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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: September 2009

breakfast, beach, island critters, and hard rock

This morning we had pannekoeken for breakfast.  Ingrid hails from Holland so this is one of their favorite things.  Yum.

Ingrid and I went on a walk after breakfast and made lots of new reptile friends.

We hit the beach again. I tried to find shells for the kids.
We had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Last night...

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seeing the island

We took a tour of the island today.  The ocean is much different on the other side. 
Jennifer’s trademark pose on the “natural bridge.”
Our group – Family and close friends of Jennifer and Christina’s family.

Where we snorkeled
Yeah, these things walk around freely.me with Ingrid (Jennifer’s mom)
Brady and I got dressed for dinner not realizing...

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wedding

Christina and Eric had a beautiful wedding on the beach in Aruba today.  I won’t post any ceremony or formal shots until Christina has seen them but here are some others from the day (more Aruba posts below).
me and Brady at the reception
me and Jen
Brady and Jennifer attempting a trash the dress session in the...

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pre-wedding beach

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aruba – woo hoo – internet!

I don’t have my phone or access to my regular emails but I am checking this email address: photobymitzi@gmail.com.
(Mom, if Megan wants to email me, she can  )

We are in Aruba safe and sound.  I haven’t slept in 38 hours except for a couple catnaps.  I forgot my glasses.  But other than that, we’re...

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mommy guilt and sugar

I am leaving for Aruba tomorrow.  I will be gone for 5 days.  By “I”, I mean no Rob and no kids.  I am going with Brady and Jen to photogaph Jennifer’s sister Christina’s destination wedding.  I am sooooo excited.  But also feeling guilty and nervous about leaving all my babies – the little ones,...

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eye update

Nathan stayed home from school and drove me crazy while I tried to get some photo orders done.  He felt totally fine.  His eye looks worse and he still says it’s blurry.  We saw the doctor again this afternoon.  I didn’t get much information again even though I tried to ask questions.  He did say...

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another day, another injury

After a busy weekend, I was anxious to get everyone off to school and catch up on laundry, dishes, photo orders, finding the bedroom floors! An hour into my morning, the school called to say a kid had run into Nathan on the playground and he had a cut above his eye.  They wanted me...

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more from la jolla

More from yesterday (new post below this).  We hung out at the beach after picking up Rob’s kayak.
Then headed to La Jolla Cove to meet Andrea, Sam, Jacquelyn, and London.
Megan and Jess
love this kid’s hair!
baby sis
Looking for sea life and a perfect photo spot

going crazy and swimming in our regular shorts

We risked out lives and...

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la jolla

We made the drive to La Jolla today to pick up a kayak and meet up with Andrea and her family for a photo session.  WAY too much time in between picking up the kayak and the doing the photos.  We went to the beach which the kids enjoyed but that made us hot, sandy,...

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