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August 12, 2011
Heather L
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How to Scare Grandma…

Posted in Family, Outdoor Adventures, and Photography

Project 365 – #223 How do you scare Grandma?  You round up the grand children, you take them to the Grand Canyon, and you allow them to explore just a bit.  Then, you make sure to take some great pictures near the edge of the Canyon.  Needless to say, poor Grandma had several near heart attacks during our trip to the Grand Canyon. I have to admit that given D’s limited mobility and difficulty with balance and walking at that point in time, I was a bit more concerned with him than I was about the girls.  The girls were…

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August 9, 2011
Heather L
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Busy, Busy, Busy

Posted in Family, Homemaking, and Photography

Project 365 – #221 Lots of stuff going on behind the scenes at the Marine Corps Nomads household.  We’re busy getting things together for the “new” school year.  (We school year around, but some things aren’t as much of a focus during the off months.)  We had loads of fun on our vacation in July and then our trip this past weekend.  Of course, that means that some of the housework was set aside for a time.  Now, I’m buckling down and getting the house back in order and then some. I’m starting to move into my “gotta simplify the…

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August 9, 2011
Heather L
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The Scorpion Queen

Posted in Family, and Photography

Project 365 – #220 Before my sister and her family headed over to Arizona to visit, the story of the Scorpion Queen was told to my nieces.  The very bare bones version of the story follows – a story of a young girl who found a scorpion ring.  The little girl found out from a local Native American that the ring was a one-of-a-kind ring that had special powers.  The key was that it could never hit the ground or the powers would be gone.  The ring would protect the little girl from all of the scorpions. Little did my…

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