Our House

Fun with Jen from Oregon

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Hand spun llama and it looks liKe 50 yards! It was enough to make these knit pants for Bib Bib

The new tagalong. This is Todd's and Sofia's transportation to Monarch school work 3 days a week

Front yard construction. I want to have garden beds to grow veges and flowers

Jen Feola visiting from Coos Bay. In between jobs.

They charged it on the big surf. Doesn't look like it here but this was a big day.

We spent the rest of the day at the beach

Thanksgiving with mom and pop pop

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Breakfast and manure

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More Halloween

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20 years ago I was Pippi and here I am again.

We made a quick dinner after throwing on some costumes to go out with Elsie Joe ,Ray, Matt , Devon and Griffin. We did our usual thing of going around our block. The kids are much faster now so we did a few more houses. Last year it was all about the "scary house" on the corner of 6th and El Morro. This year they were out. It was terrific.

All the loot

HIking Girl

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I havent done this hike for 2 years and now that Sofia is such a good walker we have done it 3 times this week! found out there are amazing oak groves to play in and today we spotted a black ? warbler who inhabits oak habitat. There was a big hatch of termites or some ant that the bird was eating up. Going slow you see alot.

Happy Halloween

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First I was a witch

Then a ladybug

This it at the octoberfest - our future twirler

Then I was a butterfly

On the way to the farmers market

Hazel

Mendocino

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Auntie Doria

Auntie Carla, had a wonderful visit, picked blackberries, Steve told us about his religion, discussed child rearing

I think this is when Steve was telling Sofia about his religion

Plum tree across the street from Eva's has gotten big and we raided it

View of 32101

Mini plums

Down at Salmon Creek Farm

Betty's house, had a tour of the garden, ate Kale chips and huckleberries. Sofia took this picture and the next few.

Bob , as Sofia sees him

GAfeset

Hmm, should I ride?

Ok, for 3 minutes

Eva, Bear and Annie at the pond

We bought 3 of these at H dock and I canned them. Bob gave me a pressure canner, Thanks Bob. and thanks Sofia for taking the picture.

Moonlight and Sharon's house, picked some raspberries, checked out the garden, amazing lovely place. check out the homemade rasberry pickers

Sharon's bounty, their garden is my inspiration and I have been asking them questions for 20 years!

Look at these rasberries. Sofia probably ate a whole quart yogurt container full

One the walk home we gathered some hawk feathers

Here at Eva's picking our apples. 20 # or so. We dried them in the dehydrator Betty gave me last year! A wonderful trip. This is another Sofia picture and she's only 3 1/2

Taking care of Bib Bib

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Sofia has had Bib Bib since she was 6 months old, she is worn and tattered now but Sofia loves her and takes good care of her. Here she is putting Bib in the reading corner with a book because she is going to preschool. She tells her, "when i get back I'll turn the pages for you".

Now she had Bib outside for a breakfast picnic, she was also going to the bank in the way back of the yard and then "Del Mar" which is a park we go to. She had food and crayons in the crib and her purse with money, oh and her little slippers.

Morning in Baywood

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Sofia pretty much rides her bike on all walks now

She can put her helmet on all by herself

On the boardwalk at the bay

Well I have my suit on, why not get wet?

Later at the cafe- coffee time

We ran in to Amara who thimks Buddy is super soft

Harvest

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We picked alot of apples at Eva's. Apples are everywhere! I never noticed until I paid 50 $ to pick some here locally. But we made use of them with the dehydrator

Making apple sauce

Potatos -yellow finn and red potatos (not shown).

Still getting zuchini. Sofia contemplating the crop.

Our little harvest

I also need tomatos for winter so I bought all these. I was too tired to can them so I just threw them in the freezer. tomorrow I pick up 20 more # of which I will can, since I don't have much more freezer space.

Volunteer tomatillos from the compost seeds put out about 10 # this year.

This is the garlic crop and lettuce from some plants that had gone to seed. Gardening is fun

Goin Surfin'

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Shannon, Rowan, Jessa Sofia hit the waves

Constant motion with loud volume

She likes her new wetsuit from wavelenghts

Come and get me Jessa

Sofia's old wetsuit on Jessa

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Before the cabinets

Rough install without crown molding

Gettin 'er in

Taped for varnishing which took 3 days, finished today

Before and After

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Now

4 years ago minus the fireplace

Sunday

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Eating

Jadlin and Sofia

Playing

Bathing

Before and after lower room

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I have few pictures of this room before when we had our laundry down here and the water heater.

