I wanted to post a zip file of high-resolution copies of all of the pictures from Paulina Lake, but it would have made about a 185 MB file which is really too big to download. Instead I converted them all to lower resolution (1024×768 pixels) which makes for a much smaller download but still lets [...]
« View full post »
We went to Paulina Lake over the weekend with Molly, Jon, Jason, Kristina and the babies for a family reunion of sorts with Molly’s brothers and their descendants. It was so fun!!! We went last year and I’m pretty sure everyone is on for going again next year.
We stayed in one cabin with the Stafford [...]
« View full post »
GranMolly turned 62 on the 14th, so we had birthday festivites at our house. Shad made awesome ribs. They were awesome despite (or maybe because of) a recipe that called for boiling them in beer and vinegar and adding instant coffe and an old boot in addition to the more typical ingredients.
The real highlight was [...]
« View full post »
Sophie’s school turned 36 years old last night, so they held a potluck.
Sophie got ballon fairy wings, announcing to random people “Hey, Look! I’m a fairy!” She also got fairies painted on her cheeks. She danced with the musical entertainment, a style that she told me she called “The Speed of Ballet”. She certainly participated [...]
« View full post »
Sophie is in ballet at The Eugene School of Ballet. She’s so cute in her little leotard and ballet shoes! Of course, she’s only had three lessons, but she’s proving to be a very good little dancer. She follows directions very well, enjoys bar work and very much enjoys getting dressed up to go. She [...]
« View full post »
Kristina and Molly hosted a lovely baby shower for us this weekend. Even though there weren’t a lot of people there, it was way fun and nice to spend time with the extended family.
In playing baby games it has come to our attention that Shad cannot identify a bottle brush and Aunt Tee thinks that [...]
« View full post »
We had an awesome 4th of July weekend!!
When we got home from work on Friday there was a huge package waiting on the porch for Sophie. What was it? A TOY KITCHEN!! She was very excited, as she’s been asking for one for a while, and I think that there was some confusion on her [...]
« View full post »