May 2010
10 posts
zeke's birthday
it was zeke’s birthday last weekend, and he got lots of cards and calls from family (thanks everyone!) but the highlight may just have been the package he got from Mark and Leslie that had lots of little gifts wrapped up.
Ah yes, the card really spoke to Zeke personally…
He actually got it about a week and a half before his birthday, so he decided to open one present a day...
crazy giant mall (the trafford centre)
to celebrate being done with classes and zeke’s birthday we decided to take a trip to a giant mall on the other side of manchester. we’ve heard the place is ridiculously over the top and although we had a little shopping to do, we mainly just wanted to see what all the fuss was about. we had planned to be fully engrossed in the spectacle and go to a movie, play putt-putt and...
platt park- happy 100th birthday
a few weekends ago the large park near our house, which is directly adjacent to our church, celebrated its 100 year anniversary. people were excited for the rain to have held off, and we managed to stroll through the festivities on our way back home after church.
the fluffy pink stuff on the side of the path is the gathering of the petals that have fallen off of some of the first blossoming...
An Evening with Malcolm Gladwell
Even though my sweet wife is super duper busy writing lots of important art history papers (actual titles: “The Eschatological Vision of William Blake: The ‘Apocalyptic Sublime’ in Blake’s Designs” and “Utopian Impulse in American Hip Hop: A Self-Reflexive Genre”), Wendy still got me a nice early birthday present: a ticket to see one of my favorite...
Another Post About Crazy Chip Flavors
I know we’ve thrown up plenty of posts about the bizarre chip/crisp flavors/flavours here, but our most recent purchase from the grocery store definitely warranted another one. It appears that, in preparation for the World Cup this summer, Walker’s is having their own tournament - the Flavour Cup, to determine the world’s best flavour. Here are the bags from the “Americas...
grandaddy
Francis Custis Downing Sr. 7 July 1926 - 4 May 2010
(wendy’s grandfather)
today i am wearing the locket he gave me as a girl that has always meant so much to me. it has pictures of my mom and dad in their early twenties inside and on the back of the locket it says, “God loves you & so do I.” this is a familiar saying to some, but from Grandaddy the “& so do...
