// LastUpdated: By moving this function here, the date will update on your web page whenever you add images. function LastUpdated() { document.write("This album currently has " + MainVar + " photos and was last modified on " + document.lastModified +"."); } // SuzyCategory: Add your new category names. Be sure to leave in the 'all' category! SuzyCategory = new Array("all", "scott", "susan", "rainlin", "dylan", "rainlin_and_dylan", "formal", "kids", "family", "friends", "jabba", "sebastian", "blankets", "misc_pics") MainVar = 0; // Sets up the variable that counts the pictures. function Fix(DatVal, PicVal, TitVal, CatVal, TxtVal) { // Allows you to use variables for the array instead of numbers. this.DatVal = DatVal this.PicVal = PicVal this.TitVal = TitVal this.CatVal = CatVal this.TxtVal = TxtVal } var MainArray = new Array() // Sets up the main array. // Now add one line for each picture you want in the album. The format of these lines is shown below: // MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("date", "picname.jpg", "pic title", "category", "pic description") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/20/2004", "/archives/2004/11/2004-11-20-05.jpg", "Scott and Dylan", "dylan", "This was our last dinner on our cruise. Dylan and Daddy's like peas and carrots!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/19/2004", "/archives/2004/11/2004-11-19-05.jpg", "Family in front of the ship", "family", "A nice man with a big camera around his neck took this great picture for us.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/19/2004", "/archives/2004/11/2004-11-19-13.jpg", "Rain and Dylan in the palms", "rainlin_and_dylan", "These cute little baby palm trees were right on the edge of the baby beach that we brought the kidlets to play, where the water only got up to their waists.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/19/2004", "/archives/2004/11/2004-11-19-16.jpg", "Family in the ocean", "family", "One of the ladies who had a little girl in Adventure Ocean with our kids happened to be at the same beach as us, and she took this great family picture with our camera.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/18/2004", "/archives/2004/11/2004-11-18-42.jpg", "Kids in the sprinklers", "scott", "The kids loved playing in this knee-deep pool with fun sprinklers. Daddy even got in for a little dip.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/18/2004", "/archives/2004/11/2004-11-18-47.jpg", "Kids in front of the ship", "rainlin_and_dylan", "I had the kids sit in front of the ship on the pier in Cozumel and got this great picture of them.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/18/2004", "/archives/2004/11/2004-11-18-49.jpg", "Kids on formal night", "rainlin_and_dylan", "I didn't take a whole lot of pictures on formal night, but I did get a couple of really cute ones of the kids.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/17/2004", "/archives/2004/11/2004-11-17-04.jpg", "Dylan with his pillowcase", "dylan", "The Adventure Ocean crew gave the kids these cool pillowcases to color.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/16/2004", "/archives/2004/11/2004-11-16-51.jpg", "Rain in Key West", "rainlin", "I snapped this beautiful picture of Rainlin while we were on a beach in Key West.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/15/2004", "/archives/2004/11/2004-11-15-19.jpg", "Parents at dinner", "scott", "Scott and I had dinner while the kids were up in Adventure Ocean.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/15/2004", "/archives/2004/11/2004-11-15-20.jpg", "Stateroom Swan", "misc", "The guy who made up our staterooms on the cruise always found interesting things to do with our cruise-a-sauruses.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/14/2004", "/archives/2004/11/2004-11-14-01.jpg", "Dylan and Rainlin", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Rainlin and Dylan sat on the bed while we got things packed up to leave for the cruise.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/17/2004", "/archives/2004/10/2004-10-17-22.jpg", "At the pumpkin patch", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Julie took this cute picture of the kids and I at the pumpkin patch.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/7/2004", "/archives/2004/10/2004-10-07-21.jpg", "The garden house", "misc", "This is the cottage house that we stayed at while we were in Kemah. It's made to look rustic on the outside, but it's absolutely beautiful on the inside!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/7/2004", "/archives/2004/10/2004-10-07-22.jpg", "The golf cart", "misc", "This is the golf cart we got to use while we were staying in Kemah. It was loads of fun... when it wasn't raining! Okay, it was fun when it was raining too. ;)") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/7/2004", "/archives/2004/10/2004-10-07-27.jpg", "Scott on the boardwalk", "scott", "I had Scott stop for a minute along the boardwalk in Kemah. The sky was really overcast, but the sun finally burned its way through the clouds.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/6/2004", "/archives/2004/10/2004-10-06-49.jpg", "A riverboat queen", "misc", "We were on the Natchez, but this was another riverboat queen we saw while we were in New Orleans. I love this picture because you can see the city perfectly in the background.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/5/2004", "/archives/2004/10/2004-10-05-19.jpg", "Almost to Biloxi", "misc", "That's it, the place we used to live, where the beaches are. We were almost there!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/5/2004", "/archives/2004/10/2004-10-05-33.jpg", "Rain and Dylan at the beach", "rainlin_and_dylan", "We made it to Biloxi beach and got to play for about an hour before it decided to rain. We were really lucky!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/29/2004", "/archives/2004/09/2004-09-29-01.jpg", "The Old Pooh Blanket", "blankets", "I made this for my friend at work who was decorating his baby's room in "old pooh".") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/21/2004", "/archives/2004/09/2004-09-21-01.jpg", "Rainlin's thank you", "rainlin", "Rainlin made a big sign to say thank you to all the people who donated to her walk-a-thon.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/19/2004", "/archives/2004/09/2004-09-19-26.jpg", "Rain and Dylan at the balloon festival", "rainlin_and_dylan", "The kids and I went to the balloon festival really early so we could watch the balloons take off. They loved all the neat shapes.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/17/2004", "/archives/2004/09/2004-09-17-03.jpg", "Wacky hair day", "rainlin", "Today is Wacky Hair Day at my daughter's school. Half an hour after we started, we had five sticking up braids, three spray painted pink and two spray painted gold glitter. ;)") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/15/2004", "/archives/2004/09/2004-09-15-14.jpg", "Dylan at practice", "dylan", "Dylan started getting a lot more into playing this Wednesday night at soccer practice.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/11/2004", "/archives/2004/09/2004-09-11-08.jpg", "Dylan alone on the field", "dylan", "This was Dylan's first ever soccer game. Most of the time he was playing, he just stood there and watched the action. It wasn't until about the last five minutes of the game that he decided he actually wanted to play.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/10/2004", "/archives/2004/09/2004-09-10-07.jpg", "Rain's decorated bike", "rainlin", "Rainlin decorated her bike with red, white, and blue for her school's back-to-school picnic.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/4/2004", "/archives/2004/09/2004-09-04-23.jpg", "Froggie Rain and Dylan", "rainlin_and_dylan", "The kidlets were all dressed up in their froggie suits, ready to do a little swimming.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/4/2004", "/archives/2004/09/2004-09-04-50.jpg", "Rain ready to jump", "rainlin", "I was so proud of Rainlin, getting over her fear of the water, jumping off the ladder into the pool at Uncle John and Aunt Lora's house. She had a blast!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/4/2004", "/archives/2004/09/2004-09-04-71.jpg", "Rainlin with Big Papaw", "rainlin", "Rainlin loves every waking moment she has with Big Papaw. While the other kids are off playing together, she loves to stand around with him and talk to him.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/4/2004", "/archives/2004/09/2004-09-04-82.jpg", "Dylan at Uncle John's", "dylan", "Dylan took a break from playing the DDR game to give me a smile.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/3/2004", "/archives/2004/09/2004-09-03-01.jpg", "Rainlin on the air mattress", "rainlin", "Rainlin was tired when we finally got to John and Lora's house. I cuddled up to sleep with her on the air mattress around eleven.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/22/2004", "/archives/2004/08/2004-08-22-01.jpg", "Bob and Suzy", "friends", "Emily and I drove up to have lunch with our friend Bob.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/21/2004", "/archives/2004/08/2004-08-21-01.jpg", "Suzy and Emily", "friends", "I spent the weekend up in North Carolina with my best friend, Emily.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/8/2004", "/archives/2004/08/2004-08-08-01.jpg", "Don Williams", "misc_pics", "We were right up in front at the Don Williams concert. It was such an excellent show!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/5/2004", "/archives/2004/08/2004-08-05-01.jpg", "Dylan at School", "Dylan", "This is our little Dylan, not so little anymore, standing next to his nifty keen new Buzz Lightyear backpack.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/4/2004", "/archives/2004/08/2004-08-04-01.jpg", "Rainlin's first day", "rainlin", "Rainlin started kindergarten today! My little girl is growing up so fast.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/26/2004", "/archives/2004/07/2004-07-25-01.jpg", "Feeding the ducks", "rainlin_and_dylan", "It was an unseasonably cool day for July, so I brought the kidlets and their bikes down to the pond. We brought a couple hamburger buns to feed to the ducks.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/15/2004", "/archives/2004/07/2004-07-15-01.jpg", "Susan Racing", "susan", "After the server migration was over, they took us all to Speed Zone to whisk all our worries away. It was a blast, but it was hot!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/10/2004", "/archives/2004/07/2004-07-10-07.jpg", "Dylan in the pool", "dylan", "Well, this is as far "in" the pool as Dylan is willing to get these days. Maybe next year he'll actually get in the water...") