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real bodies at bally’s.

Posted on December 1, 2017December 4, 2017by sarah

derek planned several big adventures for our vegas time, specifically while my parents were in town. our first, and the most anticipated by anna and my mom, was the real bodies exhibit at bally’s. it’s basically a bunch of real actual bodies and organs and parts, cut up and displayed in random and interesting and […]

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pumpkin-y pennsylvania visit from new gramma and grampa terry.

Posted on October 25, 2016by sarah

as mentioned in a previous post, my mom and stepdad came down for a few days last week, to visit us before we head out west on our epic road trip. most of the first afternoon was spent settling in and showing off (parents and kids, respectively). on the second day, before the rain and […]

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gettysburg national military park.

Posted on October 23, 2016January 8, 2017by sarah

on thursday, my mom and stepdad rolled into town for a quick little visit. yesterday (saturday), we all packed into the minivan like sardines and drove to gettysburg to get some civil war knowledge in our brains. so, it was really cold and really really windy. hazel had a fail proof solution. derek is mad […]

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back to blah-tavia.

Posted on July 11, 2016May 15, 2021by sarah

as previously mentioned, we made one last visit to batavia, this time to meet up with derek’s parents who were going to stay with at my mom’s house for their first ever vacation to batavia. we arrived a day early, to settle in and relax before the chaos began. a lovely breakfast at miss batavia […]

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batavia. random. to date.

Posted on May 28, 2016May 15, 2021by sarah

we have been in batavia for about a week and a half. it’s mostly been very chill. we will stay through the weekend and then on memorial day, we will pack up and head over to letchworth state park for two weeks. i’m looking forward to it. but, here’s what’s been happening in batavia for […]

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the sad trip home.

Posted on February 2, 2015February 2, 2015by sarah

on the morning of isaac’s birthday, my mom called to tell me that my uncle ray passed away in the night. he’s my mom’s mom’s brother. and we were all very close, growing up. i’ll save his story for another post, but for now, here’s the tale of our sad adventure home, to bid him […]

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the week between christmas and new years.

Posted on January 6, 2015by sarah

like last year, my parents drove through the night on christmas and arrived on our doorstep in the wee hours of the morning. actually, they carefully and quietly snuck in and we even know they’d arrived. the big kids woke up and were super excited. not so for hazel. she was skeptical. it took her […]

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dixie classic fair. twenty fourteen.

Posted on October 8, 2014October 9, 2014by sarah

while my parents were visiting, we also decided to check out the dixie classic fair. yesterday was a beautiful day, so i kept isaac out of school, and off we went. we bought the unlimited ride bracelet for the older kids. which was a little tough, because anna is about 40″ and for a lot […]

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july 4th and our last day in batavia.

Posted on July 21, 2014by sarah

so, in batavia, on the fourth of july, there’s an extravaganza in centennial park all afternoon. i haven’t been to it in years upon years, but this year, we decided to give it a go. i totally should have taken a panoramic shot of all of the festivities. there’s music. and crafty vendors. bounce houses. […]

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hazel’s first trip to batavia. part one.

Posted on July 15, 2014by sarah

i’m only now just recovering from our trip to ny. we got home nine days ago. it was super busy. and i barely slept. and never slept well. and the travels were misery. but, we had lots of fun and adventures. we loaded up and left on a friday afternoon after derek finished a test […]

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