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iPhone Photo Roundup for the Fall

Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by Scott D.

Just a bunch of photos from the past few weeks… and Shana just finished the Fresno marathon in 4 hours and 40 minutes! She’s a quick little cutie.

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Llama Casa and the Grand Canyon

Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by Scott D.

A few weeks ago, my sister, Lee Ann, visited us and we all took a small trip up to Williams, AZ to relax and take a fun train ride to the Grand Canyon.  We stayed at a place called “The Llama Casa Ranch” and it was on several acres with several Llamas that we got to feed.  The house was nice and big and the next day’s train ride was a blast.  We almost missed it both ways, but once on board, there were people dressed up like cowboys and such and would sing us songs and tell jokes.  On the train ride back to Williams at the end of the day, the train was “robbed” by some very loud and scary looking cowboys and Max was not a fan.

The whole trip was fun and since we have been back, we have kept busy.  I will post more soon and be sure to look at all 4 pictures in this post.  For ALL of the pictures from the trip, click here!

The Donaldsons at the Grand Canyon

Madison at the Llama Casa Ranch.

Max loved feeding the Llamas.

More pictures here.

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Sunset State Beach

Posted on 16. Aug, 2009 by Scott D.

I haven’t  updated in a while because, well… I’ve been busy!  We are home after a LONG but very fun summer of camping and hanging out with family.  I will post more stuff soon, but this is where I left off.

We went camping at Sunset State Beach Park near Santa Cruz.  We camped with Benita and Chester, the Magdic family, the Poore family, the Smiths, and several others… over 26 people.  We had a great time and the weather was a nice cool change from Fresno.

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Camping At Sunset Beach

Posted on 30. Jul, 2009 by Scott D.

We are camping at Sunset Beach State Park near Santa Cruz, CA. We went from 110 degree weathe to 74 and misty. We have 5 other families here and a bushel of kids. (a few less than a gaggle of kids)

We are going to the beach today (I think,) and the boardwalk tomorrow. Since we have no power, I will only turn on my phone for messages and updates until Sunday.

Time for breakfast!

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At the Mendicino KOA

Posted on 06. Jul, 2009 by Scott D.

We are at the Mendicino KOA and it is really nice here.  The only problem that we (I) have is that there is almost no cell phone coverage here and extremely limited internet access.  If this gets posted, I will be impressed that it was able to squeek in.

We spent the last few days at the Layman’s ranch in * and it was a great time.  Jan and Steve Layman are very long friends of Chester and Benita (my in-laws) and they have a great place. I think I was able to upload a couple photos to my Flickr account, so check the photos on the side bar for the latest.  The Laymans had a HUGE party, as they do every year, as it turns out, and there were close to 45 people eating a huge buffet of yummy food.

They had a pool, lots of beer, lots of food, lots of wine, and uh…. some other stuff….

We went to the farmer’s market yesterday and they had some really amazing quilts… one that had the entire story of the Very Hungry Catapillar.  We ate BBQ food and Mexican stuff… very good. (Im running on wine at the moment and this internet is WAY slow.)

Now we are in Mendicino and the weather is cool but not bad at all.  People are very nice, and there is currently some Mellisa Etheridge (sp?) being played in the distance and Shana and I are drinking some wine that she won for $30 (worth $90) at an auction that was held after her 10K run.   Its time for more wind and time for me to kick my wife’s butt at cribbage.

PS. Sorry for the spelling errors, but I am counting on a small rat to power this internets connection. (The wine doesn’t help it, either.)

More in a few days!!

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