HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014!
Please share some of our 2013 in photos

In February, we vsited Amy
  in Washington, DC
In March, Karen welcomed our first grandnephew.
In mid-April, Paul was reminded of spring weather in South Dakota at USD's DakotaDome.  South Dakota birds on the ice in a slough,
still waiting for spring.
Later in April, Paul and Karen again stayed at The Society of the Cincinnati's Anderson House in Washington, DC. In May, Anne Calvignac visited from France.
In June, Amy joined us in Seattle for a 14-day roundtrip cruise to Alaska.
           Crabbing in Ketchikan Sitka
Off-roading in Hoonah Hubbard Glacier
Exit Glacier near Seward Kodiak
On the train at Skagway Wrangel
Our International Trivia Team Victoria
We spent July 4 at the cabin we co-own on Pine Mountain Lake, near Groveland, CA
We decorated our cabin. But once again we came in only second in the boat parade competition with our
 "White Christmas" entry!
We enjoyed July weather at our
condo at Northstar, near Truckee, CA.
Karen at the American Political Items Collectors' Convention in Reno, NV
In September, we traveled to Denmark and England. 
In Denmark, we enjoyed the hospitalty of many cousins and former au pairs.
Sennels Church
which Paul's grandmother attended.
In England . . .
Downton Abbey, aka Highclere Castle Tower Bridge, from London Bridge
Home of the Arsenal Gunners Buckingham Palace
In Oxford, for the 110-year Celebration of the Rhodes Scholarships
University College that Paul attended Paul's Rhodes Scholars classmates
In October, Paul went to South Dakota for
The University of South Dakota's Dakota Days (homecoming).
The USD Coyote, with Old Main behind Our South Dakota corn, ready for combining
Mini-reunion of Paul's Dell Rapids, SD, classmates
Meanwhile, back in Los Altos . . .
We got a new patio & pergola We spent more time at Pine Mountain Lake.
Stanford had another great football season, winning the Pac-12 championship for the second consecutive year and going to the January 1, 2014, Rose Bowl.
Stanford Axe trophy for the Big Game
with the University of California
Paul and Erik at the UCLA game
 
Amy came home from DC for Christmas and our traditional Christmas morning photo
with Erik
Happy New Year 2014
from Karen & Paul!
Paul & Karen Van Buren
Los Altos, CA
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