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/6/2004", "/archives/2004/07/2004-07-06-87.jpg", "Sick Rain", "Rainlin", "Poor Rainlin is home sick from school today. She has slept through most of the day, and been sitting on the couch.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/27/2004", "/archives/2004/06/2004-06-27-03.jpg", "Truck A Arrives", "misc_pics", "The first truck with our servers on it showed up at our building. It took two whole truckloads to get all the servers down here.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/26/2004", "/archives/2004/06/2004-06-26-01.jpg", "Cube sleeping", "susan", "So I fell asleep under my cube. So what. It was about 2am, and I had been at work since about 7pm.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/24/2004", "/archives/2004/06/2004-06-24-01.jpg", "Boise Balloons", "misc_pics", "The Plano Balloon Festival is a big event every fall. What a coincidence that the last weekend we're up here in Boise, they're having a balloon festival too.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/23/2004", "/archives/2004/06/2004-06-23-07.jpg", "The old data center", "misc_pics", "This is where we moved all the old servers from.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/21/2004", "/archives/2004/06/1356.jpg", "The Team", "friends", "This is our four-man Unix team this week up here in Boise: Susan, Michael, Mike, and Brent.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/21/2004", "/archives/2004/06/2004-06-21-02.jpg", "The view in Boise", "misc_pics", "I actually took this picture out the back window of the rental car I was riding in. The landscape was just breathtaking, with the mountains there in the background.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/21/2004", "/archives/2004/06/2004-06-21-01.jpg", "Boise Suite", "misc_pics", "This my hotel room while I'm staying here in Boise. It's a good sized suite, and it has a high speed internet connection for no extra cost!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/17/2004", "/archives/2004/06/2004-06-17-26.jpg", "Licking the wheels", "dylan", "This was Dylan's fourth birthday! He had TONS of his friends over the house. We were going to have a pool party that day, but it poured and lightninged; so we had the party indoors instead. Dylan had a great time with all his friends.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("5/30/2004", "/archives/2004/05/2004-05-30-18.jpg", "Pre-Shaved Dylan", "dylan", "This was Dylan with his plastic cape on before Cathy cut his hair. He was starting to get a little shaggy!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("5/30/2004", "/archives/2004/05/2004-05-30-19.jpg", "Shaved Dylan", "dylan", "My friend Cathy shaved Dylan's head. He's a little stud muffin!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("5/15/2004", "/archives/2004/05/2004-05-15-27.jpg", "Adam's Hat", "friends", "Blake bought Adam his first cowboy hat. It was a requirement.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("5/15/2004", "/archives/2004/05/2004-05-15-41.jpg", "Adam Ezra", "friends", "Here's a shot of Adam playing in our backyard. Our house is on a hill, and we built a retaining wall in part of our backyard that almost makes like a stage by the fence.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("5/6/2004", "/archives/2004/05/2004-05-06-12.jpg", "Brave Rain", "rainlin", "Rainlin loves to play t-ball! Here she is at the end of a game in her Braves jersey.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/29/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-29-17.jpg", "The Boise river", "misc_pics", "This river is apparently a really big deal in this town. I even heard yesterday that some people kayak to work. It's a whole different world out here--so laid back, so nature-centered. People really love it here.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/27/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-27-03.jpg", "Mountains in Idaho", "misc_pics", "I wandered outside the hotel the other morning and took this really pretty picture of the mountains.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/17/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-17-08.jpg", "Hand in hand in the water", "rainlin_and_dylan", "The tide was out, and Scott took the kids walking through the ankle-to-knee-deep water from sandbar to sandbar.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/16/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-16-02.jpg", "The little playground in Pass Christian", "misc_pics", "We went driving down to Pass Christian, hoping to find a stretch of beach where the kids could pick up some shells to bring home. We found this cute little play area next to the beach, and we stopped here first to play.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/16/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-16-01.jpg", "On the swings by the beach", "rainlin", "Rainlin took a swing on the swings before we walked down to the beach. Problem was, the hard plastic swing seats were so high off the ground that she couldn't get on them or off them by herself.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/16/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-16-04.jpg", "Daddy in the pavilion", "scott", "Scott pulled the kids' Radio Flyer wagon up under the pavilion next to the playground we found.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/16/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-16-09.jpg", "Dylan in the slide", "dylan", "Hi Dylan! Hi Rain! The kids would shout out at each other, then slide down their slides, then run across to the other slide.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/16/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-16-11.jpg", "Watching the dolphins", "rainlin", "Rainlin was mesmerized, standing at the end of the pier with her arms up on the railing, waiting for the next dolphin to come up for air.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-04.jpg", "Sleeping in the van", "rainlin", "Rain was konked out hard in the back of the van. We got to Biloxi around 3am.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-05.jpg", "Looking out the window", "rainlin", "I remember when those shorts were all the way down to her ankles. Rainlin was watching Daddy unload the van.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-08.jpg", "In the wagon by the beach", "rainlin_and_dylan", "This wagon has proved invaluable on this trip. We've used it to tow the kids everywhere around the beach. They love it!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-10.jpg", "Playing in low tide", "rainlin_and_dylan", "I brought the kids right down by the water so they could play in the really mushy sand.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-13.jpg", "Rainlin by the water", "rainlin", "Such a pretty little angel. The kids have been really good on this trip, and we've all had a blast at the beach.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-15.jpg", "Dylan making a castle", "dylan", "Dylan was practicing the finer arts of sand castle building. Daddy was teaching how to make a great one.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-18.jpg", "Rain in low tide", "rainlin", "The water at the beach was chilly, something I'm not used to in Biloxi. It's still really early in the year, though. We hit the beach during low tide that day.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-20.jpg", "Writing in the sand", "rainlin", "Rainlin wrote her name forward next to where Dylan had written his name backward.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-21.jpg", "Scott on the beach", "scott", "Can you say, Stud Muffin? I love this guy.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-22.jpg", "Dylan drawing in the sand", "dylan", "Dylan wrote a complete mirror image of his name in the sand.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-25.jpg", "Time on the beach", "rainlin_and_dylan", "This part of the beach is across the street from the hotel we were staying in. The tide was way, way out when we were down there.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-28.jpg", "Rainlin getting buried", "Rainlin", "Rain plopped herself down in the sand and started burying herself.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-29.jpg", "Playing in the sand", "Scott", "Daddy was showing Dylan the technical aspects of building a great sand castle.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-34.jpg", "Dylan and Rain in Biloxi", "rainlin_and_dylan", "We're so lucky; these two little kidlets love the heck out of each other. Although every time I tell Rainlin to put her arm around Dylan to take a picture, she looks like she's going to choke him!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-35.jpg", "Susan in Biloxi", "susan", "Here's me in one of my favorite towns on the planet. It was a little chilly that afternoon.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-40.jpg", "Teaching Dylan to putt", "dylan", "Dylan came up with a one-handed stoke of his own that helped him out a lot while we were playing. We didn't keep score at all, though. :)") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-43.jpg", "Rain by the golf sign", "Rainlin", "It's not the newest little park in the world, but this mini-golf place right there on the beach has tons of things to keep the kidlets occupied.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/15/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-15-45.jpg", "Rain on the horse game", "Rainlin", "I took a picture of Rainlin on this horse video game after I helped her out on the horse. Man, that thing is a good workout!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/11/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-11-25.jpg", "Dylan dressed up", "Dylan", "I had Dylan stand by the wine rack in Jared and Sonia's kitchen. What a handsome smile!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/11/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-11-34.jpg", "Last year's suit", "Dylan", "This is the suit that Dylan wore for Easter last year. It's juuuust barely big enough this year!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/11/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-11-36.jpg", "Rainlin and Megan", "family", "Rainlin loves to visit Megan and her sisters... there's always so much to do at their house!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/11/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-11-41.jpg", "Scott and Dylan", "scott", "Here's two of them Kirkpatrick boys. Everyone is always telling me that Dylan looks just like his daddy.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/11/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-11-42.jpg", "Rainlin before church", "rainlin", "I can pick up my camera, and catch her with a smile like this, and it's perfect every time. She's so beautiful.