xQuFqGahF0PVz7tBg0E67GMgvLQEKtI3EbECwGV59somKbIFWG9QlnAvSmVlIIwLgBa3Sm3dnOWtBJf0MI/s320/IMG_3338.JPG" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As with previous years, we met with Lafayette and the kids got to see their friends. The girls are playing fantasy baseball this year, as well as a couple of young brothers in Lafayette, so there was a little bit of trade and smash talk going on after. On the way home, we swung by Burger King for $0.50 ice cream cones. I had planned to get the sundae fixings; however, they preferred this. We have awesome kids.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Before the run, the kids found a rope swing that, when swung on, would have a kid dangling 10 feet in the air. It was Emma who came crashing down. But she came out of it with the air knocked out of her, minor scrapes, and a sore wrist.</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-25973470860225656252013-03-18T12:33:00.000-07:002013-03-18T12:33:15.922-07:00The Wild Flowers are Blooming.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-Rf3ipcznLGbgamhTiLYeSzJ4xdxhFYPAuy_L75PcN1Seb16-jcV6w_EL7CEOLMLCLdbCaNFtOV8KNKTNKu5bF-3238o6bPKLlmr9tzHb8gJDn4_vwNkQV0WzAFciGAUbNrMbALdDJ3G/s1600/DSCF2804.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-Rf3ipcznLGbgamhTiLYeSzJ4xdxhFYPAuy_L75PcN1Seb16-jcV6w_EL7CEOLMLCLdbCaNFtOV8KNKTNKu5bF-3238o6bPKLlmr9tzHb8gJDn4_vwNkQV0WzAFciGAUbNrMbALdDJ3G/s320/DSCF2804.JPG" width="320" /></a> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The last couple of weeks has been comprised of hikes and trail runs after field service. Beth and I are training for a 50K towards the end of April, so this means a lot of running on Mt. Diablo. The kids also have a race at the end of this month, with Sophie running her first 10K with Emma. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvO6dRtVjQWZv37BJ2YgdcdNo2spwlfrXIoLhtivcACFuc6wVJSzthNc9T8Rvnej03jTyQu22Yagnk9_ASQ1PapMpwObnqjBtyj5ZAD9I9NBsqaApxTes1jM2b1lWYq0w08X8OcgawCwvN/s1600/DSCF2800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvO6dRtVjQWZv37BJ2YgdcdNo2spwlfrXIoLhtivcACFuc6wVJSzthNc9T8Rvnej03jTyQu22Yagnk9_ASQ1PapMpwObnqjBtyj5ZAD9I9NBsqaApxTes1jM2b1lWYq0w08X8OcgawCwvN/s320/DSCF2800.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Most of the hikes and runs we do of at late have been up in Castle Rock as well as through Pine Canyon. Last weekend, while Beth and I were running with our friend Ryan, his wife hiked up through the bottom of the Canyon with the kids. The past two weekend have been in the 70's, so the weather has been beautiful.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeH5iXCAUDSjLdiA_raiL-CkjKFVla67NoQCKusjXTyTagseTGidTEfI5NE6m4WtNE6C8p13Fr11ePoOqNtxU8_5dN3gxgIhXRbWlsVPTiXgzWogU-fHXVhc5Yw4xQuu6rNglEjBvJvw8/s1600/DSCF2814.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeH5iXCAUDSjLdiA_raiL-CkjKFVla67NoQCKusjXTyTagseTGidTEfI5NE6m4WtNE6C8p13Fr11ePoOqNtxU8_5dN3gxgIhXRbWlsVPTiXgzWogU-fHXVhc5Yw4xQuu6rNglEjBvJvw8/s320/DSCF2814.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This past Saturday, Beth and I ran up Wall Rd. which will eventually take you up to Rock City. This trail is beautiful, with poppies and lupine in bloom. There were some other purple flowers that looked like wild daisies and some red flowers that looked like it was related to salvia. The hills and trees are so green right now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">With Sophie in a 2nd/3rd split class this year, there is the occasional repeat activity. So we have the privilege of Flat Stanley making the rounds. We didn't want to send him out this year, so we have kept him local. This has meant traveling into San Francisco with me as well as other activities.