This person is as close to me, biological speaking, as anyone can get. Today I said the words I love you in an email and for whatever reason it took a silly amount of courage so now I'm putting these facts on my blog in an effort to be less of a pussy about this sorta thing.
My dad insisted on making his own birthday cake this year because in his old age he is regressing into Julia Childs. Anyway, he nailed it. That cake was dynamite. Here he is, posing with his finest work.
My history-digging sister found our grandma and grandpa on the 1940 census! Turns out, they lived next door to each other. Also, look at that handwriting. I mean, wow. Humans actually used to write words by hand on paper!