Whooped

Well this family done has us whooped. Some of you may have heard of the Dugger family of Alabama. There 18 kids put our measly 11 to shame. 10 boys, 8 girls, and apparently only one two set[s] of twins.



Looking through their photo album it appears as if all the boys share a room and all the girls share a room. They also have a cafeteria style lunch buffet and a coke dispenser in the dining room. I remember someone responding to Mom telling her how many children were in our family by saying "that's insane!"

"Insane?" Maybe not 'insane', but certainly not normal.

Dugger Family [site]

P.S. It looks like they might have some eligible young men and women for our eligible young woman and men.

Not a Crum

Have any of you ever wished that you weren't a Crum?

I bet the answer is yes. Some times it's been embarrassing to be seen in public with our brothers, especially when they have their shorts pulled up so high that you can see their tighty-whities peeking out the bottom of their pant leg. Maybe you wished you were in a family where you didn't get hand-me-down hand-me-down hand-me-downs from the mid 70's.

For me, looking back on these things creates the best picture of a childhood I could possibly ask for. Just look at the sweet pictures of us as kids (like the one above). Who would have thought their could be such a sweet assortment of clothing in one picture!?

But that brings me to a thought I just had. Maybe it would be nice to not be a Crum. That way I could feel privileged to stumble upon the Dlog and re-post the 'Analog' video.




Or I might happen to hit Perer's Watchmen review, Jon's short stories, or Nate's most recent whack at poetry and feel like I had entered a whole new world (cue Peabo Bryson) . Of course I can find and read all this now, but can you imagine what it would be for an outsider?... okay, so maybe it wouldn't seem so great, maybe all I'm saying is that I am really happy to be in our family and I love you all very much.

This from the comments:

Here's a comment left by David Crumm (2 m's) under the previous post. Thanks David and we wish you and your's a Merry Christmas too:

"Wow! What a discovery!
I am David Crumm (2-ms) and my late brother (lost to cancer unfortunately) was Dr. Stephen Crumm. My other brother is John Crumm -- and my son, now studying international relations -- is Benjamin Crumm. My brother John got his masters of planning at University of Maryland and my daughter Megan Crumm is studying at a seminary in Washington D.C. -- so although we're based in Michigan we have lots of ties to D.C. and Maryland...

Merry Christmas from your (apparently) long-lost Crumm clan relatives. (My Dad the genealogist says the 1-m Crums are related to us -- but one particular Crum(m) after the Civil War claimed some land in Michigan and headed West from the eastern branch.)

Glad to discover you cousins!

...

Happy New Year!
-- David Crumm"

Zion Björn

"Nana & Zion"

"Freakin' out..."

Daniel's reaction to Björn crying.


Sorry there are so few pictures. We will take more and we will post more, but this is what we have now. Also, I promise that Michal and I do hold Zion, even though this is the only picture to prove it and you can't actually see the baby. Like I said, more to come...

Matt's Blog...

In case any family members who seem to have fallen off the face of the blog-sphere happen to land here, you should redirect your attention to Matt's latest post [here]. It's one heck of a nostalgic joy-ride.