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valentines

dreams are made of these

when ava was first born i saw ryan holding her up to the pictures on our walls and talking to her. he was describing the pictures. she was hungry and started to fuss and as he handed her over to me, he said, “there. now she has something to dream about.”

ryan and ava

2006
2007

ryan’s hair is still the same, but ava has CHANGED!

my husband: the mongol

me: if you could live in any culture or tribe in any place in time, what would you pick?

ryan: I’d be a mongol in the 10th century. A foot soldier. Man, those guys had it all.

doesn’t that look like fun?

my daughter: the jesus lizard

today ryan received this birthday card from the california president of distribution (or something) at his company:
“Ryan-
Your birthday is November 11th.”
in response, we here at the hermansen home would like to thank mr. president for his … informative card. had it not been for him we might have forgotten the whole thing entirely.
in the last [...]

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in honor of his birthday:

comfort

so ava does this new thing when she gets hurt. she’s never been the most affectionate child (well, let’s face it, she’s never been affectionate) and lately when she gets hurt, she seeks me out for comfort. she climbs in to my lap and hugs me tightly and rests her little head on my shoulder. [...]

top quotes from this weekend

aaron, in the car on the way home from church: james! why are you taking your clothes off in the car???it was true. when james got out of the car, his shirt was unbuttoned, his pants were unbuttoned and unzipped and he was holding his shoes and socks in his hands. i asked him [...]

wisdom teeth and volleyball

ryan had his wisdom teeth out yesterday afternoon. he looked terrible. he was puffy and and numb and bloody (that was the worst part). the worst was not being able to understand him when we talked. he followed me around yesterday with a notepad and a pen. i hated that. we talk a lot (and [...]