Summer, 2011

Happy summer, 2011.  It was a delightful day in Denver, sunny and calm with a high temperature of 78.  Very glorious indeed.

A year ago we were about to depart on our 25-day, 10-state road trip.  On June 21, 2010, I picked up a U-Haul trailer that would accompany us on a journey to Nashville, TN.  We packed as many of Adam’s things inside as possible so he could surround himself in his new home with everything from Taco Bell Chihuahuas to videos of his childhood to stuffed monkeys that once overtook his Pathfinder to books on every subject under the sun, and a big office chair that he sat in as he did homework assignment after homework assignment.  But, before we did that, we took Laura on her first visit to Casa Bonita!  A fine Mexican fiesta was enjoyed by all.

OK, another post of family history, this time, 1981 and Emily enters the scene!  Enjoy.

1981 – 1218 North 146^th Plaza, Omaha, NE  68854

Laurie attends lecture ‘Foods, Moods and Alergies’, we remove peanut butter from Adam’s diet and replace feather pillow with foam – his mood improves dramatically, Adam gets hearing and speech checked by Boys Town Institute, Jim Poulicek gets married, Larry completes 28 tax returns, Laurie’s grandfather turns 99, Bille Jo and Jerry move to Tampa and we host a going away picnic in our driveway, Laurie’s friend Debbie moves to St. Louis, we plant a maple tree in the backyard, Laurie is asked to teach summer school for 5 weeks, she says no, we make strawberry jam, I give Laurie a wood egg crate for her birthday, Laurie plays for several weddings and for a George Benson concert, dryer quits working so I fix it by replacing belt, Laurie’s parents and Bobbie vacation 3 weeks in the New England states, Larry counts money at church, we watch the toddler room at church the first Sunday of the month, Larry joins a car pool with 4 others, while staining in the shop, Larry bumps can off ladder and splatters a quart of stain all over, Laurie plays for the Messiah, quits the bowling league, Larry goes to Pierre, SD.

January    Laurie has lots of morning sickness

               Adam learns to climb out of crib        

February Laurie is on a bowling team

ER with Laurie due to chest pains.  Are there 4 hours, did an EKG, chest x-ray and lung scan.  Sometimes when pregnant, baby will lie on blood vessel, restrict flow and cause a blood clot.

March     Larry wallpapered master bedroom; Laurie made new drapes

April        Bought single bed for Adam, deck furniture (wrought iron table w/4 chairs and 2 spring chairs (Nebraska Furniture Mart)

               Adam falls off changing table and breaks his arm

May        Attend the musical ‘Annie’

               The cable company lays cable to our house, service begins in August

June        Purchase first gas grill

               Paint baby bed and chest

July         Adam has roseola

               Laurie buys an antique kitchen table that has a leaf, currently in basement

We go to the hospital at 5 AM on July 26, Emily is born at 2:17 PM, weighs 6 lbs, 13 ½ oz and is 20 ½ “ long, she comes home on July 30

August     Emily gets bad rash on her bottom, needs to be changed a lot.

               Larry spends a week in Minneapolis for work

               Install wood molding on kitchen and hall wall and paint upper wall, put wallpaper on lower part of wall.  Hire ladies to hang wallpaper in entryway.

Sept.       Emily really likes to cry

               Larry has business trip to NY

Laurie gets offer to teach 2 hours a week in her old neighborhood

Oct.        Emily makes a change for the better, much happier!

               Adam is a raccoon for Halloween

Nov.       We make little buildings and a board with streets painted on for Adam

Dec.        We cut a Christmas tree at a tree farm

               We buy our first VCR