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Saturday after service, we decided to do a hike up on Mt. Diablo. There is a piece of single track Beth has been wanting to explore to see the feasibility of adding it to her runs. Overall it is a 4.5 mile loop with some over 1,200 elevation gain. Not bad for a hike or a run.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sophie thought it would be great to bring Flat Stanley along for the adventure also.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpEiZeLk4m-k3JBdEaSFCjo_2EwTgvObgFDXmLUsnB7XM1YKKxbxbk6mjK6m31r-SObGkkFZTcXcSeEMnkaEiwj-L0MAlv7vynBIdofjCrp2afl4gaYdCZR9_-TBr0h0rNYYlaa2QXGJ4/s1600/DSCF2732.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpEiZeLk4m-k3JBdEaSFCjo_2EwTgvObgFDXmLUsnB7XM1YKKxbxbk6mjK6m31r-SObGkkFZTcXcSeEMnkaEiwj-L0MAlv7vynBIdofjCrp2afl4gaYdCZR9_-TBr0h0rNYYlaa2QXGJ4/s320/DSCF2732.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The most challenging part of the hike is at the beginning when we climb Burma Rd. This is a very steep part of the trail but provides a beautiful view of the valley below. Coming down the hill is great too! Pretty steep, however, not too steep to see the occasional mountain biker coming down.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAp2ZsgBUB6SNP_y_qoDbL2cS8NUsC8VADH5VpPhpDTnGeemUhfGfV6Q7R8CFk4ocs0w224b4Ty0N1Qc3LKyXNoEL7TN8b30snDiQyFFuvBcuvQtOakIj1rH282PAfVr-k6FTUgOrq3MTO/s1600/DSCF2742.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAp2ZsgBUB6SNP_y_qoDbL2cS8NUsC8VADH5VpPhpDTnGeemUhfGfV6Q7R8CFk4ocs0w224b4Ty0N1Qc3LKyXNoEL7TN8b30snDiQyFFuvBcuvQtOakIj1rH282PAfVr-k6FTUgOrq3MTO/s320/DSCF2742.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We finally made it to Stage Road, which dropped us back into Pine Canyon. We came across a really old "Rattlesnake Gulch" sign which we wondered what the history was behind it, but have come up dry on Google. While we haven't had much rain since December, we have had enough for the hills to turn green. We also came across some of our favorite creek crossings, with Myles playing in the mud. Beth and I get the biggest kick out of passerby's who remark how awesome we are for letting our kids play in the mud, and I don't know why.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Flat Stanley made the hike intact and dry and the kids made it home thrilled but tired from the adventure we had.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So Saturday morning we woke up early so we could do the annual hall cleaning and maintenance before the Memorial. I am always amazed how much delight the kids get out of this. They are such hard workers (at least when it comes to anything not related to the regular chores). I am so totally impressed with them, always looking for something to do, and if they don't have direction they pitched in with others needing help. For lunch we were treated to Koren BBQ provided by the Koren congregation. Very yummy!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sophie wanted to just run it, Myles brought his scooter, and Emma brought her Bike. I was really impressed how determined she was to ride the track. With only a couple of falls she had mastered it in no time. She isn't doing any tricks but was getting enough speed for the occasional wheely.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-41448112003084101672013-02-06T12:40:00.003-08:002013-02-06T12:40:10.634-08:00When 50 is not the New 70<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8M-0fBMrTkRYAO4sMW70ct85rVCiL97e-2hrdCOLaUwxm3zEivzkR2QfbuhKhHjiC5CcIyRVxi8YFHrQvoPi-dCRT__3_dwTHyc0XveT0yG7nso1-8EapBHbl06i9PjNvysqbIVRc6Ix/s1600/DSCF2620.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8M-0fBMrTkRYAO4sMW70ct85rVCiL97e-2hrdCOLaUwxm3zEivzkR2QfbuhKhHjiC5CcIyRVxi8YFHrQvoPi-dCRT__3_dwTHyc0XveT0yG7nso1-8EapBHbl06i9PjNvysqbIVRc6Ix/s320/DSCF2620.