A busy week as the Berkeleyites arrive
Jen, Dan, Zachy, and Clara arrived after a week's holiday in Stockbridge with Dan's family to see their brand new house, poised for the movers.

1 Straight from the airport to 3569 Xanthia Court, Denver 80238

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5 First look inside. Their furniture would not arrive for another five days.

6 Jen last saw the house before any interior finishing had been done

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11 Laundry upstairs

12 Joan arrives with Maisy

13 Emmy, Michael, and Thalia arrive

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20 Upstairs in the play area

21 Master bath

22 master bedroom

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24 In the basement - a very large room, carpeted, suitable for...

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27 back upstairs

28 the first and probably last football game in the living room

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32 checking on the lunch order, as we prepare to head over to Emmy and Michael's house, scarcely a mile away

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34 Emmy and Michael's house

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44 Five days later - the movers have arrived, delivered the furnishings, and the Xanthiites (that's the street they live on) are heading off to move into their new house

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46 Shortly after they moved in, grandpa babysat for a morning, and saw first hand the toxicity of videos - mesmerizing, paralyzing, stupefying - as he caved to their demands to watch "Rio."
During a 15 second video, which looks like a still image, Clara blinked once, Zachy not at all.

48 A field trip to Bill's lab. That's Christi Romberg showing Clara and Zachy some frogs, while Raquel Cano observes

49 Jen, Clara, Zachy, Christi, Raquel

50 Celebratory weekend at the cabin - getting Friday dinner readied

51 Ellen and Ken (top) flew in from Boston. Dan, coming from an ecology meeting in Texas, and Michael, coming from work in Denver, arrived later

52 Clara, Thalia, Jen, Zachy

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55 Zachy instructs Clara and Thalia how to drive the F150

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58 Two favored modes of conveyance

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63 Time to pick some wildflowers for the table

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67 Sunday dawned cloudier and chillier than Saturday

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70 Sunday brunch (clockwise from top: Bill, Joan's sister Sharon, Emmy, Thalia, Michael, clara, Dan, Joan's sister Laurie, Ellen, Joan's brother Ken, Jen, Zachy, Joan)