the blanks come to town

bethany and stephen

(and her sis meredith and her husband justin)

came to town!

they were on their way to breck

and stopped to stay the night after their 20 hour long car ride

 B gets to meet hazel!!!

 hazel loved her aunt b

 stephen "resting his eyes"

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then we had a get together for dinner

so people could come over and see the blankenships

 bethany, liz, shellie

ps: b is wearing an awesome skirt she made

instead of studying for her med school finals :)

 meredith on the left

 tori playing with stephen and hans

 she loved loved loved poking hans in the nose and eye ;)

 a picture montage of tori riding hans

 she seriously loved it so so much!

meredith and bethany

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we had so much fun with them

we miss them so much :(

philadelphia, the city of brotherly love

we decided to make our christmas present for the family

be a trip to philly.

cameron got an interview there, so we decided to all go!

 hazel finding out she has a new cousin

genevieve lane

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she did well on the 3.5 hour flight, thank goodness

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we arrived in philly and rented a car

then drove to mt. gretna

where the interview would be

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we ate at a local place called blue bird inn

then headed to bed to try and sleep before the interview.

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the interview went EXTREMELY well,

and cam drove us to see the site afterwards

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it's an in/out patient hospital

ON A FARM!!!!

 the view across the parking lot

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then we headed 14 miles to Hershey,

the chocolate capital of the world :)

 that house is made out of choc!!

 long story short,

i used to be allergic to chocolate

and for easter the 4 cousins were at gram's house

and she got everyone a chocolate bunny

and i got...

a grape one.

also everyone got to have choc. milk

and i got.... strawberry :(

needless to say, i grew out of my allergy!!!

 hazel LOVED the tour!!!!!!

 "i love chocolate mom"

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then we drove back to philly

and walked around before dinner

 the hat cailly knitted hazel :)

 i stood here 10.5 years ago

when i was a camp counselor in PA

(same pose...on purpose)

 i made cameron stand in front of the "it"

so it would look like

"You know you love CAMERON"

 cam wouldnt put his face in :(

 hazel busy working before bed :)

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then after breakfast,

we headed to the Franklin Institute

the science museum

the giant walk thru heart!!!

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the way home was awful...

it took almost 12 hours to get back to denver.

but we made it, and H was so good.

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she even slept thru the night 2 nights ago!!!!

 2 month pic

 fell asleep watching gossip girl with momma

 i made these quilted letters

 3 month pic

 with schnooze

 schnooze got in the basket of the bassinet...

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shellie and i went out to dinner

to celebrate (verrrryyyy belated) our 30th bdays

hers was in aug

mine in oct

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we went to beatrice & woodsley

 shellie, mid-sentence

 me

 upside down baby

but look at those boots :)

 pretty eyelashes

 at a 1st bday party for 3 kiddos from church

it was "very hungry catapillar" themed

 jason, the dad of axel

 the party was for: axel, chase, and evelyn

 so awesome!

 autumn, momma of axel

 hazel watching the cupcake festivities

 eating her hand

 chunky cheeks!

 I JUST ROLLED OVER!!!!!!

 i like to cuddle with jeffery

 i dont quite understand the bumbo

i like the letter "O"