The Bassett Family

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2011-08-25T18:16:00.001-07:00

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Breeanna doing climbing wall at Shaw ES gymnasium.

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Diana brought a doggie balloon for her daughter for first day of school.

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Breeanna's first day at tap dancing at the Vicky Lynn Dance Acadamy.

Art at the park.

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Tree rubbings and leaf collecting.

Breeanna met Diana who had a doggie balloon that hovered so that only the paws were touching the ground. Getting a balloon is their family's first day of school tradition.

Diana, Lucas, Ammi and the new family pet.

Breeanna's first day of home pre-schooling. We will do history chronologically starting from 5000BC.

Morning bouquet of Dandelions.

Art at the park.

Breeanna's first day of home pre-schooling.

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Bryan, extremely grumpy at having to pose for a picture for the first day of school.

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Breeanna sooo wanted to be carried. She was exhausted and the car seemed a million miles away. Eventually she made it and fell straight to sleep on the drive home.

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We all got hands stamped as we left King's Islamd.

By 5pm Bryan still had an abundance of energy. He leapt from rock to rock as we made our way back to the car.

Our favorite ride was Race For Life Charlie Brown. It was a water log ride. We also did Boo Blasters on Boo Hill, Snoopy vs. Red Baron and Crocodile Run.

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Breeanna got to meet Snoopy whom she looved. She gave Snoopy about eight long bear hugs. It was hard to tear her away.

Breeanna is reading her new book.

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Celebrating the last day of summer before the start of school.

Here's Mrs. Janet with the Beavercreek Library setting up for the new school year display.

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Bryan reading Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss to Breeanna.

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Breeanna won a stuffed vegetable carrot and an accompanying book at the Beavercreek Library. That's Mrs. Barbara giving Breeanna her prize.

Bryan got 1st Place at the ORRRC Bellbrook 5K.

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Dandelion boquet.

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Morning trampoline time.

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ORRRC Bellbrook 5K, August 17, 2011. Betty took 4th Place. Bryan took 1st Place. Breeanna took 2nd Place.

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Pictures of Bryan in my office.

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Breeanna's feet at 4. Bryan's feet at 9.

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Cloe found a Brachupod at the beach at Caesar Creek at Meteor shower.

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Bryan and Breeanna are Secret Agent Super Spies today.

Bryan, front...third from right.

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Entire cast doing funny faces.

'Good Hunting!' a common cheer throughout the play.

Bryan, far left, as the Mongoose in Misoula Theater Company production of Jungle Book. August 11, 2011.

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Wolf family.

The jackal, Shere Khan, the panther, and Mowli.

The jackal and Shere Khan.

The python.

The monkey family.

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DIY Lava Lamp Summer Fun

Prairies Youth Center Summer Bash 2011.

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Breeann doing the water slide.

Face painting. Breeanna wanted to be a Spider Girl Vampire.

Breeanna's friend that played with her the whole tine, Kaylie.

Breeanna watching 101 Dalmations at Wright Patt Credit Union.

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Breeanna at Taste of the Greene.

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Silly pictures at Taste of the Greene with Breeanna and Chris.

A morning of playing tag and hide and seek at the Prairies Youth Center waiting for Bryan's ride to Building 1222 where Theater Camp is held.

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Princess haircut day with Chelsie at Master Cuts. Breeanna looooves to get her hair cut. If it was up to her, we would have her hair cut daily.

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Bryan and his script for Riki Tiki Tavi in Jungle Book.

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Breeanna is really into cheering so she was practicing a cheer at Chick Fil A.

This is Breeanna's latest beanie baby, skunkie. He has a very odourous superpower.

Breeanna's rendition of Georgia O'Keefe Flowers.

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Poster of Betty's, Bryan's, and Breeanna's handprints.

Shopping trip at Sam's Club on their free membership day. Breeanna is looking at tge pictures in the First Aide book. (She wants to be a doctor when she grows up.) Bryan is reading a Big Nate book.

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Bryan got a box of Dragon's Universe Mega Blocks.

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Breeanna got a glittery red velvet dress.

/We celebrated Bryan's and Breeanna's 1/2 birthday at Red Robin. Bryan is nine and a half and Breeanna is four and a half.

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Red Robin. The kids were so happy that they got balloons and a sundae.

Breeanna was sad that she didn't get a birthday party so the waitresses sang happy birthday to them.

