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outer banks vacation
it’s been a while since our return from our great outer banks vacation, and lots has happened since then. but we collected some great photos and some great memories on the trip, which we still wanted to share here! for the first time this year, we were able to stay the entire week for the…
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sarah’s visit
it’s become an annual tradition — sarah comes to visit Frederick the week after jackson’s birthday. and this year was no different. we started out the week with a bang at the urbana carnival on monday night. crispy french fries, chicken and lemonade were followed by creamy soft serve ice cream and some games. on…
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jackson’s 2nd birthday
we spent an extra-long weekend celebrating jackson’s 2nd birthday, and had lots of fun doing it! the celebration began late wednesday night, when we traveled up to aunt amy’s townhome between state college and bellefonte. arts fest had begun, and we spent the day thursday wandering around campus, checking out amy’s lovely office at the…
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a boulder approach
a few months ago I learned that several frederick county commissioners were planning a trip to boulder, colorado, on a fact-finding mission to learn more about that city and county’s “zero-waste” approach to trash management. cool, I thought. boulder would be a neat place to visit. so I asked my boss what he thought. sure,…
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summer’s here / sarah’s communion
grandma and grandpa arrived on their way back from florida last week and brought with them lots of warm sunshine! we were glad to have it. it felt like summer all week. we celebrated grandpa’s and molly’s birthdays with a trip to la paz and ben & jerry’s in downtown frederick. it was jackson’s dream…