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| Donna and Tom |
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| Mmm! Cake! |
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| Donna and Colton, now officially a Louisiana Tech Bulldog. |
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| New retiree Martin and Martha |
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| Charles, hamming it up for the camera |
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| Craig, Martha, Donna, Colton, Destry |
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| Daddy and me |
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| Craig takes a ride in Martin's new Land Rover |
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| Bye-bye, Sista Donna! Can't wait to see you again! |
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| Layover at Midway Airport, Chicago |
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| Waiting to fly from Chicago to Austin |
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| Jade's layover pose. |
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| Jade and I had to leave for Charlotte right at lunch time. We took our peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and a lot of happy memories with us. Thanks, Ryder, Brandy, Mya, River, and Piper (Mya was at school when this photo was taken). |
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| The kids asked over and over again for me to take pictures of them making funny faces. So, here goes! |
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| River, Jade, and I took over Lane 29 at Tarheel Lanes to knock over some pins |
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| River, with a 4-pound bowling ball |
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| The "we knocked some pins down!" dance. |
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| Possibility of a spare? |
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| Go! |
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| Waiting to exhale: how many pins will fall? |
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| While Ryder was a work and Mya was at school, the rest of us went to a park in Flat Rock, near Asheville. |
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| Brandy spins River around. |
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| Piper climbed all over the toy bulldozer |
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| See saw! |
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| Jade and Aunt Brandy |
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| Piper |
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| River and Jade |
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| River and Jade flying high in the sky, trying to touch a cloud/bird/airplane with their toes |
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| Piper is on the move! |
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| River on top of the tunnel log |
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| Piper at the water table |
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| Ryder and me |
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| Jade drives the bus |
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| Kids were invited to decorate cupcakes to celebrate the center's fifth anniversay |
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| Mya ties off her water balloon. Watch out! |
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| River, Mya, Mimi, and Piper |
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| Jade, River, Mya, Mimi, and Piper |
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| The applies were ripe and ready for picking at a local mountaintop orchard. |
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| Piper and Daddy |
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| Jade with her apple basket |
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| Daddy helps River reach some that are up high |
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| So many apples! Ryder pulled out the juicer and made fresh apple juice for Sunday breakfast. |
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| The grapes were ripe too! |
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| Apples and grapes, freshly picked by sweet little hands! |
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| Time to bag up the apples and grapes and head home |
