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July 1, lucy turned 4. she'd been looking forward to it for ages and i don't think she was displeased:. As she slept, i covered her in pink balloons and waited for her bubbly excitement to overflow:. The 1st was a sunday and grant had early morning meetings to attend, making him unable to be around for presents. i let lucy open one (a new dress) before church:. And kept the rest back for after, when grant could watch:. Lucy was super excited to receive her very own scooter:. It was hazel's lucky day too:.

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g&r: 05.2012

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Memorial day and graduation. On memorial day, grant talked us into braving the holiday traffic and taking him to some new bike trails. traffic wasn't too bad until we were south of the city:. Eventually the cars thinned out and we made it to:. Grant re-assembled his bike:. And after checking the air with his valentine's pump:. He was ready to go:. The girls spent their time playing on the playground:. I sat in the shade reading ( rhett butler's people. Lucy hammed it up for the camera:. We had a little c...

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g&r: 12.2011

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Sometime last week (or perhaps the week before? The head cold makes it hard to think), grant decided the girls needed to experience the.:. After purchasing tickets, we meandered around the zoo, slowly making our way to the theater. we took a family portrait or two:. Smiled at a dragon:. And expressed joy in autumn:. Before reaching our destination:. Once it was time, we rocked our glasses:. And ended our visit after hazel took a picture:. Fa-la-la-la-la la-la la la. There was a smorgasbord of yummy foods:.

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g&r: 02.2012

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When it rains, it pours . . . Grant and i signed up for the surfside half marathon because it sounded fun (this was the one we did last year. And it almost was. We woke up early to heavy rain and thunder. we packed up the kids in heavy rain and thunder. and we drove down the freeway in heavy rain and thunder:. It was pretty discouraging. as we drew closer, mother nature taunted us by slowing the downpour to a drizzle and even stopping it completely for a bit:. But the drizzling rain soon came back:.

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g&r: 07.2012

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July 1, lucy turned 4. she'd been looking forward to it for ages and i don't think she was displeased:. As she slept, i covered her in pink balloons and waited for her bubbly excitement to overflow:. The 1st was a sunday and grant had early morning meetings to attend, making him unable to be around for presents. i let lucy open one (a new dress) before church:. And kept the rest back for after, when grant could watch:. Lucy was super excited to receive her very own scooter:. It was hazel's lucky day too:.

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g&r: 10.2011

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We interrupt your regularly scheduled autumn with . . . A trip to the beach:. It was spur of the moment. grant called me up on wednesday right before i headed over to the y. For my yoga class and suggested a quick vacation before his final exam the next day. the girls and i picked him up from school at 3pm and we headed down to galveston:. It worked wonders for grant, who passed all of his exams! Anyway, lucy lugged buckets of water back and forth:. Grant ran up and down the beach with the girls:. Eventu...

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g&r: 05.2014

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Friday afternoon was the doctoral hooding ceremony. it began with a parade (grant is looking up at the camera; his advisor is behind him waving):. I made sure they looked up for the important bits, like the hooding of dr. adamson by dr. deconick:. We headed to the college of humanities reception and took many pictures. below is grant with dr. henze, a member of grant's dissertation committee, and sylvia, the department coordinator:. With dr. mackie, another member of the committee:. By mark di suvero:.

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g&r: 06.2012

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Excellent adventures: day 2. We woke up relatively early the next morning, found an ihop to eat at for breakfast, and made it to the park by late morning:. This time the girls were ready for the water park portion of sea world:. Logistics proved tricky, especially when you toss in this enormous play area and monkeys for children:. See what i mean? After we were all together again:. We headed down to a semi-shaded playground:. Eventually hazel gave up and took a series of feet pictures:. Hazel talked us i...

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g&r: 08.2011

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Back in our groove. We've been back in houston for three weeks now. long enough to make it almost feel as though we never left. Hazel and lucy quickly pulled out every toy they own. they also built this awesome car ramp:. Grant jumped right into studying for his exams. i had a baby shower cake to make for a good friend:. I made some flowers out of chocolate fondant:. And a chocolate royal frosting crown. the cake was chocolate with pink buttercream frosting:. This picture makes my heart melt:. Can you se...

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g&r: 04.2012

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Surfside on friday night. Last week was frustrating and stressful, making a quick trip to the beach a much needed mini-break:. We went to surfside (our first time. It was windy and cold, but still lots of fun:. Cold rarely fazes the girls:. As the tide started coming in, it brought many of these clam-things:. We scooped up handfuls and watched as they quickly burrowed back into the sand:. Eventually, lucy was turning purple:. So we packed up and headed home:. Me and hazel, the dogs:. And lucy the rat:.