our family: August 2004 Archives

Had some fun with pictures tonight, using a technique from way back. Anyone remember animated GIFs? They were big in the pre-Flash, pre-Shockwave, pre-Javascripting days. This particular one was created in Adobe's ImageReady.

I just imported the different pictures as layers and then asked it to create frames for each. Set the timing, export as GIF and voila!

I love this set of pictures. Jill snapped them tonight and they really capture several of Hale's different moods all in one setting. That's my boy.

Today was Jill's twenty-something'th birthday and we had a ton a fun. Thanks for another great year, sweetheart. And, as she reminded me, it is also the fourth anniversary of our moving back home to Indiana from Illinois. My, what we've packed into those four years...

Thanks to our generous (and brave) parents, PaPo, Nannie, Kevin, Hale, Addison and I made an adventurous trip to the Indianapolis Zoo on Monday of this week! It turned out to be a beautiful (although a bit WARM) day, and the kids behaved exceptionally well! Even Miss Addi seemed to enjoy herself, despite being confined to her stroller most of the morning!

Hale's favorite exhibits included the monkeys (especially the baby monkeys), the dolphins who "spash" in the water, the train ride and most of all, the beloved goats! A previous encounter with the goats at the Fort Wayne Zoo has left quite an impression on Hale, and he often recounts the story of how the goats ate the pockets on his khaki shorts (yes, he knows which shorts are khaki shorts, which shorts are jean shorts, etc.). And although the goats at the Indy Zoo did not eat his pockets, he associates them just the same.

Keep your eyes open for a new album filled with pictures of our fabulous trip to the zoo. The pictures are sure to put a smile on your face, and bring back memories of your childhood trips to the zoo! Thanks, Nannie & PaPo, for sharing this experience with us!

UPDATE: You can see a couple more images from the zoo in our album section.