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Fun in the backyard
I haven’t posted pictures of the finished yard yet!! I will do that this week. Anyway, we are really enjoying it. It’s so nice to hang out back there and watch Jacob play. Or sit in his toddler-sized lounge chair. … Continue reading
Concert in the park
Posted in daily baby, family, Uncategorized
Tagged baby, beautiful, concert in the park, cute, funny, grandparents, Irvine regional park, live oak, OC parks, orange county, toddler, trees, watermelon
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Big Bear Lake, Part I
This could be a record for me–going on vacation and already posting pictures just days afterward!? We had a lot of fun hiking, boating, biking (not me), talking, eating, dancing (Jacob) and just relaxing! With Uncle Dillon Knuckles! He was … Continue reading
Posted in Babywearing, daily baby, family, photography, travel, vacation
Tagged 18 months, baby, beautiful, Big bear, cabin, castle rock, clouds, dirty, flower, forest, hiking, J&K, lake, messy hair, paddleboarding, pine, pretty, sunset, toddler, trail, tree, Tula, view
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Some phone pictures from Big Bear
Posted in Babywearing, family, travel, vacation
Tagged 18 months, baby, babywearing, back carry, Big bear, daddywearing, family, fun, happy, hiking, lake, mountains, toddler, trail, Tula, vacation, vintage bicycles
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Nielsen Family Reunion 2013
Well, it’s not the way I imagined this post looking..I had planned on having more pictures of people and events, but due to Jacob’s scary high fever, we were cooped up indoors quite a bit. When we were around the … Continue reading
Posted in Babywearing, family, travel, vacation
Tagged American river, Auburn, baby wearing, Coloma, cute, daddywearing, family, ghost town, gold, gold discovery, gold rush, hiking, James Marshall, Nielsen, Northern California, panning, reunion, sick baby, state park, toddler, Tula, vintage bikes, Wild West
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Meeting a hero
I have linked this article to Facebook and emailed it to others, but if you haven’t read it, here is the story of my mother-in-law, Linda Oskins, tracking down and finding the POW whose name she wore on a bracelet … Continue reading
Posted in family, J and K
Tagged Air Force, amazing, American, bracelet, captured, contact, crash, Hanoi, Hanoi Hilton, helicopter, hero, inspirational, Linda Oskins, meeting, Michael O'Connor, OC Register, POW, prisoner of war, remember, survivor, torture, VC, veteran, Viet Cong, Vietnam
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Train ride to San Juan Capistrano
For Memorial Day, we journeyed to SJC on the train with Grammy and OT (Linda and Jeff), as well as Mark, Laci and Alexis. Jacob liked the “choo-choo car” but didn’t like napping. Finally he fell asleep in my wrap … Continue reading
Posted in baby O, Babywearing, family, travel
Tagged amitola, amtrak, baby, babywearing, cousins, crema, el adobe, family, family time, Girasol, historic, in-laws, old town, orange county, Oskins, rainbow, rancho, san juan capistrano, shorty, Southern California, toddler, train, woven wrap
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Happy birthday, Poppa!
It looks like I never pressed “publish” on this. Boo. Well, better late than never!
Posted in family, Uncategorized
Tagged Birthday, dad, family, grandpa, poppa, rodger ward
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Josh and Korey 