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They were totally enthralled by the dragon.
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Then they took a little vacation, venturing off to Columbus to watch their cousin Karrie play in a volleyball tournament. As usual, they had a blast.
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An action shot of Karrie setting up her vicious serve.
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And look at that spike. Way to go Karrie.
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Here's little Spielberg catching it all on film, with the help of Aunt Mar, while coach Owen shouts from the sidelines.
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Due to bad weather, we ended up crashing in Aunt Mar's hotel room. Here are the travelers enjoying their first continental breakfast.
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And despite the fact that the hotel had great fluffy pillows, Aunt Mar slept on her down(trodden) pillow. Guess which one is hers :) We don't want to poke too much fun at Aunt Mar, she displayed her usual vigor for entertaining little ones for 10+ hours and her usual patience in the face of two not so very good hotel sleepers. We won't mention any names.