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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: November 2008

brady and jennifer

Are you sick on me yet? On Friday, I took some pictures of Brady and Jennifer. Just now getting to posting them. What a busy weekend. I can’t believe it’s back to work tomorrow!
my little monkeymy two monkeys climbing on Uncle BradyAren’t we pretty?
If you haven’t read the kayaking post below...

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kayaking with corey

We traded Logan for Corey today. Logan can’t kayak with his cast and we had been talking about bringing Corey out. Corey is such a great cousin – Megan and Nathan loved having him along. He did great! First we went down a channel and then across the harbor in Ventura...

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catching up – wed, thurs, fri

Wednesday afternoon, Logan had his Thanksgiving feast at preschool. So cute.

giving thanks
Thursday we went to Grandma Verna’s for yummy Thanksgiving dinner. Mmmm…

This morning we had a relaxing morning. Well, I was out shopping at 4AM along with other crazy people like my two brothers. I got home at 7:00. Then...

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annual family photo fest

It’s that time of year again! Our family’s tradition is to take photos on Thanksgiving Day. I’ve been torturing them with this since Kari was born.Papa and the grandkids
Dad and the grown kids
cousins
sort-of cousins
Grantie and UB with their grandkids
me and my girl – first time EVER that I have seen a resemblance to...

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papa ed is here from florida!

Rob’s grandpa is here from Florida for Thanksgiving. We headed out to his mom’s after school for a pizza dinner with him. Here are some lovely snapshots with red eye for you to enjoy until the real shooting starts on Turkey Day!

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fun without mom

This was a busy weekend! Saturday I had seven sessions. Eight, if you count the attempt to get Abbey, Matt and their new puppy in one shot. Rob and the kids headed to his mom’s where they had fun at a big park with a pond. Then Nathan went to a...

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thank you, andrea!

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another adventure

Here are a couple of shots from yesterday at the Bass Pro Shop. They had all sorts of fun things for the kids. But if you don’t think shooting foam darts at animal targets is fun, skip it. We got to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus and make crafts...

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a very long day

Today was the day we had planned to meet Andrea for family photos back at the apple farm. Even with Logan’s arm in a cast, we were going ahead with the plan. We woke up early, got everyone ready, and headed out the door for our 2-hour drive. The freeway was closed....

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random stuff

Logan slept with his soccer trophy last night and tonight. Soccer is over. I am always happy when a sport ends because by the last game, I’ve had enough.
You should have heard the screams of joy this morning when Megan weighed herself! She has been trying to pass 60 pounds...

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