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/11/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-11-65.jpg", "Dylan and the girls", "family", "So many times, when we take the kids places, and especially in our family, Dylan is so often the only boy there.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/11/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-11-68.jpg", "Our family", "family", "Sonia took the camera from me so we could have some nice pictures of our family from Easter.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/11/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-11-74.jpg", "Dylan in the chair", "dylan", "Take some more pictures of me, Mommy, he said... so I continued to snap away in Jared and Sonia's living room; and I came out with this really cute one.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/5/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-05-06.jpg", "Riding down the hill", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Put your arms up, Dylan! It was like riding a ride at Six Flags. Whee!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/5/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-05-12.jpg", "Riding through sprinklers", "rainlin_and_dylan", "We encountered someone's front yard sprinklers while riding the John Deere around the block!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/4/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-04-01.jpg", "Right by the bluebonnets", "rainlin_and_dylan", "I'm not sure what kind of flowers these are, but there were these red ones, and pink ones, and yellow ones, and of course the bluebonnets as well.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/4/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-04-13.jpg", "Rainlin in the flowers", "rainlin", "We had to make sure we told the kids not to pick the bluebonnets, or the police would get them!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/4/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-04-17.jpg", "Dylan in the flowers", "dylan", "Dylan turned around and gave me a big smile so I could snap this cute picture.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/4/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-04-20.jpg", "Walking up the hill", "dylan", "I had Dylan push his way through the bluebonnets to stand by the fence at the top of the hill.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/4/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-04-21.jpg", "Dylan and Daddy", "scott", "Dylan and Daddy's like peas and carrots.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/4/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-04-23.jpg", "Rainlin and Daddy", "scott", "We've started going to this wonderful place every year to take pictures of us and our kidlets in the beautiful flowers.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("4/4/2004", "/archives/2004/04/2004-04-04-25.jpg", "By the bluebonnet fence", "rainlin_and_dylan", "At the top of the hill across from the college is this neat old fence... a great place to take a picture or two of the kidlets.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("3/26/2004", "/archives/2004/03/2004-03-easter.jpg", "Easter Bunny 2004", "rainlin_and_dylan", "I was so proud of Dylan! Not only was he not so scared of the Easter Bunny this year, but he even smiled. And then after we were done taking pictures, he went back and gave him a hug!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("3/14/2004", "/archives/2004/03/2004-03-14-01.jpg", "Hats and Overalls", "rainlin_and_dylan", "I got the kids dressed up and cleaned up to go visit the Easter Bunny... but he wasn't at the mall yet.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/14/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-14-12.jpg", "Sledding in the Snow", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Well, they weren't really sledding in the snow; but I was pulling them around on a sled.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/13/2004", "/archives/2004/02/DSC01099.jpg", "Crochet Hearts", "misc_pics", "The night before Valentine's, I stayed up until almost midnight making these cute little crocheted hearts for Rain and Dylan's class. They have little pins in the back of them so the kids can pin them to their shirts!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/10/2004", "/archives/2004/02/DSC01108.JPG", "Love Bugs", "misc_pics", "When I got to work, the parking space next to this other bug was open; so I just had to take it.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/8/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-08-02.jpg", "Playing Dress-Up", "kids", "Rainlin and her little friends were having a ball playing dress-up in her room.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/8/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-08-06.jpg", "Princess Rainlin", "rainlin", "Rain wore this dress for Halloween a few years ago, and it's been in her dress-up box ever since. She loves to be a princess!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/8/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-08-07.jpg", "Dress-up Kids", "kids", "Sammy, Rainlin, and Faith had a blast playing dress-up. I wish I could have parties like that as an adult and dress up too!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/8/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-08-08.jpg", "Scott in the kitchen", "scott", "I think it's darn near impossible to take a bad picture of him.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/8/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-08-10.jpg", "Sebastian", "sebastian", "It's hard to take a picture of Sebastian without his tail wagging. He's such a great doggie!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-02.jpg", "Susan on the train", "Susan", "Not sure if it was Rainlin or Mandy that snapped this picture, but yep that's me.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-04.jpg", "Sammy and Mandy", "friends", "I'm so glad they were able to come up and visit for the weekend!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-09.jpg", "Wearing a red crown", "rainlin", "We could have spent hours in that little hat shop while Rainlin tried different crowns on.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-15.jpg", "Rain and her snake", "rainlin", "Rainlin was sitting on the bench outside the incense and jewelry shop where she had picked out her toy wooden snake.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-18.jpg", "Mike and Melissa", "friends", "Mike and Melissa were looking on while the crazy fella was making fudge in the West End Marketplace.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-19.jpg", "Horse-drawn carriages", "misc_pics", "The horse-drawn carriages in the West End were still decorated for Christmas. It was just a little bit too chilly for a horse-drawn carriage ride.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-21.jpg", "Before crossing the street", "rainlin", "Rainlin was squinting her eyes at the sunshine while she was getting ready to cross the street.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-30.jpg", "Watching him paint", "kids", "The kidlets watched for about ten minutes as this guy spray-painted this awesome fantasy painting.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-32.jpg", "Spray Paint Painting", "Misc_Pics", "Sammy and Rainlin were just amazed watching this guy spray-paint these awesome fantasy paintings. He does it really fast and has techno music going the whole time.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-33.jpg", "Rainlin", "Rainlin", "Rainlin wrapped her little wooden snake around her neck. It was just a little bit chilly, but we had fun poking around the West End.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-34.jpg", "Rain and Mommy", "Rainlin", "Mike snapped this picture for us while we were waiting for the train to take us back home.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-36.jpg", "Playing with Snakes", "kids", "Rainlin picked out a snake for her and a snake for Dylan. Sammy picked out a pretty Chinese fan.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-39.jpg", "Rain on the Train", "Rainlin", "The kidlets both love riding on the DART train to the West End.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/7/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-07-42.jpg", "Sled Painting", "Kids", "Sammy and Rainlin were painting the sled that they had made at Home Depot earlier in the day.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("2/6/2004", "/archives/2004/02/2004-02-06-02.jpg", "Rainlin at practice", "rainlin", "This was one of Rainlin's first ever soccer practices. She loves to play!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/20/2004", "/archives/2004/01/DSC02934.jpg", "Painting in the kitchen", "rainlin_and_dylan", "I planted the kidlets in the kitchen, each in one of Daddy's old shirts, and let them go to town.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/20/2004", "/archives/2004/01/DSC01093.jpg", "Sting at Nextstage", "misc_pics", "I snuck my little blue camera into the Sting concert and snapped this picture. In fact, I snapped tons of pictures; but this is the best one that came out.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/24/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-24-01.jpg", "Kids on Swings", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Rainlin and Dylan love their new swing set!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/24/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-24-37.jpg", "Stars on Ice", "misc_pics", "This was one of the most exciting nights of my life! It was the first time I had ever been that close to someone doing a triple axle.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/20/2004", "/archives/2004/01/DSC01020.jpg", "Jacob's Blankie", "blankets", "My friend at work just had a baby, and this is the blanket I made for his little boy. It's blue to be like the sky, and yellow and orange and such for the moon and stars.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/20/2004", "/archives/2004/01/DSC01011.jpg", "Smiling in the kitchen", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Half the time, when little Dylan says cheese, his cute little eyes disappear! :)") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/16/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-16-02.jpg", "Scott and Susan", "scott", "This was at my team's annual dinner at Buco di Peppo's. It was a fun night with some good friends and a few drinks!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/16/2004", "/archives/2004/01/DSC00989.jpg", "Rainlin's Booboos", "rainlin", "When Rainlin fell off of the play gym at school, she landed forehead-first in the playground rocks. The poor little thing!