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Happy Holidays!

Posted by Steve on December 25th, 2009

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Visit to Sheldon Fire Station

Posted by Steve on May 1st, 2009

Evan and Erin’s Friday play group arranged a visit to a nearby Eugene fire station today — Sheldon station 6. The older kids in the group are all just about to turn 4 years old, and the younger siblings range in age from 16 months - 2 years old. The kids — and Jen especially! [...]

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Happy Holidays!

Posted by Steve on December 24th, 2008

We wish you the happiest of holiday seasons, and may your new year be filled with peace, love, and joy.

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“Postcard as Diamond”

Posted by Steve on May 19th, 2008

The title of this post comes from an entry on the blog of a friend of mine from high school who blogs under the alias Sioux. He recently posted a simple request: A member of his extended family is dying of leukemia. Doctors have apparently deemed him beyond treatment, and to keep his mind off [...]

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Gingerbread House Deconstructed

Posted by Steve on December 25th, 2007

Tim and Kim made us a cool gingerbread house and also sent along an entertaining time-lapse movie of them assembling it. But after a week of being on display in our kitchen, it was time for it to go. We decided to respond with a video documenting its demise. At their suggestion, we posted the [...]

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Our thanks

Posted by Steve on December 19th, 2007

As most of you who read our blog know, the past few months were really challenging for us. Fortunately, at this point it appears that all the effort and sacrifices involved with Jen’s treatments were worth it. We could not be more relieved and thrilled.
We are so grateful to all the people who were there [...]

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Calling all would-be baby namers!

Posted by Steve on December 2nd, 2007

Picking a baby name is difficult! Help us name our baby girl by using our new interactive Baby Name Picker.

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In Memory of Shasta

Posted by Steve on June 12th, 2007

Our good friends Tim and Kim had to say goodbye to their sweet girl, Shasta, this morning. Shasta had become sick in recent weeks, and this morning they “put her gently into the long sleep,” as Kim so eloquently imparted on her blog. Even if you didn’t have the good fortune to know Shasta, I [...]

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Mother Nature 1, Steve & Jason 0

Posted by Steve on November 9th, 2006

Last Sunday, in the midst of the rain storms currently besieging the Pacific Northwest, Jason and I decided to go diving on the Oregon Coast. The tide seemed perfect for an early morning drift followed by a dive at slack tide later on. Neither of us have been diving as often as we used to [...]

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A Bat-tastic Show!

Posted by Steve on November 6th, 2006

On Saturday night, we got a babysitter for Evan, met up with Tim and Kim downtown, and watched a very entertaining production of Bat Boy: The Musical put on by the Actors Cabaret of Eugene. As mentioned before, we’d already seen the 2003 production of Bat Boy in Portland, which was most excellent! However, one [...]

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