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	Autumn's 11th Birthday
	Autumn's birthday at the Spaghetti Factory

	Terra's 2nd Birthday
	Terra's B-day cake

Autumn (with the cape and dog puppet), her friend Samantha, her dad Michael, and Samantha's mom trick-or-treating at our house.




Terra as a little princess (wearing a ribbon-fairy costume that Autumn wore Halloweens ago)with her Ba.

Reinard and Terra at the Peace Rally Sept. 24, 2005

photo by Autumn

This is the first time that Terra's had her own sign at a protest.

I want to created a little "mini album" for each entry which covers a different part of the trip. To read more and see more photos, click the comments button (not the "leave a comment" button.

Note: This may take awhile to up load and organize everything, so give me a few days.

UPDATE 7/16: I've finished the section called "Jay's Memorial and Carson City", To view all the photos and writing, click on the "comment(s)" (not the "leave comment") icon.

 

 Getting ready to tube the Pontneuf River

 Very refreshing in July

Reinard and Trish at Trish's home near Carson City.

The main purpose of our trip was to attend a memorial service for a friend of Reinard's, Jay Zarht Freed. Jay passed away in January, but the memorial was held July 1, which is Jay's birthday and Jay's and Trish's 10th wedding anniversary. To see more photos about this part of our trip, click on the comments icon.

 Hiking

 Wading

 more wading

 Playing on the beach

 Visiting with Reinard's Family in Boise

 Hanging out at the Boise River

 Terra and "Ba" wading in the Boise River

Had a great time at VegFest today. We saw Dennis Kucinich and Howard Lyman, ate yummy vegan food, visited various booths and played!

Dennis Kucinich speaking at VegFest and Terra in front of the stage.

Terra and a new canine friend at VegFest

Autumn, Terra, and Terra's new friend Lyra at VegFest

Autumn's new (even shorter) haircut

Autumn's Grandmother's cousin visited recently from Japan, bringing Autumn lots of gifts, including a "Hamtaro" hat and bank. We got to try out what little Japanese we knew while she was here.

Autumn in center, with her grandparents, her grandmother's cousin and her friend. April 2005

Reinard had a day off of work this week, so we all decided to go visit the zoo, since Terra had never been.

She was delighted with all the animals she saw, squealing with happiness, pointing, and laughing.

Terra's first visit to the zoo

Reinard, Jenni and Terra marched in the Iraq anniversay protest. Jenni performed with Pom Poms Not Bomb Bombs, and got interviewed for channel 5 news, although we don't think it made it into the story segment.

Pom Poms Not Bomb Bombs performaing at Iraq anniversay protest March 19, 2005

Terra hanging with Ba at the rally following the march

Reinard helped to organize a fundraiser for the ACLU. The guest speaker was Ambassador Joseph Wilson, whose wife was outed as a CIA operative by the Bush Administration.

While there was only seating enough for about 250 people, there were more than 300 people who attended the event.

 

 

Reinard at the ACLU fundraiser March 18, 2005

At Autumn's school's annual art stroll on Friday, Autumn had a chance to perform for the first time in public with her guitar. She played "Wipe Out" and did very well!

Autumn's first public performance 3/18/05

Last Saturday our family had the opportunity to march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade here in Salt Lake City. We marched with the "Peace O' Utah" contingent. Autumn helped to pass out "Declaration of Human Rights" booklets and candy along the parade route. Jenni marched with the radical cheerleaders, and Reinard pushed Terra in the stroller and helped Tom with the giant Peace Dove.

It was a very warm day for Salt Lake in March -- a little too warm. We got pretty heated by the end of the parade route.

Sadly, everyone that was there was so busy with some task or other that I don't think any pictures got taken.

Update: It turns out there were a few pics taken, mostly before the parade. They are posted at http://www.gput.org/stpatday.shtml.

Reinard and Terra waiting for our turn in the St. Patrick's day parade

Autumn just before the St. Patrick's Day Parade in SLC. March 12, 2005