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Welcome to the Mandel 5!

Thanks for stopping by our little world.  There is never a dull moment in this house with Rob's teaching jobs, my part-time teaching and part-time photography, three busy kids, and more pets than we need.  Check out the links above to read my friends' blogs, find old posts, or get in touch with me.

Category Archives: friends

me and julie at the apple farm

here are a few more from Saturday 

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someone call the fire department….

Casey’s cake has a lot of candles on it! 
He’s going to need a lot of help blowing all of those out!
Mmmm…Snickers
Chi Chi and Corey
Sister-in-laws
Meg
boys
We love Grantie!
What is so interesting?
A blue tailed Skink (looked it up)

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riley’s farm + friends

We did our 5th annual apple picking excursion with Julie and her family today.  Aside from the extreme heat, it was a perfect day.  I am definitely hauling the family out there in a couple months for photos when it cools off.  I love taking pictures there.  And I actually practiced outside with my new...

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sunday

This was a busy weekend.  Yesterday I had a photo shoot at a home in West LA, something I normally don’t do.  The kids went to the Conns to play with Daniel and Elizabeth while I did that and Rob fished.  Pretty weird to have the kids I used to babysit babysitting my own kids. ...

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dierks bently

Melinda’s husband won tickets to see Dierks Bently at the Antelope Valley Fair.  An entire evening with no kid interruptions – imagine that!

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Shane and Shanena visit from GA!

Shanena, Shane, and their girls were in California for a family reunion.  We got to see them over the weekend.  Rob took Shane kayak fishing and I got to photograph those adorable little ladies (along with Shanena’s friend’s little girl)!
Shane
Shane with the poisonous fish he caught. 
Rob’s fish
Megan in a sea of blondness!
Meg and...

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weekend and dolls

We mostly worked hard around the house this weekend.  Got lots of furniture moved and spaces cleaned out and organized.  We did do some fun things but didn’t take many pictures.
We delivered some birthday presents to friends today.  Kylie got Julie (an AG doll for her birthday) from her family and Keira got a doll,...

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GNO

Monette arranged a dinner & movie night for my birthday.  We went to BJs and saw a chick flick – Eat, Love, Pray.  Great friends, great food, great movie, great time…and Bambi was even in town!

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first day of school

This year we are in 1st, 3rd, and 5th.  At the last minute, Nathan decided he needed a new outfit so here they are in clothes carefully chosen themselves.
Mr. 3rd Grader
Mr. All-day, lunch-at-school, big-kid-playground 1st Grader
BFFs (not in the same class) 5th graders – ruling the school
next year: middle school!!

So sometimes I go back and...

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ventura county fair and vhs bbq

Today Grandma Verna and I took the kids to the Ventura County fair.  We met the Bartels there.  Definitely got the fair experience but it was a little overwhelming.
funnel cake!
games!
rides! (Logan has his hands up)
Monette brought cupcakes for my birthday and the kids loved getting it all over their faces!
slide!
Thanks, Grandma!
After that, we went to...

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