I Have No Idea!

2010-01-10T21:06:00.000-06:00

Look at the pretty snake Daddy!

2009-10-25T14:13:00.002-05:00

Last week as we were getting ready to head out, and this little fella made his appearance in the back yard. I almost stepped on it with my flip flops on. I wonder if he could have gotten ahold of my big ole toe? I quickly rendered him..................lifeless and brought the kids out for a quick lesson on "pretty" snakes and how dangerous they are. We then took it out to MeMe and Pop's house and coiled it up by their back door to see if we could scare one of them. It didn't work but everyone couldn't believe how big it was. It was about 24" long. Keep an eye out for snakes, we've heard lots of stories about how they are out and about.

Excuses, Excuses............

2009-10-14T12:38:00.004-05:00

So I realize it's been like 71 days since my last post but you know what...."You'll get over it." I had intentions of posting the finished treehouse project, or the next deer lease update, or maybe even another supermodel post, but life happens. I really think that all my "followers" will be ok with it though (yes, all 4 of you).

Now when I say Life happens...I mean just that. Nothing spectacular or life altering or tramatic (well not to most people) has happened. My priorities are still the same, it's just that my time available for these priorities has changed. It used to be easy to be jobless and try to take care of things (only to have to beg and plead for help from the wife) around the house and still have time to hang with the kiddos, the wife, the dog, and to blog. Heck, it used to be easy to do all that stuff with a regular day job. And along came B.I.N.G.O. I took on a part time job (consequences of my poor judgement - which is another blog unsuitable for public viewing). Bingo has been a great way for me to make a few extra bucks. Luckily I have an amazing boss who lets me take off early to get to my part time gig. The only thing bad about working this other job is that there are some days that I see the kids for a few minutes in the morning and by the time I get home they are sound asleep in bed so the best I can do is peek in on them, give them a peck on the cheek, tell them sweet dreams and I love them and then laugh hysterically. I mean seriously, how does a 3 year old move around so much while sleeping to end up with her head at the foot of the bed while laying on no less than 5 books, and how does a 7 year old drool so much. I mean I can uderstand a quarter size spot, but a volleyball size?? Come on kid. Quite comical, and yes, more blog post material.

Luckily the wife still waits up on me. We chat for a few minutes while I have my midnight snack, then go to sleep (unless it's kinky night), and then start the whole process all over again the next day.

Anyway, i just wanted to post of few pics. If these pics don't make you smile then you need therapy.

Check back later for a post of who knows what. Maybe the treehouse or the garden or the deer lease or the wifey or ?????

Coming soon

2009-10-11T19:10:00.001-05:00

Really, a new blog post is coming soon. Wait for it.....................

Cabo 2009

2009-08-04T15:36:00.009-05:00

2009 marked our 11th trip to Cabo San Lucas. Our first trip was in 1993. Cabo San Lucas hasn't really changed much. The area around Cabo sure has grown though. Cabo has gone from about 30,000 people in the early 90's to around 180,000 people this year. There have been a few new resorts pop up here and there but for the most part "downtown" Cabo has remained the same. There is a small mall and some street construction going on but those are about the only things that have changed since our first trip.

This year we ventured to a small village called "Santiago" that we had only driven through before. We learned of a "cascadas" (waterfall) so we decided to visit it. It is a really neat little town with a great restaurant/hotel called "Palomar". The waterfall was really cool too. It is about 40 feet tall and surrounded by granite boulders and river bed. This is it's low flow time of year so it wasn't real big but it was nice. Yes, Cheney and I both jumped off the cliff. Cheney jumped right off without hesitation and loved it...........until he hit the water. The initial impact scared him a little but I think he'll be ready to go again next time we visit. haha.

It was a very relaxing trip and of course was not long enough but we are glad to be home. Here is just a sampling of the pictures I took this week. Enjoy.

Just hangin' out before dinner.

Our view for the week.

Cheney geared up and ready to ride.

Our sweet ride for the week........I guess I owe an apology to all you mini-van driving soccer mom's out there. It wasn't so bad to cruise this thing around all week.

Cheney standing on the "Tropic of Cancer" marker on Hwy 1 in Baja.

Entrance to a great little zoo in Santiago, BCS, Mexico. It's totally free that operates on private funding and donations only.

King of the jungle......or at least this zoo.

View of the waterfall from the trail we hiked down.

Another view of the waterfall or "cascada". It's at least 40' tall.

Cheney and I atop the boulder to the right of the waterfall.

Cheney went first..........great canonball form!

My turn..........starting my double front flip with a half pike twist, blah, blah, blah. I just sissy jumped in and went straight down.

Medano Beach next to the Cabo San Lucas Marina. Great restaurants and beach activities.

Typical touristy photo with "Lands End" behind them.

Chandler running away from the waves.......at one point she told me, "they just keep coming daddy!"

Kiddos striking a pose showing off their guns in front of the Sea of Cortez.

View of our resort from the "lookout" tower. Weather was beautiful.

Most beautiful 3 1/2 year old I've ever seen.

Remember what happens in Cabo stays in Cabo? They will love these printed in their Senior yearbooks. haha

Entrance to our resort. Beatiful at night AND during the day.

Thanks for viewing.

Chompin' at the Bit

2009-07-17T00:05:00.001-05:00

My uncle, a friend of ours and I made a quick trip down to the lease on Wednesday to deliver the new blind and move some stuff around and fill up the feeders. After getting everything set up, I changed the camera cards and we drove around the ranch checking things out. Everything looked good but I do know we need MORE RAIN.

When we got back to the office, I checked the camera cards and came across these two shots (along with about 900 more). These two pics make me wish November 1 was closer. The first one is of a nice young buck. Don't worry, he'll survive this year. The second pic is of some that probably won't survive this year if Cheney has anything to do with it.

