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Family Album 2018 |
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| Family Album 2019 | ||
| Anniversary
& Birthday Party
Jack Day
21st Birthday Party
Colton Day
Lost Lake Zoo A Day at the Domes Jack 4th Birthday Pumpkin Patch Thanksgiving at Nelder Hensley Outing Gingerbread House Day Eaton Trail Hike |
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| Anniversary & Birthday Party | ||
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| Pizza on the pad | Jack takes a relaxed approach to lunch | |
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| Jack swims with a helping hand | Tim Liddle, Brittany, Jack, Johnny, and Colton Upshaw, Jennifer Neely, Lizzie Cota, Mike Liddle, Dick Estel, (Seated): Teri Liddle, Jackie Taggart (click for a larger view) | |
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| Jack was the first to try dipping his head into the hot tub | And of course, Colton quickly joined in | |
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| After the first dip | The perfect hair style achieved | |
| Jack Day | ||
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On July 17 Jack spent the day with Great Grandpa Dick. We rode on the Old Town Trail to a place where he likes to throw "tree stars" (sycamore leaves) into the water. He added "fishing" for them to his repertoire on this trip. This was followed by an hour or so at Dry Creek Park, where his main activity was dropping Legos down the slide |
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| Jack on the trail | Launching tree stars | |
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| Guiding them into place (Click for a larger view) | Fishing | |
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| Lego time (Click for a larger view) | He quickly learned to stay in the shade with his shoes off | |
| Mikie's 21st Birthday Party | ||
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On July 22 we returned to the clubhouse to celebrate Mikie's 21st birthday with pizza, cake and more water fun. The Birthday Boy avoided the camera, but there's already a big page of photos documenting his life up to this time. He also appears in a couple of videos taken at the party. You'll have to download them to your own PC, and then view them. |
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| Tim and his mom, Margie |
Jack picked up Grandpa Dick's camera and captured this shot. We call it "Still life with pizza" |
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| Johnny shows how it's done | Jack shows he's a quick learner (Click the photo for a larger view) | |
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| Jack being Jack | Frosted fingers (Click the photo for a larger view) | |
| Colton Day | ||
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July 24 was supposed to be the start of a three-day camping trip to Courtright Reservoir. For various reasons, it turned into a one-day visit, with a bike ride, swimming, ice cream at Scoops, a tour of the Clovis Antique Mall, and a visit to the Dry Creek Museum. |
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| The best way to eat whipped cream -straight from can to mouth (click for a larger view) | Checking out the padlocks on the Old Town Trail bridge over Dry Creek | |
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| He found the same Spider Man mask brother Jack tried on a few months earlier | Looking very cool with an ice cream mustache (click for a larger view) | |
| Lost Lake | ||
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On August 31, 2018, Dick, Teri, Jack and Colton had lunch at Rocket Dog, then went to Lost Lake on the San Joaquin River, where the kids (including Teri) had fun running through a gentle section of the stream |
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| Colton led the way, fearlessly heading across the water and rocks | Soon everyone got into it | |
| Chaffee Zoo | ||
| On September 14 Dick, Teri, and Jack went to the Chaffee Zoo. His favorite thing was touching the stingrays, but he also had fun riding some of the wild animals | ||
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| Riding the rhino | Sea Lion wrangler | |
| A Day at the Domes | ||
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Off Highway 168, down five miles of increasingly challenging dirt roads, there are a couple of domes. We have a family rule that if you climb a nameless hill or dome, you can put your name on it. On September 23 Johnny, Jack, Colton and I drove to the place I call New Stargazer Rock and went up on both domes. The boys and their dad also climbed a large boulder on top of Colton's Dome |
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| Colton celebrates reaching the top of his dome |
The Upshaw men on top of the boulder seen in the background of the previous photo |
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| Jack's 4th Birthday | ||
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On the morning of October 7, one day early, Jack and a bunch of kids had a great time at Pump it Up. Then in the afternoon a flock of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends gathered to shower him with more gifts |
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| His favorite gift, a Batman robot | Brother Colton joins in the fun | |
| Pumpkin Patch | ||
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| Jack and Colton's wild ride | Jack was hesitant at first, then went down several times | |
| Thanksgiving at Nelder | ||
| In early November 2018, our family celebrated Thanksgiving at Nelder Grove, enjoying a potluck dinner around the campfire | ||
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| There's no reason to walk around when climbing over is so much fun | Colton in one of the two apple trees in the campground | |
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| Colton and Jack on the trail along California Creek | Colton clears way debris from the campfire | |
| Hensley Outing | ||
| On November 30 Dick, Teri, Johnny, Colton and Jack explored an old corral in Madera County, en route to a hike at Hensley Reservoir | ||
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| We've got to see what's over there! | Jack and Colton on a big granite outcropping | |
| Gingerbread House Day | ||
| December 21 was the annual Gingerbread House Day at Grandma Teri's. Jack, Colton, Teri and Mikie all made houses, while great grandparents Jackie and Dick watched | ||
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| Colton concentrating hard on his construction project | The finished product | |
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| Jack's completed house | One you've built it, the only thing left to do is eat it | |
| Eaton Trail Hike | ||
| On December 23 the Upshaw's - Johnny, Brittany, Colton and Jack, along with Grandma Teri and Great Grandpa Dick, hiked the Lewis Eaton Trail along the San Joaquin River. Where the trail goes down toward the river bottom, there are many informal trails, used by bikers and runners who want a little extra challenge. Colton and Jack discovered these steep paths, and put in an extra half mile running up and down nearly every one of them. | ||
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| Colton on the bluff above the trail | Smilin' Jack | |
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| All the Upshaw's explore the steep path | Giant replica animal houses at the River Center include this owl nest | |