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Colorado visit

July 6, 2008UncategorizedAunt Laura, Claire, Grandma Sharon, Grandpa Jack, travel, Uncle Rob, Will VStu

We just returned from a week-long visit with Katherine’s dad Jack, his wife Sharon, Katherine’s sister Laura and her family Rob and Will at the YMCA summer family camp in Estes Park, Colorado right next to Rocky Mountain National Park. Jack has been visiting there every summer for decades and Katherine has been visiting since her childhood. We’ve got pictures including Claire getting a birthday present from Will, spending time around the cabin, walking around the Y Camp and hiking around the national park, seeing a deer (or is it an elk?) in front of our cabin, and finally a funny sequence in which Claire eagerly enjoys her first spongy white bread, discovers just how dry it is, and then guzzles water from her sippy cup to help wash it down. Click on the photo below for a slideshow.

Christmas 2007

December 31, 2007UncategorizedAunt Laura, Christmas, Grandma Judy, Uncle Rob, Will VKatherine

We spent a wonderful few days in Arizona at my Mom’s house in Scottsdale with my sister Laura, her husband Rob, and their 7-year old son Will. Highlights included brunch with my high school friends and their families, feeding Claire her first “solid” food using the Texas-themed bib Laura & Rob gave her, dinner at a fun Mexican restaurant, Claire trying on a cute pink dress that was mine when I was a baby, continuing a twenty-year tradition of homemade Chex mix, lots of fun presents for the kids including castle sets both for Will and for Claire, and Stu and I sneaking out for a really good movie. Click on the photo below for a slideshow.

Merry Christmas, Mona!

December 24, 2007UncategorizedAunt Laura, Aunt Mona, Christmas, Grandma Judy, Katherine, Uncle Rob, Will VStu

A few years ago my family started a tradition of giving creative gifts to each other at Christmas. This year, my entry was a short video recorded with Katherine’s family singing new words to the title song from the 1966 TV special, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” Click on the triangle Play button below to see the video.

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Whose nose?

July 22, 2007UncategorizedAunt Eileen, Aunt Laura, Aunt Mona, Claire, Katherine, Sara, Sophie, Stu, Susan, Will VStu

Everyone wants to know…. Who does Claire look like? Below is a recent snapshot of Claire and the earliest pictures we found of a few relatives. Please cast your vote for the top two lookalikes in the poll above and to the right of this paragraph, and then click on the Comment link under Sophie’s photo to tell us more about what you think.

UPDATE: The final tally is in and we had 18 people cast their votes as follows: 10 votes for Katherine, 6 for Stu, 5 for Cousin Will, 2 each for Aunt Laura and Aunt Mona, and 1 each for Aunt Eileen, and Cousins Sara, Sophie, and Susan. Do you agree? Add a Comment!

Claire Elizabeth West
Katherine Aunt Laura Cousin Sara	Stu Aunt Eileen Cousin Sophie	Cousin Will Aunt Mona Cousin Susan