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| We started the new year with a new baby |
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| during the cold months, we amused ourselves with having movie nights. This is the Michigan theater |
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| ice storm |
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| 2016 xmas party delayed due to blizzard until January 2017 |
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| Maya and I decorated this |
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| escaped winter in February by going to Arizona |
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| stellar blue jay |
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| Indian ruins |
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| costa hummingbird |
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| old mission |
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| Grand Canyon |
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| cactus flowers |
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| birthday girl |
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| where we went for my birthday |
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| Mackinac island escape in May |
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| cherry blossoms Saw these same trees laden with cherries 2 months later |
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| the arch |
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| e hosted Steve's cousin for brunch. Made rhubarb scones from my garden |
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| beaded top find from my thrift store hunts |
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| hummers returned |
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| I loved sitting in the morning with my water features on amid all my flowers |
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| she learned how to ride a bike so we had bike rides together |
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| Naomi got to go to New Orleans |
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| When I reached my initial weight loss goal after 9 months. Went on to lose 12 more pounds |
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| my peony Also visited the peony gardens |
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| Father's Day bbq |
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| flowers |
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| predawn double rainbow on my training ride |
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| 6 day bike ride up north |
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| Sutton's bay |
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| Mom's meetings |
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| the eclipse |
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| the boys |
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| a trip to Holland (MI) to visit my relatives and a friend |
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| my friend collects kites |
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| swallowtail larvae ate all my dill I let one of them pupate |
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| Shanna's family in Chicago |
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| sun flowers on my bike rides. Alltogether I rode 2350 miles this year |
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| late rainy summer |
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| a visit with my aunt and cousin in Northern Oakland county |
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| Steve's brother and wife visited us in the fall |
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| 2 visits to this winery |
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| artPrize |
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| Grand Rapids |
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November trip to NYC
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cranes at the beach we visited several times
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| Watched grandkids while Shanna celebrated 10 years of marriage |
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| fancy dinner at the Henry Ford Museum |
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| 40 th anniversary trip to Spain Madrid |
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| Seville |
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| Cordoba |
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| And our favorite: Barcelona |
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| My grandfather's former house was on the list for top 4 expensive properties sold this year in our county |
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| Christmas 2017 |
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| me for a pre New Year's eve eve party |
4 comments:
What a varied and colourful year. With some triumphs too.
Hard to condense but we did experience a lot of beauty
You have a beautiful family, and a lot to show for your year. I feel for you on your sorrows( may they be few) and cheer you on in your trips and general enjoyment of the good things in life. Happy New Year!
Kathy
Thank you Kathy
Hope to see you In 2018.
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