What's New (2005 Archive)

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December 25, 2005
Merry Christmas! We had a great Christmas at our house. Melina got a cool play kitchen.

Here's our Christmas picture

December 15, 2005
Melina had her pre-school Christmas concert. She sang Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, and then we saw Santa Claus.

December 14, 2005
We got a lot of snow in the past two days. Here's Josh getting the snow off the driveway

October 31, 2005
Happy Halloween! Like every year, Dad and Guy carved pumpkins. Here's a picture of me helping Dad carve the pumpkins, while Melina wears my Darth Vader mask.

I dressed up as Darth Vader, and Melina was Cinderella. Joshua dressed up as a monster, but Dad wasn't able to take a picture of him.

October 21, 2005
Auntie Daisy came to visit us from Oregon. We went to see all of the leaves changing color, and visited Aunt Julie's deer farm. It was fun.

October 17, 2005
Melina took some pictures by the rock out in the front yard. She wore her pretty dress

October 16, 2005
We had a bunch of family over here to help cut down trees. It was really nice of everyone to come and help.

October 15, 2005
Happy birthday to me! I turned 7 this week. We had my birthday party at this place with a whole lot of bounce houses and slides. It was really cool

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September 6, 2005
First day at school! I start 2nd grade, and I need to take the bus by myself, because Josh is going to another school for bigger kids. Melina started pre-school also.

September 4, 2005
We went up to Cross Lake for Labor Day weekend. We did a lot of fishing, and had a great time on the boat. Guy decided to move to Minnesota to live with us, so Mom flew out and drove back here with him. See him fishing? We all caught a bunch of fish.

August 6, 2005
Happy Birthday, Melina! We had a birthday party in the park for both Josh and Melina. It was a nice day.

July 29, 2005
Happy Birthday, Joshua! We went to a BBQ festival and had ribs, then we went to Camp Snoopy, and then went to Olive Garden.

July 16, 2005
Today, we decided to get a new puppy. Melina came up with the name Goldie. Goldie is only 8 weeks old, and she's a Pembroke Welsh Corgi (my Mom says so). She's really cute!

Goldie's still trying to find her way around the house

July 4, 2005
Happy July 4! Right after Joshua and Dad got back from California, Mom, Dad, and Joshua went camping with everyone while Melina and I stayed with Grandma.

July 1, 2005
Joshua and Dad went to California to visit Lola, Lolo, and everyone else. First they visited Guy on the day after his birthday.

Then Dad and Joshua went fishing for sharks and rays. Joshua caught 7 sharks!

Then Joshua and Noah went to Santa Cruz and goofed around (see Josh and Noah on the sky ride?)

Finally, Joshua got to take a picture with all of his California cousins and Lola and Lolo

June 19, 2005
We went to see a parade today. Mom called it the Elgin Cheese Days parade. I only know I got a bunch of candy!

June 16, 2005
Happy Birthday to Mom! We went to Valley Fair for Mom's birthday. Joshua ate a big turkey leg, and all of us went on a bunch of rides

June 3, 2005
Mom and Dad went on a big ship while Grandma stayed with us. Here's some pictures

May 27, 2005
Workers were at our house today putting in grass. They were really fast! See Melina on the driveway?

May 26, 2005
Mom saw this really cool rainbow outside our house, and Dad took a picture of it

May 5, 2005
I started soccer this week. Here I am at practice. I think my shorts are too big for me.

March 27, 2005
Happy Easter! We went on an Easter egg hunt at the park (it was cold), and then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for Easter.

March 23, 2005
We went to the Science Museum to see the dinosaur skeletons and bugs and weird stuff. Melina, Joshua, and I got to look for dinosaurs under the sand.

February 19, 2005
Dad took Joshua and me to the Monster Truck Jam. It was really cool, but really loud. My favorite monster truck is Grave Digger, and we got to take a picture with the guy who drives Grave Digger.

January 29, 2005
We went to the Ice Festival today. They had really cool snow sculptures and ice sculptures

January 26, 2005
Melina starts school today. She's all tickled about it, but she's ready to go.

January 20, 2005
It's a new year, and Melina decided to try her new skates.

January 16, 2005
Here are Joshua's and my school pictures. Click on the pictures for a bigger version.

January 1, 2005
Happy New Year!