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Please enjoy perusing our galleries below.
In the newer ones, you will find short videos sprinkled amongst the photos.

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Photo Galleries ...more Photos Other Memories

Jared's 5th Birthday (2/6/10)
Boys, snow angels, Jared's big day, Devin cuteness

Winter Fun 2010 (2/6/10)
Toledo Zoo, Matthaei Botanical Gardens

Christmas 2009 (2/6/10)
Devin escaping crib, boys, boys and more boys, Legos, Christmas!

Fall Fun 2009 Part 2 (11/30/09)
Ethan's birthday, new kitchen island, Jared's (almost) 5th birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas tree hunting

Halloween 2009 (11/30/09)
Trick or treating downtown Milan & at home, Cedar Point

Devin's First Birthday! (11/30/09)
Devin's big day, spooky Greenfield Village, castle Lego!

Fall Fun 2009 (11/30/09)
Great Wolf Lodge, trains, #765, Devin cuteness

Summer Fun 2009 Part 6 (10/6/09)
Monroe County Fair, Michigan Renaissance Festival, Wisconsin

Summer Fun 2009 Part 5 (10/6/09)
Our boys, visiting up north, Junction Valley Railroad

Berkshire 765 Visits Milan (9/21/09)
Probably the coolest day ever in our fair city

Thunder over Michigan 2009 Air Show (9/21/09)
The 2009 air show at Willow Run Airport

Summer Fun 2009 Part 4 (9/21/09)
Devin's first train and carousel rides plus some backyard fun

Summer Fun 2009 Part 3 (7/3/09)
Backyard wildlife, Mother's Day & Father's Day

Summer Fun 2009 Part 2 (7/3/09)
New playhouse for the boys, Devin's first swim!

Summer Fun 2009 (7/3/09)
Devin's first crawl! Memorial day parade, Milan helicopter visit

The Toledo Zoo (7/3/09)
Walk where the wild ones are

Day out with Thomas 2009 (5/7/09)
Jared's favorite day in Greenfield Village, Devin's first meal!

Cousin Samantha's 8th Birthday (5/7/09)
Samantha's 8th birthday party, dinner in Lansing

Easter 2009 (5/7/09)
General cuteness, Easter bunny fun

Visiting Lots of Stuff (5/7/09)
Chi-town model railroad, Bronner's, Henry Ford Museum

Winter Stuff 2009 (5/7/09)
UofMichigan Natural History Museum, finished bathroom downstairs

Jared's 4th Birthday (1/20/09)
Jared's big day, baby Devin cuteness, potpourri

RETRO: Salem & Gloucester, MA 2001 (9/7/01)
One of the cooler PK (pre-kids) summer vacations we took

Baby's First Christmas (1/20/09)
Christmas prep, Christmas in Lansing, Devin's first Christmas!

Thanksgiving 2008 (1/20/09)
Devin's first trip out of state, Wisconsin fun, Christmas tree hunting

Halloween 2008 (12/9/08)
Halloween spookiness, Ethan's 5th birthday party, Devin cuteness

Fall Fun 2008 Part 2 (10/16/08)
Huge wasp nest, Milan homecoming parade, pumpkin patch, Devin meeting the family in Lansing

Fall Fun 2008 (9/28/08)
Jared's first day of preschool, Clinton Fall Fest & parade

Summer Fun 2008 Part 3 (8/25/08)
New deck, kid's concert in the park, Greenfield Village, slip n' slide

Summer Fun 2008 Part 2 (8/25/08)
Iargo Springs, Michigan Lumberman's Monument, boating on Indian Lake

4th of July 2008 (8/25/08)
AuSable Valley Railroad, Lone Ranger, John Wayne, fireworks in Tawas City

Summer Fun 2008 (6/24/08)
Calder Dairy, new stairs for the deck

Wisconsin Visit (6/24/08)
Great Grandma's, Wisconsin Deer Park, Riverside and Great Northern Railway

Day out with Thomas (6/24/08)
Thomas the Tank engine & some other stuff

Easter 2008 and Spring Fun (6/24/08)
Easter (home & Lansing), Samantha's 7th birthday party

Jared's 3rd Birthday (2/4/08)
Snow & party at Chuck E Cheese's

Christmas 2007 (2/4/08)
Milan holiday parade, Holiday Nights in Greenfield Village & Potter Park Zoo in Lansing

November 2007 Fun (2/4/08)
Ethan's 4th birthday party, turkey, yum

October 2007 Fun (2/4/08)
Swimming in the fall! Halloween goodness



Great-Grandma Shirley's 90th Birthday (9/25/07)
Lots of family!

