Archive for August, 2010

Goold reunion

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Goold Family reunion - Phil, Bud, Nancy, Stephanie, Jack, Betty, Melissa, Fran, Harold, Rob, Clare, and Spencer

Goold Family reunion – Phil, Bud, Nancy, Stephanie, Jack, Betty, Melissa, Fran, Harold, Rob, Clare, and Spencer

Last weekend we had a bit of a Goold family reunion in Denver. It turns out that 10 of the 16 people live in the Denver area, so it was a natural place to get together. Nancy and Jack came in from Chicago; Bud came in from LA; Harold and Fran came in from Detroit; [...]

18 month stats

Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Spencer and Clare reading Trucks and Cars and Things That Go

Spencer and Clare reading Trucks and Cars and Things That Go

Spencer had his 18 month checkup on Tuesday. In addition to the normal stats, I also noticed two new ones: 87.3% of growth percentile based on weight-for-age; 48.69% of growth percentile based on length-for-age. He also got his last round of shots for several years. That is nice. Spencer’s 18 months stats: category value percentile [...]

A-Team

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Spencer playing with his A-Team van

Spencer playing with his A-Team van

Clare and I went to see the new A-Team movie a couple weeks ago. It was pretty good. Last weekend I was at Target to buy a booster seat for Spencer (which he really likes), and I could not pass up the A-Team van on clearance for 75% off. I put it on his shelf [...]

Reunion – oldtime photos

Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Old time photo from Estes Park of the family

Old time photo from Estes Park of the family

Another fun thing we did at the reunion was get an old time photo. We went to Memories Old Time Portraits. They were very nice, and did a good job. I’m posting my two favorites here.

Reunion – Elkhorn Lodge

Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Spencer on a toy horse, Dave, Clare, and mountains

Spencer on a toy horse, Dave, Clare, and mountains

On the last day of the reunion, we took a tour of the Elkhorn Lodge in Estes Park. It is one of the oldest lodges in Estes Park. It was a very interesting mixture of new old, with several large buildings as well as some smaller cabins. They still rent out many of them. After [...]