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We had such fun sailing in the boat parade in Poulsbo’s Liberty Bay. This was Sam’s first boat trip – you’ll notice he took wearing his lifejacket in stride and enjoyed the experience immensely. Many thanks to mom, Pete, Ken and Pat for the fun time!
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here are a few pictures (thanks to angel!) of our temporary home for a couple months! we are so blessed to have found this home. we’ll be their first longer-term tenants, and they’ve completely remodeled the home. it’s in our price range, they love kids and dogs, AND it’s a block from the beach!
UPDATE: links to pictures and video from our NE Trip!
hi! we’re sitting here in NYC with Pig, Bear and Mom (Sam is napping) and having a great time wrapping up our 19 day trip seeing family and friends. Oh – it’s my birthday, too! we’ve taken a ton of pictures and will post them when we get back.
I posted pictures from Sam’s 15th and 16th months, including a movie or two 🙂 Enjoy!
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Sammy and I raced again today and had a great time! I cut about 3min/mile off my time from last year – yeah! Sam was funny – he fussed when I was behind people then smiled and clapped as I passed! Little racer!Unfortunately, no good finish line photo – the race officials swarmed to the chute and blocked Dave’s view from all sides. We did get a good one of my buddy Noel crossing the line with her son, Matthew! We did very well – just over 9min/mile splits, and that’s including stopping to chase down stuff the kids threw off the stroller! Here’s a couple pictures. They ran out of water at the end so I’m using Sam’s sippy cup.
the hiker girl gang inducted another member today with a mosstache and walking stick (no amy, this one wasn’t rotten!). noel and her son matthew had a great day, and we had fun with ang and becca as always. weather was awesome! here are some funny photos 🙂
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We had a great time yesterday touring around several islands in the sound with my mom! It was a special way to share Mother’s Day – create memories together!
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dinner with bryan was only the first in what will be a string of goodbyes that begins this month and stretches through our departure in July. since dave will be out to sea or away in school until the day we leave, we’re also trying to cram in all that’s left on our WA adventure wish list – the san juan islands, mountain biking, visiting family…
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my stalwart friend and adventure co-conspirator, and, and i had another great outing before the men returned. we decided to go stay at an old fort overlooking the route the ship takes on its return. we figured it’d be incredible to wake up, have coffee and watch the ship sail by early in the morning, then pack up and get the “boys”.