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batavia easter fun.

Posted on April 4, 2013April 4, 2013by sarah

beware. long post. isaac and john’s spring breaks overlapped a bit, right around easter weekend. so, we decided to load up and head to new york for easter in blah-tavia. we had hoped to make the drive up in one shot. we picked up ike from school at 130. which would put us there around […]

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21 pics of us in the mountains.

Posted on December 13, 2012January 8, 2017by sarah

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winter mountain visit.

Posted on December 13, 2012January 8, 2017by sarah

last weekend, derek actually took a day off and we headed to the mountains of the boone (and banner elk and blowing rock) area. we mostly lounged around our little condo for friday, after taking our sweet time getting there. (we stopped for some shopping and lunch). on saturday, we loaded up and headed to […]

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the last wny post.
(this time).

Posted on November 16, 2012by sarah

welcome back for the final installment of sarah and isaac and anna take new york. here is an account of our last two days there. on friday, we loaded up the kids (including rob’s girlfriend’s son, evan) and headed to lovely rochester, for a trip to the strong museum of play. we took this obligatory […]

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wny. again. part 3.

Posted on November 15, 2012by sarah

i’m baaa-aaaack. more tales of our adventures in western new york. i think i’m on wednesday. we spent the night at les’s. and my mom had a training thing in buffalo in the morning, so when she was finished we kidnapped her and made her go to vidler’s in east aurora for some old timey […]

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another western ny trip series.
part 2.

Posted on November 15, 2012November 15, 2012by sarah

on monday, my family returned to their respective jobs and schooling, leaving us to our own devices. so, naturally, our first stop was olivers candy. so. much. sugar. the kids saw this dog and instinctively stopped to pose for a photo with it. they’re well trained. or brainwashed. whatever. outside, we took some photos along […]

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another western new york trip series. part 1.

Posted on November 14, 2012by sarah

a. we haven’t been to batavia since march. b. ike had a 3 day week sandwiched between a 4-day weekend and a 3-day weekend. c. ny autumn is 216% more awesome than nc autumn. so, we (me. kids.) went to ny. normally, i post a little while on the trip, so i don’t get overwhelmed […]

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beach miscellany.

Posted on June 15, 2012May 21, 2013by sarah

i have one last group of pictures that i haven’t been able to categorize into their own posts. pics from around the condo, and then some various activities. playing with isaac’s shell (or shards of shell) collection, while he’s gone. hanging out, early in the morning, watching tv. playing with yo gabba gabba friends. (anna […]

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more (lots more) beach…

Posted on June 12, 2012by sarah

the rest of our trip was quite sunny. and we went to the beach a lot. a lot lot. i’m not even going to bother to caption these pics.

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carnival on the beach.

Posted on June 12, 2012by sarah

even though the sun came out, it was still a bit chilly and the beach was a bit soggy. plus, ike had been begging us to go ride the rides at this little mini carnival that runs from memorial day to labor day where main street hits the beach. this ferris wheel seemed to be […]

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