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">So all week we had been hearing how it was going to be a beautiful weekend from Santa Cruz to Monterey with sun and temperatures at 70-degrees. We hadn't been to Monterey for a couple of years as well as it being a pretty frigid winter, so it was worth the 2 hour drive to do something different for a change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The plan was to take the kids to the tide pools, get them a crab cocktail at Monterey Wharf, and then watch the kids body surf. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">When left Concord at 8:00 AM, it was a chilly 43 degrees. However, we knew we were in trouble when by the time we got to Sand City, the temperature was at 48 degrees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">For a brief moment the sun did come out, and the kids got to play in the sand at the beach. We walked the pier and the kids got to see the sea lions and have their crab cocktail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">We then drove out to Pacific Grove to one of our favorite spots to find tide pools. The waves were a beautiful turquoise. The one thing I love most about the Monterey Bay is how clear the water is which is why the waves here are probably the most unique.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-tj5A6xV4eeOFuiKDguGb4m0rFrWhDk3xTkTxf7GLIiUNKcFVQkm0cX_BmyxW3jvyeZi3czdmQcAVzmjCLoaDPjgOXr-RSo6fzVHRyn7bC2yVaDXHS4nOX8wHVXiNX9IwXc5iIacppb7/s1600/DSCF2621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-tj5A6xV4eeOFuiKDguGb4m0rFrWhDk3xTkTxf7GLIiUNKcFVQkm0cX_BmyxW3jvyeZi3czdmQcAVzmjCLoaDPjgOXr-RSo6fzVHRyn7bC2yVaDXHS4nOX8wHVXiNX9IwXc5iIacppb7/s320/DSCF2621.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After the tide pools, we took the kids to the Denise the Menace Park. We discovered this park a couple years back and the kids love it. There is so much to do for a little community park.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finally, we took the kids to the beach to play in the sand. Sophie and Beth stayed in the warm car and read while I watched Emma and Myles played and chased the waves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">While it never broke 51 degrees the entire time we were there and it was a nice toasty 63 degrees (in relative winter terms) when we got home all in all it was a great trip.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-38927067553197667522013-01-27T08:25:00.001-08:002013-02-06T12:41:54.029-08:00Myles in Caveman Slippers!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So this is an old video, however I finally figured out how to use YouTube and link it to the blog. I have been wanting to share this one for a long time. Beth took this back December 2011. Sit back and enjoy!!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-28693243927798622102013-01-24T13:07:00.001-08:002013-01-24T13:07:28.943-08:00Crazy Eyes and Fun on the Trails<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIxYjYo14b3EG9qfdwJflzy9okU8WsLd9QzGKMqAdcPY2W268kHo_m8yUNBxBCLGvlKIE86FXOsKCZOlwlsCIO2zB-L-75cnG4i-v7Hsfo73fIHZtpEioK_FCuBqjAvk_v6M_qFP5mgwx/s1600/DSCF2551.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIxYjYo14b3EG9qfdwJflzy9okU8WsLd9QzGKMqAdcPY2W268kHo_m8yUNBxBCLGvlKIE86FXOsKCZOlwlsCIO2zB-L-75cnG4i-v7Hsfo73fIHZtpEioK_FCuBqjAvk_v6M_qFP5mgwx/s320/DSCF2551.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We had a nice three day weekend, with a kids party and a nice bike ride/run on Monday.</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So on Saturday, it was nice to get together with a bunch of our friends for a kids party. What was different though at this party was the intermixing of different groups of folks we hang out with that normally are not in the same circles.