My sister, the bestest, most wonderfullest person in the world.

Look! More Lisa!

And MORE Lisa! (Yeesh, she just keeps getting younger! )

Unofficial family portrait taken at my brother's high school graduation/prom:

Here's our brood.

Steve (the hottie)



Chris (with fellow Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan Margo Timmins)



Kerry (before her date's senior prom last year)




And I can't resist showing off my twin nephew and niece (how cute are they??)

more bandwidth here
and more enjoyment here
so keep it up
it does give us hope
that succeeding generations do not have to look like their forbears

Actually, your gorgeous oldest daughter looks like a feminine version of the young digipen to me, Bill.

The other two got mostly my wife's genes, but Chris does resemble me at his age. Here's my HS grad photo:



Don't I look like the kid most likely to bring a machine gun to school the next morning?

OK, so I've never posted pix here before... How can I get a photo I've scanned down to under 300k? And do I just attach it as a file attachment?

I suppose this is a question for another forum. I'll go looking.

Yes, you post is at a file attachment.
I'm trying to think of what you could do. If you find a free web hosting service, like photobucket.com or whatever, you could upload the picture to the site. Then go to http://www.321webmaster.com/optijpg.php and put the URL of the image into the box. This is a JPG optimizer, which will shrink your photos to a manageable file size. Then you can save that BACK to your computer, and post it as a file attachment here on the Orchard. Convoluted, I know, but I haven't a clue what software you possess. This should work.

Thank you! That should work... Here we go:

go back to that "olden days" wedding photo I posted and see the resemblance of my oldest to her mother. It's her mouth that she got from me.

and your kids look pretty cool. the machine gun? i'll leave that one alone

Here's my oldest son, Joshua. He'll turn 9 in May...

Here's Jacob. He's 6.

Emily, one of my twins, is 2-1/2.

[nevermind]

And here's Zachary, her twin... also 2-1/2. (Although he came out 3 minutes after her. )

I'll stop after this one... Emmy & Zach together...

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See below...

WOW, Matt. Beautiful kids. Thanks for letting us see your cherished ones. Those boys are going to be hotties when they grow up....

That photo is absolutely precious. (I've resized it so it doesn't stretch the borders on the board layout.)

Oops... Sorry I'm breaking forum rules! I'll work on these...

Matt

Keith, dude, you look like Shaggy. Where was Scooby that day?

Those are some great looking kids, Matt.




Awwww!

Hey, you're ruining my retrospective self-image as a grim nihilist!

Your niece is really precious btw, Jeanne.

Well, people,
I am blown away.
All these family photos are really making my day.
I love pictures. I'm a graphic kinda gal. (Uh, that didn't come out right)
Keep'em comin'
I luv yas.

OOPS! Wrong thread!

OOPS! Wrong thread!

You know, with hair THAT feathery you could have been in a poster along side Shawn Cassidy.

pooh. Posted in wrong thread.

I like it, I like it....
Keep on keepin' on.
Beautiful faces all.

cute pics, michelle
uh . . . do y'all wear clothes in Hawaii??

Haha! Yes Bill, we wear clothes now and then. And thanks.

Sorry about that! I moved the pics to the proper thread.. Sorry guys!

Voila: I have a request

ok, here are my two mischief makers;


callie, my daughter (with boyfriend, andrew). 19 & a freshman @ UofL (University of Louisville)
&

zach (zachary, if i'm really pissed at him) and his prom date maive. 18 & a sr. in high school and accepted to start UK (University of Kentucky) in sept.

thanks for the assistance in posting these keith.

Your children are beautiful! They both must be total heartbreakers!

Thanks Bill,
More good looking people!!

very impressive!

great pics bill!! thanks.

my niece and two nephews:

cute pics, d

Deb, they're so cute!

awww!! cute deb.

Awww! Did you take that photo?

yep. long time ago. they are all taller than me now. even the baby!

Wow.

Matt,

Your children are beautiful. How do you keep up with them all!

Rachael

Son Dan, camping trip New Mexico

Trudes....

Is he single?

Thank you!

Well, my wife stays home with the kids most of the time. (On my day off, Monday, she works as a coach at a local gymnastics center... We need the $$ and she needs the break! Plus it's good for me to connect with the kids all day like that.)

Honestly, I don't think we could do it without a great community of friends. Some of our best friends live next door and we're constantly fixing dinner for each other, watching kids, hanging out... My wife has a young woman who she kind of mentors who is AMAZING and lets us have a date night once a week... even if it's just Target and Baskin-Robbins... We can always call on her for free babysitting.

I'm so grateful for my faith community... For us, it makes life with four young children liveable and actually enjoyable.

M

Matt, I have to say that it makes me feel really behind to see that someone who attended college with me has a 9 YEAR OLD!!! For some reason Myron and I have just been super chickens when it comes to the parenthood thing. We just hit anniversary #7 san babies. Now we're thinking about starting our own business together (which means we will be sans insurance) so that's put another delay in the plan.

Oh well...guess you gotta wait till you're ready!

Your kids are all so beautiful...and you both look super great yourselves...what a gorgeous family!

Topic bump...my cousins Elizabeth (the older) and Rachel.

(Sadly, their mom just had a miscarriage last week. Makes these two sweeties seem all the more precious.)

That is wonderful! I wish there were more families and friends like yours!