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September 2019
September was an active month for us. We started with a labor day week trip to Tuscon for three days and then a family trip to the Grand Canyon. We attempted to camp at the Grand Canyon but unfortunately we only lasted one night. The was a pretty large thunderstorm that came through and our…
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August 2019
We are in full summer weather wise with temperatures reaching the high 80s to 90s for the month. We are very grateful to have our air conditioner this summer! August remained busy on the home front with the last half of the month booked on weekends and Cordelia starting school. Our Au Pair, Valeria, is…
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July 2019
Sorry this post is a few days late! July was a very eventful month. In the midst of fevers, colds, coughs, and throwups we managed to celebrate 4th of July, celebrate Lydia’s first birthday, zoo camps with grandparents, and a family trip to Big Bear. We’re also having some house renovations done. The downstairs bathroom…
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June 2019
Lots of changes this month. Weather has been warming up but somewhat sporadically, one week warm and then a cold week and then a warm week. Cordelia “graduated” pre-school and starting in the middle of the month Cordelia and Anthony started staying at home full time. We enjoyed a trip to the county fair. We…
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May 2019
May has been surprisingly cold and wet this year. We have still been able to get out it and keep busy this month! We celebrated Mother’s day and took a trip to Tucson for Tim’s birthday. Our garden has really been enjoying the cold wet weather with lots of lettuce, spinach, chard and peas growing.…
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April 2019
Spring time is here in San Diego. Lots of flowers blooming, comfortable weather, and longer days are making the outdoors more attractive. We have a lot of vegetables growing in our raised beds. It’s a fun evening activity to go out and see how much things have grown. Not a lot of big events this…
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March 2019
Finally getting some warmer weather this month and less rain. We were able to get outside a lot more this month for a family hike around the neighborhood plus gardening and playing in the backyard. It must be spring! In preparation of hot summer months we had air conditioning installed. And we finally got a new…
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February 2019
It has been a very rainy February in San Diego. It rained about half the month in varying degrees from light rain to hail. We also had several days that went below freezing at night, resulting in ice scraping off the car windshield before driving to work. We did have some fun days. We visited…
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January 2019
We started this new year by welcoming our Au Pair into our family. Our sickness from December continued and overshadowed her first week with everyone having some form of illness. Fortunately we recovered enough by the middle of the month to celebrated Anthony’s third birthday. We also got a nice amount of rain during the middle…
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December 2018
Happy New Year to all! The word for December was sickness. For basically the whole month one or more of our family was sick. For most of the month we stayed around the house doing yard work and various housekeeping. Then we went to Tucson for the Russin clan Christmas. It was great to see everyone…