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XxmDvU2OjRwlEqZYEK_g0CK3yazWBXGSzOj9-v3mDVvRQmz6VcRyslQBTWAboORJQZqGr7NvxbKVmkdT9KMsV7834uYLHhyphenhyphenE4YpaYkqL9R_ik_c2HW7wovea5yUf3GeKMm8nHNQ4DQ1t/s1600/DSCF2560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XxmDvU2OjRwlEqZYEK_g0CK3yazWBXGSzOj9-v3mDVvRQmz6VcRyslQBTWAboORJQZqGr7NvxbKVmkdT9KMsV7834uYLHhyphenhyphenE4YpaYkqL9R_ik_c2HW7wovea5yUf3GeKMm8nHNQ4DQ1t/s320/DSCF2560.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The kids had a wonderful time. There was a jump house, fun food and great association. The weather was supposed to be in the low 70's, but I don't think it made it over 62 but that was OK. The kids got really worn out in the jump house with even some of the adults hopping in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On Monday we didn't want the weather to go to waste, so we decided to go out for a run/bike ride. There is a route nearby which we love that skirts along the Lime Ridge Open Space. It starts by the kids school, goes through a tunnel (think like one that should be in the Big Thunder Railroad ride at Disneyland) past a golf course and to a playground where we normally take a bit of a break. Emma's bike had a flat (shouldn't have removed the goathead thistle) so she ran with Beth pushing Myles. I rode on my bike with Sophie since I was still suffering from a calf strain. Round trip it is 4 miles.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZWAh5x6bAWkdKXRWdjje3lVUkIPNSksd92CbAf7fmrZVXRsU65XVun_JrKmNTc87EiM3xvHt1W0WPtp50k5wGtXSva1jFRE5nzhvrixceqaIJ8wpj5LyvMbMLTCvKlO-WBfaV9mosq5r/s1600/DSCF2590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZWAh5x6bAWkdKXRWdjje3lVUkIPNSksd92CbAf7fmrZVXRsU65XVun_JrKmNTc87EiM3xvHt1W0WPtp50k5wGtXSva1jFRE5nzhvrixceqaIJ8wpj5LyvMbMLTCvKlO-WBfaV9mosq5r/s320/DSCF2590.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">However, once we got back near the car, Beth wanted to take the girls up one of the trails she had been running before she picks up the kids from school. It is a great 1 mile trail in the Lime Ridge Open Space, with a climb up to a single track that meanders back down like a snake with fun banks and turns. So while I waited with Myles, the began their run. Emma loved the trail and I could hear her hooting and hollering as she came down. Sophie on the other hand did a face plant early and therefore our normally aggressive hill runner became really timid. All said and done, though, the kids had a great time. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLjnCf6xJMGSvdCIQDa0Jycss7F6zOl6gXJEg222Os_UvAZM0qrmQGGiMGa8eMXufLK0xrBAa2fogXCl51h7jbRP74cTn5MDbDYttb1SoO6LTaEAsSy0JLJ_fI9MfSA1eAgBxbr8YffC4/s1600/DSCF2583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLjnCf6xJMGSvdCIQDa0Jycss7F6zOl6gXJEg222Os_UvAZM0qrmQGGiMGa8eMXufLK0xrBAa2fogXCl51h7jbRP74cTn5MDbDYttb1SoO6LTaEAsSy0JLJ_fI9MfSA1eAgBxbr8YffC4/s320/DSCF2583.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">That said, yesterday Beth was running the same trail and noticed a photographer with a high powered lens taking pictures of her. She thought this was odd until she got to the bottom and the photographer told her she was being chased by a Coyote. Now we have seen coyotes up there before, <a href="http://lathamsontherun.blogspot.com/2013/01/two-trails-one-coyote.html">in fact she had seen one a week before. </a> Coyotes are normally very timid around humans; however, we think that there must be a den up there. For more on <a href="http://tchester.org/sgm/lists/coyote_attacks.html">coyotes and humans, click here</a>. You can find her recap of yesterday's encounter as well as a<a href="http://lathamsontherun.blogspot.com/2013/01/tails-and-teeth-from-trail.html"> picture of the coyote on her blog here. You will also find other pictures from that run.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Just another beautiful weekend with the family. <a href="http://www.dropshots.com/beefydrut">You can find more pictures here.