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| For the first time in seventeen years -- so the kids' entire lives -- we made it to Silver Falls. (5/1/21) |
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| All five of us. Out in the world. (5/1/21) |
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| Under the falls. (5/1/21) | |
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| The caverns and crags behind the water. (5/1/21) | |
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| Lee seemed to prefer climbing the rocks to seeing the falls. (5/1/21) | |
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| After the first fall, we split into two groups, so some of us could try hiking to the next fall. (5/1/21) | |
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| The kids were more interested in playing by the side of the river than hiking. (5/1/21) | |
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| But we made it to the second fall. (5/1/21) |
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| The hike back was long but beautiful. (5/1/21) |
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| Going on a bike ride under the cloudy sky. (5/2/21) | |
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| Everyone
loves it when Fred & George get to celebrate their birthday,
especially the other dogs who get included in eating the birthday cake.
(5/5/21) | |
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| Due
to a mislabeled jar of garam masala, Lane accidentally invented curry
focaccia. It was as delicious as it was beautiful. (5/7/21) | |
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| Swinging and hanging around the Westmoreland playground. (5/7/21) | |
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| After
an hour and a half in the car, we made it to Wildlife Safari! Lee
climbed up front with me and carefully studied the map. (5/8/21) | |
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| Watching for animals in the distance. (5/8/21) | |
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| Some of the animals are not so distant. (5/8/21) | |
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| In fact, some of them would like to climb right through our windows. (5/8/21) | |
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| We made sure to buy enough cups of food for us all to participate in the fun. (5/8/21) | |
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| This fancy bird was skeptical. Some of the animals had clearly already been fed a lot today. (5/8/21) | |
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| One of the wild animals -- a Greater Pacific Lee -- was already in our car! Oh no! (5/8/21) | |
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| Stopping at the safari village to look at the animals there. (5/8/21) | |
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| We ended the day with camel rides. (5/8/21) | |
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| The kids swarm me for Mother's Day. (5/9/21) | |
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| To
celebrate that all three adults in our bubble are now fully vaccinated,
we went to the store and wandered around buying frivolous things --
snacks, plants, toys. Whatever struck our fancy. (5/9/21) | |
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| The perfect evening for a picnic. (5/9/21) | |
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| Spider-Man attacks our picnic! (5/9/21) | |
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| Lee enjoys the toys they picked out at the store. (5/9/21) | |
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| On a windy day, the bubbles tear away from the wand in big streams. (5/11/21) | |
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| After
waiting in line in our car for about half an hour, Lane was asked a
series of questions, given her first Pfizer shot, and then offered
gummy fruit snacks to eat while we waited in our car for another
fifteen minutes. We followed that up with a trip to a grocery
store baker to pick out a celebratory treat. Vaccination
underway! (5/14/21) | |
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| Lane bakes and decorates possibly the cutest cake ever made. (5/15/21) | |
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| After Lee brushes their teeth, Avery figures she'd better check to make sure they didn't miss anything tasty. (5/16/21) | |
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| Helping Grand-Janet pick out an exercise bike. (5/22/21) | |
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| Avery performs a random mouth check. (5/24/21) | |
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