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On having to blog and a trip to LA

Blogging when I have no idea what I want to say can be really hard.  And it leaves me feeling really uninteresting.  So, since I don't have a whole lot left to say about dryer balls and I never have time to knit anymore, here are some pics of my adorable daughter on our recent trip to LA!  These pics were all instagram pics and mostly posted on facebook already.  I'll try and get some more from the real camera up sometime.  Come to think of it, I never posted her amazing one year pics, so sometime I will get around to doing that.  ;-P

Who needs toys why you have a box of beans?

Baby's first participatory drum circle.

Only my child would fall asleep at a drum circle.

Trains!

The bride was so beautiful!  Love ya, Kathleen!

All she wanted to do at the wedding was go up and down the steps.

Asleep on her first trip to ikea.

A minor!  Still makes me laugh.  

Little Mermaid ride at Disneyland!

Nap time at Disneyland!  We love our Obimama!

More Obimama at Disneyland!

Oh Disneyland, I love you!

Dumbo ride!

Bye bye, Disney!  So tired!

Sleepy Snuggles

I'm wearing a hat, can I go outside?

First sound mixing lesson.

Plane ride home!

Well behaved little flyer!

I'll try and do a better job of maintaining my on-line presence.  If you are after dryer balls you can always message me through my facebook account.  I have been keeping really busy with the store orders and the individual orders that come in that way!  When I first started making them I really never expected that.  So thank you to all those who have bought dryer balls from me or the stores I sell through. Thank you for keeping me too busy to blog!  Thats a good problem to have, right??

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