Our 3 Year Old Photog

2009-07-15T22:42:00.003-05:00

Chandler is going to be our "challenge". She is just like her mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and probably on down the line when it comes to being, well, how do i put this nicely (these women read this blog)...OPINIONATED/STUBBORN (I think the pc term is "confident") haha. Yeah, I think that's how Lisa described her today. She is truly one of a kind and does things that just amaze us on a daily basis. Some things leave us scratching our heads wondering if they switched babies at the hospital and other things that lead us to pointing to each other saying, "WOW, she is DEFINITELY YOUR child".

She is definitely a gifted little girl who does things "for fun" and just 'cause. Today she grabbed moms camera and began to snap away. The camera was on a shelf that's about 5 foot off the ground so were not sure how she retrieved it. For all we know she convinced Lance (our Labrador retriever) to help her and boost her up there. He would have done it. He listens to her. Anyway, this isn't the first time she's been a random object papparazzi. She is often "caught" snapping away at things around the house like the cabinet door, toilet, fish tank, chair leg, dryer, carpet, floor, tv, etc., etc..

Here is just a sampling of her pics. She is also very fond of herself and will ALWAYS include a "self portrait" shot for us. We don't mind. She's beautiful.

Enjoy.

Phone Pics........

2009-07-08T20:23:00.006-05:00

I hadn't updated my phone in quite some time so today at work while I had some down time I updated it and synced it with my laptop. Found some interesting pics on it. So I figured everyone would love to see what they are. Totally random, but fun.

My moms boss and his poodle

House in Brazil

My two favorite ladies going for a cruise

Vegas

Dang it's hot.

Dang, it's even hotter

Crazy Kid being eaten by a foam hippo

Yes, I married a model who is super!

2009-07-03T00:01:00.001-05:00

Last month one of Lisa's friends talked her into submitting a photo of herself to a boutique who was looking for models. She didn't think much of it, and just submitted a couple of snapshots of herself. Well, she got a call back that said, "Congrats Supermodel, get ready for the runway!"

I knew all along that she was beautiful/hot. I mean that's part of the reason I married her. Well, that and I thought she was loaded. I was wrong about the second part. haha.

Lately I've been looking through some pictures and came across this one. This is one of my favorite pics of my beautiful wife. Even after 12 years of marriage (this Sunday the 5th) and two great kids, she still has a rockin' body and takes excellent care of herself to make sure she always looks and feels like a million dollars. I appreciate that about her more than she knows.

By the way.............

Happy Anniversary Lisa. I love you.

Decisions, Decisions................

2009-06-20T21:12:00.003-05:00

We have been dogless for 8 months now.................It's been a long 8 months.

We have missed having a dog.

Well we are officially becoming "dog people" again. We just don't know which dog it's going to be. Lisa found a great "rescue" organization in Austin that deals specifically with Labrador Retrievers. It is called Heart of Texas Labrador Rescue. You can visit their website at http://www.hotlabrescue.org/ We have been going through the "adoption" process and it is very intense. We were fortunate enough to make it this far. One of the directors told us that they turn down 60% of the applicants. I guess that means we aren't so crazy after all. We officially met 3 great dogs today. They were Cheerio, Madison, and Elle (the kids call her Ellie). Cheerio is an older yellow female (6 yrs old) and has the heart of a 2 year old. She is very "active" and loyal to her foster mom. Madison was a very laid back 2 year old. She wasn't too interested in us and we really didn't "click". We crossed her off the list pretty quick but believe that she has a great home waiting for her with someone. The last one we "officially" met was Elle. She is a beautiful yellow female. She too was very laid back but took to the kids right away (i don't think she had a choice as both kids used her as pillows and were playing tug of war with her ears).

We really had a hard time choosing which dog to "request" to join our family. I fell in love with Cheerio due to her Lab qualities, size, coloration, and activeness. The kids and Lisa fell for Elle (Ellie) right away. She really is a great dog and would make a great family member for us. We should find out tomorrow which dog will be joining us for a lifetime of memories.

But wait.........I've been talking about the three dogs we were "officially" introduced to. You see the directors of HOTLab were so impressed with Cheney and Chandler and their "obedience" (we threatened them on the way to the house) that they wanted us to "interact" with Lance and see how he acted around kids. If you visit their website you'll find out that Lance was used as a "bait" dog for a pitbull breeder and was thrown into the fighting ring. Well somehow Lance "escaped" from that hell and fell into the hands of this loving organization that spent lots of money and love bringing him to how he is now. He came in and I immediately thought that he would be a great dog for us too. He is one of the most handsome black labs I have ever seen. You would NEVER know of his history by the way he acts. He's a great dog.

Well we "officially" told them that Madison was NOT for us and that we would love to adopt "ELLE" (or ELLIE). If Ellie is not available, we told them our next choices would be Cheerio, then Lance. Yes, we put Lance on our short list.

We should find out tomorrow.

This is Lance.

This is Ellie.

This is Cheerio. Could you resist this face?

Treehouse?????? Kinda.

2009-06-19T12:27:00.002-05:00

The REAL treehouse construction has been put on hold because the other "tree" house has been remodeled. Cheney and I shared a VERY SMALL deer blind down at the lease and we both complained about being cramped and not very comfortable. So I "found" this old crate that my company used for shipping stuff and remodeled it. The old deer blind was about 4 foot by 4 foot and all metal and very hot or cold. The "new" blind is 8 foot by 8 foot with wall to wall carpeting and shelving. I do think that Cheney and I will be comfortable in this one. Heck, we might even invite 2 or 3 friends to join us in it. haha

As you can see from the pictures, it has a custom paint job (courtesy of Cheney, Karson, and myself). There are still a few minor things to do on it to finish it, but it is coming along quite nicely.

