I’ve been putting a lot of new Ryan pictures up in the gallery the past few weeks, but haven’t noted it here yet.
I split the Ryan gallery into years 1, 2, and 3 now. The 3rd year pictures are all the new ones I’ve been putting up. Click on the picture for a direct link to that gallery.
Once you enter a gallery, use the cool slideshow viewer to peruse it.
I finally got the gallery software updated, and now we have a really neat new slideshow that is much better than the old one. I still have some customization to do, but it’s functional!
I added pictures to Ryan’s 19th month gallery, and then put new ones up for the 20th thru 24th months.
When you get into an album, you’ll find the “view slideshow” link in the left navigation. Try it out! In the first view, you get a 3D “wall” that allows you to peruse the gallery quickly by grabbing and dragging. Then you click on any picture and it will zoom in. From there, you can click the right and left nav arrows to move through the gallery, or click the slideshow icon in the middle to bring it into automatic mode. It’s set for 8 seconds, but you can move thru faster using the arrow button. In the lower left, you’ll find a “full screen” option which is very nice for looking at pictures.
Here’s a quick link to the top-level Ryan gallery. All the new ones are at the bottom.
Let me know how the new slideshow works for you. One tip: Right-click on the slideshow and select “settings.” Increase the local storage limit for the flash application, you’ll probably get better performance.
I finished putting up the group of pictures that Mom gave me last weekend, there’s about 40 more in the gallery. I put them below the 1969 family pictures that I put up the other day.
I could use some help filling in the details on some of these, so please use the comment feature – remember, our great grandchildren will be looking at these generations from now, so the more information the pictures have, the better!
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Mom gave me a bunch of pictures to scan yesterday. The first set I’m putting up is our family photo session from 1969. Click on the image below to go to the gallery.
Two new galleries up this evening: The Martin family Thanksgiving at our house, and the Pettet family Christmas in Indiana.
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I just put up most of the pictures for Ryan’s 18th and 19th months. There are still some on the camera from the 19th month that I will add later.
These sets include Ryan at the John Ball Zoo and the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, and his first time playing in the snow.
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I’m on a roll this weekend. I put up all the Summer 2009 family gathering pictures, including our 4 cabin trips and Zack and Matt’s open houses.
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I scanned in my old photo album I had as a kid. There are pictures of Grandpa and Grandma Elsie in there, family photos, and pictures of birthdays and friends. Also added a gallery of miscellaneous from my photo box.
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I’ve started on a project to scan all of my old film camera photos into the site, and while I was playing around I put together two pictures of Ryan and me at about the same age…
There’s a bigger version of it in the gallery.
Also, check out the Dave’s Old Photos gallery, just getting started on it.
I put up Ryan’s 14th and 15th month galleries today, check them out! The 15th Month features pics from the Ionia Free Fair with his Aunt Julie and Aunt Val, and pics from his Memphis trip with Uncle Eric and Aunt Crystal.
Yesterday we took Ryan on his first annual Cedar Point trip, it was really a great time. At first Jen and I weren’t sure about going to Cedar Point with a 15 month old, but it wasn’t long before we both felt that we couldn’t imagine being there without him.
Ryan had a great time. He rode in the Cadillac Cars with us, rode by himself in 3-4 of the kiddie cars, and rode on a merry-go-round with Jen. Cedar Point has a nice deal called “Parent Swap” that allowed us to take turns riding the major attractions while taking turns watching Ryan. One of us would stand in line for the ride while the other stayed with Ryan. When the first of us completed our ride, the second one got to go on almost immediately. So while we didn’t ride together, we still got to enjoy the big coasters while having fun with Ryan as we waited for one another. Since it was my favorite week to visit Cedar Point, our average wait was 15 minutes per ride. Only the Maverick was 1/2 hour wait.
A beautiful day ended perfectly when Ryan got his first ride on a real train – a 15 minute ride on a real steam engine. He was almost completely tuckered out when we got on the train, but as we started moving and the train whistle sounded, he got a second wind. The ride took us through “Boneville” as it was getting dark, and Ryan pointed at all of the neat skeleton characters in the Old West setting. Then after dark we walked through the starry night display with millions of lights dancing to the music. Ryan was wearing his own lighted necklace that flickered, he loved it.
He was so tired by the end of the day that he was asleep five minutes after we got him in the car, and slept soundly for the four hour ride home.
I’ll post the Cedar Point pics later…in the meantime, here are some quick links for the 14th and 15th Months.