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Paws on the heater and belly toward the sun - this is how we all wish we could spend our January weekdays.
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Our lemon harvest was a little later this year, but still bountiful!
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Allyndreth's boss offered her two free tickets to see Twice. She and friend Liam enjoyed fabulous seats for this unexpected treat.
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A foggy and peaceful January morning.
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Snow in the Sierras was hit-or-miss this year so Matt and Evya tried to hit as much as they could.
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They ran into longtime swim friend, Ella Schlehr!
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Tyrian was on the management team that opened the hottest new grocery store in the Bay Area, Tokyo Central in Emeryville. Christina, Hayley, and Grammie attended the soft open.
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From the moment the doors opened, the store was hopping and Tyrian had to jump in with extra hands everywhere he could.
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The official opening weekend for the store saw droves of customers lined up from open to close.
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The lines continued into the next weekend when Matt and Evya got to go see what all the excitement was about.
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The excitement was about Tyrian, obviously!
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Grace impeding homework progress.
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While we hustle through out morning routines, Grace daintily warms her toes.
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We popped down to LA during Presidents' Weekend to do some college tours. Alas, our kids' favorite stop from the USC tour we did in 2018 is no longer in use. Cross USC off the list, I guess!
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We needed some highly-recommended SoCal boba to power through the five tours in four days.
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We had a lovely lunch with cousin Nate and Sydney in USC Village. The food and company were so good, USC went back on the list!
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In our free time between tours, we caught some exceptional LA theatre.
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Evya at time trials for Acalanes swimming. She had only been cleared by her surgeon to get back in the water in early January. Even so, she swam Varsity times and made the team again.
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Diving in for the first medley relay of the year swimming the freestyle leg.
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We finally made it to Chase Center to see the Warriors play Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets. A "W" for the Warriors!
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Grace hogging the heat again.
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Allyndreth met the amazing Ming-Na Wen at the Emerald City ComiCon. Allyndreth was dressed as Jester Lavorre from Critical Rolls Mighty Nein.
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Friend Nicole was Keyleth from Critical Rolls Vox Machina.
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Matt captured the fruit trees' response to our early spring weather.
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Another quick trip to Tahoe before the end of the ski season. (Little did we know that two huge spring storms would cause the ski resorts to reopen for a bit.)
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For the first time, Evya entered her artwork into a show/competition at the Orinda Library through the Lamorinda Arts Council.
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This is Fate's Headlights, acrylic on canvas.
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