Pam was nice enough to get up and take pictures of Lanie's first day of school.

This is the best one because it looks so much like HER - the perfect expression on her face.


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We had a fun Independence day.  We went to Fort Worth's Botanical Gardens.  They have a patriotic classical concert and fireworks.  It's really nice.  They have a part where they play a military medley and when service members hear their marching song, they stand up and we all cheer.  I love that.

This year was hot but not too buggy.  And this ( Read more... )

17 years is a long time.
I don't think I really can
believe in the Rainbow Bridge
but I hope you're with Caspian.


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A picture of Lanie from this weekend, showing off a piece of bread at Cheesecake Factory with Pam.


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Betsy and I took the kids to the park yesterday.  Aren't they cute?


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I know everyone is posting them.  And I know that there's probably lots of people sick of seeing other people's kids.  So I'm making the pictures relatively small.

Lanie's first day.  She absolutely freaked out when I tried to curl her hair and even cried when I tried to smooth it with a little product.  The back looks nice and the front looks OK ( Read more... )

 So I took this picture:

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In NYC, I shopped at H&M, as I always do in the city.  So here is Lanie, showing off her $3 hat and $5 dress and especially her two missing teeth.   She makes the biggest cheesiest grin to show off those gums.  The second picture is a little fuzzy - and kind of looks like a mugshot - but you can really see the teeth.  And she cut off a lot of hair ( Read more... )