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Dan & Kaelah got to take a weekend trip to visit Dan's family for one of our nephew's getting baptized and his little brother being blessed on the same day.  Some of my friends freaked out since Natalie was only 3 weeks old, but it was my idea, don't worry.  This was Dan's first time on a trip alone with Kaelah and they had a great time, just like when she & I visited her best friend in Cali last fall.  Dan has a great family and they got to do all sorts of things like attend our brother-in-law's work fair/carnival, watch cousins dance in their year-end recital, and meet the newest arrival to the family (other than Natalie -- he's 3 weeks older).  Kaelah looooves babies and cousins and aunts and uncles and can't wait to go visit family again.

 Meanwhile, back at home, I made the mistake of trying to take the children to the park by myself.  Danny got tired of waiting for me pushing the stroller and rode all the way to the playground.  Great thing he was wearing red pants so I could pick him out at a distance, and that our neighbors happened to be there.  Turned out the baby hated being in a cool breeze too.  Ever since, I have only met friends at the park on warmer days and it has turned out much better.  (:

 We got to go to a bouncy house in Loveland for Katherine's birthday party & had a great time... we were there for over 3 hours.  Could never get a picture of D that wasn't blurry b/c he just kept on moving.  Love that kid!
The house made progress too.  We checked on it for Daddy on the way home from the party.

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