IN march Todd starts ripping everything out

The doors come out, paneling, old windows, cabinets, washer and dryer

3 years prior we took out a big stone fireplace

and today the cabinets are going to get finished with crown molding

New room

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Haze green

Along that wall we are going to put in cabinets

This is a before shotwith the old wall, rug and no flooring

Summer Fun and the Monthly potluck

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Sofia 2d at coleman beach on an Epic day

Potluck!!

Art in the back yard from the kids

In the meantime

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We are picking alot of strawberries. Best year since 2006, along time to wait. We had a cool winter with lots of rain. now in late aug we still have peaches and waiting for tomatos.

in the morning for cereal

Joining the two rooms together

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2 doors and a fixed door needed to be removed and a stair built. Plus all the trim and first step needs to be put in

All removed...

Beginnings of stair

Taking out the door

Trim on and casing in. Stair is done with laminate put on with stair nosing.

Getting ready for Village preschool

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This is actually her last day at Village. Next month Sofia will start at Waldorf here in Baywood.

We will miss Kim and Lisa

Today

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Floor for lower room remodel

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Daytrip to Cambria

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Secret Garden

Santa Rosa creek, picking blackberries

Historical society house

2011 birthday cakes

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Apple party

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Our Beverly hills apple tree drops all its apples in a day or two. I asked Trev to shake the tree and the kids gathered all the apples.

We planted this tree when sofia was born. We had to put a fence around it last year because Sofia would go out and try and pick all the fruit and take one bite ripe or not. Now she knows when to pick them.

We got out the peeler corer chopper thingy and Gwen took charge

We tried a bite of each apple. They're good!

Our entire 2011 apple harvest. I hope the tree will keep growing

Dad and the clouds

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Birthday bouquet from mom

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More birthday photos

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Laura's Birthday

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Ellen laughing at my bread

I made bread 2 loaves at a time twice for the big visit

I had a little party for my birthday the day before I went back to work.
I wanted to make the rolls for the hamburgers, a big salad from the garden, dad, todd and the kids went down to the community garden and got zuchini for the grill. We even made icecream.

Gayle made my favorite cake

Kid table

Oh wow

Dad decides we have to have icecream for the cake

these too are cute together

yum

Staycation continues ! Cousins, Ellen and Dad visit

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Dad is here on his way to mendocino. He's helping to finish the electrical outlets in the lower room. The laminate is here and we'll be putting it in next week.

Sofia is helping.

Ten tomatos today

I send them out for eggs, apples and strawberries

Gwen really wants to get some eggs

After eggs we go for the tomatos..

Man we got 10 tomatos today

Breakfast of swedish pancakes , fruit from the garden

and bread..

Swimming at Shinsheimer

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Another fine day of Staycation! Herb and Gayle were here and I wanted to do something with the family this time during the day. So after a spontaneous garage sale with neighbors we go to the Shinsheimer pool. As noted Sofia was ready before we got there.

Oh gosh, running to the pool

Looking good for lap swim

Sofia will start swim lessons in 2 wks. Now she can dunk her head and not cry if unexpected.

Later we decided to go surf with friends.We "suited" up

Paso Country Fair

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Paso Robles Country Fair, farm exhibits. Eggs!!!

Man , we went from noon to 6 pm

I have eggs like this at home!!!

OOPs

Cute local stuff

We first started out on the pony

then the face painting

then all the kid rides where parents can ride free but this one she can do herself.

We rode on the merry go round 10 times.

All food was 5 bucks, 5 bucks, 5 bucks...

We made it home at 7 pm, sofia falls asleep in the car.

11 th anniversary at Cambria Pines Lodge

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We decided to go on a mini vacation for our anniversary on June 3rd but Dad was here working on the house so we rainchecked till July. This was the first day of my "staycation". I took a week off and we all stayed in the area. CPL was big but the room was nice and private. It was so cozy we got there at 3:00 and took a nap.

Usnea out side the window . Our little backyard

When we did decide to explore we discovered lots of winding paths . i got an idea for our house.

Going to dinner

Dinner and wine included..

The next day we get coffee in cute Cambria and drive north of course to look for surf. Here we are up the road in San Simeon where Todd surfs Pico creek. I did a 2 hr walk on the headlands. It was beautiful.

A chair i liked

After our surf and walk we check out Robins and Indigo moon in Cambria

Wow , after we return home the next day is Dada's birthday.

Canning again

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Breakfast together, ah 7 am. Home made bread and fresh eggs... and good company

Had to put on my wings before we go out...

