This is a long-overdue posting of a photo I took of the Wachdorf family. This is not the whole family, since Dan's grandmother, who lives with his mom and dad, is not in the photo, but it's pretty complete. In the back we have Dan's dad, Arthur, Dan the Great, and Chris Gilbert, the boyfriend of Dan's sister Dinah, who is standing in front of him in the blue shirt. Then, there is Hannah, Dan's youngest sister, and Dan's mom, Lorrae. Last but CERTAINLY not least, we have Maggie, the family's dog. Maggie is probably the most revered member of the family, and is certainly the most highly entertaining, even though she doesn't like me very much. We think she has somehow made the connection that I have something to do with the fact that Dan isn't around the house much anymore, and this does not make her happy, because she LOVES Dan. But she has started to accept me more, so that's good. Aren't they a good-looking bunch?

Here, as a bonus, we have a photo of Dan reading airplane magazines with Sammy, one of three triplets in a family that the Wachdorfs know in San Antonio. When Dan and I were dating, the triplets were really little, but now they are three years old, and watching them is better than watching TV. When we last went to visit in San Antonio, Dan and Sammy enjoyed a little reading session so they would not be behind on the latest advances in the field of radio controlled airplanes. Photos like this make me know that Dan is going to be a good daddy one day. That is, if I can convince him to act like an adult instead of one of the kids.