The Done Connection

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Yee Haw!!!

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This was fun! We went from Red Rock over the mountain (and through the woods!) and out the other side. It turned out to be a little more challenging than we had thought.

Thanksgiving 2009

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Thanksgiving was celebrated this year in San Diego at Liz's house. With the Done's, the Madsen's, and the Reed's all congregating we sorely missed the Nickle's.

Thanksgiving dinner was held onboard Devin's ship...and was FREE! What an experience! We were able to eat in the "Wardroom" which is where the Officer's of the ship eat. It was small but we all fit. The food was surprisingly amazing and we all enjoyed stuffing our faces and basking in the conversation and presence of family.

We shopped and walked around downtown San Diego. So much fun! We ate ice-cream in the rain. The boyz all went to the Zoo while the ladies did some fun shopping. Said shopping included the amazing South Sun bead store and Michaels. And one of the best parts of the weekend was just sitting on the couch lounging about (eating pie...naturally!) while Connor, Nathan, and Matthew all played brilliantly together. It was difficult to say goodbye in the end.

Halloween 2009 in honor of Jessica reporting for duty

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Not the most original but definitely the easiest.

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The hostess team

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The beautiful Done girls.

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Heather had to concentrate really hard to maintain this "look". The other two didn't even try.

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And of course there were preparations to be made, and artwork to be done...

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We all, young and old, had a great time.

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These lovely and very nice people posing with Heather are from the local bikers club who mistakenly assumed that there would be beer served. Which means they didn't stay long.

"I can't believe I ate the whole thing!"

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Valerie at Bandelier

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Poking her head out the window after climbing up. Large room in pueblo village.

almost didn't make it

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In Arches off road drive to Tower Arch - really need a jeep.

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We had a great spring bread. This is a picture of Valerie standing in Tower Arch. Valerie hiked for 1.7 miles to get to it. Ken took the 4-wheel road to it. We thought that Ken would certainly get there first since he was driving. That's before. What a road!

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This is our most recent addition to the family. His name is Ivan, and he's (or she's, we have not way of knowing at the moment) a desert tortoise. He was originally found on the playground at school as a new hatchling. After spending three years on a friend's balcony it was decided that he is now big enough that he needs a bigger area, which is where we came into the picture. Right now he is less than 5 inches long, only eats dandelions, and likes to have his head rubbed. The cats have kept a close eye on Ivan's movements about the yard and have determined that he is okay.

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Aren't they beautiful! This was after our temple sealing.

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This is the way they normally look.

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I sure love these girls! Of course I had no idea what was going on behind me at the time, and now I laugh every time I look at this picture.

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Man! Nathan has gotten so big that I almost can't wrestle him any more. It was great having the Reeds and Madsens here for Thanksgiving (miss you Ruthie!). The boys went gold hunting, the women went shopping and duck feedin. Then there was the great food and suspension of all things diet related.

Thanksgiving 2008

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And of course since mom is having her baby soon, Mikayla will need some things for her baby too. Stroller, playpen, swing, etc. This is one of the cutest pictures of the many that I took while there.

Visiting Mikayla

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A trip to Arizona in November to catch up with the Nickles. Ruth is still pregnant and Mikayla is turning 2.

Petroglyphs at Grapevine Canyon

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We moved into our new home, lots of remodeling yet to do!

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Me at Sunset Crater Volcano Park in Arizona

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Ken at Sunset Crater Volcano Park in Arizona

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Bing, the cat, is always facinated to watch me take my morning soak every Saturday. So does this mean he wants to give it a try himself?

2008-04-28T17:59:00.000-07:00

More pretty pictures of my hike to Darwin Falls.

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Kind of looks like a 2-headed burro, huh. Actually these ladies are just extremely narrow so one can easily hide behind the other.

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More fun in Death Valley last week. Ken has a really nice camera.

2346 Viewcrest Rd. Henderson NV 89014

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This will hopefully be our new home in a few weeks. And yes, that is Ken's thumb in the sky.

We'll most likely plant bougainvilla and roses in the front, and of course take out the grass. The roof is some kind of light weight cement-like composite tile. It should last forever. And look! There's a garage!

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This is the backyard looking south.

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This is the back yard looking north. The sliding door goes into the kitchen/dining area.

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This is a view of the south side of the house from the backyard corner. You can see the garden area.

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Nathan was so (!!) excited about "doing dishes". I wonder if he'll feel the same way in a few more years

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Our newest "Relativity" member. Yea Matthew!

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Our favorite Mexican food place in Old Town San Diego.

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Our SanDiego trip during the Christmas break. Connor had had enough picture taking I think.

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Would you believe this is a "shoe tree"? We found it in a remote area of California

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I just couldn't seem to be photogenic. Oh well, Ruth and Layla make up for it in spades.

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Me and Mikayla, aren't we cute!

Still San Diego

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This is in San Diego, at one of the really cool surfer/skater hang-outs, which of course we were at with the really cool Nickle family.

Reading Time

2008-01-20T13:41:00.000-08:00

Nathan and I reading all about the numbers 1-10 and how they apply to rodent communities.

2008-01-19T18:29:00.000-08:00

Hi to everyone from Texas! I'm visiting with the Reeds and being introduced to the newest addition. More will follow soon.