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-01.jpg", "Rain and her bike", "Rainlin", "Rainlin loves to go for bike rides. Her hat that she was wearing has this big flyffy edge on it, but she wanted to wear it anyways.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-02.jpg", "Dylan on his bike", "dylan", "Not only was it chilly outside, but the perfect way to get Dylan's helmet to fit on right is to put a skull cap under it.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-10.jpg", "Riding to the pond", "rainlin_and_dylan", "After getting sprayed by some sprinklers that were running outside, Dylan was just a little bit damp.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-22.jpg", "On the playset", "rainlin_and_dylan", "It was just a little bit chilly outside, but the kids were happy to be out of the house and playing outside.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-24.jpg", "Walking to the seagulls", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Daddy showed up at the park and walked down to the pond's edge to feed the seagulls with us.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-25.jpg", "Seagulls", "misc_pics", "Sometimes there are a million seagulls at the park; sometimes there aren't even one or two. We go down there to feed the ducks and sometimes are greeted by these fellas instead.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-37.jpg", "Faith and Jenn", "friends", "I'm so glad Faith invited us to her birthday party! We had a blast.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-51.jpg", "Dylan eating cake", "Dylan", "Dylan sat and waited patiently for his birthday cake; there was no way he was going to miss out.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-58.jpg", "Daddy and Dylan on skates", "scott", "Dylan didn't really want to do any ice skating. He'd rather take a chunk out of Faith's birthday cake!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-60.jpg", "Mommy and Rainlin", "rainlin", "My little Rain baby had so much fun ice skating! If only she had worn longer socks... she had little blisers on her legs from where the rental skates were rubbing. :(") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-64.jpg", "Rainlin and Mommy skating", "rainlin", "We were at little Faith's birthday party, and Rainlin and I broke away for a little while to do some skating together.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-75.jpg", "The front of the John Deere", "rainlin_and_dylan", "This is a great shot where you can see the front of this cute little John Deere car that Grammy and Popop got for the kids.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-79.jpg", "Riding down the sidewalk", "rainlin_and_dylan", "The park that we take the John Deere for rides along and sometimes go bike riding by is just a couple blocks from our house.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-82.jpg", "Out for an evening spin", "rainlin_and_dylan", "The kids look so cute, riding off into the sunset together like two kids on a date.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/11/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-11-83.jpg", "Driving the John Deere Away", "rainlin_and_dylan", "It was a little chilly outside, but the kids still wanted to take the John Deere out for a spin.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/10/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-10-07.jpg", "Bowling night", "susan", "I went out bowling with some girlfriends. I hadn't been in over a year! Someone there snapped this picture for us.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/9/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-09-09.jpg", "Jabba yawning", "jabba", "I was trying to catch Jabba asleep, but he surprised me by waking up and yawning, and I caught this hilarious picture.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/1/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-01-03.jpg", "Swinging Dylan", "dylan", "One, two, three, whee! We were walking from our van to the aquarium.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/1/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-01-13.jpg", "We found Nemo!", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Rainlin tugged me down the row of fish tanks to show me that she had found Nemo in his tank!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/1/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-01-17.jpg", "Walking the Octopus", "scott", "This half-drowned concrete octopus was outside the aquarium that we visited. The kids enjoyed wandering all over it, but there was the danger of falling into the wet muck.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/1/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-01-21.jpg", "Waiting for the parade", "rainlin_and_dylan", "It turned out to be quite a muggy day, really strange for January. Rainlin and Dylan were waiting for the parade of bands to come around the bend.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("1/1/2004", "/archives/2004/01/2004-01-01-23.jpg", "Dad watching swan boats", "family", "While we were watching the parade, my dad wandered over to the pond's edge to check out the little swan boats paddling around.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/26/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-26-03.jpg", "Popop and Grammy", "family", "This was the first time my dad had ever been to a Hooters. I can't believe we didn't get his picture taken with the Hooters girls!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/26/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-26-05.jpg", "Dylan and Daddy", "scott", "We brought the stroller to cart Dylan around in, because he hadn't been feeling too hot. It turned out to be a great idea!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/26/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-26-06.jpg", "Mandy and Susan", "friends", "We met up at Hooters near the river walk to have lunch and spend some time together. It was a great day!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/26/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-26-11.jpg", "Rainlin", "rainlin", "Rainlin was waiting in line to get onto the riverboat ride.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/26/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-26-14.jpg", "Rainlin and Mommy", "susan", "My friend Mandy snapped this cute picture of Rainlin and me. We had just sat down on the riverboat ride.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/26/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-26-15.jpg", "Daddy and Dylan", "scott", "The boys had a great time together on the San Antonio riverwalk. Dylan had been sick that week, but he did okay that day.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/26/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-26-17.jpg", "The riverboat ride", "scott", "Dylan and Daddy were enjoying the sights along the San Antonio riverboat ride.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/26/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-26-21.jpg", "Butterfly balloon", "rainlin", "Rain showed off her neat butterfly balloon she had made for her, complete with long white handle so she could fly it high in the air.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/26/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-26-23.jpg", "Balloon animals", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Rainlin waited with her arm around her little brother while he waited for his blues clues puppy. She already had a butterfly with a handle made for her.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/25/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-25-04.jpg", "Dylan in the bunkbed", "dylan", "We stayed in a Western suite in a hotel there in Kerrville. Dylan loved the bunkbeds that were in our room!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/25/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-25-09.jpg", "Dylan with his stocking", "dylan", "What's down inside my stocking? Dylan also got a little stocking for his imaginary friend, Bird.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/25/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-25-10.jpg", "Opening stockings", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Santa Claus was nice enough to fill Rainlin and Dylan's stockings at Grammy and Papaw's house. :)") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/25/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-25-16.jpg", "Riding the horsie", "rainlin", "What a great action photo! Rainlin loves riding the riding horsie. We had at one point had one at our house, but the kids never rode it; but now it's a novelty at someone else's house.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/25/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-25-19.jpg", "Rainlin on her bike", "rainlin", "Rainlin bundled up to take her new bike for a spin in Grammy and Papaw's neighborhood. She got it about a month ago for her birthday.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/25/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-25-20.jpg", "Daddy with Tassles", "scott", "Papaw was nice enough to get Daddy a helmet for Christmas to use while he's riding his new bike. Papaw also got him these really cool tassles for his handlebars!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/25/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-25-24.jpg", "Sleepy Dylan", "dylan", "Dylan was crashed out hard in Grammy's guest bed. He was pretty darn sick over Christmas this year.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/24/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-24-06.jpg", "Cowgirl Rain", "rainlin", "Rainlin put on her new outfit that I got her at the Fort Worth Stockyards.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/23/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-23-02.jpg", "The Christmas Tree", "misc_pics", "We started our Christmas shopping early, and ended up with lots of presents.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/23/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-23-06.jpg", "Sebastian's present", "sebastian", "Though I didn't actually put his toys in a stocking like I usually do at Christmas, Sebastian had a lot of fun playing with his new toys!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/23/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-23-07.jpg", "Waiting to open presents", "rainlin_and_dylan", "The kids were scooting around the base of the Christmas tree, waiting for someone to play Santa Claus so they could start opening their presents!