Shrolly Blog » Misc http://theshrollys.com/blog keeping up with the shrollys Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:38:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Katie, circa 1973 http://theshrollys.com/blog/2010/03/katie-circa-1973/ http://theshrollys.com/blog/2010/03/katie-circa-1973/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:32:45 +0000 jerry http://theshrollys.com/blog/?p=360 I’ve started playing around with digitizing Katie’s childhood slides, and here are some of the first results. I’ve still got a few minor tweaks to go with the setup before the assembly line starts. But overall, I’d say the results are quite good!

Good Times with Staci and Katie

Good Times with Staci and Katie

Katie Turns Three!

Katie Turns Three!

]]> http://theshrollys.com/blog/2010/03/katie-circa-1973/feed/ 12 4th Annual 4th of July Party http://theshrollys.com/blog/2009/07/4th-annual-4th-of-july-party/ http://theshrollys.com/blog/2009/07/4th-annual-4th-of-july-party/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:57:39 +0000 jerry http://theshrollys.com/blog/?p=158 Three years ago when we had the first 4th of July party at our house, I think there may have been one kid there. This year, the kids were the highlight, and the house was crawling with them… literally! At least 12 kids were in attendance between 3 weeks and 9 years old. And two more are due to arrive in October!

Check out the slideshow. In addition to some really cute photos of the army of babies, by a total stroke of luck, I also managed to get a shot of the grand finale of the fireworks in downtown Portland.

]]> http://theshrollys.com/blog/2009/07/4th-annual-4th-of-july-party/feed/ 1 Happy Birthday to Me http://theshrollys.com/blog/2009/02/happy-birthday-to-me/ http://theshrollys.com/blog/2009/02/happy-birthday-to-me/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:43:55 +0000 jerry http://theshrollys.com/blog/?p=73 Katie claims that a few years ago, after a few beers (more than a few?), I told her that I wanted a rocket birthday cake for my birthday – every year from now on.  I sang the praises of the rocket ship my mom made for me back when I was probably 8 years old, and said I wanted to have one of those again.  Mom – if you are reading this – do you have a picture of that cake?  I want it!

Katie took this theme to heart and has made a rocket cake for me every year since.

2006: Katie and Julia put together a rocket ship that measured about 5 feet in length.  Amazingly, I can’t seem to find a single picture of that cake.

2007: Katie built a rocket ship that very nearly could have taken a liftoff all by itself

2008: Admittedly, I can’t remember exactly what my cake was…  The only concrete evidence I have is this pile of candles:

Carrot Rocket Cake?

2009: Katie builds a space station cube out of homemade raspberry and lemon ice creams (2+ gallons!), cake and meringue. It would have made Stanley Kubrick proud and was thoroughly enjoyed by the birthday boy himself:

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