Ann's 60th B-Day Eric and Sylvia travel to North Carolina to surprise Eric's mother on her 60th birthday. | ||
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| On our way out we had a great view of Mt. Rainier above the clouds. | Ann cutting her birthday cake. | |
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| We had a good time at the party. | Ann likes the oval shaker boxes, made by my dad, that we gave her for her birthday. | |
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| She also got a Panamanian Mola (traditional indian embroidery). | Ken works on the bbq | |
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| Eric's brother Brian is a clown in his spare time. | He makes ballon sculptures as well! | |
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| Sunday we went for a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was kind of a hazy day | Eric's Dad and Mom on the left (Ken and Ann), and brother and girlfriend April and Kevin on the left. This is on a short path just below a lodge along the Blue Ridge Parkway. | |
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| Cold Mountain, the location of the book by the same name. | This is the quilt garden at the Arboretum and Botanical Garden | |
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| The whole gang (minus Brian) at the Botanical Garden | Eric got a great close up of a bumblebee | |
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| Lotsa color here! | Ann next to one of her pictures hanging at the Botanical Garden. | |
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| A view of Mercer Island on the way home | ||