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/23/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-23-08.jpg", "My mom and dad", "family", "My parents came down to Texas for the cruise, and stayed for a few weeks afterward. We were so glad to have them around!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/23/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-23-09.jpg", "Opening presents", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Rainlin got a neat Dora the Explorer book that teaches her Spanish and English, and Dylan was opening a new book for his Leap Pad.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/23/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-23-12.jpg", "My new earrings", "susan", "Scott snuck back into a Fort Worth Stockyards store behind me to buy these beautiful earrings and necklace that I got for Christmas!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/23/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-23-16.jpg", "Dylan and his turtles", "dylan", "Now gimme some head, noggin, duuuuude. Dylan loves Crush and Squirt from the Finding Nemo movie, and he got the stuffed turtles for Christmas!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/23/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-23-24.jpg", "Putting the garage together", "dylan", "This little twenty-dollar car garage was the coolest darn thing that Dylan got for Christmas. He loved it!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/23/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-23-25.jpg", "Playing Twister", "family", "I'm a lot older than I thought I was. Getting down on those circles is hard!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/21/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-21-62.jpg", "Rear end of the cattle drive", "misc_pics", "Every day for the past umpteen years, the cattle have been driven down the main street of the Fort Worth Stockyards. It's really neat to see!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/21/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-21-63.jpg", "Scott and the kids", "scott", "Scott and the kidlets were parked on a bench outside the stores in the Fort Worth Stockyards. We were waiting for the Tarantula Train to take us back to Grapevine.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/21/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-21-69.jpg", "Dylan and Daddy", "scott", "The worst part of the train ride for Dylan was that darn train whistle. It was loud and long, and he covered his ears and furrowed up his eyebrows. He didn't like that at all.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/21/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-21-71.jpg", "Rainlin and Grammy", "family", "Rainlin loved to climb around on Grammy's lap on the train. The Tarantula Train ride is over an hour long, but the kids didn't have a hard time with it at all.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/21/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-21-72.jpg", "Dylan asleep", "Dylan", "Dylan was tuckered out from both not feeling good and from all the walking and adventuring we had done that day.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/21/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-21-75.jpg", "Handsome Scott", "scott", "This is one of my favorite pictures of Scott ever. It's so easy to see in his eyes when he's really happy.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/21/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-21-76.jpg", "Dylan asleep", "Dylan", "That poor little boy had such a rough week. Even though we brought him with us to the Fort Worth Stockyards, we brought the Tylenol with us and gave him some because he started feeling feverish again.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/21/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-21-78.jpg", "Popop on the train", "family", "This is really a classic picture of my father... looking out the window of a train, just enjoying watching the world go by.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/21/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-21-79.jpg", "Mommy and Rain on the train", "susan", "Both of our kids love riding on trains, whether it's a full blown train like the Tarantula Train, or just the DART train to Dallas.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/13/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-13-08.jpg", "Standing by the Celebration", "scott", "Someone offered to take our picture for us in front of the ship. They did a great job!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/13/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-13-11.jpg", "Riding the scooter", "scott", "Whenever we go to a port, the first thing we try to find is a scooter! They're so much fun. We found one; but something we didn't take into account was the fact that Scott had just had Lasik done. It was so dusty in Cozumel that it hurt his eyes.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/13/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-13-12.jpg", "The pee pee station", "misc_pics", "That's right, your eyes are not deceiving you. This is a pee-pee station, with a picture of a lizard taking a whizz as their mascot. It was a really nice little shop, though, with nice people inside.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/13/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-13-20.jpg", "Scott by the ruins", "scott", "The ruins really were pretty, but it was so stinkin hot and muggy that we didn't really enjoy ourselves.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/13/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-13-25.jpg", "Susan and Scott", "susan", "An Asian man took my camera from us to snap this picture in front of these (bamboo?) trees.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/13/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-13-27.jpg", "In the rearview mirror", "susan", "While we were zipping away from the Mayan ruins on our scooter, I snapped this picture in the rearview mirror. Maybe next time we'll try a little car instead...") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/13/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-13-35.jpg", "Shopping cart", "misc_pics", "This is one of the little shopping carts they have right off the ship. If you just wander a little farther off into town, you can find many of the same types of items at tons lower prices.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/13/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-13-38.jpg", "Susan and the ship", "susan", "You can see our cruise ship, the Celebration, behind me, and another cruise ship off to the right.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/13/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-13-39.jpg", "Scott and the ship", "scott", "That's our ship, the Celebration, behind Scott. We were sitting in the lawn chairs in the sand next to Fat Tuesday's.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/13/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-13-43.jpg", "Fat Tuesdays", "scott", "Scott is standing in front of Fat Tuesday's on the dock in Cozumel. The first time I ran across one of these places was in Philadelphia. They make great frozen drinks!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/13/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-13-47.jpg", "Sarah and Susan", "friends", "Sarah is the friend I made on the cruise. She made me beautiful! She works in the salon.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/10/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-10-02.jpg", "Alyson's Blankie", "blankets", "Another friend at work just had a baby, and this is the blanket I made for his little girl.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/10/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-10-14.jpg", "Driving the golf cart", "family", "My mom and dad had a blast driving this little golf cart from the bed and breakfast in Kemah. I wonder if you can get arrested for drunk-driving in a golf cart!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/9/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-formal-01.jpg", "All of us, from the cruise", "family", "Since we didn't have a big, formal wedding, this was the first formal picture of both of our parents that was ever taken. It came out excellent!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/9/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-formal-02.jpg", "Susan and Scott", "susan", "I had just had all my hair chopped off!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/9/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-formal-03.jpg", "Scott and Susan - Formal", "susan", "This was our formal night on the cruise. We had lots of pictures done!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/9/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-formal-05.jpg", "Scott's Mom and Dad", "family", "This was the first time they had ever been on a cruise. They had a blast!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/9/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-formal-06.jpg", "Susan's Mom and Dad", "family", "This was their second time on a cruise, and the first time in many, many years I can remember seeing my dad in a tux.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/9/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-formal-04.jpg", "Getting on the ship", "family", "We had to wait for all six of us to get together after checking in to the ship, and we took this group photo right outside the gangway.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/2/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-02-01.jpg", "Scott, Susan, Rainlin, and Dylan", "formal", "We got these great family pictures back just in time to send them off in Christmas cards!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/2/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-02-03.jpg", "Rainlin and Dylan", "formal", "We had just gotten that Spiderman shirt for Dylan a few minutes before. If we hadn't, he would have been wearing a bright orange dinosaur shirt in the pictures!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("12/2/2003", "/archives/2003/12/2003-12-02-02.jpg", "Scott and Susan", "formal", "This is our sixth, I believe, set of Christmas pictures we have had done togheter. :)") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/30/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-30-05.jpg", "Kids on Bikes", "family", "Rainlin, Reagann, and Dylan went for a bike ride at the school near Reagann's house.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/30/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-30-10.jpg", "Outside Dairy Queen", "rainlin_and_dylan", "We stopped by Dairy Queen on the way home for a potty break and to get some drinks.