The house that's being built in the Tree

2009-06-07T19:09:00.002-05:00

Well it's almost finished! A little siding and a couple of doors and it's done (late next week hopefully). This is as fancy as it's getting (for now). Cheney "really thinks" he needs electricity and he even suggested putting the "jailhouse" toilet up there for, well you know. I draw the line at electricity........there will be NO plumbing in this tree.

Don't say that this really isn't a treehouse because of the telephone pole holding it up. It really is a tree house. The pole was just added for extra security/safety precautions. Here is a view of the side with the ladder. I opted to build an actual ladder so the entire family could enjoy it. It's even "MeMe" safe. We'll see if we can coax her up there when it's finished.

Looking down at the "bucket lift" as Cheney calls it.

FYI: Chandler does fit and has been in it.

view from the "entry" door looking towards the "patio". We left the pole tall so we could use it to secure the zip line too.

View from the "patio" door towards the main house. Cheney said there is probably enough room for 5 dudes with sleeping bags up there and at least one hammock.

Looking down from the roof (future second floor) over the patio. It's not as high as it looks. Really.

Garden Delights.............and Overload!

2009-06-06T15:53:00.002-05:00

Okay, our family LOVES tomatoes.........and hot stuff. So the past few years we've always planted cherry tomatoes, jalapenos, and a few other odds n ends. It never fails that our tomato plants always TAKE OVER our small garden. Yes, you would think that this many tomatoes would come from an acre garden and dozens of plants. Well your wrong. Our garden is a measley 6 foot by 10 foot with only 4 tomato plants. Yep, that's right........60 square feet! Cheney's treehouse is bigger than that! (treehouse post coming soon by the way) This year we planted, 2 cherry tomatoes, 2 "big boy" tomatoes, 2 jalapenos, 2 banana peppers, and carrots. Well the carrot crop came and went. We got a ridiculous amount of carrots (6 total)! woohoo. Over the next week the "big boy" tomatoes should be ripening...........I hope we can keep up with them. Anyway, here is the latest pickings.

Grizwalds Family Vacation Stephenson Style

2009-06-02T17:51:00.001-05:00

The kids have been itching to go to the coast and before the busy summer schedules of camps and vbs and lots of laying around we decided to borrow my parents travel trailer and head to Port A. If blogging was around 6 years ago you would have been fortunate enough to read about our first "camping" trip in a motorhome. It was an adventure before we even left the driveway. Seriously. We were pulling out and I turned to sharp and totally took out the basketball post. Oh well, it was old and rusty anyway.....right? This trip wasn't quite as eventful, but was a blast just the same. No basketball goals were harmed in the making of this blog. Port A is a blast and has lots of neat stores, restaurants, ice cream shops, RV parks, a kite store, and oh yeah a nice beach. The following are just some random shots of our weekend. Check out Lisa's blog and see our accomodations that we "roughed" it in.

Cheney collected these cool shells which when put back on the sand would promptly bury themselves. Really neat for the kids to see these "mussels" alive.

Seriously, kids, STOP FEEDING THE SEAGULLS. THEY WILL POOP ALL OVER YOU.

These girls could do THIS all day long.......as a matter of fact.......THEY DID.

The jettys were cool and had lots of pretty moss/seaweed growing all over them.

Cheney is just like me.........the more sun he sees, the more freckles he gets.

This is the best shot i could get of the dolphins. They were camera shy.

A trip to Port A wouldn't be complete without dinner at The Crazy Cajun. Great food and great service with Live music. Although Chandler wasn't too thrilled when the waiter put a live crawfish under her napkin. I think they heard her squeal all the way down at the beach!

Strolling the beach. Gosh she's cute.

Checking things out........yes, that's Cheney's head way out there. We had been at the beach all of 2 minutes.

The beginning of our Dolphin Cruise.

Posing for dad on the jetty's.

My Little Fishies!

2009-05-26T08:43:00.003-05:00

My kids LOVE the water.

We had a great Memorial Day weekend spent with Friends and Family. Hope ya'll had a good one too and remember it's never too late to "remember" someone who gave their life protecting yours.

Cruisin' Thursday Night

2009-05-21T21:36:00.004-05:00

Tonight we AMAZINGLY had nothing on our hectic schedule. Chandler was at Granny and Papa's house so we decided to run out to the river for a sunset cruise. We just missed the sunset, but had a great cruise down the river. Cheney even took over the wheel for me so that Lisa and I could "cuddle" up in front of the boat. He did a great job chauffeuring us down the river all the while saying "ewww, stop that". haha

Treehouse Update

2009-05-20T21:51:00.003-05:00

It's coming along pretty slowly but I haven't had much time to work on it. The floor is finished and the porch is finished. I have one wall up and will do the other walls and trap door in the coming days. We had some leftover Eucalyptus wood from a job we did in the Bahamas, so I used that for the porch pickets. I'll try to get some better detail pics as things progress.

Rain Delay

2009-05-16T17:00:00.003-05:00

I was hoping to get some MAJOR work done on the treehouse today, but it's been raining most of the day. We did get to play our baseball game though and Cheney did awesome as usual. Check back soon for more details and pics.

No, the following picture is not of Cheney and Chandlers treehouse. It is however what I am modeling theirs after...............kinda.

Lisa, Don't be too scared.

Treehouse...............continued

2009-05-13T11:57:00.002-05:00

Some people have said "It's over the top."

Some people have said "Not in MY backyard."

Some people have said "Sweet"

Some people have said nothing, just shaken their head.

I say....."I am man and it IS over the top and it is in MY backyard for MY kid and I think it's SWEET too!"

Although, as I'm writing this, I too am shaking my head, because maybe it is a little extreme........NAH!

The supports and main floor beams are done. Now for the floor and walls.

Check back soon.