</a></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-60610657940573496782013-01-12T14:25:00.000-08:002013-01-12T14:25:16.813-08:00Diablo Snow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So we did get some measurable snow on Mt. Diablo today. The following pictures are from Mitchell Canyon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The snow is at about the 1,000 foot level and is about where we normally run and hike with the kids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So I also know that it is snowing up north, but I take blue skies over snow any day :) ! </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-8755838175514345212013-01-12T12:25:00.003-08:002013-01-12T18:12:08.919-08:00Toothpicks are for Food not Feet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I guess, at some point
our son must have dropped one of the toothpicks we put in his meatballs
for dinner. The toothpick ended up
pointing directly up in the carpet in the living room waiting for my unsuspecting foot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When I stepped on it I
felt this searing paint right under the big tow joint. I looked down
puzzled to find a broken toothpick. I quickly realized that about
almost half the toothpick was missing, then realized that it was still
in my foot. But the problems was that, other than what looked a broken
bone pushing up the skin and a puncture wound, there was no sign of the
toothpick. There was a brief moment where I thought it was kind of cool
and the sudden realization that the toothpick was in my foot and that I
wouldn't be the one getting it out. Then the anger hit that this again
would cut into more of my training time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So it meant a trip to the
ER. Being a bit stubborn, I walked into the ER on the side of my
foot. This is the same leg that I had suffered the calf strain, so I
found myself realizing that the strain hadn't healed and that my calf
also started hurting. The doc numbed my foot, and with a small
incision, found the toothpick and pulled it out. And it only required
two stitches to sow it up. I even got antibiotics and a tetanus shot
for good measure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Oh well.... </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-12209997391409005102013-01-04T12:37:00.002-08:002013-01-04T12:37:20.695-08:00Beth's Castle Rock Adventure with the Kids!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXZtiOju1wwRosKbHRMaIpraG2VcxZSWHD62_g8zvWaikARzJkIauE3Sqh4enTpo4Cj4OwLzfgNVi4pQNJndQdu8K4n2bd-LttFHfIECsc9nrJlV8sBNwTRPZMp98C3eJROB6uZsjnLSp/s1600/IMG_9526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXZtiOju1wwRosKbHRMaIpraG2VcxZSWHD62_g8zvWaikARzJkIauE3Sqh4enTpo4Cj4OwLzfgNVi4pQNJndQdu8K4n2bd-LttFHfIECsc9nrJlV8sBNwTRPZMp98C3eJROB6uZsjnLSp/s320/IMG_9526.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am going to keep this update short since Beth's blog does more justice. However, Beth took the kids up to Castle Rock yesterday and got some great photos. It has been cold out and the creeks are running, but everyone had a great time. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSz8XKO7dxP0vmUzpkh93ckuWc1AByXMpZmJqKufREBuorChzLnAaDnSs9Mnhbk5ZgrJ2l5IEctMIC3JbkHeWV-0ZeEuxL8Zqn5SE6ku9H5E8DfSiFeFWseZ2MvS8cDgCWEQnVjfyKVDA/s1600/IMG_9517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CSS_LIGHTBOX_SCALED_IMAGE_IMG" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSz8XKO7dxP0vmUzpkh93ckuWc1AByXMpZmJqKufREBuorChzLnAaDnSs9Mnhbk5ZgrJ2l5IEctMIC3JbkHeWV-0ZeEuxL8Zqn5SE6ku9H5E8DfSiFeFWseZ2MvS8cDgCWEQnVjfyKVDA/s1600/IMG_9517.JPG" style="height: 450px; width: 338px;" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">These pictures are a sample of their trip and are some of my favorites!