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/27/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-27-01.jpg", "I love Grandpa", "dylan", "Dylan wore his 'I love Grandpa' shirt over to John and Lora's house so Papaw could see how much he loves him.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/27/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-27-09.jpg", "Dylan eating cereal", "dylan", "Dylan was the only one who wanted to have cereal that morning, so we let him have at it.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/27/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-27-12.jpg", "Dylan with milk", "dylan", "Dylan was sitting on John and Lora's living room floor, drinking the chocolate milk that Daddy gave him.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/27/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-27-19.jpg", "Playing board games", "family", "I taught Rainlin, Reagann, and Dylan how to play dominoes, and they took over the game by themselves.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/27/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-27-27.jpg", "Rainlin's smile", "rainlin", "I can't get enough pictures of that pretty little smile. :)") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/27/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-27-34.jpg", "Dylan and Daddy asleep", "scott", "Dylan loves to cuddle up with his Daddy. They both crawled onto the couch to take a nap.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/27/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-27-36.jpg", "Rainlin and Reagann", "family", "The girls dove into the dress-up clothes and came out as a ballerina and a princess.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/20/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-20-03.jpg", "Dylan eating lunch", "dylan", "Dylan said, 'daddy, you can go back to Rain's class now.' He was happy enough to be in the classroom with his friends, and didn't need Daddy there anymore.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/20/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-20-12.jpg", "Mommy reading a book", "susan", "I sat down on the carpet with Rainlin and a couple of her friends to read them a story before it was time for the cake.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/20/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-20-15.jpg", "Rainlin's birthday cake", "rainlin", "It just worked out so that the school had their Thanksgiving party on Rainlin's birthday, so we brought in this birthday cake for her.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/20/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-20-19.jpg", "Dylan and his turn thing", "rainlin_and_dylan", "We were sitting in the audience during intermission when they turned the lights up, and dylan was playing with his 'turn thing.' I got this really neat picture!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/20/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-20-55.jpg", "Daddy and Dylan", "dylan", "Dylan was in his Simba outfit that he had just worn a few weeks ago for Halloween. The Lion King outfits kept the kids nice and warm right next to the ice.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/20/2003", "/archives/2003/11/2003-11-20-62.jpg", "Rainlin at Disney on Ice", "rainlin", "Rainlin gave me a smile, and Dylan was stuffing in a handful of cotton candy at the Disney on Ice show. We had front row seats!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("11/20/2003", "/archives/2004/01/DSC00992.jpg", "Red, White, and Blue Blanket", "blankets", "This blanket lives on our couch. It's two-ply (I crocheted it with two pieces of yarn at a time) and it's big and soft and warm.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/31/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-31-01.jpg", "Lion King kids", "Rainlin_and_Dylan", "We got Rain's Nala outfit from the Disney store, and I got Dylan's Simba outfit on eBay. Together they make great lion cubs! The only problem was that that particular night in Texas it was ungodly hot and sweaty, where last year it had been freezing...") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-11.jpg", "Dylan with Thomas", "dylan", "Dylan loves Thomas the Tank Engine! He ran right over to him at the pumpkin patch.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-13.jpg", "Rain with Lady", "rainlin", "These neat little plywood cutouts are there for the kids to get their pictures taken with.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-22.jpg", "Baby pumpkins", "misc_pics", "You can pick yourself up a baby pumpkin at the patch for just fifty cents.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-23.jpg", "Dylan at the patch", "dylan", "The best time to take Dylan's picture is when he's not paying attention to me. He's such a handsome bub!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-32.jpg", "Dylan on the train", "dylan", "This was a big wooden train at the pumpkin patch that the kids could crawl around in.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-35.jpg", "Rainlin with the pumpkins", "rainlin", "Rain decided she wanted to start growing her bangs out. She's a beautiful little lady.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-36.jpg", "Dylan with the pumpkins", "dylan", "Can't you just see him saying 'Cheese'? :) It was a chilly day at the pumpkin patch.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-59.jpg", "Dylan with Nemo", "dylan", "Here's one of Dylan's best friends! He plays Nemo games on the computer, and on the Xbox too.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-61.jpg", "Dylan with Dragon Tales", "dylan", "Dylan had fun running from character to character and having me take his pictures in the pumpkins.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-70.jpg", "Rainlin and her bike", "rainlin", "It wasn't too many more times that Rain rode that bike; it was just getting too small for her.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-71.jpg", "Dylan and his bike", "dylan", "The first couple times I took Dylan out on his bike, he pushed it the whoooole way down the riding trail... and then pushed it the whoooole way back again.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-81.jpg", "Sitting on the wall", "Rainlin_and_dylan", "It was pretty windy that day, and the sun was right in Dylan's eyes, but they cheesed anyways.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-84.jpg", "Dylan on the edge", "dylan", "There's my stud muffin, saying cheese before he takes off for the toddler swing and begs to be pushed.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/26/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-26-90.jpg", "Rain on the edge", "Rainlin", "Rainlin stopped for five seconds and sat on the edge of the gravel pit where the swings are.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/25/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-25-22.jpg", "Walking down the aisle", "friends", "Linda's father was walking down the aisle.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/25/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-25-25.gif", "At the altar", "friends", "I stood up quickly and snapped a couple pictures while they were saying their vows. I felt silly standing up!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/25/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-25-26.jpg", "Reading Hands", "friends", "Linda asked me to read a poem called Hands at her wedding.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/25/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-25-28.jpg", "Leaving the Chapel", "friends", "They were both so happy... Brett had tears in his eyes.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/25/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-25-38.jpg", "Cutting the cake", "friends", "The cake was decorated with silk roses and was absolutely beautiful.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/25/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-25-45.jpg", "Sunlight on a smile", "friends", "There are times when the sunlight lands just right that makes for a beautiful scene.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/25/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-25-48.jpg", "Drinking champagne", "friends", "This was a break in between professional photos; they took a break from smiling. ;)") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/25/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-25-50.jpg", "Cutting the cake", "friends", "They are such a wonderful couple!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/25/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-25-53.jpg", "Brett and Linda", "friends", "The newlyweds were feeding each other a little cake.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/25/2003", "/archives/2003/10/brett-linda.jpg", "Brett and Linda", "friends", "I made this pretty picture for them after their wedding. They are so wonderful together!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/24/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-24-13.jpg", "Our power plant", "misc_pics", "This is the power plant that's on the campus where I work. It can power our building for about two weeks.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/20/2003", "/archives/2003/10/DSC00348.jpg", "Susan at Pete's", "susan", "We love Pete's Piano Bar. It's such a fun place! We have a drink or six there too.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/20/2003", "/archives/2003/10/DSC00353.jpg", "Suz and Kell", "friends", "She loves her some Fleetwood Mac, and she's a wonderful lady.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/17/2003", "/archives/2003/10/bump.jpg", "Rainlin's bump", "rainlin", "Poor Rainlin took a dump while climbing up a horizontal-kinda ladder on the playground, fell between two bars, and whacked her head hard...") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/12/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-12-07.jpg", "Rain with a dandelion", "rainlin", "If there's one thing in this world that Rainlin loves, it's dresses. And she looks spectacular in every single one of them.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/12/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-12-04.jpg", "Dylan by the front door", "dylan", "The best pictures of kids is when they're not expecting it. He looks like a little stud muffin with his baseball hat which, a year later, still fits him.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("10/12/2003", "/archives/2003/10/2003-10-12-02.jpg", "Dylan and Rain", "rainlin_and_dylan", "We are so blessed that our two kidlets get along as good as they do. I hope it carries on throughout their lives, through their good times and bad.