Later i decided its time to start canning. Last year I did 3 boxes of tomatos at 20 # each , peaches, apricots, figs and apple 10 to 20 # each. we are still eating all this food. But if I want this same goodness next winter I'd better get going.

She loves Buddy

Sofia taking pictures

Cutie

4th of July!

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It was a beautiful monday, light winds, sunny and warm great for a surf beach day. We gathered all our stuff and by 8 am we were ready to play! it was "my turn " with sofia and Todd was already at the beach surfing. i made us breakfast, and got to the beach to meet him and surf later.

This is about as far as Sofia goes in and to her , she had an epic surf day.

Later it was time to jelly roll and get warm in the sand. She made a house to hang out in

We ended up getting take out from Taco Temple, surfing twice each and going home for bed at 5 pm... Sofia fell alseep after a bath and we listened to Morro bay fire works from the porch. This was our 6th July here.

Lower room continued

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if i delete this one all will be deleted so ignore it or look sideways. this is Todd staining the pine trim Harpo milled for us. We stained it "cherry"

The doors and fixed window trim all needed to be stained as well as the window and floor trim

All milled and stained and ready to be put up

We are trying to decide if we want wood flooring or laminate. At first I hated the laminate but later decided let's put laminate in and if we don't like it we can change it later. Sofia is laying it out for display

Our breakfast table , Sofia style

Window trim in, walls painted "Haze " green. Still have the concrete floor and old carpet

New window sill and adornments

Deciding on the lamnate flooring. I thought it looked ok and was very durable and sun resistant... hmm what shade

I tried to match the trim and the floor in the adjoning living room. This was really nice but I chose a lighter color. There's the tile too for a 3 x 9 entry way

Our room lived in, without the new shelving we invison

A room with a view

Almost done

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The sheetrocked wall

Our little triangle window, could have been larger

Paint is on- husk green

Sofia drew on the wall with black marker and her job was to paint over it . I was allergic to the sheet rock dust so I wear a mask

The window trim Harpo milled for us. Time for staining- cherry

Painted the window trim on the outside . Sofia took this picture.

4th of july beach day. this picture snuck in .Better ones to follow

Icecream

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Our pretty Deleware

Since Sofia eats icecream every night.. I figured I make some. This is no cook peach and vanilla

We also dried some bananas and made peach leather, which turned out really nice

Paint for outside

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The siding is on and fixed panel in on both sides

This was the window we took out

Gutter coming down and prepping the wall for paint

Insulate!

Sheetrock going up

painter came and went in one day. We have to do the trim

Insulation is all done

Wearing Baby

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Saofia wanted me to put BiBBiB in her wrap today and she wore her all morning

Here she was a little hot and baby was napping by the side

She took her all around the maze

showed her the flowers

and called Buddy to come...just like mom

The Wall

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Decided to get a Pear Main apple , an apricot and santa rosa plum from trees of antiquity

We dug out all this dirt and put in some compost

Along with the trees I planted veges

Here's Todd pounding in the stakes so we can espallier the trees and boysenberries

Planted strawberries all in front

Had to buy 4 more yards of soil

Espallier starts

Maybe with all the new soil this fig will start to grow.

New windows

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The windows arrive

See the little triangle up top for some south light

Doors are in

Siding going up

Recycled siding for the side

More remodel

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Paneling out and new wiring. We took the hot water heater out . Dad was amazing and worked all day for over a week while Sofia kept stealing the tools and not letting him draw diagrams

A big mess

Hot water heater outside now

Decided to move the washer and dryer to the gargage so they built a platform

and put in all the wiring and pipes for water drainage and electricity in on big day

New framing where we took out a window. Cabinets will go along this wall now.

More remodel

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The door is out and then they took out the old windows

Dad recentered all the windows reframing the whole wall for symmetry. A french door two panels of glass flanked by two smaller windows

Reframing the window with a header

Had to put up tyvekdue to rain

Big and little Sofia checking it out

Trip to Mendocino

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Andy and Dustin on our way to Mendo in Jan

Cloverdale and a stop for some yogurt

Hedgehogs and a few canterelles

At Lari Shea's new house on the top of the hill Ten mile

One of my fav spots Sweet Water GArdens

Mendo bakery

Making chocolate balls with Grandma Eva

Boomer the lap dog

A blueberry danish

Black Chanterels

Sofia and her babies

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FAmily day in Baywood

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My new three wheeler

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Carrot harvest

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Fun at home

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HappyBirthday

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Garlic Braids

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On the Trolley with Sarah, Eli and Ben

