dan walking heidi’s baby around It was a big, loud party. Chicken divan: chicken, approx six breasts, cooked and cut in little pieces broccoli, two very big frozen bags, boiled for two minutes cream of chicken soup, four large cans miracle whip, half the biggest jar shredded cheddar cheese, 2/3 of the big bag onion, […]
Daniel. I swiped a few pictures from Alicia’s facebook page. Tomorrow, thirty-one years it’s been, and you’ve brought us so much happiness–more than you probably know. Pretty baby Beautiful child Teenager Man, now a husband and a DAD. You know, I love a lot of people. But in the whole world, not a single one
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Was not easy. Heidi was born shortly after midnight, so her birthday was the day after Dan’s. I think at points he resented it a little. dan and heidi the week she was born And then at some point, she resented it back because it’s not like she had any choice either. Here she’s confused
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First we were driven inside by thunderstorms and Sidney and Payton shook in their skins. They hid between Kirsten and my dad on the couch. Then there was a boatload of Chinese food for a group of twenty-three. John handed me the box and I struggled to carry it to the table, it was so
Here you are with that bucket of tiny toads you and t.c. turned loose at the edge of the swamp. And a picture with the latest building kit from Grandma and Grandpa. You and dad put this together on Saturday–very nice. This is a picture of us ten days before you were born, T. Lookin’
Yes, it’s Alicia, Dan’s wife of seven years now, mother to b.g. There is the Alicia who goes to her very dignified job dressed up and perfect. And then there is this Alicia who can be found at the lake–in a t-shirt and pigtails, baby on her lap. I do love both. Plus I love
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There’s Tim, perched behind our friend Renee This is a pic of julia opening gifts. She’s over on the far right. What else is going on in the picture looks like those Where’s Waldo books. It’s so mind-bendingly hot here it could be Dallas-Fort Worth. And that’s just not right. We had a party last
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This is a pic of you and me Julia, from seven years ago. You were born at 1 am, after we’d spent the day at the beach. Labor started late in the afternoon and in the middle of the night, there you were, born in our dark, quiet bedroom. the next day The word that
this morning i thought we should have bought flowers. then i remembered we have a garden full of them, dur. Today was James’ confirmation at church. It’s that old Lutheran thing, middle school kids take classes after they’re too old for Sunday School, and then right before high school they finish, and there’s a special
with my grandpa is John Kenneth. That’s Kenneth with him in his arms. John is Jay’s mom’s dad. He was born on a June morning a looong time ago, with long legs and reddish-gold hair, way back in the 70s. (The little kids find that funny, like it’s so long ago it’s unimaginable.) the three
