What's New (2H 2004 Archive)

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December 19, 2004
Melina just got her new glasses. Look how cute she is. And she won't take it off! Then we went to see Santa. He had a real beard!

December 18, 2004
It's really getting cold now. The pond across from our house is all frozen. The neighborhood kids play hockey on it.

November 28, 2004
It snowed for a whole day, so we stayed in Plainview until it stopped snowing. But we got to play around in the snow for a while. Then we went to Cabelas to check it out.

November 25, 2004
Happy Thanksgiving! Everyone came to Plainview to spend Thanksgiving. The whole Krusmark clan was there. We had lots to eat and lots to talk about. It was great.

November 12, 2004
It's starting to get cold, so we have to wear hats, gloves, and big coats to school. But we have a mama deer that comes by the backyard. She doesn't seem cold.

November 6, 2004
We're here! Everyone came out to help us move, and we got everything in the house. Now we have to unpack!

October 23, 2004
One week until we move into our house. It's almost done. They just need to clean it up a bit.

October 13, 2004
Happy Birthday to Me!!! Mom invited all of my classmates to go bowling, eat hot dogs and cake, and have a lot of fun. 15 of my friends showed up! I got some really cool gifts, too!

I also got a real cool gift from Auntie Daisy

September 25, 2004
Joshua was initiated into the Cub Scouts. He got to spend time with the other scouts launching homemade rockets.

September 5, 2004
We went to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. It was really cool, and it wasn't like any other festival I've been to. There were people dressed up, all the buildings looked like they came from Baldur's Gate, we were walking on dirt and mud all the time, and Dad ate a Turkey leg.

Joshua and Trevor got to fight each other in a sword duel. Dad said it was a fence off, but I didn't see the fence.

I got to ride this really giant rocking horse. It was cool. Then we saw this turtle walking around all dressed up.

August 14, 2004
We went to the Dakota County Fair today. It was a nice day. We rode on some carnival rides, saw a bunch of cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens, had Dippin Dots™, and I got to sit in an Apache helicopter!

August 6, 2004
Happy Birthday, Melina! Melina really wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese's for her birthday so we had a good time. Melina got to ride with Stuart Little. He was HUGE!

I even got a chance to ride! (See Mom and Melina behind me?)

July 30, 2004
We decided to just hang around and play with our bears and bunnies. See my bear, Eddie?.

July 29, 2004
Happy Birthday, Joshua! Mom and Dad decided to surprise us and took us to the zoo. We saw a lot of cool animals, like a leopard shark, a tiger, and a bald eagle.

July 24, 2004
We went down to Grandma's house to celebrate a bunch of birthdays. It was Uncle Jason's birthday today, but Lacey and Joshua and Melina all celebrated their birthdays. Lacey came up from Houston.

July 17, 2004
We decided to hang out at home for a while. Dad hadn't taken any pictures of the apartment yet, so he decided now was the right time. Melina keeps making faces.

Then we went to Build a Bear Workshop to build some bears. It was real cool. I made a bear and called him Eddie.

July 10, 2004
My cousin Nicole came up to stay a while with us, and Dad got back from another business trip, so we all went to the Mall of America. We ate at the Rainforest Cafe and had really good food. Here's Joshua, Nicole, and me at the restaurant.

July 3, 2004
Dad came back from his business trip and we went straight to Grandpa's and Grandma's cabin at Cross Lake. We had a great time on the boat and saw the fireworks over the lake. Melina really enjoyed the boat.