Pictures take over the Easter weekend of 2004. They speak for themselves.
Nora is the happiest baby that I have ever seen. She only fusses when she is hungry, but always has a big smile whenever she looks at you. …
We welcome our second granddaughter into our family, Nora James Edelblute. She is not getting as much fanfare as our first, Emerson Laine, but …
I have not posted pictures of my Granddaughter Emi lately, so in the interest of staying somewhat current, here are just a few recent favorites of …
I really believe she tried to clean up this mess, but she was just having too much fun to finish the job.
My Songs - An eclectic group of songs I have liked over a very long period of time.
I have a feeling this is not going to be my last favorite picture. She continue to amaze me with her intelligence, awareness and personality
Emi's first close-up of farm animals in a natural enivornment. I think we had more fun than her just watching her reactions. This is why …
In Memory of John Ilardo Janet, David & Sheleana took Emi with them to Janet's brother John's burial. It gave Alex & Leon a chance to …
Emi visiting our house to give her mother a break. She has an infatuation with our glasses, so, of course, we had to get her a couple for …
May 4, 1950 - September 8, 2022 "Our entire life my brother John was the calm, and I was the storm. Gone way too soon at 72." Janet Edelblute…
I took this video of Emi identifying various parts of her face. Such a bright little girl. This very similar to a video that I took of Alex and …
We got a call late afternoon from Sheleana telling us that Emi walked for the first time. This was the next week after her first birthday. David …
Emi was her usual happy self and loved the attention of all in attendance. She did not disappoint wearing a Kimono and a birthday dress before …
This video is a collection of favorite photos Janet and I have taken of her put to the music of Kieth Urban singing the Bee Gees To Love Somebody …
This week we are celebrating our Granddaughter Emerson's first birthday, June 27, 2022. Birthday Party Photos …
An impromptu video of Emi laughing a their dog Alphie playing with one of his toys. She is such a happy baby. She is the light of our lives. …
If I were The Devil - Paul Harvey Paul Harvey broadcast this in 1965 on his radio show. So appropriate fifty six years later. …
Joe Biden pulled out all military in the dead of night leaving billions of dollars worth of military equipment picked up by terrorists likely to be…
-Out of Many, One- This is on the back of all U.S. coins. Here is a gold medalist from the United States that is grateful and not afraid to …
I have tried, but I have struggled with accepting organized religion my entire life. My parents are not to blame for this. They tried. They were …
Also, in addition to this, a two year old was found by himself by the road dumped by child traffickers for who knows what reason. The cartels are …
I just returned from a few day break at Yosemite National Park with Janet. It is impossible to capture the beauty and magnificence on a camera …
Unbelievably, Michael Moore, an extreme liberal, actually exposes the scam that is green energy with his latest documentary. Maybe hope and common …
We started our trip flying to San Jose California and renting a car. We drove down through Santa Cruz and on to a beautiful bed and breakfast in …
David and Sheleana Claussen were married on this date. David's wedding and reception were held in a WWII quonset hut that had been recently …
How it looked back then I had a wonderful time with old friends and and seeing how many I recognized from my past. I have always found it …
Alex and Leon had been a couple since their teenage years. I may be mistaken, but I believe Leon is the only guy she ever dated more than one time.…
A destination wedding for our nephew John Paul in to Negril, Jamaica. We stayed in a resort that featured tree-house like rooms set in the trees. …
Green Valley High School put on an amazing performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat David's senior year. Here is a video of his …
Performed by Green Valley High School This is a collection of high school photos of their performance of Damn Yankees put to the music of The …
This Alex as Clara in the beginning of the second act in the scene where she dreams of the Nutcracker defeating the mouse king. This was filmed…
For two years, my daughter Alexandra was the lead child actress portraying Clara in the ballet Nutcracker performed by Nevada Ballet Theater for …
Alex was asked to be a "little sister" in the 1991 Miss Universe Pageant. She ended up being with Miss France. At the time, it seemed …
My wife was the catalyst in getting our children. We had been married six years and she had never gotten pregnant. At her insistence, we both went …
A typical morning in 1988 deciding what we are going to make for breakfast. As usual, Janet was probably grateful for the extra morning time in…
This is a compilation of our favorite clips from the early years raising our children. It is 27 minutes long and only for those with extreme …
David & Alex dancing to their favorite song of the time. https://youtu.be/iRydIfcJjx8
McConnell AFB, Wichita Kansas April 1970 - December 1973 This was probably the most important phase of my life. Professionally they were …
Six weeks - Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California January 1970 - March 1970 My next stop for my training to become a missile …
14 weeks, September 1969 - December, 1969 Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas My next stop in my Air Force tour of duty was at …
On Christmas break, my final. extra semester at the University of Wisconsin, I received a notice that I was drafted into the Army. 1969 was the …
Happy 55th Wedding Anniversary, Richard & Ardis Loeber, August 26, 2022 One of my best friends, Dick Loeber, married a wonderful Nebraska …
We moved into our home on Roselawn Boulevard sometime about 1960. I remember house hunting with my parents. They eventually deciding to build a new…
Summers during high school were great times at our summer home in Shore Acres, 17 miles northeast of Green Bay. There were four families with …
One of my most vivid memories from the late 1950s was the night that I was inducted into the Order of the Arrow at Bear Paw Boy Scout Camp. …
My mother was the Cub Scout den mother for my brother, me and most of our friends. To this day, when I run into people that were in that den, …
Continuing from the previous year. Here is the 1956 version of the family Thanksgiving movie with the Austin family. This one is based on what …
Every family Thanksgiving in my childhood was with my parent's good friends, Drake and Rick Austin and their kids. They were roughly the same age …