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A happy addition to my desk from our senior gymnasts on their Senior Night.

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RFHS Gymnastics @ GET's annual Invitational.

515.

Rudy got some winter booties this year for our many insanely cold days...
they took a little getting used to.

514.

Jack Frost's handiwork.

513.

Steph & Taylor at the RF Fire Banquet after-party.

512.

Snow-caked pines.

511.

510.

We left our tree up for awhile this year....

509.

Waylon.

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A trip to the Orpheum in Minneapolis.
This show was spectacular.

507.

One of many rousing games of Hungry Hungry Hippo at Ellory's birthday party.

506.

Logan hosted a fabulous Mad Men Holiday Party.

505.

Snowmobiling photo pitstop.

504.

Impromptu Christmas shindig - featuring the RF crew.

(We weren't all present at the same time... so this pic is missing Lorah, Logan, & Chelsey)

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Kelly & Daniel (& Maddie) came for a visit!
Aren't they just the cutest little family :)

502.

Christmas with the Sauers.
Logan & Lilly discovered that people make really fun jungle gyms.

501.

The Brathol Family Christmas celebration 2013: it was a good one!

Monica & Kyle are ready for some boot hockey.

Charlee.

And here's a good chunk of the crew.
(Missing a bunch that were inside and more than couldn't make it this year.)

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I made snowman Oreo's for my gymnasts.

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BIG Congratulations to my brother Dane on his graduation from college!
:)

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I got to take some playtime photos of Ellory & her cousins.
All cute as buttons & full of energy!
It was a lot of fun hanging out and playing with them in December. Here are a few favorites...

497.

Grandpa Ralph's 75th Birthday!

The Thompson crew.

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A wee wander in the Brule Bog.

495.

Heading north at just the right time of the season. I loved the way the Tamaracks glowed as they flew past the windows.

494.

Halloween was forever ago, but our pumpkins live on!

493.

I adore this photo of Cassie & Greg cutting a rug at Brady & Ashley's wedding.

492.

We spent the last day of our honeymoon doing a whirlwind tour of Boston.
During the World Series.

We hoofed it from historical site to historical site on the Freedom Trail and spotted Paul Revere sporting his Red Sox gear.

And squeezed in a tour of Sam Adams Brewery.

491.

We made it up Cadillac Mountain in time to see the sun rise from the first point in the U.S. to see it.

It was pretty spectacular.

490.

Jordan Pond & the Atlantic.
Gorgeous hiking day in Acadia with my husband :)

489.

Pine Squirrel compadre.
Acadia NP.

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Bar Island Sand Bar, Bar Harbor, Maine.

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Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park.

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Boothbay Harbor.

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Adios Hartford.

484.

Flying into Hartford, CT for our Maine honeymoon!

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LOTS of laughs on Grandma's 80th birthday at the Phoenix.

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Preschool Open Gym.