Friday, September 07, 2007

More Digging Through Boxes That Might Have Been Best Left Alone

Last week while cleaning out a bookshelf, I came across a metric ton of old photos. I give them to you, my IntarWeb friends, because they are mostly of my cute children, but also so you can see that I’m a total dweeb.

(And yes, in case you have to ask, I’ll be in “trouble” with certain members of my family for posting these.)

Let’s start with this one of Reha as a very small person:

Cute!

This one is probably from her Junior Year:

It’s the pearls that truly make the outfit, don’t you think?

Yes, this is the one I probably should not have posted. But hey, it was the 80s. Many mistakes were made back then, Reaganomics, purple eye shadow, breakdancing, just to name a few.

Absolutely NO comment.

And see! She turned out totally awesome! That is from her Law School graduation. She had given birth to Jonah the day before and then went and walked her graduation. Which meant that she took her last finals and did all her Law Review editorial stuff while she was “great with child.” She’s a She-Ra! And yes, I really was that bloated all the time. Running cured that.

Look at that little rapscallion down there. That’s Lucas at age 4. We should have bottled him up and sold his essence. So stinkin’ cute.

This is Carrie (now 17) at two months:

Her tongue still does that at dinner time. We should have had that looked at years ago.

Unknown Deal baby. They all kind of looked the same. Which is to say, they all looked like me. Tragic.

I’d have to get a ruling from Reha on this one, but I think it’s Lucas.

Lucas, approximately 4 months old.

It was NOT my idea to dress him with a place-mat for a shirt, I assure you.

Family Portrait, 1994

I have almost no recollection of this photo being taken. I know that’s me, but I can’t remember that day at all. Weird.

This was taken the night I asked Reha to marry me.

She looks EXACTLY the same today, I swear, just with a different hair style.

Same engagement night

Pretty hard to believe she said yes to that guy, huh?

These next three are all from when the kids were in first grade

Carrie

Lucas

Jonah

This is Lucas and I think he was in Kindergarden.

Don’t you just want to put him on a sandwich and eat him up?

An office Christmas party. Circa 1997. Reha was pregnant with Jonah at the time.

Someone tell that dude on the left to skip dinner. He doesn’t need to eat any more.

Lucas, Soccer Stud. First grade, I think

The ball is bigger than his head.

Jonah “Warrior King” Deal

And oh man! See that white wall on the left? That is the crap that USED to be on the walls of the basement. Outdoor paneling, painted white. And that light in the background? An old porch light. The people we bought the house from were super nice old people, but obviously, they were completely insane.

One last one of Lucas. I think he’d just gotten his glasses.

He sat on them mere seconds later and they broke in half, I swear.

Oh no! A bunch of photos without Ellis in them! Scandalous! We simply MUST fix that.

Christmas, 2006

Now lest you think I’m going to die because of that Prom photo of Reha up there, I also found a yearbook from my junior high. I’ll be sharing some of those gems next week, I assure you. Shared pain and all that.

Posted by Jon on 09/07/07 at 01:10 PM

Aren’t there laws against getting married at 15?

All the kids got Reha’s cheeks. Very cute.

Posted by michael on 09/07/07 at 06:26 PM
I found a bunch of old photos during a recent trip to my parents house. This may have inspired me to get over myself and post them…

Posted by Jonathon Morgan on 09/08/07 at 02:00 PM

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Holy Crap! Look at all this STUFF down here. It's awesome!

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