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December 25, 2006
On Christmas day, we had Scott's extended family over for a very nice party. His parents came over, along with his brother Kevin and sister Kim and their families. We had a White Elephant gift exchange that was a lot of fun and brought much laughter and smiles.
Everyone brought lots of delicious food, which we nibbled on all day. We played Balderdash, and some of the kids played ping-pong and some computer games.
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November 9 - November 11, 2006
Our family travelled to Edmonton, Alberta Canada with the Edwards family. We spent our time at the Edmonton Mall. This is the second largest mall in the world with over 800 stores. Since we are not big shoppers, we spent a whole day at the most awesome water park ever! There is a wave pool that has ocean-sized waves where you surf or bob recklessly on innertubes. Plus, there are many water slides from novice to insane, and a couple of hot tubs (where you could find Becky if you had lost her).
The kids went on rides at the indoor amusement park. We ate at yummy restaurants. The weather outside was frightful! I don't think that it ever got above 20 degrees fahrenheit. With the windchill factor, whoa baby was it ever cold!
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September 8 - September 10, 2006
Becky went to Belly Dance Camp again. She had a great time with her friends Basia, Jill and Sheleen. They joined in a bunch of workshops and also did a performance of their own.
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August 12 - July 20, 2006
As we do most every year, we went camping at Cultus Lake, by Mt. Bachelor with some of Becky's family members. The weather was great the whole week, though it got a big chilly at night.
The weekend days were a bit uncomfortable, as a bunch of obnoxious teenages were there with blaring stereos on their boats. During the week, however, it was much quieter.
We did a lot of swimming, jumping on the huge floating trampoline, napping, eating, hiking, scuba, boating, floating and reading.
On Thursday afternoon, Corey was jumping on the trampline with a lot of others, and someone's foot swung around and kicked him in the face pretty hard. It split his cheek open, and knocked him out for a few seconds. We got him to shore and cleaned him up. Marissa was a big help, running for paper towels and bandages, as we got him dried off and dressed for a drive to the hospital in Bend. He got 13 stitches in his cheek. While we were there, our friend Basia met us at the hospital (where she was working at the time). We spent the night with her, as it was too late to drive back to the camp.
Basia joined us for camping Saturday and Sunday. I took her for a short scuba dive, which she seemed to enjoy, in the grassy area in front of camp.
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July 8 - July 9, 2006
We took a weekend trip to the Vernier condo at Sunriver with some friends. We swam in the pool, and floated down the Deschutes River in canoes and kayaks, and had a nice barbeque.
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June 30, 2006
Becky's friend Jill had her bachelorette party with an 80's theme. They went to Darcelle's which is always a strange place to be.
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June 20 - June 28, 2006
Corey went on a trip with some teachers and students from his school to visit historic sites in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington DC. He saw the Statue of Liberty, the White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Mount Vernon, Arlington National Cemetary, Smithsonian museums, Ford's Theater, and the National Archives. There he saw the U.S. Constitution, Delaration of Indepenence and many other historical documents. They also spent part of a day at Busch Gardens for some roller coaster rides.
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January 29, 2006
Comet, one of our dogs, swallowed a large marble recently, and it wouldn't pass. He underwent surgery to have the marble removed, and he is now recovering very well.
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January 1, 2006
Happy New Year!
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We spent New Years Eve at Jon and Glenda's place, munching fondue and other snacks, and playing Balderdash, Cribbage and 31 until midnight.
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