Graves Family Reunion 2014

The barbeque at Roeding Park was the only event (out of several that weekend) we were able to attend.

It was good to see family while we were in town.

And I wish I would've taken more pictures, but 'dis all I got..

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Coloring By Words

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I Paused It Because I Was Getting Tired

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Rare Moment

Ok, see? You two CAN work together..

Even if it's being up to no good.

(EZ, actually you were "protecting" her from the "hot" stove, even though it was not turned on.)

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An Answered Prayer

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#teamCrawfords

This is when Darien and I went to Yosemite.

Jada, baby, you were with your grandma Betty.

EZ stayed with Teetee Kris and Serayah stayed with Nana.

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Riverpark Playdate

We only get to make trips back to Fresno about once a month to visit family.

The kiddos are always super excited! :)

Serayah gets double the affection from Nana and Kristin "Tee-tee" Deundian

  

Ezekiel gives Nana warm hugs

Jada's curls be bangin'.. lol

 

And the handsome Urijah Deundian gives his auntie some camera love!

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Everybody Freeze!

California Sports Center has this "Open Explorer" session on weekdays for $5 a kid.
The gym is absolute therapy (especially for my son)
when they can't get that fix in our tiny little apartment, lol.
And after the hour is up, everybody gets down to the beat.

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Dreams Come True

Not too many years ago in this country, 

this moment would have been inconceivable to imagine,

Incomprehensible for some to tolerate,

And prevented with various barriers of separation.

 

I couldn't resist quickly snapping a few shots from my vantage point.

The late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would have arguably cried

to see his prophesy actualized merely just a few decades after his

"I Have A Dream" speech, or at least, that's what I did

when I actually went back to reread the whole script of it.

 

The sting and freshness of slavery, oppression and discrimination in this country

may be diluted to an almost nil amount. (Depending on your social/economic status..)

But I don't want my children to EVER take for granted the freedoms that they enjoy in this century

without looking back and realizing the cost of it all.

 

These children were quietly enjoying each other's company in the sandbox 

for at least 10 minutes before even noticing me standing there observing.

A video recording might have better captured the two girls taking turns "cooking" 

and the two boys "digging for treasure".

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Ezekiel's Surprise #5

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