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Monday, June 18, 2012

golden gate park March 2012





















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dolphin embryo


this sparked hours and hours of discussion about dophins, evolution, and why an animal mught choose to shun the land and head for the sea :P


see more info here: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-6-badass-facts-you-never-knew-about-dolphins?image=2



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Biggest Moth EVER!

Cameron's Pub March 2012

Cecropia Moth (per Lisa @ http://sticksandscales.blogspot.com/ )




Largest silkmoth in the country--with a wingspan up to six inches, they are sometimes mistaken for bats when flying. 





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keiras firsts! the monkey bars

moss beach park. march 2012











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Moss Beach Tidepools March 2012













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rose garden-san jose-march 2012









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egyptian museum march 2012









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random lost post from MARCH 2012

























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Highlights from Spring 2012





























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random found post from months ago!

no words, just pictures from our day!























































































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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Blog.

I have taken a pretty long break from this space.

I used to write this blog, in large part for Nan. Jared's grandmother. She was so appreciative of all the pictures, and would call and thank us over and over for all the lovely pictures that helped her get to know our kids all the was from back east.

Nan passed away just after my last post. I just haven't had the heart to say that.

Writing the blog feels painful.

I know we've got Grandpa Tom and Aunt Pauline anxiously awaiting more pictures, though, so I'm getting back on the horse.

I just felt it deserved mention.


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Wednesday, March 7, 2012


my kids randomly asked for a chocolate cake. We are gluten free, mostly dairy free and out of eggs. :D


i was out of a lot of my fallback ingredients and i searched the net for "gluten free vegan cakes" and really didn't like anything that i saw....



i based this recipe loosely (very loosely) on the pumpkin cake recipe here.



chocolate pumpkin cake:

1 can pumpkin puree
1/2c olive oil
3tbl flax seed ground
6tbl water
1.5cups dark brown sugar
1c cocoa powder
1/4 c. peanut butter
1tbl vanilla
1 cup bobs red mill basic flour mix
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp baking soda
1tsp sea salt


bake in a round cake pan lined with parchment paper at 350 for 25 minutes and then 15min at 325degrees