My mom is the one who gets credit for naming this one, for those who don’t know, my maiden name is Bird. It started out that Sarah wanted a chance to see as many sibs as she could while she was visiting with her family from Oregon and it ended up that all of my [...]

Posted on May 26th, 2010 by Kathleen
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There were eight people (6 kids, 2 adults) in my family growing up, but most vans only had seat belts for 7 so space was always an issue.  A car top carrier seemed like the perfect solution for baggage and it worked ok for us for a little while.  The straps would make this [...]

Posted on March 6th, 2010 by Kathleen
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I started writing my personal history on this blog, I’m far from finished, but I can’t seem to find the time to sit and write for an hour so perhaps I’ll write a few memories here  and there and later compose them into my history.
My family didn’t take a lot of family vacations that [...]

Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Kathleen
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