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Oct 2005
Oct 12, 2005 Woah—it’s been awhile since I wrote! Well, I’ll just piece together some things I’ve written for our friends newsletter and hopefully that will do. Aug 2005 We made it home from our summer trip to utah safe and sound, but poor miss Halle was thrown way off schedule. We were so busy in Utah that…
Portland Bubble Run. The McBanks Get Bubbly
Our kids are the perfect age for this race. It’s basically like a 5k bubble bath. We got up early and made our way over to the Portland International Raceway. The start was seamless which was really impressive because there were about 6,000 runners. Here we are all nice and clean before we started. We…
November 2018 Recap
What a fun month this was! Learner’s permits, dog sitting, and Josh’s first trip to the temple! Blake got to bring home a few of his class Beetles over the break. They escaped 2 times and one of the times one just crawled across Blake’s foot as he was eating breakfast. It scared him to…
Biking the Golden Gate Bridge
This turned out to be one of the most adventurous days we’ve had so far! The kids have been so excited to do this and ask about it constantly, but we decided to save it for when Nat and Carlie were here. The day started with a walk to Tartine for some delicious treats. We…
Visions of Sugar Plumbs danced in our heads
Sugar Plumb Fairies, that is. Halle and I were so excited to share our yearly tradition of attending the Nutcracker with all the girls in our family this year. The men and the boys all went to Dave and Busters. The Nutcracker did not disappoint, and we all had a magical time!
the other things we did
Besides Long Island, we had lots of fun doing kiddie city stuff while the Birds were here. We went to AMNH, FAO Schwarz, and played at the Hippo Park. We also took a jaunt down to the Staten Island Ferry. The only reason you should do this Ferry is because it is free. Just kidding. …


