• The Original Photoalbum (pre-child) -- 2002
• It is amazing that this VF750F was not the death of me.
• I saw this car at the Mall of America, sometime in 2001 or 2002, and it was so stupid, I had to take pictures
• Mike Schwarz, Steven Murphy and Peter Curtis and I all wrote Multitool Linux together. Here are the 3 pictures I got from our only book signing.
• Angela's 30th birthday party
• In October of 2002, I found this wide assortment of digital pictures
• Aggie was a regal dog, but her aggression eventually required that we find her a new home

2003

• Thorwald's first few days (in the hospital) -- July 1-4, 2003
• Thorwald's first few days at home -- July 2003
• Thorwald's next few days at home -- July 2003
• Thorwald up until August 6th, 2003
• Thorwald up until September 13th, 2003
• My aunt Peg, holding Thor at my parent's farm
• Thorwald and Angela, and Thorwald and Dirk, and my father-in-law making him laugh
• Thorwald was baptised in the fall of 2003. My sister & brother, and Eric Judge were/are godparents. Unfortunately, I have no pictures of Mr. Judge.
• The neighbors were kind enough to throw a baby shower for Thorwald, in 2003
• Thorwald's First Art Studio Tour, in Decorah, Iowa. October 2003
• Miscellaneous pictures, October 2003

2004

• pictures of Thor, circa February 2004
• Our family of 3 attended the 2004 production of the Nutcracker, in Zumbrota
• pictures from the Clan Anderson Christmas celebration at my parent's farm, 2004
• pictures from our own family's christmas 2004 celebration
• Christmas 2004 at the in-laws
• After Christmas, 2004, Thor plays in the back yard with Cassie

2005

• My trip to urgent care, to fix my hand, June 2nd, 2005
• Angela took Thorwald to visit his great-grandmother (grossmutter) Frieda. Yes, I know that grossmutter means 'grandmother' not great-grandmother, but in Angela's family, that's what they call Frieda.
• Thorwald visits margarets pool -- 2005
• At Margaret's pool, I got some good pictures of a pregnant Angela -- 2005
• With the new one on the way, I decided it was time Thor had his own room. Here you can see where I peeled off many layers of paint and wallpaper, then skimcoated the walls, refinished the floors with Waterlox, painted and put up a border. Oh, and a ceiling fan, too ($20 from Menards!)
• The neighbors come out to play with Thor by our garage -- 2005
• playing at our pool -- 2005
• Beth Platt & Jose Nazario's wedding -- 2005
• We went out and spent a long weekend at my parent's ranch, with my sister and her family -- Summer 2005
• Just days before Gunnar was born, Margaret came over to play -- early August 2005
• Videos I took of Thor playing with Lego bricks -- fall 2005
• Gunnar Olav Anderson joined us on August 21st, 2005
• After a week in the hospital, Gunnar finally joined us at home -- late august 2005
• Once he came home, some people visited us at home, and we went to Angela's parents for dinner. Early Sept, 2005
• Chris & Jessica had a nice new deck built, and we took the kids to the party. Sept 2005.
• Angela took many pictures of only Gunnar in September of 2005
• Thorwald likes to color sitting on the stump. But his markers roll off, so I drilled some holes to hold his markers when he's not actively using them
• Thorwald has been taking swimming lessons at Foss Swim School when we can afford it.
• With winter on the way, it was time to reglaze the north-facing windows. Virginie Sanchez was kind enough to come and watch the boys, so I could work uninterrupted. Also, Thor discovered sidewalk chalk.
• The next day, we went to the park with the Schmelzers, and then to Beek's Pizza. I did my best to corrupt their little girl with dreams of motorcycles...
• Jen and John invited us over for dinner, along with Matt, Jill, Chris & Jess. Thorwald got to have icecream for the first time!
• Though my parents had taken Thor to Minnehaha falls efore, we never had. When we got there, we were delighted to learn that Thor is a highly competent pathfinder, with a near-eidetic recall of where everything is. Except, naturally, for the statue of some guy named Gunnar, which we couldn't find.
• We had Gunnar baptised this last fall. Lots of pictures of beloved friends and family, and his godparents, John Moser & Jen Kalika.
• We took Gunnar on the 2005 Art Studio tour, and while there, he met Matthew Johnson
• Mom & Dad decided that Thor was ready to play with big-kid legos, and brought most of mine out from the farm. For the rest of that day, we sat and played legos.
• Steve turned 60 in 2005, and we helped celebrate his birthday. I was more than happy to bartend.
• My parents came up to stay with us for the weekend of Steve's birthday
• We carved our first pumpkin as a family of four...
• Gunnar's first halloween, and thorwald's first self-propelled trick-or-treating.
• Not long before Thanksgiving, we had Chris & Jess over for some of Angela's famous curry.
• We went over to visit the Wheelers, too
• Gunnar's first Christmas, celebrated at my parent's place.
• Gunnar's first Christmas, as celebrated at our house.
• A concept championed by people without children: a christmas progressive, in which families are repeatedly shuffled into a car and on to the next family's home. This event was sponsored by Exxon.
• A handful of pictures which I don't know where else to put.
• Shortly after Halloween, Laura Topor was kind enough to invite us all to dinner, and Jen made pie. MMMmmmmmm...pie.

2006

• As is the neighborhood tradtion, a few months after the arrival of a baby, the neighbors throw a baby shower. Looks like Vikcki will be next to get a shower!
• No sooner did Thor get his big-boy bed, than he demanded that Gunnar sleep in the same room. I think these two will stick together.

Dates are irrelevant

• Sometimes, I use the built-in camera in my palm pilot to take a quick snapshot of something interesting
• Sometimes, I make something with legos of which I am proud.
• Sometimes, Thor makes something with legos of which we are all proud.
• For a former incarnation of this page, I made a whole bunch of little gun icons. Maybe you can use them for something.