A day in the life--Saturday, 10 April in Normal, Illinois

A day with many of my nieces and nephews. Click on any picture to enlarge it.

Austin, Brandon and Matthew

Andrew--always in motion

Sara and Austin

Lindsey and Kaylee

Alex, Justin and Mario (admittedly neither a niece nor nephew)

Homesick, or A Few Photos from My August-September Visit Home

Back in Normal...

Andrew, age 2--mischief itself

Lindsey looking pensive--she's a thoughtful girl

Alex, age four--always in motion

Mom and Kaylee

April '09 Illinois Visit

prairie sunset viewed from the coach home

my nephew Andrew and his father Bryan

my niece Lindsey (aka Brain Box)

brothers

my niece Kaylee, Mom, my nephew Austin, and my godmother Sue

Birthday Presents, or Andrew's Big Idea

I just loved watching and recording this and wanted to share it.

An Etter Tradition

The Etters don't have many traditions, but one we have and love is that on a child's first birthday, s/he receives her/his very own cake. The last Etter descendant to enjoy this tradition was my youngest nephew Andrew on 23 July, and I was there to see it for myself. (If Andrew doesn't look as excited as you might expect from such an experience, that's probably because he was a bit ill at the time.)

Really?

Well...

This is good stuff.

The End (doesn't he look a little abashed?)