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Yikes! I missed so many days! Well, ain't nothing like Life to get in the way of posting pictures of your life. To make up for lost time here's a group of pix...Amara having fun at the zoo and that's no 'lion'
Speaking of zoos, everybody's looking for a handout. (That's my hand BTW)
For 9-29-09, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENDA!!!
Kai waves. (Actually, Kai is saying, "Put the camera down, Daddy, and feed me!")

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Amara in the little pool at my folks house last summer. This photo makes their backyard look really great, doesn't it? I mean it's pretty nice but this photo really brings it. (Click image for larger version)

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Bill from 1970.

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...And now celebratory post for the ones who brought us Lynette.
Today it's Karen, from back in 1970.

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Happy Birthday Lynette!!
We love you!

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Lynette at 2 weeks.

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Lynette and a very lucky guy. Tahoe, New Year's Eve, 2000.

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Lynette and Otis, June, 1973.

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Kai as a pirate from last Halloween...Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day! Arrrrrr!

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Lynette is actually a lot smaller than you actually thought.

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Lynette back in ol' room 8.

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Lynette at the National Zoo.

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Beautiful Lynette in her wedding gown. That was a fabulous day in Monterey! March 31, 2001.

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Lynette driving her Jeep to Death valley in '98

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And the say Death valley is hot. Lynette at the look out of Dante's View at sunrise.
Four generations! Back row: Lynette and Karen (Lynette's mom), front row: Helen (Karen's mom) and Amara (about 4 months)

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Lynette with Amara about one week old (2005).

So what's the deal with all the pix of Lynette you ask? Her special day is coming up and she doesn't ordinarily like to have her picture taken. I have taken the time to scan some oldies to show her through the years.

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Bill with a 2 week old Lynette.

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Grandma Clapes with Lynette at 5 months (1972).

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We temporarily interrupt "Lynette Month" with this message from your local dinosaur; "Rar!"

(Another one Amara took with her camera.)

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Lynette gets pretty serious about that stud finder, Measuring tape, video game, or whatever that yellow thing is when she first came with me to visit my parents one summer in Fresno.
Are you beginning to wonder why all the old pix of Lynette? The reason coming soon.

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Lynette at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. This one from my 25th(?) birthday. 'Guess I should have Photoshopped out the tape at the top.

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Lynette and Jeff from long ago (1995-6). Of the many words we could have used to describe ourselves in this picture, we both chose (and said aloud at the same time) "thin".

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The reason why Amara wants to have her 5th birthday at Pump It Up.

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Little green strolling hood. Even though it's heavily weighted to the bottom, I like this accidental result as I moved the camera.

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Hailey. Cousin to Amara and Kai.

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Amara at preschool. Photo taken by one of her school friends with Amara's camera.