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You can find all of the pictures on our <a href="http://www.dropshots.com/beefydrut">Dropshots picture site here</a>. You can also see<a href="http://lathamsontherun.blogspot.com/"> the complete detail on her site here.</a></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRln2cDIKFPMh-50nPvY66lci_naSsumjyPeHIOSTLdzpncnEPhhyphenhyphenRcUbIa2qlbgzEKI5Dh9vdCywHiwW3PXZAzi7uqYVVBPOYnxgQDuRre4SIyi-lwR7Oh4jP-0Iljqw7FrYx3kPDNQc/s1600/IMG_9511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CSS_LIGHTBOX_SCALED_IMAGE_IMG" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRln2cDIKFPMh-50nPvY66lci_naSsumjyPeHIOSTLdzpncnEPhhyphenhyphenRcUbIa2qlbgzEKI5Dh9vdCywHiwW3PXZAzi7uqYVVBPOYnxgQDuRre4SIyi-lwR7Oh4jP-0Iljqw7FrYx3kPDNQc/s320/IMG_9511.JPG" style="height: 450px; width: 338px;" width="240" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Also, this week my other blog, From 262 to 26.2 hit critical mass. I am averaging now between 75 and 200 visitors daily. In fact, in one 24 hour period I received over 500 visitors. It is kind of funny, but I had all but given up writing quite a few years back. But now that I am working for a publishing company and am back on BART, those creative juices are flowing. <a href="http://from262to26.blogspot.com/">You can find that blog here</a>!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Only a couple more days before the kids go back to school so there are plenty of time for more adventures!!</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-87060778311715591532012-12-31T19:25:00.001-08:002012-12-31T19:25:05.406-08:00An Attempt at Fishing and a Family Trip to Point Reyes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the last post, I mentioned that we would have a fishing report. So we did go fishing....and got skunked. They had mentioning on the news for the previous week that the Fish and Game would be stocking local lakes on December 24th. So on December 25th, we took the kids fishing in the ponds at Heather Farms. </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our kids are very dedicated fisher kids, so even with the temperature at 44-degrees and with showers, they did make it for about one hour; however, the fish were just not biting. </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWg6iLXuCDMKHLuKjdw8Q7AxsuSFmbmiVqXEMRPaHAGgBOGKdI-R-VtoEINOkM6AALp_P-ABGo51rGwNNXVmeAxh8YFghvFR7e8Ofsoq0LtlLtgjiU80s9sfcotpx6CPxucNV1l1F70JUr/s1600/DSCF2483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWg6iLXuCDMKHLuKjdw8Q7AxsuSFmbmiVqXEMRPaHAGgBOGKdI-R-VtoEINOkM6AALp_P-ABGo51rGwNNXVmeAxh8YFghvFR7e8Ofsoq0LtlLtgjiU80s9sfcotpx6CPxucNV1l1F70JUr/s320/DSCF2483.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This past Sunday we had the public speaker over for hospitality as well as our service group. All went pretty well. We are on a 8 week rotation and we are looking at doing this as a service group gathering. We will see how it works. Beth made a chicken pasta pesto and her famous ham, cream cheese, pickle rolls which were great as always.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kq9l8m2U32Ij9enXr54ZR99rDkaQrCXrYQ1jSjM3YRuwowNmpaYpwYL7unQxtmX6kMde5G2ceYmD2Qo94CKMX9BeIYDhdxeVbhIDEqCFe4f9FX8AXFEoIVK13ps_4TjUoErrf2Ekc-C7/s1600/DSCF2489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kq9l8m2U32Ij9enXr54ZR99rDkaQrCXrYQ1jSjM3YRuwowNmpaYpwYL7unQxtmX6kMde5G2ceYmD2Qo94CKMX9BeIYDhdxeVbhIDEqCFe4f9FX8AXFEoIVK13ps_4TjUoErrf2Ekc-C7/s320/DSCF2489.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today went took the family to Point Reyes. Beth and I discovered the area a month a go and decided to take the kids there. The elephant seals are pupping right now, and there were at least 100 at the grounds. