Rona on January 24th, 2005

We think that Zoey is gonna have some fine red curly hair!!! Check out this picture.

See? What do y’all think? Her locks are growing in nicely. It seems there is noticably more and more hair every day.
Zoey has been really enjoying her bath time lately. She will crawl in the bathroom when it [...]

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Evan on January 20th, 2005

Zoey’s first birthday party went off without a hitch. The only real problem is that we don’t happen to have built the addition on the back of the house that includes the really big family room, and thus don’t have quite enough room for 21 guests, the three of us, Murphee, and Lulu the Bonus [...]

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My grandmother passed away yesterday late in the morning. I was told that she was with my cousin Evalynne when she passed. She took 3 gulps of air and smiled. My Dad feels like his brother and his father were on the other side waiting for her and helping her through the transition.
I am [...]

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Evan on January 12th, 2005

[Note: I wrote this yesterday, but our cable has been out until this morning, so I couldn't post it on Zoey's actual birthday. Bummer.]
Dear Zoey,
Today is your first birthday! It doesn’t seem like it was so long ago, but a whole year ago today, your Mommy was in labor with you. Having a baby is [...]

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Evan on January 10th, 2005

Here we are playing Christmas carols at my parents’ church with Tyler, the son of the minister. (Keep up the good work, Tyler–sounding great!) I hadn’t performed in years–as far as I can remember the last time was with my friend Lee at their church in Federal Way (Kent? Milton? Fife?)–but I think I played [...]

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Evan on January 4th, 2005

Because we have so much richness in our lives despite financial sparseness, we are moved to help, but can’t do so directly. Therefore, we pledge to donate any and all earnings from Google AdSense ads from this site for the month of January (and possibly beyond) to help earthquake and tsunami victims in Asia.
[EDIT: Specifically, [...]

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Rona on January 3rd, 2005

What a week! To wrap up Post Christmas… We had a great time at the Portland Sass Ranch as there was much eating, sleeping (yes, Zoey took a two and a half hour nap on the living room floor), gifting, and music. Evan and I played at his parents’ church, which was my first gig [...]

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