Cenas Myers headstone in the same family plot. He was my daughter's great-great-great Grandfather and a civil war veteran. 

Grandpa's headstone, which was being installed just as Wendy and her Grandma Betty were paying their respects. 

Captain Perdreauville on the approach pattern into McPherson Intercontinental Airport. 

A view of the farm from another angle that includes the pond, boathouse and windmill! 

This is a view of Grammy & Bapa's farm from Bapa's Cessna 152! I got to play pilot for 30 miles or so, which was a total blast :) 

Bari the wonder dog, enjoying the sunset. 

Christmas in Kansas

 

Daddy needs this to make his head regular sized :) 

And then Santa brought Campbell a guitar and the world hasn't been the same since :) 

Hey! that tickles :) 

Kira likes her new zebra puppet! 

2 two-year birthdays are better than 1! 

There's a ghost by our tree! 

one happy child! 

Campbell & her Great GrandMa (GGM) skip to the pond 

Happy Birthday Tuppy-Dog Cupacakes for our 1+1 Year Old! 

Kira & her Auntie Molly 

Kira spies a cat of unusual size! 

ready for the tree 

Christmas Letter!

Dear Family & Friends,

It hardly seems possible that I am penning another one of these funny letters to everyone, but it’s true. Another year come and gone and here we are in the rush to the holidaze! The Smalls have had quite a year; mostly ups, some downs, but always lots of love.

I am still working for the man as a computer scientist. The spring time & summer was very busy for me as I was managing 2 large projects. It has settled down some recently. Wendy has a full work-load of educational engineering and has had little respite, even though she now takes Campbell (4 on February 4th) to St.Tim’s Montessori Preschool thrice weekly. Campbell is really thriving there and Kira has enjoyed the time with Mommy all to herself. She turns two on the 21st!
We traveled quite a bit this year; mostly to Kansas to see the grands & greats, two trips to Tucson for the birthdays of our nephew & niece, Clayton & Chloe, with a trip to Colorado for Wendy and the girls to see their cousin Ava Rose, and for myself to DC to see my Dad after his surgery and attend my buddy Rick Chauncey’s (aka the last bachelor) wedding. Kansas trips included Christmas, Fourth of July, and sadly, the funeral for Harold Myers, Wendy’s Grand Dad. He is sorely missed by all of us.

We held a huge (well, not by Kansas measure) Thanksgiving dinner here for 23 hearty folks. It was Wendy’s side of the family and her sister-in-law Heather’s family as well. We celebrated the 1st birthday of our niece, Ava Rose the Saturday After Thanksgiving, so it seemed like one continuous party.

For all of you we wish a safe & happy holiday, and a great new year to come.

Love,
Dan, Wendy,
Campbell & Kira Small

Montage-a-riffic!

Fun with the GIMP!

I had a good time creating these two shots using everybody's favorite photoshop wanna-be, the GIMP! 

Kira Montage!

These were some priceless shots of our littlest girl, all rolled into one. 

Merry Christmas 2005 from the Smalls!

This is our "mailed" pic this year. Sneak preview for the blog readers! 

Summer, Baseball & her first Dog

Guess I'm just wishing for warmer weather, and when I saw this pic tonight from back in June, itmade me miss the summer.

This was Campbell's first dog at an Albuquerque Isotopes Games. She was not impressed :)