Holiday Greetings from The California Kendalls!
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| Savannah, Lesli, Charlotte & Dan |
In 2012 nothing happened to Wally. We just wanted to share this embarrassing
photo of him.
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| Savannah - 15 |
Savannah (15) is a sophomore at El Segundo
High. She toiled through summer school
to avoid a 6:45 class this year! Her dad
drags her to college prep-exams and campus tours. She is a gifted photographer, styles her own
hair and you should see her dance. She
will sing with her school choir in DC at inauguration festivities next month. During our Thanksgiving vacation at an AZ
Dude Ranch, she helped Dan & Lesli win a ribbon in a cattle herding
contest. She’s participated in the Young
Americans musical outreach program 5 straight years.
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| Charlotte - 12 |
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| Cable Car Ride! |
Charlotte (12) is in 7th grade at
the Middle School. She is a jack-of-all
trades; deep-frying donuts-from-scratch in the morning and deep-sea fishing that
evening. She bought an iPod this summer
and can seemingly do anything with it. She
loves weekend trips to the mountains, summer or winter. Her highlight of a weekend trip to San
Francisco was hanging out the side of a cable car. She joined us for beach clean-up day and loved
the rope swing over the Santa Ynez River during our summer camping trip.
Dan & Lesli celebrated their 20th
wedding anniversary. In addition to the
usual garden produce, Lesli coaxed apples, peppers and our first
nectarine out of the garden. She carved another
dog-rescue-notch on her belt, and organized our camping and ski trips. During summer we hosted Lesli’s best-friend’s
son while he completed an internship for UCLA.
Lesli fed him and regularly embarrassed him with his baby pictures!
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| Left: Wally; Right: Dan |
Thanks to a couple of weddings in
Georgia, Dan enjoyed two family reunions. May brought us nephew Harper & Michelle’s
nuptials, and in October we went to nephew Brandon & Ashley’s wedding. The happy occasion was the same weekend as
the annual fundraiser for the ALS Society of GA – our family has participated since
it started a decade ago. He also had a
fun fishing trip with his dad (E.P.) and brother-in-law (Kirk). He still plays basketball thanks to the 4th
food group (Advil).
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| Sydney, Charlotte, Wally & Savannah |
Sydney
hit 14 this
month. Despite lingering effects from a
stroke, almost no hearing and partial blindness, she hasn’t retired from
raising us.
Here’s hoping someone special is still raising
you this holiday season,
Dan, Lesli, Savannah, Charlotte, Sydney & Wally
Savannah (15) is a sophomore at El Segundo
High. She toiled through summer school
to avoid a 6:45 class this year! Her dad
drags her to college prep-exams and campus tours. She is a gifted photographer, styles her own
hair and you should see her dance. She
will sing with her school choir in DC at inauguration festivities next month. During our Thanksgiving vacation at an AZ
Dude Ranch, she helped Dan & Lesli win a ribbon in a cattle herding
contest. She’s participated in the Young
Americans musical outreach program 5 straight years.
Dan & Lesli celebrated their 20th
wedding anniversary. In addition to the
usual garden produce, Lesli coaxed apples, peppers and our first
nectarine out of the garden. She carved another
dog-rescue-notch on her belt, and organized our camping and ski trips. During summer we hosted Lesli’s best-friend’s
son while he completed an internship for UCLA.
Lesli fed him and regularly embarrassed him with his baby pictures!
Thanks to a couple of weddings in
Georgia, Dan enjoyed two family reunions. May brought us nephew Harper & Michelle’s
nuptials, and in October we went to nephew Brandon & Ashley’s wedding. The happy occasion was the same weekend as
the annual fundraiser for the ALS Society of GA – our family has participated since
it started a decade ago. He also had a
fun fishing trip with his dad (E.P.) and brother-in-law (Kirk). He still plays basketball thanks to the 4th
food group (Advil).
