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Research Conference in Florida

I presented at the Literacy Research Conference in Florida this past week. We all went. I mostly did conference activities but Brian and Hannah had a good time on the beach and in the pool. I did spend some time building a sandcastle with Hannah in the late afternoon on the last day of the conference. The weather was great: 80 degrees. Some light rain in the evening but nothing that spoiled the trip. We flew two, 2-hour flights. One to Atlanta and the other to Ft. Lauderdale. We took the same way back, but in reverse. We rented a car and drove it across the Florida peninsula through Alligator Alley and the Seminole Reservation. There were these great signs with panthers on them that were like the deer watch signs that I am used to. They were offset yellow squares with the outline of a cat. It's always hard to make a trip right at the end of the semester and right before the holidays, but we did alright. Here are some pictures from our lone hour all together on the beach.











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Mike and LuAnn (Nelson) Aldred said…
Oh cute! You have been so many places and it is nice you can share most of those with Hannah. She looked super cute on the beach!
December 7, 2014 at 6:14 PM
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