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Fall

Things are crazy...let's see... since I've updated, we've had Kenny's 16th birthday. And sweet he is!! And homecoming week, with all its festivities...including all those crazy dress up days. Here's Zach, looking like Duran Duran (or maybe Kevin Bacon?)for 80s day. Dave always dressed up for homecoming in the craziest ways and we have a great stash of vintage clothes. We tried to get Kenny to dress like a hippie, but he decided his football shirt was vintage enough for him! And both boys went to the Homecoming Dance...WOW! CAN YOU SAY: HANDSOME TIMES 2?? HOW ABOUT TIMES 5? OR 8? MAYBE JUST 3? Yeah, I thought you could. PS. Tell me those are NOT white socks, Eric! Kate's been busy with dance and cousins and friends and helping her mom with home improvement projects. She's been peeling back vinyl flooring and pulling nails and working hard. And of course, there's always time to love on Duke a little. Life i

The Evolution of Dance

This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Whenever I need a good laugh, I play this video. I think those of us who were kids in the 70's and hit the dance scene in the 80's can really relate. Kind of like the Mark Wills song: I saw Star Wars at least 8 times Had the Pac-Man pattern memorized And I've seen the stuff they put inside Stretch Armstrong I was Roger Stauback back in my back yard Had a shoebox full of baseball cards And a couple of Evel Knevel scars On my right arm Well, I was a kid when Elvis died And my mama cried Chorus: It was 1970- something In the world that I grew up in Farrah Fawcett hair-do days Bell bottoms and 8-track tapes Lookin' back now I can see me And oh, man did I look cheesy But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin' It was 1970-something It was the dawning of a new decade When we got our first microwave And Dad broke down and finally shaved Those sideburns off I took the stickers off of