Year: 2010
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Christmas 2010
Though the card is a little late this year, here it is nevertheless, wishing you had an enjoyable Christmas and all the best for the coming year. A rare, recent photo of us altogether, slouching it at Bryce Canyon in Utah.
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Vancouver
Even though the trip was a little while ago now, I still want to post about it, if nothing else to keep up the facade that we travel a lot. The trip up itself was fairly uneventful, stopping overnight in Redding, northern California before pressing on to visit, and stay overnight with, some friends outside…
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The Pitfalls of History
Despite a broken arm from playing tag in World History class, Mara remains upbeatedly nonchalant.
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Micah's Morning Ritual
Like all civilized gentlemen Micah prefers to take the morning paper with his breakfast.
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Micah Makes Two
The call to arms (or at least cutlery). This past weekend we celebrated, with a couple of friends, Micah’s achievement on making it to the two year mark. Despite the fairly hot weather, a barbeque was in order with Gaynor once again directing the menu and doing most of the food preparation. Needless to say,…
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Leaving the Country … a Bit
Though the length of our stay here in the US is as yet unknown we don’t want the children to lose touch with the other cultures they have been growing up in. So to that end, we are sending Elijah back to Canberra for his summer holidays and Joshua back to Germany for most of…
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Isn’t It Ironic?
We were recently asked to help a local club, in which the girls participate, with gaining sponsorship. While I certainly applaud Pepsi’s philanthropy, the irony of a soft drink company sponsoring health initiatives — like the 100 Mile Club Ariana and Bryna both run in — seems to be ignoring the elephant in the room.…
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The Most Expensive Part on a Southern Californian Car
Riding a very busy southern Californian highway each day for roughly one and a half hours gives one ample opportunity to observe plenty of aberrant and abhorrent driving behaviours. Being on a motorcycle one feels a little more vulnerable than usual and so simple-minded absences on the part of other drivers can become a dangerous…
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Christmas 2009
I know it is a little late but here is a short photo essay from Christmas 2009. Since we were able to head to Utah to celebrate wit Stacie and Martin, Donovan kindly offered to let us come down to his place at Newport Beach and cook him a fabulous meal. He graciously provided the…