The Treehouse Tree

2009-05-09T21:58:00.003-05:00

Cheney has been asking me for a couple of years to build a tree house. Well we decided it was about time so I started gathering some wood and a telephone pole. We have the PERFECT live oak tree in our backyard for a treehouse. Cheney and I talked about it and looked at the tree and climbed up it a few times to get a feel for the "layout" of the treehouse. Not giving away anything until the unveiling, I'll give you some details of what Cheney said he wanted for a finished project. He said it definitely had to have some stairs, windows, doors, a tv, and maybe some shelves and a refrigerator. What? A tv? A refrigerator? Sure why not. Maybe some day. Wait, did I say TELEPHONE POLE? Yes, I did. Well it's not a full blown 35 foot type of telephone pole. This one is only 20 foot long (I cut it off). Mom is not real keen on the idea of a treehouse so I figured I better beef up the supports on the treehouse to make it super safe. Besides, the telephone pole will support the Zip Line. Anywho, this is a picture of the perfect tree that will house the treehouse.

This Is The Life

2009-05-08T22:22:00.003-05:00

Summer is (almost) here and it's evident out at Lake Breeze Ski Lodge. Lisa and I decided to take the kids and the In-laws out to "The Lodge" and have dinner out on the patio by the lake. I spent most summers out at the Lodge. No really, when I say most summers, I mean from the day after school was out until the week before school started my sister and I were out at the Lodge either hanging out with our friends or working there just about every day. This started when I was in about 8th grade and continued until my senior year in high school. The place hasn't changed much over the years except for the addition of a great playscape that the kiddos love. You will almost always run into somebody you know there. Cheney's school counselor and her husband were enjoying an evening out on the patio as well and he just had to go say hi.

This was the view we had tonight overlooking the lake.

Time to start harvesting

2009-05-04T19:02:00.006-05:00

Yes, it's that time of year again. I really figured we just got lucky last year with our abundance of tomatoes. Looks like my tomato thumb really is green. Or it might just be the well fertilized "corn dirt" that came from the field behind my office. Who knows. We harvested the first of our "crop" this afternoon. 25 tomatoes and 2 carrots were the first pickins'.

It's amazing how fast the tomato plants shot up after the rain we had a couple weeks ago. I would say that they grew over one foot in one week.

If it wasn't for our nice squirrels who like to steal tomatoes and eat them on the driveway I would have never known these were ripe already. They were hidden way in the center of the bush and out of plain sight. Thanks to the squirrel for giving them away!

As usual we planted several Jalapeno plants too. We love hot stuff here in our house.

Here are the carrots. This is the first time we have planted carrots and they are doing pretty good. Looks like we'll have a couple dozen or so.

And here is what we LOVE the most that comes out of the garden.

I told Lisa we should set up the kids at the entrance to the neighborhood and sell some of our cherry tomatoes this year. Last year, when I stopped counting, we had harvested over 1300 tomatoes (about 40 pounds)!!! I figure they could sell them for a couple bucks per pound. That would make some good "toy" money for them.

Not sure what the big deal is????

2009-05-02T23:02:00.006-05:00

Meet Kenny Chesney. He's a great singer and performer.

Meet Billy. He's a great singer (in the shower) and performer (more clown-like than anything else).

Meet Miranda Lambert. She's a great singer and performer.

Meet Lisa. She's a great singer and performer too.

Seriously, what is the big deal with Kenny and Miranda??? For almost a month Lisa and I have been bantering back and forth about Friday's concert. She talks about how cute he is and blah, blah, blah. I talk about how pretty Miranda is and blah, blah, blah. She has been a fan of (in love with) Kenny for a long time. We even had a good friend of ours sing one of his greatest hits "Me And You" at our wedding. I do agree that he's a great singer and performer. But seriously people, he's 5 foot something/nothing and balding. I do have to give his tech crew and costume advisor credit though. Put a black cowboy hat on his head and you'd never no he was folically challenged and put a 16' jumbotron behind him on stage and he looks as though he's 6'2" tall. Oh well, i concede.

Now of course I have been a fan of Miranda ever since I got to see the filming of one of her videos in Luling several years ago. She too is a great singer and performer and is not bad on the eyes either.

So heres my beef....................

Comparing the pictures above, Lisa and I COULD be as great as Kenny and Miranda are. We just need to be "discovered". Well, and I need singing lessons, and a tan, and bigger biceps, and lots of other stuff too probably. Oh well.

Lisa doesn't need a thing.

I'm a lucky guy!

Kenny, Miranda, and Lady Antebellum

2009-05-02T22:26:00.003-05:00

Had a great Friday night listening to some great music with friends.

Kenny puts on a great show.

Thoughts...

2009-04-30T08:52:00.005-05:00

The thoughts that run through my head everytime I see a red rose bush are endless. I think of things that are associated with God's beauty, feelings, memories, pain, and love. Don't worry, I won't get all mushy on you. This particular rose bush is at Grandma Cloughly's house. It reminds me of the bush that used to grow (or maybe still does) at my Great-Great-Grandmothers house. When my sister and I were younger we would ride the bus to Houston to see our Grandparents and they would take us to my Granny's Mom's house on Walker Street. This was an old house with a great front porch with a swing on it. Right next to the front porch grew this giant red rose bush. I learned later on in life that this particular bush had been cut from the original which was planted years before. If I would have known the history that this red rose bush bore then I never would have tried to be all Evil Knieval off the front porch trying to jump over it, injuring it and myself several times. Granny would always shake a finger at me and tell me not to do that, then would offer me some lemonade. No punishment? She was a spoiler, that's for sure. Anyway, my mom has the original bush and it is thriving at her house. Think about it, this rose bush is 116 years old. Several years ago my mom gave me a "cutting" and we planted it............... Sadly it didn't last very long. I am determined to try again though. Wouldn't it be neat to have some of these roses alive and blooming at Chandler's wedding? See...a simple rose bush can emit more than just a pretty picture.

