The Daily Francis

A LOT has happened since I was here last and I think it's about time I update this thing! Today my baby is 1 and I've never even posted about him!  Joshua Michael Francis is about the sweetest ...

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Fall has been so nice here in Pokey! I thought I was going to be freezing by now, but we made it thru soccer season w/o jackets and are now loving the crisp mornings, beautiful leaves and warm af...

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Well, actually it wasn't really too mammoth- just a great weekend up to Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone for the Elk rut and beautiful fresh air!  We were lucky enough to meet up with Grpa a...

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This is what I found yesterday morning when I came around the corner. She is only 16 months, but ready for school--she was so proud of herself! Mia is quite the opinionated, independent, "...

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This is old news to many... but in case you haven't heard- WE ARE HAVING A BOY!!! Dave and I both like even numbers so we were so thrilled to see this baby cooperated.   Due 12.20.11...on...

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Tonight I took the kids to the Bannock County Fair in Pocatello while Dave was at work and I just realized  how much I was analyzing this new place that I live by what was going on around me.  ...

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We've been out of school for a little over a week now, but I just keep thinking about James' year as a kindergartner and how lucky he was to have Mr. Morris for a teacher.  What a great teacher!...

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THANKS FOR BEING EXCITED FOR US AND OUR CRAZY NEWS! I AM 13.5 WEEKS ALONG RIGHT NOW AND FEELING PRETTY GOOD.  I'VE HAD THE NIGHTTIME NAUSEA AND HAVE THROWN UP A COUPLE OF TIMES....FOR THE FIRST...

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If you're interested in what we'll be doing this Christmas, watch our little video :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IFcmrCsoWU Love,  Mel and Dave Due date: 12.20.2011

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During Spring Break we were invited up to our neighbor's lake house about 3 hours from here and it was SO RELAXING and FUN!!  We stopped at Muir Woods on the way up and enjoyed all the Redwoods...

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This is soooooo overdue, but very necessary to post about because it was such a wonderful trip with my mom and dad!  They flew into Oakland Saturday morning and picked them up and drove across t...

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Our baby girl turned 1 last Thursday and we had one fun Cinco de Mia fiesta! We partied at the park around the corner from us and had about 20 adults and 25 kids for dinner, pinata, bubbles, ca...

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WE DID IT!! Last weekend we did a whirlwind weekend to visit the happiest place on earth... We drove down thursday after school, did Disneyland on Friday, the beach on Sat. and drove home that ...

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I turned 31 at the beginning of the month and it was a GREAT birthday....with a rocky start. I woke up expecting Dave to let me sleep in...but that didn't happen and I very grudgingly did the mo...

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We got a new camera...a Canon D60 SLR and we are loving it! I still feel totally overwhelmed by all it can do, but this is one of the first pics I took with it and it just makes me happy :) ...

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 Dave did it again.   He managed to set up a sweet gig for the family to enjoy a little getaway in Monterey for a couple of days on the hospital tab while he helped at an Ultrasound conferenc...

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THE DAY BEFORE ST. PATRICK'S DAY... JAMES:  "TODAY WE LEARNED ABOUT THESE LITTLE GUYS THAT ARE REALLY GREEDY AND WANT TO STEAL YOUR MONEY." ME: "WHAT? WHAT GUYS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, ROBBE...

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Here is a little update on the Francis clan from the last couple of weeks... CRaZy HaiR DaY!!! Chinese New Year Parade All the kindergartners paraded around the whole school showing ...

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We had a really fun Valentine's celebration night with our friends and neighbors the Friday before Valentine's Day.  We all got sitters (we used the baby monitor for our kids next door) and ate ...

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Who wouldn't want to wake up to this little face-- what a FUN age! Because it's California, we just keep this in the garage and put her out here when the kids are riding bikes or we're wor...

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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK IN THE WINTER! Dave was asked to give a lecture at an Emergency Medicine Conference in Yosemite last month so the whole family got to go (thank you Stanford!).  It was ...

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Heather and Anthony came to see us in January and is was so fun to see our little babies together for the first time! I saw Anthony when he was only 6 weeks old but this was the first time my fam...

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WELCOME 2011!! We are trying to live it up out here in California since we are only here for one year and that means swimming at any chance we can get. When the temperatures were in the 6...

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