Eleven years ago you were born and made a whole bunch of people aunts and uncles, Grandpa and me grandparents, our parents into Great-Grandparents. It’s been a blast. You were full of energy, a fast-moving ball of muscle, booming voice, big ideas. You had us laughing and running to keep up. Now look at you: […]
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Today we went to the high school to register Tim. Julia was registered for school by mail last week. This morning we went in person to register him. I swear it was the same counselor Heidi had, sweet lady. Everyone was extremely nice to us. All good. Classes chosen, ready for fall. The last
Yes, indeed! Missing a tooth, and yup those are his real eyelashes! Here you are, Buddy, with your special cupcake and shark. This was from Saturday when we were at Dairy Queen: A picture Heidi took at Christmas, very handsome: This is one of my favorite pictures of you–just a big old cold in early
Here’s a picture from last year. You look a little concerned. Here’s a picture from now, understandably nervous. I remember being very nervous when it was time to talk to Santa too. But look at you! You turned from a baby into a little KID! This is my favorite picture of you and me
This is a lanky, timid puppy boy, but he did well. Kirsten arrived on schedule from Florida after putting in an incredibly long driving day yesterday trying to avoid a snowstorm on the way home. She even brought a Gingerbread House Kit and worked on it with the kids. Easing the guy into the family
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Weeks ago, it came to my attention that I had Vacation and Float time that I would lose at the end of the year if I did not use it up. I just started my job before the holidays last year, so this was all a little confusing to me. So my supervisor helped me
I found this goofy snowglobes at Target, and half a dozen others– they all had a fitting theme. It was a little weird. Dannell brought the kids and dragged John over too, to see our puppy. They played video games and ate snacks, ran around. The house is fairly tousled, but it was that way
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Here’s a picture from a long time ago, but you both still look the same. This is something I wrote back in 2002, back before you guys were married: Happy New Year! This year our family will be getting bigger though not in the usual way we have. Our oldest son and his girlfriend of many
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By surprise, we got to spend the whole day with you, and it was a summer day about as perfect as they ever are, hot sun, fresh breeze, water crisp and blue. This is a storyline happening here where the kid in the blue shirt is instructing the other child about “Fart Power,” and did
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