The annual LDSEHE Homeschool Conference rolled around in May. I have a couple of pics of the Neptune statue on the boardwalk at Virginia Beach. The hotel was just past the end of the boardwalk.
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| Logan and Amy |
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| Me, Logan and Amy |
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| Me, Jennie, Amy, Logan, and Miranda |
Rick and I celebrated our 20th Anniversary this year. Can't believe it's been that long! We went on a nice, relaxing trip to the Pigeon Forge TN area and stayed in a lovely cabin for a few days. It was great, and we can't wait to take the kids there sometime soon.
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| I took this quiet getaway as an opportunity to try to figure out my camera a bit more. |
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| Our cabin was so secluded in the trees, I didn't have much to take photos of! |
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| The wonderful cabin. |
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| On the back deck. |
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| Wonderworks....such a cool looking building. |
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| Me in front of the "Titanic"....at the Titanic museum. |
Rick's father passed away on Memorial Day. It was very unexpected and a big shock to us all. We made a trip to California for the funeral. It was a beautiful funeral but we were all very emotional. While we where there, we took the kids to a great park in Cerritos. I believe it's called Heritage Park and it's on a little island with kid-sized, colonial-style buildings. Slides and steps and different levels are inside the buildings.
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| That's Henry in the window. |
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| Henry on the slide. |
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| And then Emma. |
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| Austin....thinking....so....intensely. |
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| Rick.....touchdown? |
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| Thomas posing for me while I tried out different camera settings. |
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| "I'm flying!" (Thomas) |
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| Henry |
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| Love these looks on Emma's and Thomas' faces. |
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| Audrey and Alyse |
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| Emma posing for more camera exploration. |
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| Audrey, Emma, and Alyse |
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| And then, of course, I had to get all artsy-fartsy with the camera. (Audrey in the background) |
Right after, and I mean right after, that trip to California Audrey and I drove up to southern Utah for my nephew's wedding. My sister asked me to make a cake for the rehearsal dinner. And I also made the groom's cake at my nephew's request. It was a busy caking week!
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| Beach-themed rehearsal dinner cake....a Fedora on one chair and a bouquet of lilies on the other. |
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| Meaghen and Daniel |
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| Groom's cake....he requested a wakeboarding cake. |
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| My sisters Anna and Amy in front of the house where the receiving line and refreshments were served right after the wedding in the church next door. |
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| Audrey, Aaron (my other nephew and Best Man), and Madison |
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| My brother-in-law Kelley and my sister Bonnie |
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| More.... |
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| ....artsy.... |
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| fartsy....Hey wait! Where did my daughter learn to be so silly? That is ridiculous. |
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| See...a nice serious picture...lovely. Why can't she be more like me? |
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| Uh, never mind. |
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| They whip their hair back and forth! They whip their hair back and forth! |
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| My parents and my brother-in-law and sister dancing. |
And my niece did have the baby! Here he is....so sweet!
