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DJ & Andy sitting around the campfire at Old Mission Campgrounds.

DJ is at the pool during a class trip to Jellystone Park in the waning days of 5th grade. Also pictured are Amy (his girlfriend at the time), Jennifer, and Shannon.

This was somewhere between 1986 and 1989 - DJ and Joel were selling baseball cards out of DJ's garage trying to make money to buy more baseball cards. Joel didn't want his picture taken for some reason. Look at DJ's shirt - Skate Pro? He was the worst skateboarder ever!

Not sure which Christmas this was taken, but it was likely around 1987-1989. This is DJ's parents and all his siblings. This was one of the last times this happened, if not the very last, as DJ's older siblings started graduating and going off to their own lives after this.

DJ's 11th birthday party, held on Halloween of that year. We had a blast this year. One interesting note is that this was my last birthday that did not include copious amounts of video gaming.

DJ's 11th birthday party. Transformers were his thing at the time. In front of DJ is Matt, Ryan, and Joel, and you can see Teddy in the lower right corner.

DJ blows out the candles on his cake at his 11th birthday party, held on Halloween of that year because it fell on a Saturday.

DJ and his friends at the Civic Center pool on DJ\'s 11th birthday.

At the Civic Center pool on DJ\'s 11th birthday - we are jokingly trying to drown Ryan.

DJ played a year of T-ball and then this was his first year in B-ball. He played for ETV Trucking, the team that had won the title the previous year. But, all the best players moved up to A-ball so the team was pretty bad, DJ included.

DJ's class picture in 3rd grade - it was a mixed 3rd and 4th grade class. DJ is 4th from the right on the bottom row. Joel is just to the left of him. Andy is in the blue shirt in the center of the top row. I can still name two thirds of the people in this picture.

DJ and his birthday cake on his 8th birthday.

This is DJ's 2nd grade class picture probably taken in the fall of 1984 in the library of Oak Park Elementary School. Interestingly, DJ remembers the first and last name of 2/3 of the kids in this picture. He is the 2nd sitting kid from the left in the middle row.

DJ sits with John and Dawn, his cousins on his mom's side. He was 7 at this time.