This is the Year That Was: 2008

Dada at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma

You may rightly infer from the lack of blog posts the last few months that our life has become both busy and routine. Here is a rundown of what we've done since May:

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  We traveled to Boise to see Nei Nei's house. Shown here: Judy and Dada in downtown Boise.
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  From Boise to Coeur d'Alene for a little Hyatt family reunion (with some Bacon's thrown in for flavor). Shown here: Dada in a princess dress as part of the the dressup fashion show put on by all the girls (Booker declined to participate).
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  From there to Tacoma to see Ba. Shown here: Dada and Ba at the Point Defiance Zoo.
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  In traveling from Boise to Cd'A we visited Judy's friends Cris and Nanci who have a cabin up in the wilds of Idaho where Dada got to experience a little off-the-grid wilderness living and have a marshmallow roast.
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  We traveled to Amarillo for a reunion of Julie's family. Shown here: Julie and Dada at a rest stop somewhere between Lubbock and Amarillo on Highway 87.
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  We played in the new fountain in the new park downtown.
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  Dada started a new pre-school that is a 5-days-a-week and much closer to our house. She likes it a lot and has made lots of friends. Shown here in her skunk costume for Halloween (she refused to wear the skunk headpiece).
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  Dada started at a new gymnastics studio that is much closer to our house and a better fit for Dada generally. Shown here: Dada receiving her medal following the end-of-year gymnastics show.
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  We spent as much time as we could at the pool.
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  Replaced Dada's WeeRide bike seat with a tagalong behind dad's bike.
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  Went to the Austin City Limits music festival.
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  Spent way too many hours playing Spore[tm].
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  Reconnected with our family cache of Lego, which had been in the attic of our old house since we moved into the new house. It had been packed in a large box. We spent the better part of a weekend sorting and organizing it into the bins you see here.
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  Went to Maker Fair in Austin
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  Adopted a new dog, Humphrey
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  Went to the Fall Festival at St. Mark's (where Dada's school is).
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  Saw Clifford at the Texas Book Festival
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  Took several trips to Houston to see Boo over the holidays. (Shown: Not Boo's house but another house in Houston.)
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  Grew tomatoes into January (our volunteer cherry tomato plant continue to produce even now)