I know I'm a guy and I am not supposed to be all weird like this, but oh well.

You'll get over it.

I will try to find some pics of the original bush and post them later.

Almost time...........

2009-04-28T23:20:00.002-05:00

Cheney is getting pretty pumped up for summer. Not so he can sleep in and "play" all day and go to summer camps and lay around by the pool with Mom and Chandler and Meme. He is getting excited because the start of summer means he can get ANOTHER MOHAWK!!! This is last years version. This years is going to be bigger and better because he has been letting his hair "growout" for probably 3 months. His hair is super thick.....much like mine USED to be haha. So this years MOHAWK should be a good one. To be continued........

Cute

2009-04-27T08:35:00.001-05:00

Aren't these just the cutest feet?

Kids and cameras

2009-04-24T10:22:00.002-05:00

What do you think this is? Cheney was giggling as he took this.

Hangin' with the kiddos

2009-02-22T21:07:00.006-06:00

For those of you who are priviledged enough to know Cheney and Chandler, you know that they are two very different individuals.

Chandler loves to have one on one "quality" time and loves to just sit and play games or do activities.

Cheney is a typical male and is perfectly happy sitting in front of the tv or outside playing ball or exploring.

The following images depict the kids "views" today and I was lucky enough to have them want to include me in their "activities". Chandler and I painted and Cheney and I watched Animal Planet. Great times.

Cheney's First Deer Season Comes To An End

2009-01-27T21:01:00.002-06:00

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Well as most of you know Cheney and I were invited to join a deer lease this past year with some very good friends. We had a great time hanging out and viewing some of God's creations for the past 4 months or so. The lease is pretty strict about "harvesting" bucks and we really aren't in the market for a "trophy buck". We just wanted to hang out, spend some quality time together, and eventually shoot a doe to get some meat.

Well we managed to do all three this season with the last one coming on one of the last weekends of the legal hunting season. Cheney kept asking me why we had waited so long to shoot a deer and I told him that we were waiting for the right one. Well that was only part of the reason. Dad didn't want to shoot a doe too early and then not have any real reason to go back to the lease to do more of the hanging out and spending quality time together. Remember.....I'm a genius. HAHAHA

The following pictures show Cheney's first deer harvest. He had a "little" help from Dad, but that's ok. He doesn't have his own deer rifle yet and Dad's is a little big for him still. Next year he'll hopefully be using his own rifle. He already has one picked out. He knows all about it too. It's a youth model .243 with a 3-9 X 40 scope! Ask him about it sometime and watch his face light up.

Here is Cheney lining up on some hogs. I don't have any pictures of the actual shot of us shooting the doe because I didn't want to scare them off and I was "helping" him. He's got pretty good form doesn't he.

A few minutes after the shot. This was the doe we had been tracking. She was really big and at least 3 1/2 years old. We estimated her weight to be over 100 pounds. Be sure to click on the pictures to see the enlarged views and the beaming smile on his face.

Back at camp we got ready to hang it up and start cleaning. Cheney got some gloves on and was very excited to see some blood and guts!!!!

It got dark on us pretty quick. Our friends Shawn and his son Mason also shot a doe this afternoon too and they cleaned theirs first. Cheney and I are pretty new to this so we took the opportunity to learn a few things from Shawn. He is a great guy and new friend from Houston. Mason shot his first official doe this trip too. Both boys were pumped up pretty high.

Uh, Cheney.......where are you? Why is Mason helping me clean this thing and not you? Oh yeah, I forgot, you said you'd take pictures for me. I'll let you slide this one time.

We have also spotted several nice bucks coming through our pasture. The following pictures are of a real nice and wide 8 pointer. He's not real old but already has a nice rack on him. We'll give him a few more years and see just how big he gets.

Check out this rear view picture. He looks really wide here........

This is another 8 pointer that isn't as wide but has a nice rack also.

Now Cheney can't wait to cook up some venison steaks and sausage!!!

Just Another Day

2009-01-24T12:00:00.010-06:00

This past Tuesday started off like any other weekday for me lately. I Woke up to the sound of Lisa hitting the snooze button a minimum of 5 times. Then I really woke up to the blinding light of her dressing area as she dolls up for the day. I roll out of bed (really it's a roll move I perfected years ago), go pry the kids out of bed, try my hardest to help get them ready for school without any major meltdowns and take them to school. Being a stay at home Dad is hard work.

Anyway, I get back to the house after depositing the kids in the proper locations and sit on the couch to check email and see how many job offers I have from Monster, Yahoo, Careerbuilder, Craigslist, etc, etc.. No legitimate ones this day except for the usual "work from home" and "make $297 an hour by posting ads on google". I may have to try that one out..........

No, really, back to my day. As I'm "surfing" and catching up on world news with Regis and Kelly I keep hearing some "scurrying" coming from above me. I go outside half a dozen times only to find the usual 4 to 5 squirrels running around the trees and stopping to check me out. We have really smart squirrels. We have one that can actually get into a "squirrel proof" bird feeder. It was actually a fun thing to watch. I have photographic proof somewhere............ "George" (as we like to call him) would jump from the tree out 5 feet to the chain holding up the feeder and then "unscrew" the lid and dive down into a sunflower seed mixed heaven until he had to literally shimmy his way back out from over-indulgence.

After realizing that this sound was actually coming from the attic I grabbed a flashlight and headed up. As I'm searching through the attic I begin to wonder just what really is up there. I am just assuming it is a squirrel. Not seeing or hearing anything I try my stealth mode. Sitting for a few minutes I hear it!! It's right below me!! Okay, now I'm thinking here I am home alone hunting/stalking some unknown creature in my attic. What if it's a 50 pound squirrel that got trapped and just grew and grew. You know you hear about those alligators and snakes in the sewer systems of New York. You just never know. Upon further investigation I realize it's running back and forth in the plumbing vent line that crosses the attic and exits the roof. No problem. I'll just make some noise and hit my flashlight on the pipe and it'll get scared and run back out the pipe the same way it came in.......

