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Watch a Trailer, Save a Life. It’s That Easy!

Posted in Family, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Many of you probably know that my daughter was born with a congenital heart defect called Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) and required open-heart surgery a week after she was born.  (More info can be found from this post.)  Today she is a healthy, active, “normal” two year old thanks to the doctors at [...]

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It’s Potty Time!

Posted in Family on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Our daughter, Larken, has officially started potty training again last week.  We knew it was time to start trying when she started making every doll in her dollhouse “poop” on the toilet.  We bought her a frog shaped potty and she is doing really well with it.  Now when she has to go we say, [...]

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If You Know Dan Allar Please Read This…

Posted in Family, tagged on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This email was forwarded to me through several friends.  If you know Dan please keep him in your thoughts and prayers and forward this information to anyone else who may have known Dan.
 

Dear friends of First Folio,
First of all let me say sorry if you are getting this email and have already received this [...]

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The Specials That Make Christmas Special

Posted in Family, tagged , , on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have had a lot of fun this Christmas season rediscovering the magic of Christmas through my daughter’s eyes.  Now that she is two, she understands more and more things each day.  She knows who Santa Claus is (“Claus” she calls him) and snowmen, lights, Christmas trees and snow.
She can sing about five Christmas [...]

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Larken’s House

Posted in Family, Photos, Tabblo on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 
… See my Tabblo>

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The Last Five Years or “Vegas or Bust!”

Posted in Family on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

     Five years ago this day I was a very stressed out man.  I was busy assembling lighted archways, decorating tables and coordinating schedules with visiting family.  It was the day before my wedding and we had a lot to do.  I don’t think either one of us stopped to take a breath until sometime [...]

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Spring Fever

Posted in Family on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Remember the horrible flu epidemic that struck almost everyone in February?  Remember the tales of endless bathroom visits to expel from either end, (or BOTH at the same time?)   We were pretty lucky since we only ended up with the cold and cough version of it.
 But now spring is finally here.  We’ve opened the [...]

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Anniversary of a Miracle

Posted in Family, tagged , , , , on January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

***Original post date Sept. 12, 2007***
Today is a special day. It is the one year anniversary of my daughter’s heart surgery. Larken was born with Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA), which is a congenital heart defect in which the aorta and the pulmonary artery are reversed. As a result the blood is not mixing [...]

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36 Weeks Down…

Posted in Family on August 15, 2006 | 2 Comments »

My wife is now 36 weeks pregnant, which means in just a couple of weeks (or possibly days) I’m going to be a father!
Nine months is flying by way too fast! I just keep looking around and thinking of all of the things we still need to do before the baby comes. But then again, [...]

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