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As Sis and I continue our bite-sized project about the first decade of our family life, we're putting "meat on the bones." Thanks for riding along with us as we work on this project.What will help us tell the story of our first 10 years? Photos! Lots of photos! But not every photo (more in a later blog post). I also included a snippet of a map to show where my fam vacationed when Sis and I were 3 years old. Younger relatives love to look at the pictures, so put in plenty.Names. We identified people in the photos by name and by relationship, saying that the boy who bounced the babies on his lap was our first cousin. Even folks who weren't in photos were name-checked, such as the paternal aunt who bought us fancy dresses for birthdays and photo opps. Birth announcements. Yes, we still have them and they are in the book, listing times, weights, etc. Plus I looked up the weather on the day Sis and I were born and mentioned that as well.Education. Oh those school days! We included class…

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