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New Year’s eve brings family, sledding fun to cabin

January 7th, 2013 · Leave a Comment

SleddersNew Year’s eve 2012 at the cabin was a full house, possibly setting a new record for visitors, but certainly the most family member’s we’ve had at once. Along with the usual McClellands and Wassermanns, Beth and Robert Rust were up to bring in the new year with Matt home from Turkey with his newish wife, Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn’s family joined us too, bringing the number to

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Life, liberty and the pursuit of happy-hour

July 5th, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Independence day was celebrated at the cabin with the Wassermanns and Petterle’s. Also Les, Dan, the Killers (Honestly, Amy when all three of us are together in one place at one time, can’t we manage to get a photo together?) Eva and Roger joined us with the kids for a couple of days too. It was a full house, but we had a fun week. We entered the usual float pulled by Mike’s jeep in the parade. Steve road the unicycle in the parade for the first time.

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

Thanks for a great father’s day!

June 22nd, 2009 · Leave a Comment

On father’s day, I could think of nothing better to do than to spend the day at Folsom Lake with my two kids and 5 other father’s, all family and close friends. We had a blast and the day went by way too fast.

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

Turks and Caicos, Day 1: I think I’m…YAWN…tired.

February 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The first day of our week-long vacation to Beaches Resort on Turks and Caicos was an extremely long travel day filled with anticipation. The kids were on edge constantly with an energy that overcame their lack of sleep. Patrick slept on the plane, probably more than anybody. The adults slept when and where they could: Beth on the hard

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