Felsl Family

2010-07-24T16:15:00.000-07:00

grama and grampas patio, lake bluff, illinois. april 2010

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easter. april 2010

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april 2010 in chicago.

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coloring easter eggs. april 2010

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im sure at the rain barrel factory, when he was joking around with all of his rain barrel friends waiting to be delivered to home depot, he had high hopes....like maybe whoever purchased him would actually install him. luckily it has happened since this picture was taken and in one day he was filled. it was an unusually rainy spring even by seattle standards. june 2010

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with gramdma on our hotel patio on lake delevan, wi. april 2010

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bathing suit bubble bath. note to self: shampoo works better than...bubble bath. april 2010

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ms claire. april 2010

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ev taking the nestea plunge at the pool in lake delevan. april 2010

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goodbye big tree. only reason i agreed to killing this living thing is the risk of it damaging our homes in a storm. april 2010

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planting one of my favorites out front, a single white birch, led to redoing the entire front yard. april 2010

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sleeping on the trampoline. june 2010

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in lake delevan, wisconsin on another amazing visit with grama and grampa. april 2010

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and moments after take off shes out missing this great view of ranier. april 2010

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if i had any navigating abilities this would be a nice place to hike. march 2010

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sledding at the pass. march 2010

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about to slide down an off limits slope. about 2 feet high. but it was steep man. and off limits. march 2010

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claire enjoyed the ride up the tow rope just as much as the sled down. march 2010

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purdy view on the sled slope. march 2010

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waitin' for him mama to kick him in the a**. i love sledding. march 2010

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about to go sledding in snoqualmie. march 2010

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shes thinkin' wow this is fun. im thinkin i wish i had stolen the barf bag on my last flight and kept it in the car. madison park. march 2010

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dangerously close to turnin green. madison park. march 2010

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alki beach. march 2010

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hes not her boyfriend. he a friend who happens to be........a boy. march 2010

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alki beach in west seattle. march 2010

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way cool playground in madison park. lots of centrifical force like thingys to play on. march 2010

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first win of the season. march 2010

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camping on the deck in winter is great until you mom falls asleep and the fire goes out..........march 2010

2010-04-29T20:19:00.000-07:00

pinecone wars are great until you take one in the chin. march 2010

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skating party fun. march 2010

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sure gardens are prettier in bloom but when you gotta get the kids out of the house then youve got to get the kids out of the house. seattle botanical garden february 2010

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bottom of the falls. february 2010

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claires first official haircut. i know im such a mean mom. february 2010

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year of the tiger bash. february 2010

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private box at a thunderbirds game. very cool. january 2010

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hot dog spaghetti octopus because i have no idea what ill do when they grow up. so i will not let them. january 2010

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clearly she was very upset about getting glasses. december 2009

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a new use for the camera. in december 2009 franz, evan and i actually lost claire and my mom and dad in a concrete parking garage downtown. for over 10 mins. closer to the twilight zone i have never been. january 2010

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polar bear dip at coulon park/lake washington. yes it was cold but the high was heading towards 40 so my sympathy goes to the pb's hoping into chicagos lake michigan. january 2010

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dont mess with her. january 2010

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leftover fireworks and pots and pans. one of the quietest new years eves ive seen in the neighborhood. january 2010

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this sign cracks me up. nestled on a shelf at our local goodwill store, the person donating it is heading in the right direction if they wanna simply their lives. the person buying it has completely missed the point. what was i doing at goodwill? simplifying, of course. january 2010

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love this pic of claire and emily. dec 09

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my new favorite picture of the kids. dec 09

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can sleep in any position. jan 09

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finally the rite of passage she has been waiting 4 for years. jan 09

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$243.76. now thats a block of cheese. dec 09

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apparently you are not allowed to take pictures during a rockettes christmas show. sorry bout that. and thanks again to my good friend jennifer for gifting us with the tickets to a great show. dec 09

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nothings prettier at christmas than real evergreen with a red bow on stone. except of course my kids in front of it. dec 09

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grampa and evan. dec 09

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sliding down my parents backyard hill in the snow was always a blast but turns out it even more fun with light snow and really low temps. the kids flew down it so fast they ended up IN the bushes at the bottom. dec 09

2010-01-10T21:44:00.000-08:00

polar bears head into lake washington on new years day. im not saying it wasnt chilly but its a bit more fun to see in the midwest where it qualifies as really cold. jan 09

2010-01-10T21:42:00.000-08:00

this nativity display is just as beautiful year after year. even the kids love it. im sure it has nothing to do with the cookie room the church congregation sets up. dec 09

2010-01-10T21:38:00.000-08:00

the orthodontist needs to get a bunch of these and sell them. that model entertained claire for 70 mins. while evan went throught the new patient business. dec 09

2010-01-10T21:35:00.000-08:00

sure barbie and ken are happy now, theyre newlyweds. but what happens when the mortgage company send them a letter telling them they are raising their monthly payment a hundred bucks because they think the balance in their escrow account is too low. then what? huh? dec 09

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my fuzzy babies. dec 09

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lake michigan shore in my home town. dec 09