Bryan's recital after a week of Dance Camp with the Prairies Youth Center. Bryan did Salsa dancing.

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Here are the two dance instructors, Jon and Brynn. They flew in from Dallas Texas.

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Here's Breeanna playing tag with the girls before the race.

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Breeanna got a participation ribbon for finishing.

Bryan got 1st Place at the ORRRC 5K at Possum Creek Farm.

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Bryan, Breeanna, Kylie and Brionna at the sand area of Wegerzen.

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Breeanna and Kylie Hildebrand (April's lambchop) at Wegerzen Metro Park.

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Jessica Adams, her little baby girl, and Tina Jordan at our picture taking/playdate at Wegerzen Metro park

Jessica Adams and her little baby girl.

Breeanna having a water war with Jessica.

Breeanna and Sarah (Tina Jordan's daughter) at Wegerzen Metro Park

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10:43 PM Betty's Monthly Summary: I thought this would be the summer of cicadas but apparently contrary to reports, they are regional and in the span of seven years will be upon us. Notice the bird's chirping and squawking as I may, I have yet to learn the song of one additional bird this summer. (Although I am reading the biography of John Audubon and The Bird Study Book.) The children and I have been working on preparations for a raised bed garden. This year we planted four cherry tomato plants which turned out to be a source of enormous joy for Breeanna as she delights in picking them as they get ripe. Bryan, in his third year at Wegerzen Metro Park's Garden Club has finally found the farmer within under the tutorledge of Tim Pritchard, who has a masters degree in botany. Bryan attended cub scout camp and survivor camp over the summer. He just completed reading Hatchet when school got out so using knives, starting fires, and building shelters are all very much in the forefront of his interest right now. Bryan collected action heroes for his 4-h entry to the Greene County State Fair. 4-h has been an enriching part of our lives. (Contrary to my ex-husband's puzzlement and snickering when I brought up the possibility of Bryan joining 4-h three years ago. Chris, my ex-husband, pretty much said, "We can't do 4-h because we're not farmers.") Our summer has been blessed with amazing friends that share our live's journey. Our lives are blessed with an incredible community of happy, loving and helpful people everywhere we go. Although I often complain of Ohio's weather, our lives here are so blessed by the kindness of others. Betty

2011-07-30T09:17:00.001-07:00

We at Yellow Springs for storytime and to redeem our coupons for free books for Summer Reading Club. Bryan read 75 hours and Breeanna got 26 hours.

2011-07-29T11:10:00.001-07:00

Momtopia at the Mall. Breeanna dancing.

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Breeanna made friends with the girl with Great American Cookies.

Dayton Area Shark with Cody at the Helm. Carl described me as a fair weather swimmer.

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Bryan showed Chris the camp store where Bryan bought a flint fire starter, then we did archery and watched different skits at campfire.

2011-07-27T19:24:00.001-07:00

Diane and Nicholas Simpson at Weeblos Camp.

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Betty and Diane Simpson at Camp Birch

Breeanna and Bryan at the Camp Birch Cafeteria.

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In between helping the staff load and dock kayakers, Breeanna practices flipping in the the water (with a little assistance).

Another really fun game is swirling.

Summer days kayaking with Five Rivers Metro Parks. It doesn't get any better than this.

Breeanna kayaking with Erik Dahlstrom.

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Breeanna doing Try Kayaking program with Erik Dahlstrom

Breeanna is helping to put the kayak in the water. She then helps it navigate out of the shallow end. Then she gives a thumbs up to the kayaker and says, " Have a nice day!"

Breeanna caught a ride on a kayak.

2011-07-25T10:51:00.001-07:00

Five Rivers Metro Park's Try Kayaking at Wright Patt Prairies Pool

Breeanna was "helping" the staff dock and launch the kayaks.

Bryan is off to Weeblos Camp for 5 days with John Simpson, his den leader and other kids from his Boy Scout Troop 85. We packed: 1. Folding knife $1 2. Whistle/compass $4 3. Watch 4. Aluminum water bottle $2.50 5. Off Deep Woods insect repellent 6. Hand fan $2.50 7. Flashlight 8. Chocolate Chip Cookies 9. Socks, no underwear 10. Swim Suit, Goggles 11. Other equipment and supplies. It rained fiercely this evening about the time everyone was supposed to set up their tents at the campsite. I can imagine Bryan and Nick, John Simpson's son sloshing in the mud. The boys will have a hand at shooting, archery, swimming, crafts and nature hikes. Bryan will share a tent with Nick Simpson. This will be perfect as Bryan just finished reading Hatchet, a survivalist type book about a boy whose airplane crashed in the woods.

