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Ferris summits Donner Peak!

July 13th, 2020 · 1 Comment

Ferris has always been a great traveler. But he hasn’t always been a great hiker. For a Boston Terrier, his back legs are a bit too long. Walking downhill and then stopping quickly to smell something usually results in a hilarious barrel role. As with all dogs though, perseverance is the key to success–both for […]

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Filed Under: Family · Ferris · Lisa · Patrick · Photo Albums · Self Actualization · Steve

Camping with Lisa’s family

July 25th, 2018 · 4 Comments

Lisa’s family has made a tradition lately of camping for a week each year. This year’s adventure was to Westport Bearch near Fort Bragg, California. With us were the Rusts, Normans and Wassermanns. We took our Vistabule teardrop, Green Bean.

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Filed Under: Emily · Family · Lisa · Patrick · Steve · ~Extended Family

Introducing Ferris, the newest addition to the family!

January 2nd, 2016 · Leave a Comment

It was time… time to make another major life change. For Christmas we brought home a new addition to the family. Introducing Ferris, the Boston Terrier.IMG_4786

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Filed Under: Emily · Family · Ferris · Lisa · Patrick · Steve

Damn, time for a new McFam banner

December 20th, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Every once in a while I actually look up and notice the design of this blog. Ok, so Emily doesn’t have braces anymore and the above banner was from before Patrick even had braces! He has them off now. Lisa looks exactly the same though. Hey, I know on which side my bread is buttered. […]

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Filed Under: Emily · Lisa · Patrick · Steve

No-show limo? No problem

December 6th, 2015 · Leave a Comment

This is what happens when Lisa’s entire family gets together to go see Christmas lights and the Limo company FAILS! Instead we all go shopping at the mall and visit Santa.

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Filed Under: Emily · Family · Lisa · Patrick · Steve

Patrick’s paintball party

October 18th, 2015 · Leave a Comment

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Light switch in the way of my framing project? No problem…mad photoshop skills.

October 11th, 2015 · Leave a Comment

wall photo project2

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Patrick practicing for the lunar eclipse…

September 27th, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Okay, actually this was me practicing my long-exposure photography tricks. This was the best of the bunch. You can see the cell-phone in Patrick’s hand that was used to make the circle. We loved that this took place the same night as the lunar eclipse. We fooled a lot of people.

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Filed Under: Family · Patrick · Steve

Finished 43 miles and (Steve did 100)-now time for food, drinks and a nap

September 19th, 2015 · Leave a Comment

We made it!

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Filed Under: Family · Lisa · Patrick

THIS is why we consider Serenites our second family

August 2nd, 2015 · Leave a Comment

We’ve enjoyed Serene Lakes for many years. We built a cabin there on the lake in 2000. Serene Lakes days is a two-day celebration that brings hundreds of families together to participate in the events, soak up the sun and eat the AWESOME barbecued hot dogs.

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Filed Under: Emily · Family · Lisa · Patrick · Steve · Video