Nathan really likes watching baseball but its gone to a new level since the little league world series has been on the tube.  He always wants to know what team I’m rooting for and comes into my office to give me up-to-the-minute updates on the current game. It’s so funny listening to him explain what just happened.  He is always interested in all the gear they wear, especially the catcher. Anyway, Amy went outside to pitch to...

I say this every year but “I can’t believe my little girl is starting – insert current grade here.” This year she moves to the middle school building (right next door to the elementary building).  I imagine she must feel smaller walking through those bigger hallways.  She is both exited and nervous with lots of new stuff happening this year. New building, 2 teachers vs. one, a locker, and a snack bar in the...

As I mentioned in a previous post, Kayla has really been making great progress recently with the piano playing.  She seems to really enjoy it and her little fingers amaze me when she’s playing 5 or 6 notes at a time.  Anyway, I have a new portable audio recorder that I was testing so I had her play a few songs for me earlier today. Click here to...

I recently posted a photo of me throwing Nathan in the air and was asked if it was Photoshopped. It wasn’t, but the comment did give me a couple of ideas and the kids were more than happy to help out since it meant Kayla would get to shoot the photos while Nathan would get to fly.  Here are photos from back in 2007 (Nathan has always liked to do this), a couple of days ago and...

Last week I successfully put a huge hole in the water inlet on the kiddos slip and slide. So when Amy and the kids came home with a new one, Nathan wanted to try it out as soon as possible. And try it out he did! If I were to dive on that thing the way Nathan did, I’m pretty sure I’d be in the hospital right now with assorted broken ribs. He could not have been happier. Three cheers for a long seven dollar piece of...

We headed over to Amy’s great Uncle & Aunt’s house Friday to visit and get some photos as Bill will be turning 90 later this year. They really enjoy the visits and watching the kiddos. I got some good shots of Kayla and Nathan as I was dialing in camera settings.  Kayla played the piano which always makes Margie so happy. Kayla is really starting to get good and is actually practicing on her own now (instead of us always...

We went down to Matagorda a couple of weekends ago with some of Amy’s co-workers and had a lot of fun in the sun. We spent a bunch of time at the beach and had some awesome food that evening. We all had a really fun time. I think it’s going to become a yearly...