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One of my favorite Sunday morning rituals is having dim sum for breakfast with Grandpa Bean and the Berries. We joke about the burn the chili oil leaves on our lips; it’s an integral part of the experience (except for Uncle Mackey, who unreasonably prefers to taste everything).
Cara and A.J. are [...]

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This morning we celebrated Christmas with the Berries and Grandpa Bean. After a delightful morning spent eating awesome Christmas Tree-shaped eggs and watching our Elf Yourself repeatedly, we decided to do some SoCal sledding. (Well, you can sled on snow in SoCal also, but for our purposes, we went to good [...]

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Today we had my dad (aka Grandpa Bean), and my sister and her entire family over for an early Thanksgiving dinner. I made the first turkey of the weekend, cornbread stuffing, spiced peaches, and roasted potatoes. Lisa made green bean casserole, gravy, and was the best potato peeler I ever could have asked [...]

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My dad turned 64 yesterday and marked the occasion with dinner with his daughters and all of his grandchildren. He didn’t want to take any pictures, but we had to get one of all of them together!

For the details on how my dad’s nickname came to be, read this. My nickname, for what [...]

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