Problem 1. Slick pipe and slippery squirrel claws (at least I think it's a squirrel).

Problem 2. Said pipe takes a 90 degree turn up and out the roof (about a 4 foot vertical rise).

Problem 3. In this instance, 2 problems are plenty.

Here is a picture of the "pipe".

Wait............I'm a genius.

I get out of the attic, go to the garage and grab some "supplies". I proceed to come back to the house with a ladder and some rope. I figure if my squirrels (I still think it's a squirrel) are so smart, I'll just throw the little guy a life-line and he'll climb right out. So I set up the ladder and climb up on the roof. I proceed to afix the life saving line that will save one of God's creatures. Here it is.

I'm sitting there for a few minutes and think that this might be kinda cool. Any minute this little thing will stick his head out of the pipe, give me a look/sigh of relief, a nod of the head, and he/she will be off into the great blue yonder. But wait.........I need to get a picture of this because nobody will ever believe me. So I start down the ladder but stop. I don't want this great escape to happen while I'm going to get my camera. I hurry back up to the roof and yank that lifeline right out of the hands of the one I am trying to save. Okay, skipping ahead a few minutes, I now have camera in hand and have lowered the lifeline back down to give freedom to something. So I sit there.........and sit there.........and even "wiggle" the rope thinking that it might entice or grab the attention of the little thing. Nope. Not happening. It's now that I notice what a beautiful day it is. Not a cloud in the sky and perfect weather for sitting on the roof looking in your pipes. Here is a picture of how pretty the day was.

Okay, so now it's been a long time (I am not going to admit just how long I actually sat there). Several neighbors have come outside to see what I was up to but none have dared to actually ask. They just come outside and look at me and shake their heads and go back to their daily routine of being grumpy old men and women.

I have now decided that this wasn't going to work. What if the animal thinks that my lifeline is actually a snake? What if it thinks it's a noose? What if, What if, What if?

I have errands to run and jobs to find but I am NOT leaving the house without this mission accomplished. I go back to the garage and grab a saw. I'll just cut the pipe in half and wait......... What if this thing comes screaming out of the pipe and is loose in the attic? That would be better than the pipe but I surely don't want a squirrel loose in the attic. But wait, I'm a genius remember? I grab a "sack" and place over the pipe as quickly as possible. Here goes.........

Alright, so that isn't working either. I have to take more drastic measures. I have resisted placing my head directly in line of fire of the "pipe" until now to actually see what I've been hunting. I mean who wants a mad, scared, animal, with obvious claws to come jumping out at them with their head looking into their pipe? I take a very careful look.......first to one side and nothing, then to the other and nothing again. What? Am i freaking out? I KNOW there was some kind of animal in my pipes! I am NOT imagining this. So now I'm trying to decide that if maybe while I was sawing the pipe in half if the little thing actually climbed my lifeline. I exit the attic really quick and go look at the rope. Nope, it still looks the same. Surely if something were to grab it and use it to pull themselves to freedom it would have been pulled tight into the pipe. It wasn't. It was just as I had left it. Back to the attic.

Now I start to disassemble the pipe further into the attic. I take off the section I had just cut and look down into the pipe as it goes down into the wall.

AHA!! Just as I suspected!! It is a squirrel!! And now its stuck in the vertical pipe that goes down the wall. Crap!! Now what? Well here it is. In the second picture you can see the white of the squirrels face. Luckily I don't think it's George. This poor little thing is scurrying like crazy and all I can think of is I hope it doesn't get some traction because my face is about 3 inches from the end of this pipe.

So.....New questions/dilemnas. How do you get a squirrel out of the vertical section of vent pipe in your attic/wall? Just where does this vent pipe go to? What happens if the thing dies in there? Will it actually harm the plumbing? But most important question.....Will this thing try to make his escape out of the toilet (because i know vent pipes lead there too) while Lisa is sitting on it? How much money could be won if I were to videotape said "escape"? Do i dare? Nope, not this time. Maybe with Cheney, but not Lisa.

So just how do you get a squirrel out of your vent pipe? Google does not have many suggestions by the way.

I could suck it out with the vaccuum or shop vac, but i don't think the suction would be strong enough.

I could try to afix a coat hanger "hook" and pull it out but I don't think I could reach it.

Wait..........hook it! That's right. "Hook it". One more trip to the garage for the fishing pole. Stop laughing. I really and truly thought this would work........and it almost did. Know this people...........8 p0und test fishing line will NOT hold a squirrel. I did manage to hook him a few times but he always seemed to get away. I do have the fur to prove it. Please don't ask what I intended to do after I actually HOOKED it because I have no idea. I mean, I have caught big bass, catfish, and even a 9 foot SAILFISH but the thought of this actually scared me more than that.

After about..............trust me............what seemed like forever. This really seemed to irritate the little guy. I would have to drop the hook and weights onto him and I could hear him scurrying and scurrying and scooting and crawling and do whatever it is that squirrels do in your vent pipes. Then, there it was..................silence. The thing was gone. The whole squirrel jumping out of toilet image keeps popping into my head. Seriously, it was gone. Several possibilities possible here.

1. It is STILL in there somewhere by the vent to the toilet.
2. It already crawled out of the toilet.
3. It made it into the MAIN drain line/sewer line.

