the Holiday-ly Durias

Entries from January 2008

Paige and the…

January 28, 2008 · 8 Comments

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…Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Categories: Paige · Pictures

Las Durias, Revisited

January 25, 2008 · 14 Comments

First, some context. Click here, here, and here.

Okay.

So.

In the 5 years Celine Dion performed in Las Vegas, she had a total of 717 performances. Going into the show we went to, she had five shows left. I did the revelatory math this morning. We were at her 713th show.

Please comment so I know that you’re real.

Categories: Ian

Mixed Meta-Four-Year-Old

January 22, 2008 · 6 Comments

Most People: I can’t put my finger on it.
Most People: It’s on the tip of my tongue.

Paige (5 in February): I can’t put my tongue on it.

Categories: Paige

Joshua (2) loves…

January 21, 2008 · 7 Comments



Hoo-Hoo (aka Thomas the Tank Engine), (Grandma) Bobbie, (Auntie) Bekah, Papa (Bob or Ernie), Hoo-Hoo (aka Thomas the Tank Engine), Henry (from Thomas The Tank Engine), Douglas (from Thomas the Tank Engine), Mommy…

Categories: Joshua · Videos

Five O’Clock People

January 19, 2008 · 2 Comments

Click here for new (unmastered) music and concert info!

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Categories: Ian

On kingship…

January 17, 2008 · 6 Comments

Ian: Aidan? If you were a king, would you be a nice king or a mean king?
Aidan (6): I don’t know.

Categories: Aidan

On our family…

January 17, 2008 · 2 Comments

Aidan (6): We’re like a crowd.

Categories: Aidan

Big Hair Pride

January 15, 2008 · 5 Comments

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Categories: Paige · Pictures

We Heart Craig’s List

January 12, 2008 · 9 Comments

One of our favorite dinners–pizza, popcorn, and beer–on our new table from IKEA by way of Brian in Hillsboro.

It’s big.

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The best part of this little transaction was that the chairs the table came with were recently upholstered as if they had our dining room in mind!

Categories: Aidan · Joshua · Makaena · Mindy · Paige · Pictures

Holding a seashell to her ear…

January 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Paige (4): Dad. I can hear the ocean.
Ian: …
Paige (gasping): It stopped!

Categories: Paige