July 2006

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Holland

Reuben and I spent the weekend in Holland Michigan with the growing Kuiper family: It was very relaxing and it was so fun to see our nieces. Emma is talking so much and Claire is just so adorable. Here are some pictures: Our Nieces The Aunties: The Aunties with their Nieces Sisters Reuben & Claire [...]

REbooked

My hernia surgery is officially booked for this Wednesday July 19, 2006 at 12:00noon. I have one more day of work (it will be one long day in order to clean up everything in my caseload while I’m off for a few weeks). My body must have known the surgery was coming soon cause the [...]

backpacking in yosemite

last week my brother nick and i spent five days hiking in the wilderness in yosemite, california. it was pretty much incredible and gave me a real taste of what longer backpacking trips are like. i packed way too much stuff and suffered for the first couple of days carrying all that extra weight. so [...]