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Saying goodbye to gpa CJ

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My shadow

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Lower room remodel

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The finished roof with 3 in of insulation and soon we will get a new rain gutter

These doors lead into the main house and are shut because its always so closed in the lower room. One we insulate and all that we will open them and that will be the main way into the house

This project has been a long time in coming to play. Initially we had a huge

rock fireplace that Dad and todd plus someone we hired to jack hammer out. Later Herb put in some frenchdoors we got from Jim and Kara's remodel. Now a while later we started to pull out the paneling and tore the roof off to insulate it

The room was always cold and needs new insulation, wiring, windows and sheet rock oh yeah plus a floor. Oh boy it is going to be great. The roofer was over this week and finished the roof with 3 in of insulation.

Todd taking out he paneling. We will replace those windows

Eventually we will paint the house, after the windows are in etc. That door is coming out

Todd sleeping on the job

Cutie

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Our chickens have been laying about 4 eggs a day, plus a golf ball once in a while. this week it's down to 2 and Todd is a little upset to have chickens without the benefit.

We grow wheat grass for them too, feed them broccoli and oatmeal. Lolo, blackie, brownie and Delaware are the chickens names

On the way to the park for playing. Sofia holding her bib bib.

Some event in Los osos where they had face painting.

Im a bunny!

I like mommies gardening hat

Octoberfest

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Sofia performed Spider Dance with the dance class with Miss Karen coaching

Summer work

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I usually buy enough produce at the market to bring the wagon. After farmers market alot of us meet at this area to play.

Tomatillo salsa

I tried to grow onions for winter but this type you need to eat pretty fast. Yummy though

Bought and roasted alot of anaheim chilis

Pulling out the seeds. the chickens love them. sofia got a hot one and had to suck on a booboo bunny for some time (lots of tears) now she asks

"is that a hot one'?

Canned tomatos

Sofia herding Lolo, Lulu and Silke
260 $ for the grass fed beef we bought, poor cow

Zuchini for our muffins

Bell peppers were cheap at Farmers so we froze some for winter. Sofia gets right in there to help

Our dried tomatos

Nancy and Rob gave us their apples and we made apple sauce

Bette Goldfarb gave up a food dehydrator and I bought 20 # of tomato to dry.

We ended up with 4 mason jars and it took about 24 hours. This year Heather Brent gave me some seeds- Principe tomato -for drying. Last summer was a bad year for growing tomatos here in Los Osos because it was so foggy.

Labor day in Laguna Beach

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Jim and Todd

Ariel, Kara and Jim

The Girls

Perfect weather

We have fun in Laguna -at the beach, going to Zinc, the main beach playground, walking up Park Ave.

Eva's house Mendocino August 2010

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In august this year we met Ellen, Dad and the cousins up in Mendocino. I miss it up there. The apples were ready to be picked, a few baby llamas were born, we soaked at Sweet water and visited Doria in Fort Bragg.

Trev

Looking like a little amish girl

Logging day

Goblin child at doria's

First time on Ariel

Goats next door

Fun with Dadda

Huckleberry Harvest

Deep discussions at Carla's

Summer party at Carla's Grandpa CJ and Linda

Big river beach with Gwendolyn

Catching worms with Poppy, making Bread

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Checking our catch to feed to the chickens

Finding a pliable kitty

Poppy and Sofia

Our Ristra and afternoon light

Sourdo bread

Second rise in the proof baskets

All done!
Going in the oven

Halloween

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One costume

Another costume

Going to parent participation

Making the coop

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Lulu foraging in her yard

Silke lays one green egg a day

Silke is one of our white chicks

Lulu and Lolo

Silke laying her egg the day after Todd put in the boxes!

The chicken coop

Herb and Todd using pallets to start the coop

We got the barn from a friend and added on the run

Grandma Janet visits

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We went to the nursery

Lounging on the way to the market

Mom relaxing in the back yard

silly sofia

The chickens

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These girls are a week old, two silkies and two ameracaunas

Now they are 3 months old. Two girls turned out to be roosters and we gave Fredericko- the grey one away.

Cousins Gwen and Trev visit with Grandpa CJ

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Were're going to the Farmers market which is just down the street.

