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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.

Monthly Archives: July 2007

mackinac island

We spent today on Mackinac Island, where my dad was born (in a house) while Grandpa was in the Coast Guard. There are no cars on Mackinac Island – only horses, bicycles, and good old walking feet. We wanted to ride horses but you have to be at least 9 years old. ...

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some more…..

In case you are just tuning in, there are more wedding pics in the post below this one. If I were on my regular computer, I’d ps the sweat from my face in these but oh well! We were dancing fools. Well, 4 of the 5 of us were. =)

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random wedding pics

These are in no particular order. I’m just back online after being without internet for (gasp) more than 48 hours. I have 600 images from the wedding, all taken by children under 9 years old. Yes, I let Corey run around the wedding and the reception with my $4,000 camera around his...

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a walk in the woods

with cousins Kevin and Kyle

We might hide Kevin in a suitcase and smuggle him back home. The boys are in love with him and we are in love with having them constantly entertained!

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why I support flying on the red-eye

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family photos

So, you know I should be packing up five people and trying to get on us on our way to the airport but I had to post these first. A couple of weeks ago, we had our portraits taken by Andrea Robinson of Bakersfield (I’ll post a link to her site when I get...

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water park

Yep, it was crowded today. This is our local aquatic center. It’s only 2 bucks for kids and 3 for adults. With Rob teaching summer school, I am trying to find ways to stay cool and keep the kids too busy to argue with each other. lol. This was today’s...

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megan’s birthday party

Yep, a month late. But that was so we could wait to see Aladdin at the Glendale Centre Theatre. Grandma Verna arranged to have Princess Jasmine visit the party afterwards.
Megan, Nathan, and Logan with the princess. And Kylie. She loved the princess so much that she sat on her lap...

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sunset

I took a bunch of photographs today. I’m too tired to work on any more but here are some from the end of our day. We went to visit our friends whose three kids I used to babysit while I was in college. Now two are in college themselves and Elizabeth is...

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more 5d

I only wonder why it took me so long to get this (maybe the $ but now it doesn’t even seem to matter).

Being related to me or living next door means you have to be ready for a photo shoot at the drop of a hat. =)

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