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At age 6, Patrick wanted his own blog. That was just the trendy thing to do in 2007. This summer when Vox decided to shutter it’s doors and send emails threatening that users will lose all of their content in less than a month, I took a look back at Patrick’sPlace.vox.com to see what was worth saving. (Don’t click on the link. It’s not there any more. Didn’t you just read the part about Vox taking down their shingle?) What I found there were exactly

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Serene Lakes Days is a standard for this family. Once a year Serene Lakes families all get together to participate in events from horse shoes to three-legged races to running to cycling. This year was no different except for the fact that we didn’t participate in much. The adults spent the weekend working on the outdoor shower and refinishing the row boat.

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As a Christmas present, Santa brought us tickets to the Egyptian exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. We finally used them in March. Steve loved it, Lisa tolerated it and the kids ran through it as fast as they could.

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Patrick wrote a paper for school about bigfoot. We saved it here because..well, because that’s what we do here. Here’s the paper in its entirety:

The Patterson/Gimlin film saw a bigfoot walking by and it actually looked at the camera.
Most people have never been able to prove that the film was fake.
But scientists really think that he is fake. They think people were dressing up in expensive costumes.

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Let’s face it, if they give me lines, I’m going to write the other way. And if they don’t force me to make a certain face in ANY photo I.D. I’m going to make my own face. My kids are fast learners.

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Our Halloween started out early with a trip to the Fog Willow Pumpkin Farm. We picked out several pumpkins, ate hot dogs and then settled into lawn chairs and blankets for a movie showing. Great fun!

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Independence day was celebrated at the cabin with the Wassermanns and Petterle’s. Also Les, Dan, the Killers (Honestly, Amy when all three of us are together in one place at one time, can’t we manage to get a photo together?) Eva and Roger joined us with the kids for a couple of days too. It was a full house, but we had a fun week. We entered the usual float pulled by Mike’s jeep in the parade. Steve road the unicycle in the parade for the first time.

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On father’s day, I could think of nothing better to do than to spend the day at Folsom Lake with my two kids and 5 other father’s, all family and close friends. We had a blast and the day went by way too fast.

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