Summer Fun 2007 Part 3 (9/24/07)
Illinois Railway Museum, Donley's Wild West Town, Michigan Renaissance Festival, raspberries

Summer Fun 2007 Part 2 (9/21/07)
North American Model Train Show, Wisconsin Dells

Summer Fun 2007 (7/25/07)
Greenfield Village, Henry Ford Museum, family up north & backyard landscaping

Easter and Day out with Thomas (5/18/07)
Easter, snippet of Bronner's in Frankenmuth & Thomas!

Miscellaneous Fun (5/18/07)
Trains, fun, food & Calder Dairy

Trains and Wisconsin (3/8/07)
Train show & Wisconsin fun in the winter

Winter Fun 2007 (3/1/07)
Jared's first haircut, snow fun, UM Natural History Museum & trains!

Jared's 2nd Birthday (1/11/07)
Party at home, Red Robin & the family

Christmas 2006 (1/11/07)
Setting up the tree, cousins & presents!

Thanksgiving 2006 (1/11/07)
Playroom, turkey & Christmas tree shopping

Halloween 2006 (10/31/06)
Spooky decorations, trick or treating & jack o' lanterns

Fall Stuff 2006 (10/30/06)
New shed, fire, playing, Omar's wedding & Wisconsin stuff

Summer Vacation 2006 Part 2 (8/28/06)
Williamsburg & Jamestown VA, Calder Dairy

Summer Vacation 2006 (8/28/06)
Silver Leaf Renaissance Faire, Rehoboth Beach, tons of family in Delaware & Ocean City, MD

4th of July 2006 and Family (7/28/06)
Milan parade, fireworks & lemonade stand fun

Jared's First Swim! (7/28/06)
Dressing up, splashing & floating fun

Miscellaneous Jared (7/28/06)
A bunch of different pics

Easter 2006 (7/28/06)
Celebrated in Wisconsin with Grandma

Family, Friends and Miscellaneous (3/29/06)
Jared's birthing class, visiting cousins & trains

Jared Turns One Year Old! (1/18/06)
A big Thomas the Tank Engine party!

Baby's First Christmas (Delaware) (1/18/06)
Lots of East-coast family

Baby's First Christmas (Michigan) (1/18/06)
Milan parade & lots of holiday fun

Thanksgiving 2005 (1/18/06)
Celebrated in Wisconsin plus bonus: Tupperware!

Halloween 2005 and Family (11/11/05)
Our little clown baby & Ethan's 2nd birthday

Our New Home (10/28/05)
Home sweet home

Family and Cedar Point Pics (10/27/05)
Baby sitting up, family visiting, Chuck's 40th & Cedar Point

Frankenmuth and More Wisconsin (8/26/05)
John & Marge visit plus Wisconsin fun

4th of July 2005 (7/19/05)
The Thomas', fireworks & first feeding for Jared

Daddy's First Father's Day (6/20/05)
Lots of baby plus bare butt!

Mama's First Mother's Day (5/13/05)
Shared with friends & family

Jared's First Delaware Visit (4/20/05)
Meeting all his loving family on the East coast

Jared's First Wisconsin Visit (3/31/05)
Meeting Great Grandma Shirley plus birthing class reunion

A Growing Baby (3/8/05)
All sorts of goofy baby pics

Even More Jared (2/19/05)
Can't get enough?

More Jared and Baby Shower (2/5/05)
Jared meeting family and friends for the first time

Bob Askey visits the WCLBPD (5/7/03)
Tara's favorite audio-book reader

Williamsburg & Yorktown, Virginia (10/6/02)
One of Daddy's favorite places to visit

Salem & Gloucester, Massachusetts (9/7/01)
One of the cooler PK (pre-kids) summer vacations we took



Our Wonderful Boys!

Jared Scott Fairchild


Go State!
Devin Chase Fairchild



- updated periodically -

Portraits (12/2/09)
Nicer pictures of the family

Woodworking Projects (11/30/09)
One of daddy's many hobbies

Fairchild Junction (7/3/09)
Our O-scale model ceiling train railway

Scott's Cycle Corner
Motorcycles!

Cedarworks Play-A-Round Playset Swing Set
The boys' play structure

Sound Clips (1/23/07)
Here are some, more to come one of these days :)

Ralph Winferd Gray
Scott's Grandfather (1/12/20 - 3/1/04)

Fairchild Cove
Our pond that we had at our old house

The Great Flood of 2003
Great fun when heavy rainwater backs up

First Fire of 2003
Some cool fire pics from 2003

The Great Yellow Jacket Massacre of 2002
An epic battle of man (and chemicals) vs. nature

Our Other Babies
Our kitties

Welcome Ethan Charles Bird
Our nephew

Matt Tobin's Wedding
Scott was the best man

Maybelle
Our puppy

Welcome Samantha Renee Bird
Our niece

Our Wedding
June 12th, 1999



Recipes!

Grilled Turkey

Turkey Gravy

Savory Custard Stuffing


All photos, content, source, aesthetics & originality copyright © Scott Fairchild