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grandma is forcing bulbs all over the house, i had forgotten how it cheers up a wintery day. so i went and picked up some paper white bulbs, waiting patiently for them to bloom and they look wonderful. and they smell like urine. dec 09

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i miss playing in chicago ice but not driving in it. dec 09

2010-01-10T21:09:00.000-08:00

christmas morning. claires barbie dollhouse was kind of obvious so i put a to:daddy tag on it. it stumped her for a few seconds until evan started babbling about the roof like shape up top. dec 09

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makin cookies for santa. dec 09

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this was my first non gingerbread gingerbread house. i had taken a two year break on gbh's and picked it back up after i saw an all white one in a magazine. i miss the color, it will be traditional next year. dec 09

2010-01-10T21:01:00.000-08:00

wilma took the word sleepover literally when our new neighbor angel came to spend a few nights with us. dec 09

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claire loves heat but i dont know what the heck this fire had goin on. dec 09

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the tribune christmas tree. dec 09

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yup good ol chicago delivered single digits for our two days downtown. dec 09

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killing time at the airport. dec 09

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best buds from st. louis. dec 09

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sharing a latte. thats a vanilla steamer to seattle kids. dec 09

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safe and snuggly with grama and grampa. dec 09

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a little family reunion. dec 09

2010-01-08T21:31:00.000-08:00

wow. while visiting my parents in chicago my best friend from st. louis drove all the way north with her family just to see us. did i mention it was just to see us? how cool is that! cant thank them enough, it was so great. dec 09

2010-01-05T21:43:00.000-08:00

sandbagging. nov 09

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the blue dragons take their final bow. nov 09

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just in case i forgot he was in the room. dec 09

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dec 09

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claires 6 yr. puppy party. dec 09

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this garden display is cool because instead of just draping lights everywhere they duplicate different botanical elements. dec 09

2010-01-05T21:21:00.000-08:00

eventually i will accept the fact that decorating the gbh is second to having a big pile of candy in front of you. claire held onto a gum drop for quite a long time, then ate it, she said, because she couldnt decide where to put it. dec 09

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filling sandbags for kent residents in the expected flood zone. nov 09

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nov 09

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holiday disply at the botanical garden. nov 09

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nov 09

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waiting for the turkey to take effect. if it werent for her eye balls you wouldnt even notice our neighbors new puppy (front) against our wood floors. nov 09

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makin the trade. my kids know that recees pb cups are off the table or else. oct 09

2010-01-05T20:53:00.000-08:00

my significant other does not like this tree. the landscaper in him is blinded by its haphazzard branches and poor shape. apparently others were to because he was the only tree left at the do-it-center well into their 40% off end of season sale. but i see the charlie in him, named after the peanuts christmas tree of course. hes half varigated and half not. i will love him and he will prosper. oct 09

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no stiches makes and evening of knives and slippery hands just about perfect. oct 09

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the only thing more embarrassing than my dogs attemping the agility course at reber ranch is my kids attempting the agility course at reber ranch. oct 09

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ninja and unicorn. oct 09

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decorating halloween donuts. oct 09

2009-10-10T21:19:00.000-07:00

it would be best if you were as amazed by this as i was....in sept oma (my mil)visited from fl and we went to the japanese garden in seattle because we had never been. it was very pretty and we took a bunch of pics including the one on the right with the kids in it. soo...when we get home that day i open an email my mom had sent me while we were out at the garden with a link to a celine dion song that her friend had sent her so i open the link and listen to the song/video of dion/bocelli, the link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdS6TF2UXcM. a couple frames into this video is a picture of the same view at the same garden that i took at the same garden two hours before!!! isnt that an amazing coincidence??? say it-it is say it! they were taken in different seasons but you can perfectly match up an endless number of things including tree trunks/bridges/water lines/walking paths ect. do you know how many gardens there are in the world?? huh? well i tried to get an answer to my question-the largest registry, the botanic gardens conservation international has 2,667 listings!!! and the picture in the video my mom sent me that day matches a picture i took hours before in seattle!!! its amazing. say it!!! i mean there were a massive number of gardens the pic could have been chosen from not to mention thousands of views within each garden!!! im drained from reliving that afternoon now so i must go. its just to amazing. sept 09

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you know theyre hungry when you offer pink donuts for a picture and they take you up on it. oct 09

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the annual ada walk around lake washington at seward park. oct 09

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doin the fall thing at a local pumpkin patch with neighbors. i thought it was pretty cool that all of us were actually looking and smiling. oct 09

2009-10-09T19:31:00.000-07:00

can you see this lil shit? i hate clearing their webs with my body and they are everywhere this time of year! oct 09

2009-10-09T19:28:00.000-07:00

my poor baby!!!! the incident was never revealed but wilma and clark like to wrestle so id put my money on that. he seemed to recover just fine with no vet bill. sept 09

2009-10-09T19:14:00.000-07:00

claires first day of kindergarden! sept 09

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all the things we refused to buy at barnum and bailey. sept 09

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excluding some seasoning and a plate this is the end of the salmon life cycle. sept 09