I really want to go with option 3 on this. I would hate to think it is now loose in the house now and besides, if it was, I really think we would have known it by now. Then if it was still in the lines somewhere you would think that we'd be having some kind of problems with the lines (we aren't). So, I'll leave you with this final thought. If you ever hear of a giant squirrel emerging from the sewer system in Seguin................you'll know the real story.
I know, I know...........not the ending you were hoping for but that was my Tuesday. I hope the next one is just as exciting.

I WAS TAGGED!!!

2009-01-15T20:44:00.004-06:00

My wife Lisa TAGGED me on her blog so I am now forced to blog again. I really should have blogged more since October but (jokingly) haven't really been inspired to do so. Anyway, the tag rules are to post a picture but not any picture. It has to be the 4th picture from the 4th album in my pictures files. Here it is.............

No, this isn't my car, but happened to be in the folder of pictures of my car. For those of you who don't know I am a fan of the Chevrolet Corvette. Ever since my Dad brought home "our" first one in 1978. It was a 1976 Stingray and was a sweet ride. Over the next 10 to 12 years Dad bought and sold several Corvettes. My sister Stepheny and I could probably tell some good stories about the 1977 Corvette that We both got to drive. Well...............29 years later, the next picture is of the car that now sits in our garage!!! It has been a really fun car to drive and show off. Cheney begs to cruise to Kirby's every Friday night because according to him it's "Cool Car Night" there.

The last rule of the game is to tag other bloggers but since I don't look at other blogs too much except for those that have already played this game then I guess.................game over.

Random Brasil Pictures

2008-10-06T20:46:00.004-05:00

In my last post I commented on how beautiful Brasil and the people of Brasil are.

Here are some random photos of our Mission Trip last month.

Yes, that is a bunch of crabs tied up on the street. I still don't know what their crime was. Yes, that is a cooked chicken foot on my plate. Yes, it did taste like chicken. Yes, that is my newest Brazilian buddy. He and his brother are bicycling across Brasil selling their handmade jewelry. I told them when they made it to Texas they should look us up and stay with us. I'm sure Lisa is going to love that! Yes, that is a wild boar tooth around his neck. Yes, that is my new most favorite sport. It's called Kitesurfing and totally amazing to watch. I wish there was a kitesurfing channel. hahaha. It's ridiculous how fast they go and how they can harness the wind to take them in almost every direction.

There will be more pics someday................sorry I am so slow to post. Have a great week.

Brazil Mission Trip 2008

2008-09-21T21:13:00.003-05:00

For those of you who don't know, I have spent the last 9 days in Luiz Correia, Brasil on a Mission Trip with our Church. Luiz Correia is on the Northeastern coast of Brasil close to Parnaiba. This is our third trip to this village. The previous trips wer construction type trips where we helped to build some living quarters and some work shops for the local workers who were staying at a rehabilitation center. The guys staying there were admitted to the center to try to kick their drug and alcohol addictions.

This trip was dedicated to witnessing to the people of a little village down the road from Luiz Correia called Coconut Beach. The people there are very warm and inviting. We could walk up to their gates and clap and they would come out, say hello to us and the next thing we know, we are sitting in their living rooms or on their porches visiting. We had several local translators with us to help. I tried my best to use as much spanish/portuguese as I could but it was not enough.

The following are some random pictures of our week. I believe God truly blessed us on our trip as well as the people from Coconut Beach. A group of people have already decided to start meeting for Bible Study at the local school. Imagine that, a school letting the local church meet in their classrooms to hold Bible Study!!!

Two girls that helped us on our local visits. Annie on the left and Janaina on the right.

Group of kids who attend our host Church: Primera Igreja Bautista (First Baptist Church)

Visiting with some people.

Conducting Vacation Bible School for about 100 kids IN THE SCHOOL!!!

On a side note...........This area of Brasil is very beautiful with all kinds of landscape. I did manage to get over 500 pictures while here with about half being of the area itself. Check back later for another posts of just pictures.

On another side note..........while we were there in Coconut Beach the local resort (I say the local resort because it is the only one around this area) is holding their annual Kite Surfing Championship. They say the beaches here are perfect for this sport because of the prevailing winds and the angle they hit the beach. This weekend was to determine the Brasil National Champion and Next weekend will be to determine the International Champion. I had the opportunity to watch the guys and girls kite surf and it looks totally awesome dude. I wanted to try it, but with all the local surfers involved in the competition there was really nobody available to teach me. That and the fact that it was going to cost about $100 per hour and they suggest at least 5 hours!!!!!!!!!! I'll post pictures of that too later.

Potential Waterpark

2008-09-07T21:55:00.002-05:00

I am going to Rockport to make a presentation to the city council about building a waterpark in their city. This is a great business opportunity for the company!!

The following video was part of a news report in Corpus Christi. It is fun to work on local projects.

Weekend at the Hunting Camp

2008-09-01T13:50:00.006-05:00

Cheney and I took advantage of the Labor Day Holiday and headed down to the ranch Sunday after church. There was still some work that needed to be done on the blind and some other things to tend to. Some friends and their kiddos went down also, so the WORK trip turned into a PLAY trip for Cheney. In all reality, it was pretty much a play trip for Daddy too. We took care of the blind touch ups and then hung out and discovered new parts of the ranch. Cheney had a good time cruising around on the four wheeler checking things out. We discovered new parts of the ranch we hadn't been to yet. All that's left to do is a little shredding and we will be ready to go!!!

The boys hangin' out.

Cheney in the Barn.

This would have made Mommy nervous.

He learned this move from His buddies.

Hunter Dude.

Finishing up the blind.

The guys joked and told me I should have painted my blind sky blue as high as it is. I guess they are right. haha

I thought we were feeding the deer? Ha Ha

Sunset Sunday night.

Random Vacation Pics

2008-08-15T12:05:00.002-05:00

I finally stopped counting!

