The annual family holiday letter was completed and packed into this year’s batch of Christmas cards, but I wanted to post it to the web site in case anyone 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, but would like to be, please let...
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Sometimes there’s just too much to do on Independence Day. Different friends having barbecues, different towns having fireworks displays, and then there are the family gatherings. Sometimes we miss things, but we always do something every year. This year, the holiday was on a Sunday, so some towns were having their...
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I was watching the Charlie Brown Christmas special with my son Aiden last week, and I can’t help but feel that I was missing something. I used to watch it every season as a kid, but I hadn’t seen it in the last fifteen or so years. Now that I have kids of my own (and a copy of the movie on DVD), I thought that I...
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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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Once again, it’s time to decorate the front yard for Halloween. The garage rafters were full of orange storage boxes, including last year’s monstrous Day-After-Halloween haul. Just getting everything out was a chore, but it was all worth it once the yard was complete. We easily have as many Halloween decorations as...
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For the last several years, Chrissy and I have invited my family over to our house for Easter. My mom’s side of the family is growing pretty steadily. For a while there, it seemed like we were having babies every six months or so (Gavin being the last so far). We have plenty of room, so having everyone over for the...
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Chrissy took the boys to the photographer again today for their Easter photos. This was a continuation of last week’s appointment, where Gavin cried the entire time. It was just as well that the last session ended early, since Gavin was in a much better mood today. Luckily, the photographer saved last week’s photos...
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We took the kids to the local high school for an Easter Breakfast last weekend. Every year, the high school hosts an event for the kids in the town and various costumed characters show up. This year, in addition to the Easter Bunny, we saw Spiderman, Spongebob Squarepants, the Railcats mascot, Zesty the Lemon, Barbie and...
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