Trevor can't enough of Sofia

Growing potatoes and chickens

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I planted lots of potatoes

First Apples of the year Todd built the nicest chicken coop

MY ride

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Nap time

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Sofia and cousin Trevor

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Beach time in Mendocino with cousin Gyendolyn

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Dinner with cousin Gyendolyn

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Goat herder

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Sofia loves goats

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Road Trip To Mendocino

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Daddy's Curls

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More contrasts

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Sofia a few days old

Sofia two years old still in Daddys arms

9 months old and still needs support to stand

She just got this cute robe at 5 months

Now its her smoking jacket

Contrasts

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Cheese day

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More on the process of making the cheese: The milk sits all day in the pot until it reaches a gel like consistancy. Then you cut the "curd" and strain it out into a cloth to drain out all the Whey

Over night all the whey drains out and you then add salt and other ingredients to tast and mold it if you like. This is like farmer cheese.

Making Neufchatel at home

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This is the Neufchatel made with one gallon whole milk, my first rennet cheese. I have made yogurt and Labneh which is yogurt cheese and hope to make cream cheese next.

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Digital slideshow personalized with Smilebox

Trip to Colorado January 2010

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Dada taking us in the stroller around Uncle Brett's house in Littleton Colorado Pop pop came for Jessies birthday

too and helped me on the slide

Mom really wanted to make a snowman for me, I helped

Snow for the first time

Colorado Trip to Jessies house

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Colorado trip with cousin JessieI love our own carrots
First snow trip
Helping mom sew
Putting my babies to bed

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Make a Smilebox greeting

Thanksgiving 2009

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So we went to see Brain, Ellen, Gwen and Trev . Dad and Spike were there. It was great. Gwendolyn is so good with Sofia, Trevor is good too. She was playing hard in the Nacho hut and retrieving balls for Trevor off the deck. We drove to Eagle Rosk to meet Olive Kuska and see Rebecca and Eric again. What a cute house they have. Then it was on to laguna beach to see the cousins on the other side. Fun at the beach and surfing. Sofia loves her full suit and loved the sensation of riding the bogie board. At one and a half thats pretty cool. She is talking in sentences and communicated well.

Good times at home and in the park

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I love holding the car keysHigher!
Sliding

Have jean hat and blankie will travel

Mommies muffins

Wagon ride to farmers market

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Sofia will now sit in the wagon and let us cart her down to the market 2 blocks away. Then we go to the park and hang out with all the other kids.

Halloween Fun

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We got this costume last year but Sofia was too small to wear it. Or actually we couldn't motivate to go out. This year we went around our neighborhood with our friends Matt, Devon, Elsie Joe and Ray who Sofia calls for all the time. What am I? Looking from the back

Looking from the front

Oh , this costume's better. Alot easier to put on for sure. Especially if Bear is going to wear it.

Leslie said I could have this pumpkin
I have no idea what this is all about anyway.

These are my friends Elsie Joe and Ray. Mom's back therer too.

Mom's wearing her tutu from 1976

Power walk on the Bay

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Pop Pop Herb got Sofia her first cell

She is calling her friend Ray

Checking out the real estate, after thinking about it she decides to check out other options.

Wow I like this place.

Grandpa comes to visit

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Sofia is hopefully going to love surfing as much as we do. She has her own wetsuit already but didnt want to wear it today.Todd's surfing his longboard more often. This was the first time in a long time we surfed together. Grandpa CJ hung out with Sofia on the beach.

Dad is visiting from Tucson for Trevor's 7th birthday in LA and takes Sofia to the beach on his way down. It was so warm and beautiful.

Mom and Dad are out there somewhere

Thinking about potty training

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I know where the bathroom isSomeone I know has a poopy diaper

I think I'll flush her down the toilet

Farmers and Farmer's Market

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I grew these Spanish onions
At the farmer's market we pile everything that we buy into the wagon and Sofia eats and shops. We get Alaskan salmon now and grass feed beef. Its a one stop shop.

A stroll in the garden before we go. We usually have been gardening before the market and whatever we don't grow we can buy.

We went to Bolinas

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On the way home form Bolinas in Mill valley we stopped at the pumpkin patch.

Here's Russ and Todd. Jen and Russ were here for a wedding down from Oregon so we decided to meet rendezvous.
We also stayed with our friends Nick Angela and Arianna who are long time locals. We attempted to surf in the foot high waves. Probably more fun on the beach.

This is Jen's first time meeting Sofia

Oh back at home for a lunch time kiss.

Camping in Big Sur

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She loves the water no matter the temp. This is at sanddollar beach on the Big Sur coast.

She knows about HOT!!!
Huffing it to the beach, about now she had a major meltdown due to nap failure and we turned around and went back to camp. Had a nice nap in our big new tent.

Rowan and Steve camped with us.

Visiting pop pop and mom mom

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At the local beaches

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Eva's house

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On the Eel River

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Visiting Eva in Mendocino

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