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAhYHjbUjr1M6lEi2PkERsvv0Gs40hWg4IeZYsfXLxHLJOdkrVqRTdNcnFEFMHNK1rRcS9o0urRabsnpRhTxppNihrPnYAnLyejUDFQypD08NslvNS9fXvh9DXt1f_UKaWlrlc77ID8wN/s1600/DSCF2490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAhYHjbUjr1M6lEi2PkERsvv0Gs40hWg4IeZYsfXLxHLJOdkrVqRTdNcnFEFMHNK1rRcS9o0urRabsnpRhTxppNihrPnYAnLyejUDFQypD08NslvNS9fXvh9DXt1f_UKaWlrlc77ID8wN/s320/DSCF2490.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is also where Sir Francis Drake landed in 1579 to repair the Golden Hinde before the trek across the Pacific to the Philippines. There was a lot for a history buff like myself, not so much for the kids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the elephant seal pupping ground, we went to the Point Reyes Lighthouse. We were treated to eight grey whales on their migration to Baja. It was an impressive site. I have come to a realization that my kids are spoiled when it comes to whales. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzeX3BioBsfZKcSOPG0EXydieVVamyWslIP_r4-hjnBPGSTjDJUme0uTA8OqCSc4CNk1QHe4y8kTUAb79DWpl9tY1f3l4LvSdH1F4IWvn64wyksWB2a6jjXK_YR7_-Km2CMUeG9UO0i_w/s1600/DSCF2495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzeX3BioBsfZKcSOPG0EXydieVVamyWslIP_r4-hjnBPGSTjDJUme0uTA8OqCSc4CNk1QHe4y8kTUAb79DWpl9tY1f3l4LvSdH1F4IWvn64wyksWB2a6jjXK_YR7_-Km2CMUeG9UO0i_w/s320/DSCF2495.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I had lived 34 years before I had seen a whale in the wild in San Diego, Emma's first sighting at 18months old. Then there was last year, when we went to Santa Cruz and saw the Humpback whales breaching off the pier. It was really impressive. Then there was the Humpback that was off of Ocean Beach last month in San Francisco. He was just playing outside the break. And then today, where they saw the additional eight. I grew up thinking that whales would be extinct by the time my kids would be around, what a change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After the lighthouse, we discovered a wonderful beach. Definitely not a swimming beach, but the waves were wonderful. I love the warning, beware of sharks, undertow, etc. You know if you don't see surfers in the waves, this is definately not a good place to swim.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So the kids have one more week off for school and it should be good weather, though cold, for the rest of their time. I go back to work on Wednesday. It has been nice to have back to back four day weekends.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732421097248866481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624588958363234724.post-29995363423048437612012-12-25T11:39:00.002-08:002012-12-25T11:39:24.836-08:00December Part 2.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK72dcvvARLOsm0KcA4R9giD8AB6wblpRO6LKiUlNUx_nxVhDgv5KEVvnvCsSJzd5DqoraKCCw9vl0zR0uY8k3-8QIH3Vh3FWlJxAz31i5MO707nLIW3PJoGVeCDBECmPCYlyM4nmwnjfH/s1600/214017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK72dcvvARLOsm0KcA4R9giD8AB6wblpRO6LKiUlNUx_nxVhDgv5KEVvnvCsSJzd5DqoraKCCw9vl0zR0uY8k3-8QIH3Vh3FWlJxAz31i5MO707nLIW3PJoGVeCDBECmPCYlyM4nmwnjfH/s320/214017.jpg" width="239" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To follow up the last post, catching everyone up with what has happened in December, this post follows up with the last week and a half leading up to this past weekend.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo_nAuKTdL_dqcvWhdIEKFmi4uPKdrFQywZDW_eXtyYd34HvOtFKt9GXvd6sWiUDUrlJuzjBvqOi1_jC5B3-D0ItX2AMsZlFiFRqRTMRYCmXLu2WZX-lc9mA2YdeJZPt10vJpYKDiTTX3/s1600/033028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo_nAuKTdL_dqcvWhdIEKFmi4uPKdrFQywZDW_eXtyYd34HvOtFKt9GXvd6sWiUDUrlJuzjBvqOi1_jC5B3-D0ItX2AMsZlFiFRqRTMRYCmXLu2WZX-lc9mA2YdeJZPt10vJpYKDiTTX3/s320/033028.