Thursday, October 30, 2014

hussman fam

we had such a fun visit with adam's cousin and his wife, matthew and mariah. so much fun to have them in idaho!a
julie, adam, and matthew
mariah, matthew, adam and me 

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

lets skate!

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the port fountains

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we went to the fountains by the port of LA to ride some scooters and get wet.
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i could sit and take in this view all day…
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i believe i can fly…
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love these goofballs
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and these goofballs….
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i love the zoo

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we saw pretty much the whole zoo, with the exception of the rhinos and camels, which the kids will never (never!) let us forget.  it was an exhausting but super fun day.
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 little crock
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the baby orangutan was sooooo cute
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as we were leaving california eli was pretty sad.  the thing that cracked me up was when he said, “i just love the plant life.”  so this picture is in honor of  him…
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the kids like the liked the fake animals as much as the real ones…
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lyla and her friend, seal.
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eli “petting” the polar bear…
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the monkey otter exhibit is one of my favorites,  the otter was swimming and running and putting on a pretty good show.  he then went up and kissed the monkey…

family

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i'm totally kicking myself for not taking more pictures at our family parties.  i did get a few…
we took a nice walk at la jolla with adam’s dad and ellen.  it was a beautiful morning…
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the cousins, shane, isabelle and ben, lyla, eli and clark, julia and hailey
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it was my mom’s birthday while we were there, happy birthday mom!!!
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it was also jessie’s birthday, happy birthday jes!
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josh and emily with francis
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dance party!
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mike and eli in some serious wii competition…
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i love this family!

Thursday, October 16, 2014

ahhhhh, the beach

we pulled up to the beach to find a mama and baby humpback breeching just off shore.  it was one of the coolest things i've seen.  we grew up going whale watching and i've seen many whales, but never something like this.  not to get all sappy, but it was just beautiful.
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there were some serious boogie boarders…
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