What's New (2006 Archive)

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December 25, 2006
Merry Christmas!!!

November 23, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving! We had Thanksgiving dinner at Grandpa and Grandma's house. It was a cool party.

Here's Josh just laying around

November 9, 2006
Melina started tap dance and ballet class. She's getting ready for a recital in May.

October 31, 2006
Happy Halloween! Melina was a princess and I was a scary monster. I got the scary monster costume for my birthday.

October 13, 2006
Happy birthday to me! I turned 8 today.

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September 17, 2006
Mom and Dad took Uncle Jason to the Chicago Bears game against the Vikings. Uncle Jason is a big Chicago Bears fan. They had pizza after.



September 5, 2006
First day at school! I start 2nd grade, and Melina started Kindergarten. Actually, Melina is in Kindergarten Plus, which means she's in Kindergarten all day.


July 21, 2006
Dad's still working on the basement. Now he's putting mud on the walls. I don't know why it's called mud, but Dad says it's normal.

July 19, 2006
Josh spent a week at Camp St. Croix. He met a lot of cool kids and had a great time. Here he is on his first day.

July 14, 2006
Dad took Melina to California to spend some time with Lola and Lolo and my other cousins and uncles and aunts. Melina also spent some time at the beach.



July 12, 2006
We went to the Great Wolf lodge at Wisconsin Dells and had a great time. We rode on the Wisconsin Ducks, which drive like a car but also float like a boat.


July 9, 2006
Today we saw the parade in Lakeville. It was really hot..

June 9, 2006
Melina graduated from Pre-School today. Here she is at her graduation ceremony.


May 26, 2006
Dad went to Europe for 2 weeks for his class. He said it was really busy but he got to see Amsterdam, Belgium, and London.


May 14, 2006
Mom had a patio put in the backyard. It has a big fire pit. It's really cool.

April 29, 2006
Uncle Jon, Uncle Randy, Uncle Jason, Terry, and Trevor came out to help Dad put in sheet rock. It took all day, but it really looks cool with all the walls.



April 28, 2006
Joshua decided to make a Russian salad. He said it was his school project.


April 26, 2006
Dad finished all of the walls of the basement, and he put in wires for electricity, speakers, telephone, and TV. He also put in lights, smoke detectors, and heater vents, whatever that means. Dad said everyone will come over next week to put sheet rock so that you can't see through the walls.



April 8, 2006
Happy Easter! We went for an egg hunt at the park. The Easter Bunny was there.


March 17, 2006
Dad decided to surprise Mom with a car for her 40th birthday present. Even though her birthday is in June, Dad thought she wouldn't be expecting it. Josh went with Dad to pick up the car. Mom came home later and we surprised her when she opened the garage.

March 13, 2006
We had a lot of snow today. Nobody was going outside, cuz there was goo much snow. Here's what it looks like outside our window.

March 12, 2006
Dad keeps working on the basement. He has the bathroom walls up now.

January 22, 2006
Dad put up a few more walls for the basement.

January 15, 2006
Dad started work on the basement. He's putting up walls first. This is what the bedroom looks like now.

January 6, 2006
Dad decided to start working on the basement. He said that it his big project for 2006. And 2007. And 2008.

Here's what the basement looks like now (Melina's on the phone again)

January 1, 2006
Happy New Year!!!!