William wanted to head back to college this morning, so like always I make everyone take pictures before you can leave. So the first picture was of the boys. It sounds kind of crazy, but since they’ve been little we’ve always taken ‘THE’ picture in front of this old cupboard that we have. Now there’s nothing much with the cupboard to look at and I have no idea why we even started the tradition, but we’ve got photo’s with Bert the bunny hiding inside when Kyle could just crawl, then as the years passed it was the background for the boys in their Halloween costumes, and also Birthday party friends pictures were all taken in this one spot in front of it. Then as the kids got older we got pictures with girlfriends, Prom dates, and now when the kids are heading back to college, all in front of it. 
I don’t know if you saw this one commercial over Christmas where the tree top Angel saw this one family grow up and everything that over the years that the family did – but I kind of think that’s how this old cupboard is for us. I got it about 30 years ago when we first got married. I went to an auction in St. Lucas and the auction had this big old jelly cupboard sitting on the lawn. And I’m sure you would have done the same thing that I did at that point. I thought, ‘How cool is that!’ Well, for some reason no one was too overly excited about it and I remember that I got it for less than $100. Bargain right? I loaded it up in the truck and brought it home. Well, when Daryl saw it he also just couldn’t believe it. He just couldn’t believe that someone would actually pay money for something that looked that bad. But I had a friend redo the doors to add some glass in them and with a couple of coats of paint on it, it really didn’t look too bad. I found a spot in the kitchen to put it and it’s been there ever since. And who would have known at the time that this old cupboard sitting on a lawn looking pretty lonely and unloved, would play such an important part in our family history. Yup, ‘How cool is that!’
The boys and myself in front of the cupboard. I’m not sure when I got so short though!