What's up with Elisabeth & George?: Happy Birthday Jakup!!!

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Happy Birthday Jakup!!!

HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY JAKE! Thanks for making me a mostir!

I'm feeling a little nostalgic. I've been scanning a bunch of negatives from 1990. Who can believe that this guy (sorry Jake, stole this from your Facebook page)...

...once looked like this!?!

And yep, that's me at age 12.

More of Jake...

If you are in my family and have a Geni account you can view more of the photos from this batch there. So far I have two rolls worth up, and the set has six rolls total. Fun! fun! fun!!! I may put the complete set up on Flickr or something too, in case you aren't in my family and are curious, or if you want to see the photos that didn't make it into Geni (E.g. there are some sweet landscapes from the Faroes, but I think it's kind of weird to put those on Geni.)

2 comments:

Elisabeth said...: PS it says I posted this on the 29th, but it's still the 28th in Colorado! So, in case you are wondering, I didn't forget!; 6/28/2008 1:19 PM
Reem said...: Happy Birthday Jakup!; 6/29/2008 4:32 PM

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How we're doing right now.

April 6th, 2009
Oh man, moving back home has been quite a transition! For Regin especially. It has taken him three months to return to being fully, or almost fully, potty trained. But we're home and happy to be with friends and in an environment where things are easier.

But of course, not everything is easier. George's first day back to work he learned that the company was exiting the business and he and all the other people that work on that product (including all those people he trained in Penang) were told to look for other jobs.

His last day was March 31st. No time for that cozy little 'sabbatical' though; after he finished his last day of work, his family called and told us they are coming (from Florida) for a visit on the 10th! This would be no big deal (other than being terribly exciting) if we were fully moved back in, but of course, until now, we've had VERY little motivation to fully unpack! So now we're preparing the house at warp speed!

You know, I do miss Penang. Hard to say what I miss exactly, because I know it's more than our friends there, but I feel a certain pang. And all the time we were there, other than missing family, friends, easy living, and snow, I never once actually missed 'Colorado.'

When we got back to Colorado, I expected to have a new and complete love for the place. I do appreciate some things a lot more, especially visual things. I see beauty where I didn't before. But it hasn't been the feeling of home that I expected, and I still have some of the same issues with the place. But what I do love IMMENSELY and will always love IMMENSELY is the people we have here. And it's been absolutely amazing to see how Regin has picked right back up where he left off with his loved ones here. There's no doubt in my mind that he somehow remembers them.