And now a return to a series of posts that has been on hiatus for several months: reviewing the family photo archives for interesting observations of the past. Today we arrive at my daughter's 3rd birthday. By this stage between her and the cousins we had a pack of three kids with accompanying parents and … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #32: Third Birthday
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A Google Fiber Birthday/Christmas
Friday was the 50th anniversary of Betsy's birth, so we filled the day with festivities, many of the free, to celebrate together. The day began with dropping the daughter off for the work shift at TJ Maxx, followed by a walking tour of Sam's Club in Liberty. Being business members, we get in early, … Continue reading A Google Fiber Birthday/Christmas
A Blast of the Past #29: Birthday Zero
This past weekend we had a birthday party. Today I will post pictures from the initial birth that spawned that party. This was the second time I became a father, my first -- and only -- son. We could have asked to know the gender before he was born, but we chose to be surprised. … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #29: Birthday Zero
Seven (squared) years
The day was a Sunday. It was early morning. The mother-to-be went into labor and was taken to the hospital. Her husband was at the hospital, but the labor took awhile, and the cows needed to be milked, so he left to tend to their biorhythms. When the mother-to-be found out he wasn't there, she … Continue reading Seven (squared) years
The six-legged spider
Okay, Pictorial blog today. Have a son who turned 15 this week, and Saturday was the birthday party. Here in the family I make cakes with themes that the kids choose. Been a lot of interesting themes, which I blogged about previously, but this time the boy didn't have an idea, so left it up … Continue reading The six-legged spider
Happy 17th Carly!
For her 17th birthday we took our daughter to Cinzetti's in Overland Park, KS. It was her first time there. As every time we come there, they asked us if we have been before. And told them Betsy and I had, but Carly and Nathan hadn't. So they offered the tour, and Nathan and Carly … Continue reading Happy 17th Carly!
Outcast Hero
For today's blog I am pulling up something from a year ago January. See my Facebook comment to the picture above: This is great! My daughter, Carly, is having her 15th birthday party today, and she asked me to make a Marlon Cake for her birthday. "Marlon?" I asked. Turns out he is a character … Continue reading Outcast Hero
At The Rainbow 