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/20/2003", "/archives/2003/09/2003-09-20-01.jpg", "The Ugly Snuggly", "blankets", "This blanket is so named because it's made up of so many horrid colors. It's made from the leftovers of all the other blankets I had ever made up to that point. It's ugly, but it's snuggly!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/13/2003", "/archives/2003/09/2003-09-13-16.jpg", "Dylan foot-painting", "dylan", "Little Dilly had a blast foot-painting at Miss Brandy's house!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/13/2003", "/archives/2003/09/2003-09-13-17.jpg", "Rainlin foot-painting", "rainlin", "They may have gotten paint everywhere, but man did they have a blast.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/13/2003", "/archives/2003/09/2003-09-13-18.jpg", "Brandy with a wipe", "friends", "We were trying to figure out the easiest way to get the finger paint off our hands... and then I saw the box of baby wipes on the fireplace. Perfect!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("9/13/2003", "/archives/2003/09/2003-09-13-22.jpg", "Dylan's Thomas face", "dylan", "Suddenly, finger painting turned into face painting. Dylan wanted a Thomas the train, so this is what he got.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/31/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-31-01.jpg", "Rain on the rocks", "rainlin", "Rain sat down for a smile in the parking lot of the Austin zoo.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/31/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-31-11.jpg", "The tiger pit", "rainlin_and_dylan", "You can just barely see a glimpse of the tiger they're watching, in the far right corner.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/31/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-31-15.jpg", "Talking to the deer", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Rainlin had a great time talking to Bambi's friends.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/31/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-31-17.jpg", "Outside the zoo", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Daddy stood outside the Austin zoo with the kidlets. Man, it was hot that day.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/31/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-31-22.jpg", "Dylan with a peanut", "dylan", "We discovered that Dylan loves to eat peanuts... but he couldn't quite get them out of the shell.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/31/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-31-31.jpg", "Scott and Susan", "scott", "This is one of those great pictures you get by holding the camera out in front of you.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/22/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-22-02.jpg", "Little footprints", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Rainlin and Dylan spent their first five minutes at the beach making little footprints in the sand.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/22/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-22-03.jpg", "Huggin' by the water", "rainlin_and_dylan", "We're lucky to have kidlets that love each other so much. They're partners in sand.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/22/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-22-04.jpg", "Two kidlets in the sand", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Building castles and moats is very serious business, as you can tell by the expressions on their faces.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/22/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-22-06.jpg", "Rainlin in the sand", "rainlin", "Rainlin sat down in the sand and proceeded to build a moat around herself. She was so proud when it was done!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/22/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-22-07.jpg", "Dylan in the sand", "dylan", "Dylan loves to scoop up sand, fill up his pail, dump it out, and fill it up again...") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/22/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-22-09.jpg", "The sand and the ocean", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Biloxi is such a great place to take the kidlets to play by the ocean because it's never really crowded.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/22/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-22-10.jpg", "Playing in the sand", "rainlin_and_dylan", "When we visited Biloxi Beach, I took the kidlets out to play in the sand during the morning hours, while it was still cool.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/22/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-22-12.jpg", "Rain and Dylan in the sand", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Our kidlets don't get to see the beach very often, and when they do they love to play in the sand.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/21/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-21-05.jpg", "Hotels along the beach", "misc_pics", "We spent our first night at the Best Western (ICK!) then spent the rest of our days there at the Howard Johnson (nice).") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/21/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-21-07.jpg", "Toes in the sand", "misc_pics", "This is where I wish I was every day of the year: lounging on a beach chair on the sand of Biloxi Beach.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/21/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-21-09.jpg", "Groovin' by the hotel", "dylan", "Dylan gave me a great sideways cheese for this picture.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/21/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-21-11.jpg", "The shark store", "misc_pics", "This store was so cool that I just had to take a picture of it. It was right across the street from the hotel we stayed at.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/21/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-21-18.jpg", "The van by the boardwalk", "misc_pics", "It was a beautiful summer day when we pulled over on the side of the road to take some pictures.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/21/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-21-23.jpg", "A palm tree", "misc_pics", "This cute little baby palm tree is all by itself on the beach in Biloxi.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/21/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-21-25.jpg", "Sergeant Owens", "friends", "When I was stationed in Mississippi, this guy was my supervisor. We spent a few days in Biloxi, and we got to have lunch with him.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/21/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-21-27.jpg", "Scene of the shooting", "misc_pics", "This is the apartment-slash-townhouse that I was living at when the teenage kid got shot out front. I moved shortly thereafter.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/21/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-21-29.jpg", "Stop by the sand", "misc_pics", "I love this stop sign; it's like stop here or you're going to end up in the ocean.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/21/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-21-33.jpg", "Our old townhouse", "misc_pics", "This is where we used to live in Pass Christian. They're replaced all the second story balconies and front decks; though they don't really match, they sure do look a lot more stable.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/21/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-21-37.jpg", "Pass Christian Kids", "rainlin_and_dylan", "We stopped at a gas station in Pass Christian, and I had the kids stand in front of the shrimpin' boat docks so I could take their picture.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/20/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-20-06.jpg", "Dylan cheesing in the sand", "dylan", "I'm not sure what he was wiping on his shirt, but he still had a good cheese for me.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/20/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-20-07.jpg", "Rainlin on the beach", "rainlin", "Rainlin was thrilled to get to play in the sand on our little vacation.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/20/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-20-19.jpg", "Dylan by his name", "dylan", "Dylan asked me to draw his name in the sand and draw some other cute pictures for him.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/20/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-20-23.jpg", "Rain and Daddy", "rainlin", "It's funny to think that someday she might be as tall as her daddy!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/20/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-20-26.jpg", "Rain by the ocean", "rainlin", "There's not many more beautiful pictures in the world than this one. My little angel girl.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/20/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-20-27.jpg", "Rain by a flower", "rainlin", "Rainlin wanted to get her picture taken by these flowers outside the gift shop.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/20/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-20-28.jpg", "Outside a gift shop", "rainlin_and_dylan", "The kids stopped for a quick cheese outside a gift shop in Biloxi.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/17/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-17-02.jpg", "Sporting the Phoenix Tees", "rainlin_and_dylan", "The kidlets love the tee shirts that Miss Karen brought to them!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/17/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-17-05.jpg", "Susan in the kitchen", "susan", "Look, what do you want? Can't you just see my face say that to you?") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/16/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-16-06.jpg", "Valerie", "friends", "Valerie was the first one to take a picture of herself with my camera.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/16/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-16-14.jpg", "Susan and Karen", "friends", "I made sure that we got at least a few pictures together.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/16/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-16-21.jpg", "Jenn's self portrait", "friends", "Everyone grabbed the camera and took their turn of taking a picture of themself.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/16/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-16-25.jpg", "Susan and Jennifer", "friends", "We had such a blast that night!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/16/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-16-33.jpg", "Karen and Susan", "friends", "It's funny how years and years can go by, but people don't change much!