We had a chance to visit my sister and her family in Frisco (just Frisco – not short for San Francisco) this past weekend. We had a good time catching up and the kids had a great time with their cousins. What did we do? I can pretty much sum up the weekend with two words – baseball and swimming. We swam for several hours when we...
For the past 3 summers we’ve been able to make a trip up to Lake Livingston for some fun. The kids fish with Grandpa and he lets them drive the boat. We jet ski and just have an all around good time. Kayla, who is afraid of every single bug on the planet has no problem going 65mph on a jet ski. And Mr. Timid Nathan always starts out...
This is my first post of the new year? What a slacker.
Nathan has moved over to third base this year and is making some incredible defensive plays. We are now 3 games into the season and he already has a pretty good highlight reel going. Just as I’d hoped, he seems to be coming out of his shell too. His best friend from school is on...
Every year Amy and I say we should go to the Wings Over Houston Airshow and every year… we don’t. I’m not a line person – can’t stand to wait in lines. Traffic drives me bonkers. This year we finally just decided to go. I was right about the lines and traffic – both bad. Really bad. Like sit in your car 2...
Last weekend, we had a chance to spend some time at lake Livingston. My father-in-law’s boss recently bought some lake front property and a couple of kick-butt jet skis and invited us out for the day. We had a blast. Nathan caught a...
Read MoreA New Friend
Recently our friends James and Tiffany had a baby and grew the family to...
Read MoreRed Hawk Down
A couple of weeks ago, our dogs (also know as “The Killers”) went charging to the back fence and were going after something – it was a hawk. It was spreading its wings out and puffing itself up in an effort to not become a mid-day snack of the 2 barking beasts that would surely rip his head off if given the chance. Seriously, our dogs are fine with us but if there is some sort of animal in our backyard, they will try to...
Read MoreGraduation Day
Kayla graduated from kindergarten today. Amy and I can’t believe how fast this year has gone. It seems like just a few months ago, we were worried about sending our daughter off to school and now here we are already at the end of the year. Kayla has grown up so much over the last year and is so smart. She is an excellent student and we are very proud of...
Read MoreField Day
A couple of weeks ago, Kayla had her “field day” at school. She had a lot of fun and did really well although unlike field days when I was a kid, there were no first, second, and third place ribbons. Just the same ribbon for everyone no matter how they did. Seems ridiculous to me. I happen to think competition is a good thing and gives kids something to strive for rather than just being in one big homogeneous...
Read MoreRelaxing in the Pool
Well OK, it’s not much of a pool and there wasn’t any relaxing going on. Since it’s May in Houston, that means we start getting those days where it feels like 110 and you start sweating before you even get outside. The kiddos had a blast with cool uncle Kurt who joined them playing in the...
Read MoreDogs
My parents bought another dog recently – a chihuahua puppy they named Dot (because that’s about how big she is). In the photo of Dot, you’ll see they have a bell around her neck, which serves as a jingly reminder to not step on her. They now have 2 dogs that together weigh about the same as a pack of skittles. In contrast, our neighbors adopted a chocolate lab, named Hershey, from the SPCA a few months ago. Hershey...
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