Documenting Childhood

My husband has been going through his childhood boxes, and in there was a newspaper clipping about the 3rd child.  He's the youngest of 3 - he has 2 older sisters.  This article talks about the lack of documentation of the 3rd child, but my husband has pile after pile of newspaper articles about him.  He claims there aren't that many, but seriously, you would have thought he was a rock star growing up.  I guess that's the advantage of being an overachiever from a small town. 

This particular clipping he tried to throw away when I wasn't looking, so I knew I would be scanning that one first. :)

 He has a ton of articles for each of the plays and musicals that he did in high school. 

This is one of Joel's favorite roles - Vincent Van Gogh.

I love this picture- It's saying, "I may like Shakespeare, but I can also kick a ball, so beware!"

Then you have his meeting with the Senator-  I love that they labeled him as Justin Thompson. :)

And just in case you weren't completely sure that he's an overachiever:

Yup, he was valedictorian.  

Scanning these has been so much fun.  He may not be quite as amused as me, but hey, his mom saved them for a reason.  Now our kids have documentation of their daddy.