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Pictures of our family
Update 5/6/12
In January we did nothing but get
our basement renovated. What started as
a small repair turned into “Let’s do the whole thing!” No photos of the kids except their class
photos.
Update 3/25/12
December 2011: Missouri
Botanical Garden Christmas toy train exhibit.
Donating the kids’ high chair. Laura’s birthday, yes that’s right she’s now
45. Meghan took a short session of gymnastics
through the school district. Christmas
with the Shaws in Champaign Illinois: Visited the University campus, saw the
Quad. Shaws in
photos: Mike, Jeremy, Katie and Jacob
Shaw. Luke and
Nicholas Ditchfield. Matt, Denise, Jenna and
Tyler Langendorf. Steve Shaw and Jessica LaRosa and John Shaw.
November 2011: Jack
and some other kids at his school were honored as Academic All Stars. Both Jack and Meghan played Lindbergh
soccer. Jack has started learning to
play the viola through the school Strings program and they had a holiday
concert at the high school. Jack turned 10 years old! He had a few
friends overnight and we made cupcakes.
Update 1/29/12
October: (Enjoy the new layout of our photos!) Scott took Jack to his first rock concert,
tribute bands to Rush and Journey. (Rick
and Jack’s classmate David Wiedenhoeft went
with.) Laura’s brother Randy and his
family visited, the girls took care of their nails. Halloween costumes! Class parties and carving
pumpkins. Miscellaneous
photos: crazy hair day for school,
outdoor fun, Laura’s dad on a Wisconsin trip, tae kwon do and a couple of
leftover September zoo and riverboat cruise photos.
FYI, for several months Scott has
been a contributing writer for a usergroup website http://mssqltips.com/sqlserverauthor/55/scott-shaw/ Read up on the latest advice about
virtualizing your database infrastructure!
Come one, come all!
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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