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Update 12/04/11
September: Scott
and the kids visited the Shaws in Champaign for Labor
Day. His brother James and family were
there also from Rockford IL. Meghan got
to cheer at a high school football game, which was part of the cheer camp she
did in summer. Miscellaneous photos of
Laura and also her parents at the Botanical Garden.
August: We took a riverboat cruise of the Mississippi
with Laura’s parents and had lunch at Laclede’s Landing. Miscellaneous photos of Meghan, Scott,
swimming at Whitecliff and the YMCA, tae kwon do and
the zoo. (Meghan pretending to be bitten
by a turtle statue.)
Update 10/2/11
June: Not a whole lot of photos this month! Just the kids at the zoo and Botanical Garden
and also of playing in the blow-up kiddie pool in the backyard. Goings on:
Scott did some adjunct teaching at Washington University. Laura saw a college friend Renee at a wedding
in Bloomington IL. Also Laura has
started part time work as a substitute for Lindbergh Early Childhood Education.
July: Lots of photos! The kids with our dog Abbey. Cheerleading camp for Meghan and basketball
camp for Jack at Lindbergh High School.
Meghan took a few weeks of guitar and joined in playing with Scott and
Jack. Baseball for both kids. Laura’s brother Randy and niece Taylor Parks
from Cedar Rapids IA visited for 4th of July. Misc. photos of Citygarden,
Botanical Garden and swimming. Goings
on: Scott’s mom Candace Clark visited
from Santa Rosa, CA. Scott is
freelancing as a book editor, updating “T-SQL for Beginners.”
Update 8/29/11
May: Meghan finishing up a dance class at
Crestwood community center. Jack’s flag
football through Lindbergh. Grandparent
Day at the kids’ school. Meghan
graduated from Kindergarten! A Mother’s
Day outing in Old St. Charles, MO. Jack
was part of a LEAP school project documenting a city park’s tree damage after a
tornado.
Miscellaneous photos: Grant’s Farm, Meghan’s gymnastics, Meghan
putting her hand on Laura’s (1970’s something) kindergarten cement handprint, Laumiere Sculpture Park, Jack as Tiger Woods (school book
report: dress as the biography subject), pretend beach play Meghan.
Update 7/4/11
March: Scott took Jack and his friend Shane to a
college basketball tournament at the Scott Trade Center downtown. Jack, Grandpa Parks and Scott building a
birdhouse for a school project. Laura’s
niece Taylor and more family from Cedar Rapids, Iowa visited: Tammy Neumann, niece Stephanie Hartson and baby Claire.
Meghan turned 6 years old! She
had her party at a pottery shop where the girls all made their own pots or name
initials as wall hangings. You can see the thrilled look on Jack’s face being
the only boy in the room. A
miscellaneous leftover valentine photo.
April: Meghan took some dance classes at the
Crestwood Community Center and had her recital.
Miscellaneous photos of Jack and Scott reading their Harry Potter books,
and Meghan putting a Minnie mouse princess hat on the dog. Laura posing with dancer Meghan before the
recital. Tae kwon do photos.
Update 4/24/11
February 2011: Meghan’s basketball practices. (Including a photo of her tuckered out on the
sidelines.) Scott and Meghan went to a
Daddy Daughter Valentine dance at the Crestwood Community Center. Jack had a picture he made at school
displayed at a local art gallery, a special exhibit of Lindbergh district kids’ work.
Miscellaneous photo of Jack and Meghan in Christmas pj’s
and bathrobes they got from Shaw second cousins Coleton
and Lauren.
January 2011: Jack and Meghan both played Lindbergh school
district basketball. Laura’s brother
Randy and his daughter Taylor visited from Cedar Rapids IA. Not a whole lot else went on, it was a cold
long winter!
Update 3/6/11
November 2010: Some leftover Halloween photos. Jack’s 9th (!) birthday party at
the Rollercade.
Laura’s brother Randy’s Thanksgiving visit. Miscellaneous pictures of Meghan with our dog
Abbey. Jack’s soccer team.
December 2010: Laura’s parents took the kids to see Garden
Land Express, a large toy train Christmas exhibit at the Botanical Garden. Meghan trying out a little bit of dance at
the Crestwood Community Center.
Miscellaneous photos of gift opening, Meghan with her new American Girl
Doll, and some tae kwon do. We also
attended Scott’s cousin Jeremy Shaw’s wedding, they live in a town south of
Springfield IL.
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