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| "Laura Ingalls" was a good shot with the balloon darts. |
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| Hunter Gabe fit right in with the Nerf gun shooting range, and manned it for a good 1/2 hour. |
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| Lydia put together my "French Artist" outfit complete with brushes in my pocket. |
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| With Farmer Dad |
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| Dress up day excuse to wear what we really want to. |
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| 12 Years of Flaming Color in our lives with Lydia! |
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| Lydia - Beautiful Light |
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| Happy Birthday song and a suspicious look at boys. |
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| Ready for the cap gun finale. |
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| Big breath and lots of smoke. |
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| Aagh! |
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| Silly string strikes! |
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| Hahaha! That was the silly surprise. |
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| Mischievous Gabe on the left. |
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| Jemma is ready for a cupcake! |
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| Vacuuming up the silly string. |
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| Organic chocolate cupcakes with butter cream and a chunk of Bark Thin. |
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| Hadassah is appeased with chocolate too. |
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| Presents stacked up. |
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| Special birthday with cousins! |
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| All growing up! |
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| What is with this card? It is from Gabe... |
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| ... tricky Gabe! He had Mom address the envelope from someone else! |
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| A "harp" card from Johannes |
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| Very pretty gifts from Aunt Janelle and Uncle Seth family. |
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| A pretty pin cushion from Naphtali. |
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| Smells nice too with lavender. |
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| Shana sent a pretty pillow with an applique L. Such sweet friends. |
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| Jemma rejoined the party though it was past bedtime. |
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| Pretty mits from Grammy. |
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| Merino blend - so soft and pretty. |
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| Merino pink shawl so pretty too!! Such grown up gifts. |
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| Magazine subscription from Meg and Jess. Always good to have Answers. |
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| Light blue ballet skirt will please her prettily. Such a sweet birthday for a sweet girl. |
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| Choosing pumpkins and looking toward the bay. |
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| Posers |
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| Looking West |
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| Pumpkin Patch complete with hay wagon. Load 'em up. |
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| Headed into the thick of the corn maze. |
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| Gabe dropped a seed corn trail, so we didn't get lost. |
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| Made it out to join the Hail and Farewell of officers that evening as part of family friendly Navy function. |
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| Gabe and Lydia formed a game: Complete four laps of the hay maze, with eyes closed, first! |
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| Pumpkins good enough for pie. |
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| Gabe decides pigs may be in his future with these friendly weaners. |
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| Friendly grunts. |
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| Case Farm known for its beautiful edible heirloom corn. |
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| Brought home some winter squash. |
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| Gabe talks with the turkeys. Tried to upload a video to no avail. |