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summer begins in ocean city!
usually we wait until the end of summer to make a trip to the beach, but this year, we did the opposite, kicking off the steamy season with a weeklong trip to ocean city, new jersey, june 20 to 26. we started our journey on fathers day by boarding the cape henlopen, one of the…
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flower power
we are just loving all the lovely flowers popping up in our backyard in the last week or so, though we cannot name most of them! both dave’s and molly’s moms have helped us fill in our garden spaces with some colorful blooms. the daylilies’ orange blossoms are sprinkled throughout the borders of our backyard.…
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birthday celebrations begin
jackson’s 4th birthday celebrations started about one month early, with a fun-packed “journey around the sun” ceremony at monocacy valley montessori public charter school this morning. jackson stood in the center of the circle, holding the earth. each of the sun’s rays represented a month, and jackson started at july, since that is his birth…
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party time
phoebe attended her first birthday party for a friend last weekend. leah hyland turned 1 year old, and the whole spence family stopped by for some cake. phoebe (seen above, reacting to the birthday girl) was amused by the party. she’s gearing up for her 1st birthday bash in august. it’s a bit difficult to…
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weekend fun!
wonderful weather and a no-wedding saturday added up to lots of fun for the spence fam this weekend! on saturday, we hosted another yard sale on our driveway. we made a few bucks, but more importantly, got rid of a lot of stuff that’s been cluttering our garage! dave spent the morning organizing and now…