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Get Yer Boogie On! Originally uploaded by meganpru. No birthday party would be complete without some glow toys! This is Kelsie, rocking the LED hoop AND the glow poi at the same time. Boy, we sure have some talented friends! We had a great time at Seneca's 29th birthday fiesta! :)

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Raw Vegan Lemon Cashew Cheesecake Originally uploaded by meganpru. I made Seneca a raw vegan organic Lemon Cashew Cheesecake for his birthday fiesta. The recipe is from the Cafe Gratitude cookbook. It turned out amazing, and we served it with Coconut Bliss ice cream. Mmm!

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Mike Broke It! Originally uploaded by meganpru. Seneca's 29th birthday party was a Fiesta, so of course we had to get a piñata. It took several tries, but our friend Mike finally broke through and organic candy spilled out everywhere! Some things are just too fun to outgrow, and piñatas are one of them!

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Groovin' Originally uploaded by meganpru. We had a house full of friends for Seneca's 29th birthday party. And of course, we all got together to play music! Here's the crew, drumming away in our living room.

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Seneca, Dance & Niko Originally uploaded by meganpru. Seneca turned 29, and we threw a big birthday party at our house. Here's the birthday boy with our friends' baby, Dance, and Niko, who seems jealous that someone else is getting attention!

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Doodles! Originally uploaded by meganpru. I participated in a doodle swap! Several designers/creative types got together online & organized it. We create 8 doodles on little trading cards, send them out, and receive 8 from different people. Fun!These are all 8 doodles, ready to be shipped off to their new homes. In return, I'll get 8 doodles made by different artists.

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Kitty Toy Originally uploaded by meganpru. Maya loves her new cat charmer toy! It came in my HOWie secret santa package this year - there was something for the whole family! I participate in a secret santa exchange every year, organized by an online design community. Thanks secret santa for letting Maya get some exercise on a rainy winter day! :)

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Valley View Originally uploaded by meganpru. Mendocino County sure is beautiful! We have just started looking at property to get an idea of where we want to buy a little slice of heaven! This will be a long process of course, but now is a great time to start manifesting our dreams of owning some land, living off of it, and starting a market garden & orchard! This property was east of

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Noyo Come-Unity Garden Originally uploaded by meganpru. The Noyo Come-Unity Garden in January 2010. (That big spiky plant in the foreground is an artichoke - wow!) We said goodbye to the Noyo Come-Unity Garden after a couple years of greatness. Hopefully someone else can use our plot better than we can - we just have too much garden at home!

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Time for Picking Originally uploaded by meganpru. The meyer lemon tree is finally ready for a harvest! I got this tree from friends for my birthday, and it's been in our garden & hoop house since. It just finally finished some ripe lemons in early January. Mmm... meyer lemons are amazing, especially right off the tree!

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Stephen Kent & Ondřej Smejkal Originally uploaded by meganpru. First concert of 2010! We watched two didgeridoo masters share the stage: Stephen Kent & Ondřej Smejkal, at the Grange Hall in nearby Philo. They both had very different styles but are AMAZING musicians. It was an awesome show.

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Blue Moon Originally uploaded by meganpru. New Year's Eve was a blue moon. These tree branches are lit by a big bonfire in a backyard in Oakland... taken just after midnight. We went to a party near our friends' warehouse to watch homemade flame-shooting robots battle. It was pretty crazy, but it got boring when they had technical difficulties with the robots.

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Us in Costume Originally uploaded by meganpru. Here's Seneca and I at the warehouse party in Oakland, where we went to celebrate New Year's Eve with friends. Of course we had to wear crazy costumes - just because we can! It was a fun way to ring in 2010.

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Party with the King Originally uploaded by meganpru. For New Year's Eve, we went to a party at our friends' warehouse in Oakland. Of course there were costumes! This is Eric, Shawna, Mike & Kelsie at the party.

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Boys on the Beach Originally uploaded by meganpru. The pooches missed their favorite beach, Big River Beach, while we were away for the holidays! As soon as we got home we took them for a little romp in the sand.

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Hahaha! Dad's Bikini Originally uploaded by meganpru. This is probably my favorite picture from the holidays! We have a white elephant gift exchange every Christmas with family. We exchange the most ridiculous thrift store or homemade items we can find, then fight over them. Dad opened up this very special bikini and even kinda tried it on! Someone put cups and bottle nipples in the bra,

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We're One Big Happy Family Originally uploaded by meganpru. Family on Christmas Eve at my parents' house in Boise. Mom, Susan, me, dad, Rachel, Aaron, Wes, and Emily pile on the staircase for the obligatory Christmas photo. Emily is sporting her new "what-the-fuggie," which is some sort of Amish version of a Snuggie. It was pretty hilarious.

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Holidays = Cheer! Originally uploaded by meganpru. Christmas Eve in Boise put my family in good spirits. Or maybe it was the spirits! Rachel shows off the bottle of Crown Royal we found, I'm holding wine, and my aunt Susan is the only innocent bystander in this photo!

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Mini Reunion Originally uploaded by meganpru. It was great catching up with so many good friends from high school while in Boise for the holidays! Here's Jen Jen, Katherine, Matt, Mitch and I at Kat's house for a mini-reunion.

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Niko + Snow Originally uploaded by meganpru. We went up to Boise, Idaho for the holidays to visit family & friends. Of course Juneau and Niko came with us! We aren't sure if Niko has ever experienced snow before, but he seemed to like it. He tried to eat it, of course, but was very confused and cautious when we first let him meet the snow at the top of Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevadas.

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Moscow Crew Reunion Originally uploaded by meganpru. We got to see some of our friends from Moscow while we were in Boise, Idaho for the holidays! Here's Ross, Seneca, Andy, Crystal, Cameron, and Tanya at Madhuban, where we had delicious Indian food and caught up with old friends. Yay for the holidays!

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xmascard09 Originally uploaded by meganpru. This is the holiday card we sent out (via e-mail) for Christmas '09. The drawing is a doodle that I made for a doodle swap I'm participating in.

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Pal is Funny Originally uploaded by meganpru. Our friend Pal sure is entertaining! We had a birthday party for our friend Kipper, and Pal brought "froggles" - frog goggles, and a frog instrument to add to our drum circle. His "hat" is actually a big gourd that Seneca uses to amplify his didgeridoo. Apparently it's a multi-purpose toy. :)

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Treasures Originally uploaded by meganpru. The best way to end a clear December day is to watch the sunset and gather treasures on a beach. I found these pieces of abalone shell and sea glass at Van Damme Beach, just south of Mendocino.

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Van Damme Beach Originally uploaded by meganpru. Niko loves the water! Here he is splashing in the ocean (in December, no less) at Van Damme Beach. We watched the sunset there with friends.

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