We’ve been spoiled by the amazing weather this winter. I still haven’t forgotten the first time I can ever remember WORK being closed due to snow. It was a year ago today. You can call it Snowmageddon or Snowpocalypse or whatever you like. That’s right, woodchuck-chuckers – it happened on Groundhog Day. This is my adventure in digging out of it.
The Great Groundhog Day Blizzard
Remembering Grandpa Nick
Grandpa Nick, my mom’s dad, passed away last month. I am very thankful for all the great times I had with him.
I’ve put together this page to remember him. It includes his obituary, comments from both me and my brother, and a link to a ten-minute video that we put together when he and Grandma Iz celebrated sixty years of marriage. I hope you enjoy it.
Eliana’s First Birthday Revisited
With the holiday season and plenty of other things to keep me busy, it’s taken me a while to get together the pictures and the video from Eliana’s birthday party. So, thanks for waiting. Here they are!
View photos from Eliana’s birthday party on my Shutterfly page
Video clips from the party (about four minutes total):
More posts from December coming soon. With luck, I’ll be caught up by the end of January!
Merry Christmas to all!
We mailed out the last of our Christmas letters today. Yes, a little behind schedule, but not too bad.
Whether you receive a “snail mail” card or not, you can enjoy our 2011 online Christmas letter.
Also, I finally shared the Eliana November 2011 album on my Shutterfly site, so you can check that out, too!
Eliana’s First Birthday!
I’ll have much more to share from Eliana’s birthday party in the days/weeks ahead. For now, enjoy some of our favorite memories from the past year:
Baby’s First Halloween
Eliana dressed up as a butterfly for her first Halloween. We took her trick-or-treating at just one house. We went to Uncle Nick, Aunt Lisa, and cousin Rachel’s place, which on Halloween is known as Hollows Way.
Eliana doesn’t eat candy yet, but she sure was eager to grab some. You can see her eyeing the bowl intently in the above photograph. 🙂 Here’s the Halloween 2001 photo album.
Here’s a couple of videos as well.
Chair. Chair. Chair.
My parents gave Eliana a Pottery Barn Kids table & chair set for an early birthday present. They let Jenelle and me handle ordering it. The set includes a table and two chairs. Here’s a simplified version of what happened with the order.
Me: “I’d like to order the table & chair set.”
Pottery Barn Kids: “Okay, we’ll send it to you.”
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Me: “One of the chairs is cracked.”
PBK: “Sorry. Send it back to us, and we’ll send you a replacement.”
Me: “Okay. Thanks.”
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Me: “Hey, our table & chair set went on sale. Can you do a price adjustment?”
PBK: “Sure, here’s twenty bucks.”
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Me: “Um, I sent you back the one broken chair, and you sent me two in return.”
PBK: “Yeah, we can’t send just one. You can keep the other one.”
Me: “THANKS!”
And that’s how it’s done.
Purple Homecoming
We keep in touch with lots of people from our college years, but it’s rare that a bunch of us get together in person. NU’s homecoming was on October 22, so we spent some time in Evanston. It’s amazing how we’ve all grown up. It’s also amazing how many kids were present! I’ve posted several photos on Shutterfly from that day.
I also had a chance to stop by the Delta Chi house, where there’s still a few pictures of me and my friends on the walls. Ah, memories.
Up we go!
This video is more than three weeks old, but it’s a good one. Climbing stairs is no longer an issue for Eliana.
She still has a bit of trouble going down, but she’s a lot more careful and patient than she was a few weeks ago. She is growing up so fast!
Two More Photo Albums – Months Nine & Ten
Sorry to keep you waiting. Now available on the Shutterfly site are two more albums:
Lots of good ones in there. I’ll be adding some more photo albums from October, including Halloween, in the near future.
