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		<title>Albuquerque May 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For Mother&#8217;s Day this year, we took Brian&#8217;s mother, Sue, on a hot air balloon ride in Albuquerque, NM. The balloon dipped down within feet of the Rio Grande River, then soared up to 3,200 feet. The weather was perfect, the view was amazing, and only the landing was a little rough, though not a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skiing in Colorado!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, we went to Keystone, Colorado for a week of skiing! We were invited by a couple of friends to stay in a cabin on-site, and were able to walk to the lifts at Keystone. We skied and went ice skating at Keystone, skied at Vail, went tubing at Copper Mountain, and saw the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Daily Walks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below are some pictures of Ciara and Miles out on our walks. Miles can&#8217;t quite keep up with Ciara yet, but by looking at the size of his feet, it&#8217;s only a matter of time before he leaves her in the dust!!




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		<title>We Went Skiing!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To finish out the old year and ring in the new, we went skiing on December 31, 2009. The weather was great (16* and sunny), the ski hills had snow (most of any ski resort in NM), and, miraculously, neither of us got hurt! Below is a picture of one of the ski hills, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing &#8220;Miles&#8221; &#8211; Our New Addition!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brian&#8217;s mom, Sue, found an adorable, though severely starved, weak, and frost-bitten, puppy on December 12 (coincidentally, Brian and Amanda&#8217;s 7 year wedding anniversary) far removed from houses and Silver City. Sue took great care of him for about 2 weeks, but found that she was unable to care for him for he was wearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montana for (Pre) Christmas!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amanda went to Montana for 1 week prior to Christmas to see the family and the snow, take care of her sister, Kassy, after a procedure, see Nicole&#8217;s (Amanda&#8217;s niece) school play, go to Kassy&#8217;s work&#8217;s holiday party, and deliver and gather Christmas presents. Montana, to include Missoula and West Yellowstone, and the 5 hours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT SNOWED!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally &#8211; a little taste of winter! Up until this week, the temperatures have been in the mid 60s. We got a touch of snow on the mountains at the beginning of the week, then got an actual snow storm yesterday. Winter wonderland in Las Cruces!

Organ Mountains &#8211; first &#8220;real&#8221; snow!


Same mountains, different shot.


The yucca [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silver City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While we were in Silver City, we went on several nature hikes. The weather was very comfortable for November and the air was so fresh! Below are some pictures from our walks.

Brian, Amanda, and Ciara


Sue, Brian&#8217;s mom


Brian and Ciara


A Stellar Jay
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		<title>Good-Bye Grandma Dannie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, Brianâ€™s grandmother â€“ Udania, &#8220;Dannie&#8221;â€“ passed away November 6, 2009. Brian and his grandmother were very close, as Brian lived with and was cared for by his grandmother for many years. Dannie was in poor health for the past 8 months, following a broken hip, then kidney dysfunction. We are thankful that she is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington D.C.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amanda went to Washington, D.C. last week to begin her new job with Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology &#8211; CPST (www.cpst.org). After a long week of work, Amanda went to Fort Belvoir, VA to visit her sister and niece and nephews. They went shopping, played games, and went to the National Zoo, which, [...]]]></description>
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