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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: May 2009

7 year old at the happiest place on earth

I took Nathan to Disneyland today to get a season pass for his birthday.  This is what we all agreed to do instead of parties this year.  It was just the two of us for the morning until we met up with Andrea and her family.  We got there at 8:00 and walked on every...

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baseball, party, dinner

Today started out with a baseball game.  We missed one while we were in Florida and last weekend was Memorial Day weekend so it’s been several weeks since we’re worn our Angels jerseys.
After the game, we had lunch with Papa Jerry and Mrs. Baker.  The kids went across the street for Stephen’s birthday party.  I...

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happy 7th birthday nathan!

Today is Nathan’s 7th birthday.  For his birthday dinner, he wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese (sigh). Hayley and Alex were able to meet us.

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tidbits from today

All three kids went the the dentist today so Logan stayed home with me.  I had a session with Andrea’s family – a friend and fellow photographer.  After the session, Jacquelyn and London hung out with Logan.  He gave them a lesson on Star Wars guys.    They don’t look very interested.
It was a...

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memorial day

Thank you Grantie and UB for all the yummy food and fun swimming!  We love you!

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beach day

Rob and Nathan spent the night at Papa Bob’s last night so they could get an early start fishing this morning.  Megan, Logan, and I met them today for some beach fun!
me and Nathan kayaking
It was cold, like 65 degrees, but it didn’t stop the kids from swimming and playing in the water.

I thought this...

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cousins

We took some updated “cousins” photos with Kari and Corey today after my park sessions.

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hair cut (can I get a tissue please?)

Megan wanted her hair cut short.  She was absolutely positive about it.
So I took her to Farida who has been cutting my hair for 12 years.  She hacked it before I could change my mind.
Megan LOVES it.  She will be so much cooler this summer and I am sure I’ll get used to it, too!

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look who stopped by (and a playplace)

I picked Logan up early today because Megan and Nathan get out early every Wednesday.  We went to the new McDonalds playplace and had a blast until Logan had a meltdown 45 minutes into it.
But when we got home, who was in our driveway?  Colleen and Alex!  Yippee!We miss him!

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turtles

We were able to spend a half hour at this state park where there was a nature center and a real sea turtle.  We hurried back to the hotel to meet Rob’s cousins who weren’t able to come to grandpa’s party but we missed them anyway.    At least we got to see the...

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