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At the Pike's Place market: these salmon were huge!
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More salmon on ice. Fishy smell, oh yes.
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| Tossing fish! Can you spot it in the light? |
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The original Starbuckes. You might notice that the mermaid has changed over the years.
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On the waterfront.
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| Walking down to the public market. |
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Godzilla got to go to McDonald's with us.
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How often do you see an original Golden Arches? This one is on the other side of the parking lot from the updated McDonald's near Skyler's and Otis's house.
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Professional Otis, wearing my glasses.
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Skyler's girlfriend Destiny has a 3-year-old daughter, Alauna, who was born on New Year's Day 2011. Here, they are painting dinosaur models.
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Otis and Alauna, getting ready to watch Frozen at bedtime.
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Yum! Otis chose three flavors and ate every bite himself. Mommy was only teasing.
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So much shaved ice!
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Shaved ice gone. Time to sit in Daddy's lap!
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Otis with Triceritops, Skyler's pet mouse. I held Ttops too. Very friendly! Skyler finally had to put Ttops in a cage; otherwise, the little guy would come up from the basement and find Skyler in the night and nestle under his chin to sleep.
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Cobra the Cat keeps an eye on TTops, who lives in the basement. Cobra has to live outside.
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I wonder what constitutes playing or loitering near the slot machines? I'm guessing this law is more about Mom, Dad, Grandma (take your pick) instructing Child to stand next to them while they try their luck.
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Inside the Las Vegas airport: lots of "dinging" going on! Are we humans so easily tantalized that we will respond to blinking lights and bells when we know the chances of winning are slim, fat, and none?
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I was tantalized enough (and skeptical enough) to be willing to play the penny slots until I saw that you had to buy tickets to play. I wonder if they would have sold me a 10-cent ticket? Never found out.
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Emma, Al, and Joyce headed to a pool party in Waco. Emma and Joyce made a super patriotic cake for the occasion! I'm informed muey much icing was involved. Yum!
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Amon, Jade, and Anjanette at the edge of the pool at Jay and Laura's house; Jay and Laura are Anjanette's parents, known as Lala (Jade's name for Laura) and papa Jay to Jade.
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Jade swimming with Papa Jay. First time to use a noodle by herself!
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The other pool. Amon helped Jay build the video game cabinet in the background.
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| Sparkler time! |
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| A cowgirl needs a hat, a rope, and boots! |
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And if you don't have a horse, a cow will do! This is one of the cows at the Amy's Ice Cream playground near our house.
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So when we were cleaning out the garage Saturday morning, this little guy was hanging on to a piece of plastic picked up by Papa Tom. When he dropped off, he couldn't run away because one of his hind legs was injured. Luckily, Wildlife Rescue was open and staff said they could help little guy recover.
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Jade wore her cowgirl boots to Wildlife Rescue to drop off little guy. She admired the turtles in the pond while we were there.
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We weren't allowed through the gate, so Papa Tom held Jade up so she could see the raccoons playing in their cage.
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So in anticipation of bulky pickup on June 30, we spent Saturday morning cleaning out the garage. Resulted in a lot of cardboard and Styrofoam being taken to the recycling center.
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We had batteries, Styrofoam, cardboard, and metal to add to the barrels. Thanks, Austin Recycling!
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So much cardboard! But not all ours, thank goodness!
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Recycling center staff painting a mural of . . . recycling man???
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Emma played the part of "Grace," Oliver Warbucks executive assistant in "Annie," put on by the Waco Children's Theater on June 27, 2014. Beautiful job, Emma!
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After performance curtsy
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So very professional!
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We've had a wonderfully wet June, enjoyed by Papa Tom, the sunflowers, and the peaches.
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Sunflowers line our front sidewalk. We're still waiting for the monk parrots.
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| Sunflowers and peaches |
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| Batgirl Jade admires a couple of sunflowers |
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What little girl doesn't like to dress up in her grandmother's high heels? This is the pair selected by Jade. I discovered as I was trying to take her photo that she was quite good at running away from me in them. Next thing you know, she'll be dancing backwards in high heels! They grow up too fast!
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Caught her as she came around the kitchen island!
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Disappearing Jade! Zoomed past Daddy at the microwave.
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| Beautiful, Mya! Thanks for sharing with all of us. We look forward to more photos from you! |
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| Lovely! |
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| Mya: are any of these the flowers you and River and Jade planted in March? |
