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DECEMBER 31, 2011
A Festive Night Out Before the New Year
We spent the night before New Year's Eve 2011 wandering through a crowded mountain village. The entire place was strung up with an incredible amount of holiday…
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DECEMBER 23, 2011
A Bay Area Family Christmas, December 2011
Christmas back in 2011. The girls were so little, posing for photos by the tree in their holiday sweaters, with the presents slowly accumulating. I remember…
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DECEMBER 11, 2011
The Christmas Season at Home, 2011
The house always feels different once the Christmas tree is up. This was early December 2011, and the living room was filled with the glow of colored lights.…
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NOVEMBER 24, 2011
A Quiet Thanksgiving at Home in the Bay Area
A few days at home for Thanksgiving back in late November 2011. The focus was on preparing the house and the meal. We set the dining table early in the week,…
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OCTOBER 31, 2011
A Neighborhood Halloween, 2011
The evening started with the usual pre-Halloween chaos. Kids wrangling their costumes—a vampire rubbing his eyes, a small parrot, a bee. That familiar buzz of…
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OCTOBER 17, 2011
An Autumn Backyard Birthday Party in 2011
We threw a birthday party in the backyard in mid-October of 2011. The setup was simple and festive, with handmade banners and paper pom-poms strung along the…
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
A Late September Weekend in the Mountains
Spent a few days up in the mountains at the end of September. The mornings started off bright and clear, with the sun hitting the lake from over the east…
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
A Late Summer Day Overlooking the Lake
Made a day trip out of the Bay Area back on September 23, 2011. We ended up at a house with an incredible view, looking down over the massive expanse of a high…
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
A Sixth Birthday Celebration in September 2011
Looking back at these photos from a birthday in September 2011. It was a classic family celebration, centered around the dining table and a very colorful cake.…
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JULY 22, 2011
A Summer Afternoon of Play at Home
Just a regular summer afternoon at home in the Bay Area, back in July of 2011. The girls were in that phase of constant motion, turning any piece of furniture…
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