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		<title>2009: Our Year in Review</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/12/2009-our-year-in-review</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I abandoned the idea of a family Christmas newsletter years ago when I started this family blog. It seemed redundant since I was posting news throughout the year. But I think it&#8217;s worthwhile looking back through the year and encapsulating some of the highlights. So&#8230; here&#8217;s a snapshot of our 2009!
We started the year nearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/12/merry-christmas</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving thanks &amp; feeding alpacas (?!)</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/12/giving-thanks-feeding-alpacas</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the Thanksgiving weekend, we went up to Pennsylvania to visit family. As the weather was cold, windy, and wet, we spent most of our time indoors. But we did get one short window where the clouds parted and our cabin fever forced us out of the house. Rebecca had wanted to get her Mom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 1-month birthday C!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/07/happy-1-month-birthday-callie</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s been quite a while since my last post &#8211; I suppose I was caught up in the daily daddy duties of the past several weeks. That all ended this week as I returned to work for the first time since C was born. It&#8217;s been bittersweet for me to get reacquainted with my job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R &amp; Z are stars, directors, and videographers!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/07/rayna-zoe-are-stars-directors-and-videographers</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/07/rayna-zoe-are-stars-directors-and-videographers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of C&#8217;s homecoming, we wanted to give the other girls small presents as both a celebration of our latest addition as well as something new to occupy them as we all worked through the transition of having a newborn. Rebecca found a great deal on a huge lot of Groovy Girl dolls and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to our family C Grace!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/07/welcome-to-our-family-callie-grace</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, June 30, C Grace entered the world at 6:15 PM. She weighed 7 lbs, 15 oz and was 21 inches long. She has beautiful long fingers and toes and amazingly long eyelashes!
Mom and C are doing great and plan to come home this morning. Check out the gallery for more photos (which, unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/05/happy-mothers-day-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/05/happy-mothers-day-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 10:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we celebrated a fun Mother&#8217;s Day. Breakfast, church, some errands, lunch, and&#8230;what?! Well, yeah, it was pretty much our typical Sunday. But since we had such a busy Saturday, we were all a bit tired out! And the age-old idea of brunch&#8230;with three little ones and one very tired expectant mommy? Yeah, not so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Z!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/04/happy-birthday-zoe</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/04/happy-birthday-zoe#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so I&#8217;m a bit late, but Happy Birthday Z! She celebrated the big 0-4 this past Tuesday, though we celebrated her big day over the weekend as Grandma and Grandpa were in town. We had a fun weekend together, enjoyed the beautiful weather, church and &#8220;FamJam&#8221; (a kids worship program), and lots of playing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some random recollections from the past few weeks</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/04/some-random-recollections-from-the-past-few-weeks</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/04/some-random-recollections-from-the-past-few-weeks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It feels like Winter just flew by &#8211; along with the first half of our fourth pregnancy! As I watch the trees burst into bloom, I find myself astonished that Spring has sprung already&#8230; The Roades&#8217; had an uncharacteristically busy March. We&#8217;re typically homebodies, preferring to spend our weeknights and weekends playing as a family, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Busy End to Our Year!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/01/a-busy-end-to-our-year</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/01/a-busy-end-to-our-year#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me take some time and recap the highlights of the last part of 2008 &#8211; starting with late November &#8211; which were flitted by far too quickly&#8230;
Thanksgiving 2008 was unlike any we&#8217;ve ever experienced (and hopefully will never repeat). We woke the kids up well before normal, force-fed them all breakfast, and then braved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Historic Day in U.S. Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/11/an-historic-day-in-us-politics</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2008/11/an-historic-day-in-us-politics#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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No matter what party you&#8217;re with and who you voted for, this is undeniably a memorable day in our nation&#8217;s history. Barack Husain Obama has been elected the next president of the United States, sweeping the electoral college votes and ushering in a new era in American politics.

I felt a sense of surrealism watching the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall family fun at Cox Farms [video]</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/fall-family-fun-at-cox-farms-video</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/fall-family-fun-at-cox-farms-video#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Tuesday, I played hooky from work to spend the day with Rebecca and the kids at Cox Farms. We had a blast! We rode most of the super-slides (all that hill climbing gave us a good workout!), went on a hay ride, and just enjoyed a beautiful (albeit windy) day. I&#8217;ll post photos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still Undecided&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/still-undecided</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/still-undecided#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently happened upon a politically-oriented web site called glassbooth.org. On it, you indicate which political issues are important to you (and that are being talked about during the current presidential campaigns). Then, based on your responses, you take a &#8220;quiz&#8221; the results of which demonstrate which candidate most closely matches your &#8220;issue&#8221; (not necessarily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video from M&#8217;s first birthday</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/video-from-myras-first-birthday</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/video-from-myras-first-birthday#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little late, but here&#8217;s a video of us celebrating M&#8217;s first birthday.
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		<title>Happy Birthday to Us!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/happy-birthday-to-us</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the interest of shameless (or is it shame-ful?) self aggrandizement, I hereby submit a Happy Birthday post to myself and my sister, Shanna. In fact, I created the following animated movie to show our deep affection for one another (Update: since the animation autoplayed with annoying background music, I changed it to a still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy First Birthday to M!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/09/happy-first-birthday-to-myra</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to get this post written before things got too busy today. I will add photos and video later.
M turns one year old today! Wow, the last year has flown by! Here are some of the milestones our little one has made this week in apparent celebration (or realization?) that she was turning the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Take me out to the ball game&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/09/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2008/09/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;smash my head with a brick&#8230;&#8221; Oh wait, that&#8217;s not how the song goes? Oh, then let me give all of you new and soon-to-be parents a tip: don&#8217;t, under any circumstances, ever take a baby to a ballgame (especially if it means missing their nap). Yikes.

Let&#8217;s rewind. I took off a few days to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating 10 years!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/08/celebrating-10-years</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2008/08/celebrating-10-years#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, we celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary (that&#8217;s a whole decade, folks!). Wow, how the time has flown!
We marked this momentous occasion with a dinner at our favorite restaurant, Sweetwater, where we split the grilled salmon (Rebecca&#8217;s &#8220;usual&#8221;) and the Monterey salad (with fried chicken, pecans, and avocado&#8230;mmm!).
We then attended our first community theater [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth of July Fun!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/07/fourth-of-july-fun</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little late, but we had a blast during Independence Day weekend. We stayed with Nana and Pop-pop for a long weekend and made a day trip to Adam&#8217;s aunt and uncle&#8217;s in Glen Mills. There, we met up with lots of family for a fun afternoon of playing the Wii, eating, and catching up. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving friends &amp; feeling old</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/02/moving-friends-feeling-old</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2008/02/moving-friends-feeling-old#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, I had the unusual opportunity to help friends move. By unusual, I simply mean that I haven&#8217;t been asked to help someone move in around eight years. Now, eight years ago, it seemed like I was moving someone every other weekend&#8230;but I&#8217;m a bit older and out of practice now. Needless to say, [...]]]></description>
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