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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: nathan

random shots from today

This always makes me smile.
got a new little canvas of the cousins
my nathan
my jojo

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basketball

Another basketball game but this time, I took my new camera and tried to get some better shots.  They’re better.  But I will never be a sports photographer.  More photos from today will be coming to the blog tomorrow.  good night.

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“game” night

Today was the Hamby family monthly game night.  I go as often as I can but unfortunately, it’s not every month.  Megan and I went again and took Nathan for the first time.
playing in the water with Kai
Fred and baby Morgan
Kevin’s friend made Dodger cake pops
playing dolls….
On the way home, Nathan said, “I thought it’s...

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6 boys at the zoo

prairie dogs
i LOVE meerkats!

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boys

Logan found Uncle Casey’s real baseball card and he LOVES it!
(he’s now into buying baseball cards)

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back at home with my boys

went swimming with friends today
missed these furry faces

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roller skates

Megan’s friend gave her roller skates for her birthday.  She is SO excited.  So am I (oh, the photo opportunities!).

still learning…..
getting the hang of it…..
I can’t believe she’s going to be TEN tomorrow!!!!
Oh yeah, this cutie pie went with us.

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first day of summer & baseball

Today was the first day of summer.  We spent the morning cleaning out Megan’s room to make room for Eeyore, the bunny that will be spending the summer there.  Then we went to Fin’s Glow Zone for some black light mini-golf.
It was about 1,000 degrees today so we got some Shave it! shaved ice.
Then, we...

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kindergarten carnival and baseball

Logan had his Kindergarten carnival today.  They made crafts, played games, ate cotton candy, and celebrated a great year.Nathan had a playoff game today.  He used his new catchers gear and they WON.  That means the season continues.  He hit an in-the-park home run which was really a single followed by several errors by the...

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big birthday post

Yesterday was Nathan’s 8th and Stephen’s 9th birthday so Stephanie and I took them (and Megan) to Scooter’s Jungle for their open play time.  Nathan had to meet us a little later because of baseball practice so Stephen and Megan got a head start on the fun!
Then we went to dinner and MENCHIES.
Today was Nathan’s...

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