Yearly Archives: 2001
Staying Close to Home for Christmas 2001 [Archives]
Christmas 2001 was notable for several reasons. First, it brought the first Christmas letter, a tradition that sputtered along for 8 years. In trying to get a suitable picture of the kids for inclusion in the letter, we took many pictures … Continue reading
Christmas Letter 2001 [Archives]
The inaugural letter in 1997 was such a success that we didn’t do it again until 2001. Not that plenty didn’t happen in the interim. For example, we moved to Cleveland in 1998 to start law school (I think my … Continue reading
A Glimpse At The Boy’s 7th [Archives]
I hope that the quality of this one photo of Speed’s 7th birthday with Layla and the 2 Sams is so insightful as to distract from the fact that it appears to be the only picture of the festivities. Given … Continue reading
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I’m Real; I’m A Real Lawyer [Archives]
On November 2, 2001, the Ohio Bar Examiners released the names of those who passed the July 2001 Bar Exam at 7 a.m. on the Internet. So I was refreshing the page every few seconds at least 30 minutes early. … Continue reading
Posted in Disappointing People, Me
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Rooting For Halloween [Archives]
I may enjoy Halloween photos more than any other group, but these pictures of Madysen’s and Speed’s 2001 Halloween costumes make me a little bit sad. Despite my efforts to enlighten them to the path of righteousness, both have forsaken … Continue reading
October Baseball With Friends [Archives]
Apparently, fall 2001 was the time for big time sporting events. First was the Michigan-Illinois football game at The Big House. Then, on October 13, 2001, Game 3 of the American League Division Series between the Indians and the Mariners. … Continue reading
First Time With Just Emma [Archives]
Shortly after Emma was born, Holly had a portrait done of all the kids. Emma didn’t exactly look like she understood what was going on. But these October 2001 portraits of just Emma show how quickly she was growing up. … Continue reading
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Madysen Turns 8 In Michigan [Archives]
Although all of the stories I recount here are interesting, this one is especially so. Listen up. I’ve mentioned our wonderful Canadian neighbors from our Sylvania house days before. I don’t recall the circumstances exactly–pretty sure it wasn’t a domestic … Continue reading
Coleridge Friends [Archives]
One of the reasons that I like our Coleridge house so much was, unsurprisingly, the neighborhood. Great families and a great setting. So here we have Layla, sometime in the fall of 2001, with friends on the front porch of … Continue reading
Posted in Cleveland, Friends, Layla
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Back To School For Only Some [Archives]
Back in Cleveland Heights after spending August 2001 in Oklahoma and Houston, it was time for Madysen and Speed to go back to school at Fairfax Elementary. Layla did not look too excited for the first day–and she wasn’t even … Continue reading