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Breeanna got to assist with the CPR demonstration to her delight (Our stuffed animals are often having ailments so emergency rescue knowledge will be very handy).

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This guy with troop 375 was amazing. He withstood the smoke and heat to cook our food for us on an already sweltering hot day.

Breeanna caked in mud. She had a morning of Nature Play at Hills and Dale Metro Park and now, a day with Troop 375 (1pm-7pm) at Sugarcreek Metro Park.

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Bryan did scavenger hunting, learned to tie knots, start a fire, and cook hamburger meat in foil over an open fire.

Bryan had a day with the Boy Scouts of Troop 375 of Bellbrook Presbyterian Church at Sugarcreek Metro Park because Bryan is enrolled in the Big Brother Big Sister Program of Dayton.

2011-07-23T17:32:00.001-07:00

Sam on left with Big Brother Big Sister. Two men on right with Boy Scout Troop 375 of Bellbrook.

Breeanna had a play date with Sarah, Tina Jordan's adorable little girl.

2011-07-22T16:54:00.001-07:00

Breeanna is giving the stuffed animal a fashion makeover at Build a Bear.

Bryan was very amused with the different sounds that could be inserted inside a stuffed animal.

Bryan and Breeanna is getting into Pipe Cleaner creations this summer. The black guy is the bad guy.

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This is the good Pipe Cleaner guy. Bryan got done listening to The Adventures of Buster Bear this morning from www.livrivox.org.

As we were leaving Young's Dairy, we saw the most amazing sunset. The sky was gray except a tiny patch of brilliance that illuminated the trees in hues of red and orange.

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The price for goat pellets went up from 10 cents to 25 cents.

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Yum. Ice cream at Young's Dairy.

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I don't know another person with perpetual untied shoe laces. I don't know how Bryan's shoe laces get unknotted five times a day...everyday?

Breeanna is modeling an original fashion design by Bryan Bassett. (I bought some fabric for a quarter and the children are enjoying cutting it up.)

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This is Bryan's outfit that he designed.

Breeanna fell in love with the cutest French Lop Harlquin bunny. He had brown fur and brown eyes. He was so cuddly and calm. Who knew rabbits had such a sweet disposition.

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Greene County Fair 4-h Pre-judging. Bryan is submitting his first ever individual project, Collecting (Action Figures).

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Breeanna is busy petting dogs and rabbits as we wait for Bryan's turn to be judged.

These folks did scrapbooking for their projects.

Celebrating National Ice Cream Day at Graeters.

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Here's a picture of all the kids and staff of the 2011 4-h Camp Clifton that Bryan attended.

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Breeanna was watching Wild Animal Babies. The program today was about kangaroos. Breeanna said, "Wish I was a Joey."

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The turtle belonged to this girl who just graduated from colloge in exercise therapy and took a thirty day tour of Europe.

Breeanna made some friends at the pool.

Breeanna and I were comparing our hands. I said,"You're almost as big as me." She said, "You mean I'm almost fourteen?"

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Bryan and Breeanna met up with friends at the pool where someone had brought along her pet turtle.

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Bryan's comic book creation: Chaos Wars II ( a Yin/Yang depiction of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker)

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With crackers at hand Bryan and Breeanna became very popular with the ducks.

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Breeanna got tired of feeding the ducks and started chasing one.

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Breeanna collected a few duck feathers.

Our morning bike ride took us to the duck pond.

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Bryan and Breeanna fed the ducks crackers.

Bryan and I were finishing up 4-h projects for the fair at the duck pond.

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We had another day at the Greene as Bryan met with Ms. Mills.

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Breeanna searching for bugs at the Narrows.

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Breeanna caught a little green grasshopper.

Jason said people eat bugs in mosr parts of the world as they are high in protein, however they must be well cooked as they are carriers of diseases.

She had a moth simply linger on her finger.

Nature Nuts Program on Bugs...Song Head, Thorax, Abdomen Abdomen. Compound Eyed and Antenae. Head, Thorax, Abdomen Abdomen.

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Bryan jumping on a mulch pile at Gerspacher park this morming.

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Breeanna's turtle, Turtley, jumping on a mulch pile at Gerspacher park this morning.

Breeanna building a nest so Turtley can lay his in it.

