For the third year in a row, I had the privilege of shooting Christmas photos for one of my best friends (Jeff) and his awesome family. Two years ago we went to a park and just let the kiddos play on the playground equipment. Last year I tagged along on their annual trip to select and cut down a Christmas tree. This year, the theme was football! It was the Titans vs. the Texans (with a Jet thrown in for good measure). Jeff has struggled...

Late September in Houston – still low 90’s during the day which means it’s time for another trip to the Beylotte’s for some water fun. We’ve had a couple of “lake” days with them this summer and we always have a blast. Good friends, good fun, good food. Both Kayla and Nathan have grown so much in the last few months in many ways but their water ability really stands out. The cheapo pool we put up...

Kayla, Nathan and I had my good friend Jeff and his two older kids over for some pool/grillin’ time today. The kids had a great time and the Dad’s did too. Always good to catch up with one of my most interesting friends. He’s been dealing with the often “under appreciated”, life-altering, and life-shortening disease Lupus (which he has unofficially renamed Chronic Hellitis) for several years and is now at the...

Lots of birthdays around here recently. Nathan turned 5. Kayla turned 8. Amy turned thirty…….something.  I can hardly believe my youngest is now FIVE. For some reason it seemed like he was three for a long time but it seemed like he was 4 for about three months. The time is flying by! Nathan recently learned how to tie his shoe and he couldn’t be more proud. He also started back to T-ball – this time here in Huffman...

We celebrated the New Year with friends in Buffalo (Buffalo Texas, not NY). We had a ton of fun playing ping pong, pool, air hockey, video games, and shooting fireworks. We sat around a nice hot fire and had good conversation with friends. Good memories. While there, James, Tu and I walked down to James’ deer blind and just as we arrived, James saw some coyotes crossing the dirt road about 90 yards ahead of us. While he claims to...

We went to a back-to-school pool party at the Rushing’s home this evening and had a great time… except my wife got this crazy idea that we should trade off cooking every week. We may not go back (just kidding!). We had lots of fun and laughs along with jumpy nerves cringing every time one of the little kiddos ventured near the edge of the pool.  I had empty pockets just in case I had to go for an unexpected swim. The light was...