We winterized our potted plants. In some cases this meant planting bulbs and wrapping our boxwoods in burlap – in the case of our basil – we made pesto! We used fancy olive oil from France (thanks Shannon!) and our new itty bitty food processor (thanks Grandma Allen!).
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Sep 11
Allen Visit
Mom and Dad Allen drove by this week while on their tour of the US. It was great to see them for a bit. We had fun taking Mitzi around Boston and hanging out in Foxboro in the motorhome. We went to Coda (which was much louder than we remembered – funny how that happens when you bring your parents!) and got to share the awesomeness that is Amsterdam Cafe frozen yogurt.
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May 11
Seattle Health and Well Being Check
Jeannette headed back west to her parents for quick weekend visit to assure herself that all was well on the western front. It was a great visit with getting to see family and a new puppy, catching up on some family business and also taking some time to hit the shooting range.
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Dec 10
Christmas-ing on the Oregon Coast
We missed photographing some of the fun memories of making cookies and putting together puzzles with Grandpa (we were too busy making cookies and putting together puzzles) but here are some of our pictures. You can check out more photos of the fun on Thadd’s blog, or on Shannon and John’s, or on Mr. Allen’s.
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- 1st Seaside Exploration
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- 1st Seaside Exploration
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- Between Seaside & Gearhart
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- Josh
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- Gearhart House
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- Jeannette
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- End of the Oregon Trail
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- 2nd Seaside Exploration
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- Shan & John’s Ritual
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- Shan
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- Seaside Aquarium
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- Wind Sculpted Tree
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- Stacks at Cannon Beach?
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- Stacks at Cannon Beach?
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- Shan & John’s Ritual
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- A bit windy
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- A tad windy
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- A nice lunch spot
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- Brew list
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- Beach Venture
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- Beach Venture
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- Beach Venture
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- Josh on the Beach
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- Josh on the Beach
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- John on the Beach
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- Warming up
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- Astoria
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- View from Astoria Column
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- View from Astoria Column
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- View from Astoria Column
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- View from Astoria Column
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- Astoria Column
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- Astoria Column
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- Goonie’s House
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- Astoria
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- Astoria
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- Astoria
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- Astoria
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- Gearhart Beach
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- Gearhart Beach
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- Gearhart Beach
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- Josh headed to the beach
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- Mitzi headed to the beach
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- Josh & the beach
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- Gearhart Beach
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- John & the Vuvuzela
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- Mitzi on the beach
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- Gearhart Beach
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- Baxter on the beach
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- Mitzi on the beach
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- Horn Blowing
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- Baxter Exploring
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- Baxter Exploring
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- Baxter & Beck
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- Gifts
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- Gifts
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- Gifts
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- Organizing the Yankee Swap
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- Gifts
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- Allens
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- Fialas
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- Woohoo!
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- Grandparents Allen & Allen Girls
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Oct 10
Celtics Open Practice
We got to go to the C‘s open practice again this year. This time we watched them practice in the Garden. Last year, we had to drive up to Lowell to watch them practice. Big Baby introduced everyone in a way only he could – his teammates were in turn embarrassed or embarrassed for him or laughing out loud! Even Rasheed Wallace was there! That was great! After some sets and scrimmages, they signed autographs on free tee-shirts and gave them to fans and took off their gear, getting ready to head home. Nate was drilling 3’s and Ray was trying to distract him by throwing his huge tennis shoes in front of him. So Nate grabbed one of Ray’s shoes, and made Ray chase him shoeless around the court. He finally tossed it into the crowd. Ray finally gave up and had one of the younger guys toss his other shoe into the crowd on the other side of the court before walking back to the locker room in his socks. Baby took his requisite pictures with a baby and then it was a night. We had a great time – and for Jeannette’s folks, it was like visiting another country!
