Family
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Happy Birthday, Jazlyn!
My not-so-little-anymore niece Jazlyn turns 9 today. Happy birthday, Jazlyn! A few Jazlyn birthday facts: The first of my parents’ 3 (soon to be 4) grandchildren, Jazlyn is now halfway to legal adulthood. When Jazlyn was born, Mark McGwire had held the record for most homers in a season for only five days. My brother, Continue reading
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Baby Andrew
My sister-in-law, Kristi, is having her third child in a few weeks. So a couple days ago I took a picture of him to share with you. Here he is: And you thought sonograms were impressive…. Continue reading
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Whirlwind Weekend Trip to Paragould, Arkansas
What a past few days it’s been! Thursday morning I found out my grandfather died. The following afternoon Carolyn and I left for my parents’ house, and from there we headed to Arkansas. From that time until yesterday afternoon, two-thirds of our time has been on the road. I can’t write much about it now, Continue reading
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Nana, Popeye, and… Must Be One of My Uncles
My dad sent out an email about his dad, and in it he mentioned one of his favorite pictures of his parents. So I figured I’d post it. It’s a great picture of how things were between them, but it’s also pretty weird because in this picture my grandmother looks like my dad’s identical twin: Continue reading
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A Hall of Fame Weekend
About three weeks ago my dad and brothers and I made a trip to Cooperstown, New York, to see Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Okay, so I should have written about this before, but hey–vacation is a busy time! There’s so much to tell about that amazing Continue reading
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Hyde Heritage: Video Tribute
The other day I found a pretty cool video-making program on my computer. It looks very similar to one of the simpler programs that we used at SonRise. Of course, I just had to try it out. So I made a video from some pictures of my dad and his family. Most (if not all) Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 