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In May the great nephews and great niece came to visit. They are adorable.
Above is Ares, below is Adam.
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This is Tessa
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Work took us on adventures to Kern County. This is the hotel we stayed at in Delano...Liberty Inn.
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This is a cool "car" we saw in Delano. It looked like something out of the Flintstones, except it had a motor, not a foot-mobile!
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Eddie loved it!
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Pretty cool!
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The beautiful scenery of Kern County!
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I got to go to several dumps!!!
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We got to go to Tehachapi a couple of times too. We loved Stallion Springs and Bear Valley!
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An awesome bbq in Bakersfield.
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It really was beautiful. The poppies were gone, but the lavender flowers were beautiful!!!
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The hills look like velvet!
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