Tuesday, March 28, 2006

More Pictures

I can't believe how much the kids have grown since these pictures were taken! Ashley is catching up with me and Daniel is almost 6 INCHES taller than I am now!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Sarah said...

So you get paid to basically spam blog comments? How is that adding any value to it?

I simply don't buy the One frightening thought for me is what if some one actually pays $100 for 10000 comments on 10000 unique sites? I would literally die, and they are the only ones who gain. If that were truly the case you just wouldn't offer it as an option.

It's all in the marketing. Act like it is actually a hardship and that you are doing someone else the favor.

Sarah said...

Back on topic- Libby, when were these pictures taken? I think the biggest difference shown is Daniel.

Unknown said...

Great pics!! one of these day I want to take my kids there!!!

Darrell said...

Those were taken the week after Christmas 2004.

Darrell said...

The funny thing is that because Ashley is so small, people don't notice the change in her. But take a good look at the last picture of us and then look at her standing next us at church tonight. The kid has grown a bunch... but is still small for her age.