Today is my birthday and everyone on Facebook knows it. Chrissy and I joined Facebook last year, and it sends a birthday notice to everyone that you’re friends with on the site. All of your Facebook friends then posts birthday wishes on your wall. It’s really pretty nice, like getting a hundred birthday cards at...
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Back in the day, I used to go roller skating every weekend. There was a place in Valpo called The Loop, and when that closed, we went to R-Way Skate Center in Portage. I had a lot of memories at R-Way, but it had been about twenty years since I had stepped foot in there. Apparently, my cousin Dave takes his family skating...
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We did send out a Christmas letter this year, but I wanted to post it to the web site anyway. Who knows, maybe somebody who isn’t on our holiday mailing list would like to know what we were up to this year? If you’re not on our Christmas card list, and would like to be, please let me know! The “online version” is now...
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Get too close to the Michigan border in Indiana, and you’ll start seeing billboard advertisements for wineries. We’ve seen them before and always wanted to try out the “Wine Trail“. Chrissy’s birthday was coming up, and she asked if we could go to Southwest Michigan for a wine tasting tour to...
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Chrissy and I were looking at outdoor furniture at The Great Escape when we wandered into the swing set area. There were about six rather large sets on display, so we let Aiden try a couple of them out. He seemed to enjoy it. This would be a good time to get one, provided that it would fit in our backyard, since the boys...
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Aiden turns three years old this Summer and Gavin just turned one, so we had their photos taken with a birthday theme. Chrissy set up a session with our regular photographer, Miss Mandy. Mandy always manages to make Aiden and Gavin smile and she’s very good about taking as many photos as Chrissy wants (she shows up with a...
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Grandma and Grandpa got Aiden his very first bike as a birthday present. They gave it to him a bit early so that he could enjoy it for the rest of the Summer (by the time his birthday rolls around, Summer will be over). He has plenty of riding toys, but this is his first bicycle. It has a Spiderman motif, and Aiden loves...
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I turned 36 years old on Tuesday, June 2nd. Now before you start with your condolences, know that I’m perfectly happy with getting older. I was in a much better place at 26 than I was at 16, and I’m in a much better place now at 36 than I was at 26. That said, I’m looking forward to seeing 46. Time is my...
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