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For Mother’s Day this year Matt and Ms Yuki came over for a few hours to visit before heading out to dinner. I always enjoy spending time with them! We met the Bennet family for dinner at one of our favorite places to eat, Mongolian BBQ on El Toro Road. Yum! All in all a [...]

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38 years ago I started having my children; the oldest, Jimmy would be 38 today if he were still alive. Jason is 31 now, which is just as hard to believe. Matthew will be 28 next month and can no longer be called the baby of the family even though he is the youngest. I [...]

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Matthew and Ms Yuki came for a visit this last Saturday, which is always nice. Yuki is on strict bedrest due to her recent back re-injury, and she’s not too happy about it. Matt brought his bike down and went for a short ride so I took Yuki outside for a few photos. She has [...]

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Being young (Yuki turns 3 in July 2010) and playing hard with her girlfriends Koosh and Queenie is just a part of who Ms Yuki is. Watching her play brings a sense of her she is in full view, her love of life shines bright because she is full of life. Combine Yuki’s love of [...]

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For the last several years Jerry and I have been celebrating his birthday with our good friend Karen and her hubby Terry, because Karen and Jerry are the same age and their birthday are 2 days apart. It only seems natural to include our long time friend Jill & Steve, whom we’ve celebrated holidays and [...]

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Matthew brought Ms Yuki down and had dinner with Jerry and I tonight. Poor kid has been fighting a cold, sounds like the worst of it is behind him and now he just feels run down and tired. Ms Yuki on the other hand is a typical 2 1/2 year old, full of energy wanting [...]

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Matthew just updated his website with a great photo shoot he did of one of his roommates and his girlfriend. You might want to go check it out, because as usual it shows Matt’s ability as a photographer to make taking a great picture look easy.

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We have exciting news to share! Yesterday morning Yuki stood up all by herself and took 3 steps with 3 of her feet! It took me by surprise as I had set her down in the backyard and ran inside the house for a minute. I was only gone a few seconds, running back out [...]

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Inch by inch, day by day, the Yuki girl is making progress. Yuki can pull herself up to a sitting position now if her 2 hind legs are on her good/right side. She has tried several times to stand on her own but does even come close yet. Little by little she prefers to use [...]

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Another adventure for Yuki-neurologist visit. Dr thought she would thrive better w/out her L front leg- gives her 2 weeks till a recheck visit to make a decision to amputate or not. He felt she would recoup faster w/out it & should regain use of her back legs though to what level of function time [...]

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