| Are drawer pulls as tasty as they look? |
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| Both kids look all set for summer. |
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| Giddyup horsey. Looks like Lucas has pretty much outgrown
this ride already! (Valleyfair amusement park) |
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| Time to go for a spin. |
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| Buzz buzz buzz. |
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| Engineer Lucas takes a quick ride on the Empire Builder
train. |
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| Lucas enjoyed tagging along as Grandpa and Dad played
a short course. He also enjoyed pulling the pin and retrieving the
balls from the cup. |
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| Lucas tames a tiger statue at the zoo. |
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| Chuck and Lorinda juggle in the Wadena June Jubilee parade,
with kids in tow. (Despite what it looks like, there were portions
of the parade route that actually had lots of people watching.) Many thanks
to our friends the Petersons for loaning us their wagon for the trip! |
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| Lucas and Abbie didn't know what to make of the parade
at the time, but talked about it the rest of the day. |
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| Penny feeds Chippy with Lucas watching. This is
at Bradford's family cabin on Battle Lake, MN. |
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| Now it's Abbie's turn to watch Chippy eat. |
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| Chippy obviously knows where his next meal is coming
from -- Chris! |
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| What is it about sticks that attracts boys? |
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| Tom got his upper body workout taking the kids for a
spin, many times. |
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| Lorinda, the social butterfly, emerges from her cocoon.
For the record, this summer's cabin weekend WAS rather chilly. |
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| Hi! |
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| Our little bookworm reads his Hooked On Phonics books
while communing with nature. |
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| Shrimp scampi fresh off the grill is one of our cabin
weekend traditions, and this year Lucas was a big help serving everyone... |
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| ...including himself! |
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| Abbie often delights in taking her shoes off...on...off...on...off... |
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| Chuck and Chris take the kids out for a spin while everyone
else packs up to leave. At first Abbie didn't want to go for a canoe ride,
but later decided she was ready to try the "new ride." |
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