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Catching up on all the photos posted

Karen — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:34:09 +0000

OK, so I’ve admittedly been terrible about blogging about all the events going on in our lives. I spend lots of time editing and posting new pictures, as you can sometimes see in the Recent Photos widget, but I never seem to get around to writing about it. Honestly, I think the photos tell a better story anyway (not to mention I’m already writing when I do the captions…).

The Vandermarks, Sept 2010

I’ll try to get better about posting simple updates when a new batch of photos have been loaded (like the remainder of our April trip to AZ that uploaded last night), but in the meantime, here’s just a straight list of the albums that have been updated/created since last Sept:

Sept-Oct 2010 – the Scarecrow Festival, the circus, Halloween
Visit with Auntie Mary Ann – who came to visit us in Sept
Infiniti Crash II: The Deer – the results when a deer runs in front of a car doing 65 mph.
Nov-Dec 2010 – Christmas decorating, Thanksgiving in Chicago, big snow storms
Christmas 2010 – yep, pictures of presents and family at Christmas
Jan-Feb 2011 – Cole’s 16th birthday, fun birthday parties, making cookies and craft projects
Zach and Alex’s 5th birthday – including their 1st “friends” party
Mar-Apr 2011 – Karen’s birthday, planting a garden
Spring Break 2011 – a few days of fun in Chicago
Arizona – April 2011 – a family get-together

New photos for November and December

Karen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:24:50 +0000

We’ve got some great new pictures in the new Nov – Dec 2007 Family photo album, including a trip to Underwater World at the Mall of America, playing in class at ECFE (Early Childhood and Family Ed), preparing for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and getting out during the first big snowfall of the season.

We also went to Joe’s company Holiday Party on December 1 at the fabulous Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. It was a 70′s disco theme party, complete with a great, well-known local cover band called Boogie Wonderland, and it was a ton of fun. Most of the crowd, including Joe and me, dressed the part in all its cheesy glory, and everyone got out on the dance floor – or even on stage (yep, that is me on stage with Heather, the wife of one of Joe’s coworkers). The pictures are a bit grainy/fuzzy given the lighting in the room, but the Dow Jones Holiday Party album will give you an idea of the fun that was had by all.

1 year checkup, birthday pics and more

Karen — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:23:12 +0000

The boys had their 1-year checkup yesterday, and they are doing great. They are both now 29″ tall. Zach is the skinnier one of the two at 18 lb 12 oz, and Alex weighed 19 lb 15 oz. Neither gained much weight since last time, but they are far more active now and don’t have as much baby fat. A few bouts with colds haven’t helped their weight either, but the doctor is happy with their progress.

Both of them have teeth coming in on the top. Alex has one that is out all the way and has a second one breaking through. Zach again is getting two teeth at once.

We all had a great time at the boys’ first birthday party. Thank you so much to all of you who were able to come celebrate with us! Z & A had lots of fun with their cake. Alex picked up the whole thing and tried to fit it into his mouth, while Zach made a mess and ate the pieces. Pics from the party have been added to the First Birthday album.

There are also new photos in the general Jan-Feb 2007 album, including Z & A playing with their birthday present from us (a Little People garage) and trying some new foods, and Cole playing with his early birthday present – a Nintendo Wii (I have to admit – it’s a lot of fun!).