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Painted Pumpkins

We decided to paint the pumpkins this year instead of carving, cause Carson is really good at painting and not making a mess. Here's how they turned out! Comments AuntieM (Nov 01, 2009): Wow! Those really do look great. Cool idea to paint them instead of carving. Less

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Apple Hill

Going to Apple Hill was an interesting experience for all of us. Carson got sick on the way there cause of the windy roads. Luckily I brought an extra shirt.......for Tucker. Carson had to wear one of Tucker's shirts, and some old pants too short for him.

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Riding Bikes at the Sparks Marina

To celebrate my day off (and labor day too), we all went to lunch at Fuddruckers, then for a bike ride at the Sparks Marina. Fuddruckers had really good burgers, chicken sandwiches and shakes; but you really pay for it. The food was fairly expensive for burgers. The fries were

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Family Picture, take three

Trying to get Tucker away from the tricycle for just a few minutes isn't easy. But we were able to get some decent pictures anyways.

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Playing at Grandma and Grandpa Knight's House

We went over to Grandma and Grandpa Knight's house to play for a while today. We tried out the new ATV and played around on the tri-cycles.

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Portraits by Carson

Carson was experimenting with the timer on the camera and has taken some pretty good pictures.

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Family Picture, take two

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Family Picture

Comments Yo' Mama (Aug 31, 2009): Awh! What a great picture!

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Berry Family Reunion at Tahoe

Jim and Lois Lober invited us to join them up at Camp Richardson at Lake Tahoe for a Berry (paternal grandmother) family reunion. Here are some pics: Comments AuntieM (Jul 19, 2009): I LOVE the picture of you and Tucker where he's smiling all big and you'

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Independence Day

We spent the 4th of July at a family BBQ. Tucker is pictured here with Brielle and Ray; they are all just born months apart from each other, Tucker being the oldest, then Ray, and Brielle. Carson went to another Home Depot project - doesn't he look so

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My Grandma Nona's House

This is my Grandpa and Grandma's house in Livermore. It was built in the early 1900s. We went there as kids many times a year to visit my Grandparents. But they've been gone for a while now, so we don't see this house more

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Visit with the G-Parents in Vtown

While in Visalia a few weeks ago, we went up to Livermore for Clint's (Angela's cousin) graduation party. Carson got to ride a horse! Albert, Clint and Brenda. Albert, Stella, Ulric, Richard and Carson with Gray the horse. Carson rides Gray and Uncle Albert leads the

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Turning 4 -- Carson's Birthday Party

We had a small get-together at my parents house for Carson's birthday. Carson was really looking forward to it and had a great time. The cake turned out SOOO good too -- we got a Baskin Robbins Fudge Crunch cake. We were fortunate enought to have as guests:

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Turlock, CA

We went to a 25th Anniversary party for my Aunt Diane and Uncle Charlie, in Turlock, CA. It was a nice luncheon and my sister flew all the way from Georgia to see us. Thanks, Andrea! It was really fun to spend time with you. We were also happy to

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Fleischmann Planetarium at UNR

Now that Carson is a school-boy, we decided to take him to UNR to show him what universities are. We started with the Planetarium, which dissappointingly, had changed very little since I was a kid. But Carson enjoyed it. He even got to touch a meteorite. Then as we started

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A Bicycle Built for Two

With the sickness of the winter behind us (hopefully), we finally got out as a family and went to the Sparks Marina. We dusted off our bikes, (except for Carson, since his is brand new) and headed for what's now called "Celebration Lake". We like "

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Glowing at the Coconut Bowl in Sparks

Angela and I have never been bowling together and our kids have never had the opportunity. So we decided to spend our day off at the Coconut Bowl in Sparks. It has a fun family safe atmosphere, making it possible to bring a 3 year old and a 6 month

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Happy New Years!

They must have talked about New Years in Carson's Sunday School class. Since then, he has been saying, "Happy New Years!" He doesn't have a clue what New Years is, but he has been asking when Santa will come back. Well, New Years has

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Christmas At Home With The Akslands

Angela's family was nice enough to come here for Christmas. Had they known about the weather that they would have to travel through to get here, it may not have happened, but we are grateful that they came. It was really nice to spend the holidays here and

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Christmas at the Knights

We spent Christmas morning at Grandma & Grandpa Knight's house. Scott, Lori and family were there along with Teresa and Rogan. It was nice to see some family that we rarely see and watch everyone open their gifts.

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White Christmas

We awoke to a beautiful layer of fluffy snow. Perfect Christmas conditions (unless you have family driving over Donner Pass -- they eventually made it safe and sound). Notice the garbage cans on the street? It was trash day -- on Christmas in the snow. They still came?!? Pretty amazing

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Christmas Eve Party

We celebrated Christmas Eve with my family at Grandma & Grandpa Ross's house. It started off with socializing and a delicious dinner (helped by rolls and a homemade pumpkin pie that Angela made). Carson was extremely excited for Christmas and loved seeing his cousins, but still gave Tucker

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Wingfield Hills Ward Christmas Party

Decorations in the foyer...... The party committee really did a good job decorating the hall. We were impressed with the decorations at our church Christmas party Friday night. You can see the tenting effect they created by putting up little christmas lights and hanging tulle across the entire hall. We

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2008 Sparks Hometown Christmas Parade

Ok. I mixed up the start time with the end time, so we completely missed the parade. But we were in-time for the Reed High School Intermezzo choir. They were really good. On the drive to the parade, we were talking about how we weren't into the '

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Phil, Nicole and Family Visit

We had a great time visiting with Phil, Nicole and their kids and Grandma and Grandpa Knight this week. The kids played so well together (which is always a huge plus) and the adults visited and played several games.