Breeanna at the Greene.

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Bryan playing with Legos at the Greene.

Lego men hiding in the shrubs.

Bryan captured a daddy long legs whose mouth is too little to bite people (even though kids at Survival camp thought it had the deadliest venom of all spiders).

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Breeanna made some bug googly eyes before we left to go to the Greene for a free showing of Megamind.

The markings on the tree stripped of it's bark show lines of where beetles had eaten away at it. The holes also are where beetles had eaten it.

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In Ohio we not only have the scourge of poison ivy but also the wonderfully delightful stinging nettles.

Summer Bug Fest with Greene County Parks. Breeanna is making a butterfly craft.

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Abram showed Breeanna how sweep her net through the plants to get bugs.

Breeanna waiting to do her robot craft at Barnes and Nobles.

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Ms. Jenny holding up a sample of a completed Rocket Ship.

This is Cabin 16, site of the best camp ever. We hadn't even left camp yet and Bryan asked if we could come back again next year.

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This is Chris's and Breeanna's wood project from Lowes this morning. Chris said it was their best project.

Here is Ms. Jenny doing Saturday morning storytime at Barnes and Nobles.

Chris and Bryan discussing the adventure at 4-h camp.

Bryan and Fred Rhorback. Fred is a veteran camper, counselor and 4-h. Bryan did Cloverbud with Fred and his wife Amy for 3 years.

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Bryan's favorite memory is doing the zip line. Bryan said he made one friend, Wesley. There was a dance one night but he didn't dance with anyone.

Kirk said that because it rained the day before, they didn't canoe but instead rafted. There were 3 rafts carrying 7 people in each raft. They went to the Spring Valley area.

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Bryan's friend from Cub Scouts also attended 4-h camp. Bryan said whoever can sing the loudest gets their food first and even though there were a lot more girls, the boys usually won.

Bryan pick up from 4-h Camp Clifton in Cedarville.

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Bryan and camp counselor, Reigh.

Camp counselors, Kirk and Reigh slept in same cabin with the 7 boys. On the first night Bryan stayed up till 3am tossing a koosh ball back and forth with one of his cabin mates.

We went to Carriage Hill Metro Park and learned that variation of the corn plant produced the bristles of a broom and that the broom originated in Ohio.

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Sophia and Breeanna visited all the animals. They feed hay to the goat and baby lamb then hand washed clothes and hung them out to dry.

Breeanna was very impressed by the udder on that cow.

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Elise Naso and Sophia joined us for Cow Appreciation Day at Chick Fil-a.

Breeanna celebrated Cow Appreciation Day at Chick Fil-a.

2011-07-08T06:52:00.001-07:00

No one signed up for Garden Club at Seibenthaler this year so it was cancelled. We went to Storytime at Barnes and Nobles and Breeanna got this lady to read her a book.

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Here is Breeanna's bear craft from storytime today.

Breeanna, on Clearance, 50% off at Barnes and Nobles.

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Breeanna wanted to go to the 'Princess Store' next to Old Navy.

Breeanna loved the beautiful sequinned dresses.

Aimee Ackerman, Xander's mom, met with us at Shoup park for a play date so we could give Xander his birthday present, a book called My Father's Dragon.

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Breeanna's horses

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Breeanna on the spinning flower at Shoup Park.

Breeanna's all time favorite thing...playing in the sand.

Bryan gets top bunk in Cabin 16 at 4-h Camp Clifton. He'll be sharing a room with 9 other boys.

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Breeanna is checking out camp accommodations.

Breeanna on the way back to the car at Camp Clifton.

Breeanna asked for a rainbow baloon because we saw the most beautiful rainbow that day.

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These ladies had the cutest wobbly red, white and blue things on their heads.

The kids had a wonderful time especially after dark when they got to play with their flashlights.

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After the parade, we went to Rotery Park to wait for the fireworks.

Don Nguyen and Doctors for America

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Beavercreek 4th of July parade.

Breeanna waving the American flag as the parade passes by.

Greene County Democratic Party

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Don Nguyen and Doctors for America

Breeanna petting a horse before the Beavercreek 4th of July Parade.

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Pre-Parade activities

Bryan and Breeanna watching the Irish band tune their instruments at Riverfest.

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Breeanna managed to find a pile of sand to play in at the bottom of the hill at Riverscape.

Breeanna is filling her cup from the water at the splash park at Riverscape.

Breeanna and her dad.

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