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the evening flotilla on lake washington.

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another 'waiting for macklemore outside of dick's' shot for your viewing pleasure.

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yesterday, macklemore filmed his new video three blocks from our house. we hung out with thousands of other fans for a while but didn't have the stamina to see him in the flesh.

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when we're not picking berries we can be found in the bowl at the local skate park. riley is getting really good and everyone is so friendly and supportive (even the teenagers). another plus in the seattle column.

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salmon-berries planted as ground cover in the parking lot. guess who ate them right up?

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tamales at the farmers market with uncle dean. delish.

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pretty much all we do all day is look for blackberries growing wild and then eat them. seattle = pure berry heaven.

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twins!. also we cut the mop off the top of riley's head the next day because he is unwilling to use product.

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rye's first profesh haircut was a real family affair.

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who needs a speedboat when you've got a mom willing to whip you around in the water.

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our trip to rattlesnake late was pretty much perfect, save for the vaguely menacing geese who would not leave us be.

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watchin' that pizza cook in devon and angelica's state of the art kitchen.

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turns out there are a lot of paint colors to choose from. it helps to get really close to the swatches.

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welcome home.

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safety first is obviously our motto.

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dust masks and swords and art, oh my.

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dean helps the children inspect their new attic garret.

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well hello there, calvin.

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reunited with mommy (at last) and getting a first look at our new house.

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final visit with great-grandma edna.

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the long hike down the gorge to the river and hot springs.

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brunching in nama's gazebo. pure pleasure.

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kale, always the first one on the dance floor.

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the kids watch spellbound as aunt corrina mc's at nama's benefit. there were actually hundreds of adults there but they are all standing behind me, as hubie says: on the blog the kids live in a world free of adults.

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possibly my favorite picture ever.

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blue cotton candy and love.

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here the kids are leaving the powwow dancing grounds and heading over to the tchotchke sellers to badger nama into buying them arrowheads and slingshots.

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enjoying the spectacular regalia at the taos powwow.

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kale is giving one of his very detailed explanations of the painting he made for great-grandma edna.

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an early morning stroll around prairie dog town.

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future ferrari owners of america.

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everyone is a leeetle nervous on the gorge bridge.

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the rio grande gorge is kind of like our own mini grand canyon.

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view of our campsite from the rocky cliffs above.

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there is a fire ban in nm right now because it's so drought stricken this year. but.... because we were camped by a stream, and it had just rained, and what is camping without s'mores, we compromised and made a tiny fire in the grill. the s'mores were delish and we didn't burn down the forest. phew.

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this is the part of our camping trip where riley inadvertently locked the keys in the car and AAA had to come all the way out to the ass end of nowhere (seriously we were an hour and a half from taos which is pretty much the middle of nowhere already) to unlock the door.

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hikers and their wooden implements.

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nama explaines about the stinging nettle that grows all along the river and why a person never wants to touch it.

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here, it is very early in the morning and vicki is being an amazingly good listener as riley gives her a blow by blow description of the movie brave.

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musical camping interlude with kale and ellie.

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this is the part of our camping trip where hubie's lawn chair broke as riley exited the tent.

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only mama and kale were intrepid enough to ride the chair lift to the top of the ski valley. it was thousands of feet up people, thousands of feet.

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what visit to taos would be complete without a little chanting at the hanuman temple?

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many hands make light work of craft fair setup.

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lots to see and do at patrick and jenny's amazingly tidy and well designed homestead.

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taking a 15 minute break after their 5 minutes of hard labor on the shed. also this couch turned out to be the hit of the vacation - acrobatic possibilities abound.

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smarty pants sarah instigated a children's bucket brigade to more efficiently clean out nama's garden shed.

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julie keeps an eye on the 4th of july kids table. no photos of the fireworks but they were amazing. for real.

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everybody's ready for the arroyo secco 4th of july parade.

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kale is an excellent cheesecake assistant.