When you’re as near to the Heaven’s as Donner Summit, it’s hard to ignore nature’s beauty, but there were just too many incredible things to see on my Independence Day ride from the cabin. So I yanked the phone out and captured the moments whenever I could.

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District Honor Roll, President’s Academic Award and a special commendation for winning the spelling bee as a 4th grader against 5th and 6th graders: We must be doing something right. Way to go graduate, Patrick! We’re proud of you. Now on to middle school!

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I’ve been having a blast lately going back and reading old posts (for some reason I’ve been focused on 2005 and 2006) and adding pictures to them.

Take a look at crazy cruise pictures from “Hot and Weary in Acapulco”, or look for a great shot of Les getting snockered in

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I married the woman I love 19 years ago today, and I’ve only grown to love her more over the years. Here are 10 reasons. I love you babe! Happy Anniversary!

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We’ve been blessed to have great neighbors who we can call great friends, but we’ve been wondering when the Alexanders (Jami and Rick) would invite us over to swim in their backyard. We last swam in this pool 15 years ago when the original neighbors, Steve and Jolene put it in. We had a relaxing afternoon sipping beers and enjoying great company while keeping our cool.

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While memorial weekend at our cabin in Serene Lakes admittedly didn’t bring a lot of tearful memorializing of our men and women serving our Country, it was celebrated the way so many American’s celebrate: with family, barbecues and food. A few of the kids brought friends up which brought our numbers to

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Arrived home very late last night. Good time was had. Did I mention I returned with a serious head cold? Poor Gretch had it last week in Ireland. Mine was delayed, thankfully. I am editing photos, trying to start book. [Ed’s Note: Mostly I just stole this from an email because I wanted to post the Leprechaun pic of my dad. -Steve]

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After a long day of watching Daddy race his bike and then maybe overindulged a bit, Patrick fell asleep in a rather unfortunate place. Okay, well, fortunate for me anyway.

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Celebrating Lisa and Karen’s birthdays kid-free at P. F. Changs downtown: Les, Karen, Lisa, Steve, Amy and Steve

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