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		<title>Felicia&#8217;s Sixth Year &#8211; 100 Soccer Balls?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keeping with my long-standing tradition of honoring each of Felicia&#8217;s birthdays with books that tell the story of the year, I&#8217;ve got four selections to share.
By any measure, it has been a momentous year for our youngest.
2009-2010 was the year Felicia ascended into the world of her older sister, joining Jocelyn in many important endeavors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://Martin-Keller.com/2010/01/24/felicias-sixth-year-100-soccer-balls/</link>
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		<title>Science Fair: &#8220;Up, Up, and Away&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What material do plants grow best in?

Jocelyn&#8217;s 2010 5th grade Science Fair was held today at school.  For those of you wondering about various growing materials you might choose for radish seeds, we proudly share the entire project:
Purpose Statement
I want to know what materials plants grow best in so I can grow successful plants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://Martin-Keller.com/2010/01/14/science-fair-up-up-and-away/</link>
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		<title>Muggle Quidditch &#8211; World Cup Qualifying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While not yet confirmed by official sources, MK.com has learned that the next stage of World Cup Qualifying in Muggle Quidditch will likely take place in February, with the team from California hosting the reigning champion team from Tennessee.
This grainy video taken in the hills above Saratoga shows the Californian Martins conducting an inter-squad practice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://Martin-Keller.com/2010/01/11/muggle-quidditch-world-cup-qualifying/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year 2010 &#8211; our Holiday Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It took us a few years of looking, but we finally found our cabin in Tahoe (along the Serene Lakes in Soda Springs)! So we&#8217;re celebrating Christmas and the New Year up on Donner Summit!
In addition to lots of snowplay, both Jocelyn and Felicia finished 2009 attending elementary school together, enjoying ballet and dance at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://Martin-Keller.com/2010/01/01/happy-new-year-2010-our-holiday-card/</link>
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		<title>Felicia&#8217;s Brown Sugar Goodies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Felicia came up with her own creation in the kitchen today-Brown Sugar Goodies.  She got the necessary dishes, found the ingredients she wanted to include, and announced they would need to bake for 60 minutes,  I made a small sugestions to add a bit of bisquick and milk.  She worked out all the measurements.  The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://Martin-Keller.com/2009/12/26/felicias-brown-sugar-goodies/</link>
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		<title>Carol of the Bells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas to everyone! As a special holiday treat, Jocelyn taught herself to play the &#8220;Carol of the Bells&#8221; on the organ at our Cabin in Tahoe.  
And she recorded it on her new Creativ Vado HD pocket video recorder. We hope you enjoy it!]]></description>
		<link>http://Martin-Keller.com/2009/12/25/carol-of-the-bells/</link>
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		<title>Frosty the Snowman &#8211; Christmas Carol 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The tradition continues &#8230; with a twist! &#8230;  This year&#8217;s &#8220;Christmas Carol&#8221; gift to Mommy was the time-honored &#8216;Frosty the Snowman.&#8221;
While no long, drawn-out explanation is required this year, we added an enhancement to the standard tradition for 2009.  Our &#8220;Frosty the Snowman&#8221; gift included the usual hand-made ornament and a handy kit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://Martin-Keller.com/2009/12/25/frosty-the-snowman-christmas-carol-2009/</link>
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		<title>Surprise! Apparators Advance in Robotics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A welcome surprise, of course &#8230;
The dust has yet to settle on Jocelyn&#8217;s robotics season &#8211; The season which was supposed to end today with the regional qualifying tournament at NASA Ames Research Center. But it didn&#8217;t end.
The Apparators Robotics team was one of the top-nine teams at today&#8217;s tournament, and moves one to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://Martin-Keller.com/2009/11/28/surprise-apparators-advance-in-robotics/</link>
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		<title>15 Miles and 21 Donors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve already discussed the Booksin Walkathon (at length) this year, including the great day that Felicia had in her first official event as a kindergartner.
Her celebration continued today with the all-school Awards Ceremony, where she received a certificate for collecting the most individual pledges of any Kindergarten student.  She&#8217;s pictured here with other students, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://Martin-Keller.com/2009/11/13/15-miles-and-21-donors/</link>
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		<title>Goodbye, Tiburon &#8230; You&#8217;ll be missed!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 15 years of faithful service, alternating as bird watcher, alarm clock, and hockey namesake &#8230; our first family cat Tiburon died today. She&#8217;s pictured here in December 1998, and that&#8217;s one-month-old Jocelyn in my other arm. Tiburon, of course, is Spanish for &#8216;Shark&#8217; &#8230;
My mother will be the first to tell you that odds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://Martin-Keller.com/2009/11/10/goodbye-tiburon-youll-be-missed/</link>
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