Monday, July 21, 2008

Happy Baby


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She's a charmer.

Older set


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Lorn makes a point.

Swimmers


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Drew and Kelsey

Younger set


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Karen, Drew, Kelsey, Elizabeth and Mark confab

Kelsey and Jon


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Some father daughter time.

Happy twosome


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A & E enjoy time together.

Sunbather reader


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A family gal catches a few rays. But a dappled sun tan?

Quiet time


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Evie loves her Grandma.

Julie and Zen


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Damon and family came up to be with EEK for the weekend.

A knits a shawl


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While David enjoys family tales. Can you spot the owl?

New Doll


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I think Evie likes her new husky from her Grandma.

Ethan is frito-ing


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And MP puts on his very best sneer for the camera.

Cousins


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Dallas guys and New Jersey Gals love to get together.

David and A


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Mel's fiance, our new Florida family member

Jonathan


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All the way from New Jersey

Carla and Lorn


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She represented the Camerons, a 67-year association for Lorn.

The Matriarch is 96


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Libby enjoyed the family time. We flew her to Dallas and put her up in the hotel so she could be in the center of our conversations. Delta Airlines took good care of her making her first trip with a wheel chair.

Family and additions


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David, Mel, Hay, Drew and Karen enjoy Jon's stories.

MANY POOL PIX


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We spent two days swimming, sunning, but mostly talking around the pool at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Addison (north of Dallas). John and Mildred drove up for their Evie fix.

Happy to be in Texas


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She had a good flight from San Jose overnight.

Love Grandpa's beard


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She can really grab a handfull too.

Practicing her uuuu sound...


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While waiting for our enchiladas.

HAPPY Meeting in Dallas


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We drove to Dallas for Hayden's wedding. We met EEK at Chuys on Knox for their TexMex fix.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

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Practicing her vowels with Grandpa

Bath Time


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Chat with Evie

Monday, July 07, 2008

Bucky


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A little buck paid us a visit, but kept his distance.

Golden Moments


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He loves his white Zin.

It's a hard life ...


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A great way to spend a warm evening

Pool Scene


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A and Lorn relaxing on the rafts

Sunday, July 06, 2008

Independence Day


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Beautiful blue eyes and strawberry blond hair

July 4th family chat


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Leave it to Michael and Ethan to make political statements.

Evie and Lorn


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A videochat between Evelyn and her Pa Ma Pa

Saturday, July 05, 2008

Leaving for McAllen


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Lorn is off to attend the 102nd birthday party for his OLD friend Charles Cameron. He'll fly back tomorrow and then on home to Dallas the next day. At 90 what a traveler!

The Party's Over ....


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We had a great time with some wonderful (and wonderfully funny) friends.

Sharing stories


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T and Jay hit it off talking about language, education and society.

Hungry Folk


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Ready to dig in

Give me five !


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Shanthi and T agree on national politics.

Holiday Feast


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Pat and Curt admire the festive table for our red-white-and-blue dinner. We all sang the Star Spangled Banner before eating.

Many connections


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Curt and Jay discuss the practice and teaching of engineering.

OLD FRIENDS


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They have been friends since Jay was Lorn's graduate student in the 60s.

Pool Crew


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John, Shanthi, Kay, Russ, Lorn, Mildred, Jay, Pat and Kurt - T is in the water. On a pleasant evening we had snacks, beer and conversation for over two hours.

Rollingwood area visit


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Shanthi and Kay talked over changes in the community.

Beautiful water


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Two swam, but most visited by the pool.

Orthodontia Gone Bad


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Russ and Lorn tease.

Austin Club Dinner


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A special feast at the Club for T's birthday. Notice his new silk sport coat from his wife.

MMMM - GOOD!


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Chicken Schnitzel, buttered noodles, fresh tomatoes, spinach and cabbage followed by coconut cake.

Dinner Time


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A & T have prepared another feast for Lorn. We are going to 'feed him up".

Lorn works on his new MacBook


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So many things to figure out -- one finger moves the curser, two fingers move the page, etc.

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Birthday Greeting


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Michael logged in from Stockholm for a videochat on T's 68th birthday. We talked about his possible future in Zurich at the research headquarters and his recent ski trip to a glacier in Norway.

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Interesting pixelating portrait of Michael on a videochat