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So two weekends ago, Myles went to his first ever boys party. He has been to parties before; however, this is the first time he didn't have his sisters with him. It was dinosaur themed at his friend Sawyers house. Myles had been looking forward to it all week and had a great time. Beth has been to similar parties with the girls, however, found out what a true boys party is. Lets just say, it was a bit much for both Myles and Beth. He did have a bit of fun, but he didn't understand why the other boys just wanted to wrestle instead of play games, sing, and dance.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Next, the week leading up to the kids winter break was filled with holiday recitals. Since we don't celebrate the holidays, the girls got a couple hour break from school. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For Sophie, this meant a nice run with mom in the hills near her school. It had rained a bit a day or so before, so the hills were a little muddy, but she was definitely in her element. For an added bonus, there were some wild horses on the trail. Sophie is our horse girl, so this made her day. The only problem they had was that her teacher had her take her shoes off before she went into class because they were so muddy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For Emma, she went with Beth to Heather Farms to the rose garden. It was a beautiful day for it. They came across a plaque in the garden for the Latham Rose Wall. Pretty neat. Also Emma got a coffee ( no worries about stunting her growth - she is now officially 5') and peanuts. The girl is eating us out of house and home! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The kids also got their excellent report cards. Emma is already reading at an eighth grade level, with her favorite books being anything <i>Jules Verne, Old Yeller, the Yearling, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. </i>She is also doing great in math, already doing algebra and dividing of fractions.<i> </i>Sophie is also a wonderful reader herself. She has been also writing her own stories and doing great in Math. Myles is doing well himself in kindergarten.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5kMjklvQU0eFgCOVX0fpTdxPoIoUnVXe-4VPXWuUZgxbH1Q116hPwRkLJu9Vslzdn6wye9aQpac_L8-z1DRA5SzGUdxvnSj6D_YK-wiywuIe5ROqbGrPXIFZHzv_GEmyK5AKJ6M3szBQ/s1600/210335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5kMjklvQU0eFgCOVX0fpTdxPoIoUnVXe-4VPXWuUZgxbH1Q116hPwRkLJu9Vslzdn6wye9aQpac_L8-z1DRA5SzGUdxvnSj6D_YK-wiywuIe5ROqbGrPXIFZHzv_GEmyK5AKJ6M3szBQ/s320/210335.jpg" width="239" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On this past Friday, Sophie carried on with Emma's tradition of making and eating pancakes in her teacher, Ms. Cattalini's class. Her teacher used to have the tradition but stopped after Emma's second grade class due to lack of parent involvement. Sophie is really good at making pancakes, she helps me when I make them. We get the market pantry pancake mix (just add water!) and embellish it with vanilla and cinnamon. They cooked up three boxes, and the kids ate them all!</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCExGP0XEXhAaYekv2_yrhLK_KE8E_Q9Rau0QbDm3ZW-fIGsA8kifNlXTqaBijtgBRFjoGSAL89hYgJhzyq31dGlbLDGn5dDA6lGgKVWvzFROSx9MkrHyWxUpQqJxyybLu8RkKSt9WJpi/s1600/085709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCExGP0XEXhAaYekv2_yrhLK_KE8E_Q9Rau0QbDm3ZW-fIGsA8kifNlXTqaBijtgBRFjoGSAL89hYgJhzyq31dGlbLDGn5dDA6lGgKVWvzFROSx9MkrHyWxUpQqJxyybLu8RkKSt9WJpi/s320/085709.jpg" width="239" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So this break, the kids will be doing a lot of reading, working on puzzles, and crafts. Emma has been making bead necklaces while Sophie has been helping her mom on a <i>Time Square Puzzle</i>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So that catches everyone up to Friday. Look for the next post about fishing and other stuff.</span></span><br />
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