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dave’s birthday at the railroad
when asked how he wanted to spend his 33rd birthday, dave responded with a big idea — let’s take a day trip to the strasburg railroad in pennsylvania! and so we did. the trip north took a bit longer than expected, but we arrived by noon to see a parking lot full of visitors and…
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day at the zoo
a few sundays ago, we decided to take advantage of our passes to the catoctin wildlife preserve and zoo and spend an hour or two with the animals. the best part of the visit was the animal encounter, during which we got to see several interesting animals up close — we even got to pet…
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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…