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This next post begins with Thomas' Aunt MariAnn. Thomas has been trying to say her name all morning, and it ranges between something like mean-man to me-ah-yann-yann. My favorite sounds like Welcome to Miami, Vienvenido a Miami (mee-ah-mee). Unfortunately for the creative interpreters he has finally solidified his adaptation semi-permanantly as Me-Ann, which sounds very much less exciting than a 5 syllable rendition. Since he has named his Aunt Karyann Key-Ann, Me-Ann makes sense but I have to admit I was hoping he would keep up Me-ah-yann-yann...
So MariAnn is John's sister and she has blossomed into a talented historian. Or in otherwords, she does a great job of photographing every event. While we were in Colorado visiting John's Grandma, MariAnn let us copy her pictures onto our computer so tada! When we develop our film, I promise to add some more.
We went to a fun park, and here were the amenities:
A river runs through it for the children, complete with bridges.
(Thomas' pronounciations follow in parenthesis) This is John's Aunt Jill (Jink) and our niece Natalie (Me-Anna)

This is a fun train you can ride for a dollar, Thomas cried when he saw the picture of this "choo-choo" because wants it right now!


Picnic tables. Besides a lovely lawn and occational shade there are
hills to roll down, a petting zoo, and even bathrooms. Wow. John squinting in the sun, and Thomas caught-unawheres with food in his mouth.

Speaking of shady lawn, here's our tiny clan, and Thomas playing peek-a-boo!
He thought the shade blanket over his stroller was great for surprising unsuspecting adults.
Who would have thought there was a child in that stroller?!


This magic moment brought to you by Thomas dipping his Lays Potato Chips into Grandpa Harrison's potato salad. I love the surprised look on Carri's face. From L to R it's Karissa, Richie, Carri, Grandpa, Thomas, Paige.

Changing scene a bit, here are some pictures from July at MariAnn's house:


Here's Uncle Karl (KahKul) and cute cousin Kylie at their clean house in cozy California.


Thomas is telling Aunt Me-Ann a story.


Loves!

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The Albrecht Geekclan said…
He is just too much! I love that you can write how he pronounces our names. I can just hear his little voice calling out. We had so much fun with you all here! I look forward to doing it again and am so thankful he knows who we are.
August 19, 2009 at 10:47 AM
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