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In 1989, while Ken was getting situated at Clark Air Force Base in The Philippines, Dorothy, Mandy, and Sara came to live with us on Tumwater hill in Tumwater, Washington, while Dorothy did her student teaching at North Thurston High School. We only had about three and a half months with them there before they, too, went to The Philippines, but it was a time that was good for lots of memories. Mandy made this little booklet for us, recruiting Sara for a couple of the pages. She was in second grade at the time; Sara was in kindergarten. There were several eventful things recorded in this little book - our kayak rides in Capitol Lake, and the river just below our house, the fun playing in the over-grown rhodies at Grandpa's dental office, and the excitement (?) of Ron's accident with the chain saw. Please click on each page so that you can read each one. I loved it that Mandy included a rainbow - we have always had rainbow-producing crystals hanging in the kitchen windows. Anyway, this book is a treasure, and I wanted to share it with all of you. So, Mandy, who is very grown up with three-year-old Dallin, new baby Mia Lilly, husband John, and a responsible job was quite an author-artist very early in life.
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In 1989, while Ken was getting situated at Clark Air Force Base in The Philippines, Dorothy, Mandy, and Sara came to live with us on Tumwater hill in Tumwater, Washington, while Dorothy did her student teaching at North Thurston High School. We only had about three and a half months with them there before they, too, went to The Philippines, but it was a time that was good for lots of memories. Mandy made this little booklet for us, recruiting Sara for a couple of the pages. She was in second grade at the time; Sara was in kindergarten. There were several eventful things recorded in this little book - our kayak rides in Capitol Lake, and the river just below our house, the fun playing in the over-grown rhodies at Grandpa's dental office, and the excitement (?) of Ron's accident with the chain saw. Please click on each page so that you can read each one. I loved it that Mandy included a rainbow - we have always had rainbow-producing crystals hanging in the kitchen windows. Anyway, this book is a treasure, and I wanted to share it with all of you. So, Mandy, who is very grown up with three-year-old Dallin, new baby Mia Lilly, husband John, and a responsible job was quite an author-artist very early in life.
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That is so funny - I can't believe you kept it! I actually remember most of the events that I listed... except for Grandpa's accident. I must have blocked that one. We had so much fun living with you! If only I could get back to that area - so gorgeous! Although it wasn't quite the castle with a never-ending forest that I remembered, it was such a beautiful neighborhood. Andrea took John and I there when we stayed with her a few years ago. (Thanks again, Andrea!)
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