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“We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies.” ~Shirley Abbott

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

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

There’s something about Allie

November 8th, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Mary and my great-niece, Allie. Who does their daughter’s hair like that?

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Filed Under: Family · Steve

Spending time with my niece Allie!

September 21st, 2014 · Leave a Comment

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More from Steve’s Facebook…

July 9th, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Today we laid Les Mielcasz to rest. After? It was only appropriate to have lunch at Scott’s Seafood, where he took all his dates. Now we just need a martini.

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

Oceanside Vacation Day 5: Easter and an aircraft carrier

June 1st, 2014 · Leave a Comment

No one wants to wake up at 7 am on vacation, but the kids were up in anticipation of the Easter egg hunt and the adults were up by default. The Easter Bunny brought sand toys, kites and other vacation-related toys for the kids. So by 8 am the kids took off in search of

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Oceanside Vacation Day 4: Animals in the ocean

June 1st, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Today was all about the ocean. We barely left the house except to walk to the fishing pier and back, and chose instead to spend our time on the beach. The surf that had been extraordinarily high for the last few days-even prompting a weather warning of 6-12 foot waves-had subsided. The waves had previously banged against the rocks just off our deck. Now they were 50 feet

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1,5,20: Where we were 1, 5, and 20 years ago…a new tradition

April 19th, 2014 · Leave a Comment

One year ago: Camping at Bodega Bay Campground with the Wassermanns, Bakers, Petterle’s, Quigleys, Zinkeys and more, April 17-20, 2013.
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A picture is worth at least a dozen words here

June 18th, 2013 · 1 Comment

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

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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Filed Under: Emily · Family