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/16/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-16-36.jpg", "Karen, Susan, and Linda Lee", "friends", "It was so awesome that Karen got to come up and visit for the weekend. We went to high school together.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/16/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-16-37.jpg", "The party crowd", "friends", "That was all of us that night... Jenn, Linda Lee, Karen, Susan, Valerie, and Jen.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/16/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-16-40.jpg", "Susan with a Smirnoff", "susan", "It was standing room only, and so hot in Pete's Piano bar that night.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/16/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-16-42.jpg", "Jenn, Susan, and Karen", "friends", "We had a fabulous girls' night out!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/15/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-15-18.jpg", "Rainlin on the path", "rainlin", "Rainlin went through this stage this past summer where all she wanted to wear was dresses. She's so beautiful!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/15/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-15-13.jpg", "Dylan climbing", "dylan", "The first few times Dylan climbed up that ladder by himself, I was sweating bullets until he made it to the top. It's a lot higher than it looks.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/1/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-formal1.jpg", "Backyard Dylan and Rainlin", "formal", "The kidlets are really good about getting their picture taken.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/1/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-formal2.jpg", "Beach Dylan and Rainlin", "formal", "Funny how we picked this beach backdrop for their pictures, and just a few weeks later we were at the beach!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/1/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-formal3.jpg", "Rainlin's Summer Formal", "formal", "Rainlin picked out this pretty dress to wear for her pictures.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("8/1/2003", "/archives/2003/08/2003-08-formal4.jpg", "Dylan's Summer Formal", "formal", "We have yet to find out if Dylan will be a big baseball star... but he sure does look cute in this picture.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/31/2003", "/archives/2003/07/DSC00731.jpg", "A Philly Mural", "misc_pics", "This awesome mural was painted on a building right near my hotel.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/29/2003", "/archives/2003/07/DSC00724.jpg", "The view from my room", "misc_pics", "This is the astounding view I had from my hotel room in Philly.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/26/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-26-09.jpg", "Trains at the table", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Rainlin watched Dylan play with his train at the table while we waited for our lunch at Chili's.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/26/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-26-12.jpg", "Melissa", "friends", "Melissa and I headed out one day for a lunch at Chili's.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/22/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-22-01.jpg", "The VBS stage", "misc_pics", "This is the farmyard party they had going on at Vacation Bible School this summer.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/22/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-22-18.jpg", "Dylan on the playground", "dylan", "It was recess time from VBS at our church. It was so hot outside that day!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/20/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-20-17.jpg", "Sebastian getting a bath", "sebastian", "Sebastian's a smart dog; he likes to be scrubbed!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/20/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-20-25.jpg", "Dylan's all wet", "dylan", "I'm not sure what Dylan was upset about, but he sure looked like he needed a hug! Or maybe a towel...") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/20/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-20-27.jpg", "Playing in the pool", "family", "This is one of the most grown-up pictures I've taken of Dylan. He's getting so big so fast!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/19/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-19-01.jpg", "Rain in playland", "rainlin", "Rainlin gave me a big grin from in playland. This picture was taken around the time that Dylan would like to crawl up into the top of playland, stay there, and cry. I would have to crawl up and carry him down because he was too scared to find the slide.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/18/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-18-06.jpg", "Dylan in the car bed", "dylan", "Dylan was on his way out of the car bed when I snapped his picture.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/18/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-18-13.jpg", "Playing in the car bed", "rainlin_and_dylan", "I caught Rainlin crawling up into Dylan's bed for a cuddle. They love to play!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/16/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-16-09.jpg", "Dylan in the Lazy Boy", "dylan", "Look at how tall my little munchkin is getting...") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/16/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-16-12.jpg", "Rainlin in the toy room", "rainlin", "Rain's got such a beautiful smile!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/16/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-16-14.jpg", "Mommy and Dylan", "susan", "Rain took a picture of Dylan and I in the toy room.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/14/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-14-04.jpg", "A pool downstairs", "misc", "While I was working in a tall building, there was a view of this beautiful pool below. What torture.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/13/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-13-05.jpg", "The Korean War Memorial", "misc", "It's really humbling to walk through this memorial. The men are larger-than-life size. You feel like you are there in Korea with them.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/13/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-13-08.jpg", "The Washington Monument", "misc", "This is an excellent shot I had up at the Washington Monument. The last time I was in D.C., it had been covered in scaffolding.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/13/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-13-10.jpg", "Suzy in DC", "susan", "We took an afternoon and walked around downtown Washington D.C.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/12/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-12-03.jpg", "Dress-up kids", "rainlin_and_dylan", "Yes, that is my son in a dress. He's wearing Bob the Builder underneath, though.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("7/12/2003", "/archives/2003/07/2003-07-12-20.jpg", "Suzy at home", "susan", "Don't I just look thrilled?") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/28/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-28-04.jpg", "Dylan's ready", "dylan", "Dylan sat down at his birthday table an hour or two before anyone showed up. He was ready to party!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/28/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-28-08.jpg", "Pretty Jenn", "friends", "Rain laid down on our couch, and I snapped this really pretty picture.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/28/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-28-11.jpg", "In the sandbox", "friends", "Faith was playing with Rain and Dylan in the sand box.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/28/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-28-18.jpg", "Rainlin at Dylan's party", "rainlin", "Rain had a good time at her brother's party.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/28/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-28-19.jpg", "Scott and Susan", "susan", "This is one of my favorite pictures ever of Scott and I.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/28/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-28-31.jpg", "Dylan's new bike", "dylan", "Dylan perched up on the new bike we got him for his birthday. It was his first big boy bike!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/28/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-28-36.jpg", "Rain and a shark", "rainlin", "Rainlin took a swing at Dylan's shark pinata.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/28/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-28-51.jpg", "Kids and bubbles", "friends", "Daddy got this great idea to run in the house and grab the bottle of bubble bath! The kids had a blast.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/28/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-28-56.jpg", "The Girls", "friends", "We're all so busy... it's hard to get us all together in one place.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/28/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-28-57.jpg", "Dylan covered in bubbles", "dylan", "Happy birthday, Son! He had just jumped out of the kiddy pool that had been filled with bubble bath.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/21/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-21-03.jpg", "Philly cheese steaks", "misc", "This is one place where you can get a real Philly cheesesteak sandwich. They use cheeze wiz! It was so good.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/21/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-21-15.jpg", "Philly Buildings", "misc", "I was taking pictures at random angles out of the back of a taxi cab.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/20/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-20-01.jpg", "DR Team", "friends", "This is the whole team of people who went up to Philly for the disaster recovery test.") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/16/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-16-09.jpg", "Mommy driving", "susan", "Rainlin took this picture while I was at a stop light. She did a pretty good job!") MainArray[MainVar++] = new Fix("6/14/2003", "/archives/2003/06/2003-06-14-10.jpg", "Rain with a water gun", "Rainlin", "Rain loved to play with the water guns in her friends' pool.")