Pictures from Old Photo Albums

Here's my bedroom in Kalamazoo after the Tornado (Tuesday, May 13, 1980)

Here I am in Kalamazoo, May of '81, playing baseball.

I'm assuming this is my first Christmas (1978)

Here's the family (Kristin, Amy, Jeff, Me) at our house in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This would be around 1982, I'd guess.

And here I am in front of our old blue station wagon.

Here's me on my birthday. We're living in Cleveland at this point (1987?)

Here we are before my school (St. John Lutheran School, in Garfield Heights, Ohio) play. It was Pinocchio, and we were the guards. We had to sing a song (It was a musical.. they always were.) Anyway, we had to sing "Gepetto must to prison go, for he's been cruel to Pinocchio. For marionettes, though made of wood, have feelings too, they're made from trees that grow." Yes, I remember that song. I remember the majority of the songs from every year's musical, as well as my only line in one of these thingers: "Oh great and wonderful king, there must be some mistake. You must tell us the dream and then we can tell you its meaning." (2nd Grade. Daniel and the Lion's Den)

Here's me on a vacation in Colorado, I believe.

Here it is, the Commadore 128. My introduction to computers. It was glorious.

Here's me and Kristin while we were still living in Kalamazoo. Put simply, we're adoreable.

Me and Kristin. Our school was doing this thing where we were told to dress up as famous fictional characters. I'm Huck Finn. Kristin is a princess or queen or something. I don't remember.

Here's me and Kristin again. We've just finished raiding Dad's closet. Once again, we're adoreable. We're at our house in Maple Heights, Ohio.

Here is our house in Zeeland, Michigan. It was a huge, beautiful house, with the largest lawn and back yard I had ever seen. My room was on 2nd floor on the left side.

This is Bethel Christian Reformed Church. There is now a whole new addition on the front of the church.

This was our house in Kalamazoo. I vaguely remember the layout, and certain rooms in this house. I remember the TV room upstairs, and the basement quite vividly. I don't know why, but those memories always make me sad.

Here's a shot of the damage to our house after the tornado.

Here I am with Sarah before Prom in '97.

Here we have us kids by the Christmas tree. I've got the goatee, so we're talking a range of 1997 - 2000. I'm guessing this is 1998. We're in Zeeland for this one.

Here's my dad, Jeff, and me before Jeff's wedding.

Halloween in Cleveland. Cub fan for life. And there's Kristin looking adoreable.

Here I am heading off to college my freshman year ('97). My dad and I had it down to a science where all my stuff was supposed to fit in that van. I had a lot of stuff.

This is at Kristin's graduation from Calvin in 2003. We've got Rebecca (Jeff's wife), Jeff, Kristin, Me, and Amy.

Class photo. 2nd Grade?

Class Photo. 6th Grade.

Class Photo. Junior year of High School.

Class Photo. 4th Grade?

Here's me at age 4.

Here I am the day I was born.

Class Photo. 1st Grade.

Here I am after my Senior year of High School. My orthodontist paid to have these pictures taken of me after I got my braces off to use for some advertising. I think they turned out quite nice.

I don't know why, but I've always really liked this picture. It's at the house in Zeeland.. I was having breakfast, and put some golf tees in my hat, and my mom thought it was cute and took a picture.

Here's Amy, Me, and Kristin after a blizzard at our house in Zeeland.

Class Photo. 2nd Grade?

Here's a shot of me wearing plaid pants. You don't get to see that too much. I'm probably about 2.

Class Photo. 8th Grade.

Class Photo. 5th Grade?

Here's a baby photo. I appear pleased.

Class Photo. 3rd Grade?

Here we have Sven helping me pack up my stuff onto his truck before moving into the 711 House my Junior year of College. That house ruled.

Backstory in a nutshell: I'm on a date with Beth, we're driving in G.R., I fail to check my blind spot, and I nail a brand new truck. Here's my dad and me trying to fix up the car a bit.

My room in Zeeland. We're playing a little Mortal Kombat II on the Genesis.

One year I had a birthday party, and invited all my school friends over. We have (starting with the closest and moving clockwise.) Jonathan, John, Jay, Tim, Tom, Joey, Jim, Nick, Me, David S., and David M. It was a good day.