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A little 3rd-grade math on a Friday morning.
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3rd Grade field trip to Heather Farm
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The staff of the Contra Costa Sun had an informal reunion on a gorgeous morning on Treasure Island.
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Staffers and extended family.
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The final two weeks of 3rd Grade are called Apple Valley Days. The students are assigned a character from Lafayette in the mid-1800s. On the last day of school, they graduate from the Apple Valley schoolhouse.
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Evya, a.k.a. Alicia Vallejo.
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Evya was in the audience to support Neela Whatley at her spring dance recital.
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A living room full of furniture and they need to squeeze into the love seat together.
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Family and friends gathered to celebrate Gra'Karen's and Grampa Pete's 50th Wedding Anniversary.
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Grampa Pete used the occasion to sing a sweetheart serenade to his beloved.
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A lovely reception followed.
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The Smyth Kids
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Smyth Kids: The Next Generation
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Cousin Colin trying mightily to get Tyrian to pose for a picture.
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Everyone is being so helpful....
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Dear friends and family of the Smyths.
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The Karen and Pete branch of the Smyth family tree.
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Grandkids, all standing still in one place at one time.
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Standing-still time is over.
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Evya played Scar in the Diablo Performing Academy's production of "The Lion King."
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"Be Prepared!"
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Theatre buddies.
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Grammie's 75th Birthday celebration.
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The girls made a Lemon Custard Pudding Cake in honor of their mutual love of lemon, passed down through the generations.
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Evya's 9th birthday celebration was a just a few days later. Neela spent the night on Birthday Eve.
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Birthday Eve dinner and presents.
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Breakfast the morning of July 14. Power food to get the girls ready for a birthday swim meet. Where else does a mermaid spend her special day? (Birthday swim meet pictures in Swim Team 2018 album.)
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Post swim-meet birthday lunch at Sauced in Walnut Creek.
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Ice cream and fried Oreos!
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Gra'Karen and Grampa Pete came by to give Evya some new "pets," 3 adorable little succulents.
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