2008-08-14T22:37:00.002-05:00

Well, for those of you who have visited the house over the last few months, you know how big and crazy the tomato plants had become. My wife thought I was a little weird when I started counting the number of tomatoes harvested, but I was just curious what 3 little plants could produce. They started off kinda slow, but after about a month, they just went crazy. Not taking into consideration the tomatoes stolen by the racoons, birds, Shelby the dog, squirrels, friends and neighbors we have harvested (so far) 1,283 cherry tomatoes. There have also been 84 bad/rotten/split tomatoes. With the price of tomatoes in the stores, I figure we have saved about $214. Don't worry we are not finished yet.

Here is some of the final harvest.

Plants after I thinned them out this evening. I am trying to get the small garden ready for some fall plants. I know they don't look great but they still have buds and tomatoes all over them!

Here is some of the cuttings that I cut off the plants and pulled up. I know I wasted about 100 (that I did a quick count of) tomatoes, but we really needed to clean it up some.

My New Friend..............Alice!!!

2008-07-24T09:58:00.000-05:00

Okay, so most of you know that I am not really good with directions or finding my way around. I sometimes leave my neighborhood and go the wrong direction. I don't think that it's a mental capability issue, as much as i do a mental overload issue. I mean I usually have so much on my mind that I am always "one turn" ahead of myself which is why I have no idea how to get to where I'm going, even though I may have been there 186 times. Don't get me wrong.......I know where virtually every street in our hometown is and have lived on at least 29 of those streets, it just takes me a few extra minutes and a few extra turns to get there. When other people are in the car I just blame it on "taking the scenic route". My wife sometimes blames it on a Memory Issue I have. I sometimes agree with her because if I have an errand to run, I can leave the house and go to town and come home and still have the laundry in the front seat of the truck or the bill envelope that needed to be dropped off sitting on the console. What did I do in town??? To this day, I am still trying to figure it out. Well, after 20 years of driving I finally broke down and purchased something that will help me. I know these little guys are not new to society but they are new to me. My father purchased a truck last year that has GPS/Navigation in it and I have been hooked. When we leave the office to go to lunch I like to punch in the address of the place we are going even if it is Lola's. For those of you that don't know, Lola's is a restaurant that is about half a mile from our office...........on the same street. Anyway, I did it. I now have a GPS/Navigation system. My only regret is that it didn't come installed on the NEW Cadillac CTS-V I have been eyeing online.

I would like to introduce you to "Alice". She is a Magellan Roadmate. She sits nicely on my console or sometimes hangs from the front windshield (except when I am in California or Maryland - where this is very illegal). She is very nice to me and tells me exactly where to go. I've only had her a few days and I can tell a difference already. I am more productive in my workday and get home much sooner to start cooking dinner. A big plus in the wifes eyes. Here she is..............

There is just one thing that Alice won't do..................................

SHE WON'T TELL ME WHEN THERE IS A LOW HANGING TREE BRANCH OVER THE ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you believe that? Alice could take me from here to Katmandu and back and tell me where all the starbucks and target stores are (for my wife of course) but she doesn't warn me of a tree? Not even a big stop sign on the screen or nothing. I mean all the bells and whistles on this thing and she can't even say "Hey watch out for that tree you moron, you have your 8 foot deer blind tower in the back of your truck!" Yep, that's right. On my maiden voyage using Alice to find my way to the deer lease which I have been to before this is what happened.

I had the tower portion in the bed of the truck strapped down really tight. No big deal. We made it under every bridge, gas station canopy, stop light, etc, etc.. But we did NOT make it under the tree that hangs over the road less than half a mile from the lease. *Note to self: On next trip to deer lease with NEW tower, put tower on trailer and lay tower down.*

The interesting thing is that all 3 people in the truck were commenting on how the tree overhangs the road and how someone has a chain and come-along holding the low branch up but noone thought about the tower sticking up so high. So......after one ruined tower, one banged up truck, and a little hurt pride, here we sit.

I can build another tower, get my truck fixed, and take another trip down to the lease (with Alice's assistance of course), but I'm sure I will never be able to live down the "stories" that will be associated with this incident.

Really, I have no idea?

P.S. - No trees were harmed in this portrayal. Really, the tree didn't have any kind of visible mark on it at all. I guess that's why they left it in the middle of the road.

Vacation from the Vacation before our Vacation.

2008-07-22T10:35:00.000-05:00

Vacations Galore! Yes, just one more reason I am such a lucky guy. Now not all these "trips" could be classified as vacations, but hey, it's the thought that counts. First of all my company allows me to travel and my family has always been the traveling sort. Not like a carnival "carnie", but more like a traveling salesman. Now we don't always go to glamorous destinations around the world, but hey we can't ALL be so lucky to go to Lake Palestine for a WEEK WITH YOUR IN-LAWS, now can we (I love you MeMe). Anyway, I'm sure some people reading this will have been far more places than I have, but it's a start right? Anyway, July and August are no different. We have been "vacationing" locally, but have plans to go chillax in Mexico in a few weeks, "Seriousally". Then it will be a Brazlian adventure with our church, and then the usual trips to Vegas, Florida, Georgia, California, New York/Massachusetts (hopefully - so Chainsaw can see his Uncle), and who knows where else.

View of the .3 Star accomodations in beautiful downtown Berclair, Texas (deer camp) where I have set up for some bonding experiences with the kiddo.

View of the 2 Star Accomodations on the beautiful Guadalupe River where we have hung out and camped out with the kiddos.

T-Rex footprint? or advertising ploy? This "thing" was on the nature trail at the place we stayed in Wimberley, Texas with some friends for some much needed R & R before we head to Mexico with 6, yes 6, did I say 6 kids (and 2 grandparents) - we'll be the dorky ones dressed alike at the airport!!!!! Please pray for us.

View from our room in Wimberley, Texas

Check back later for pictures from who knows where.

DEER LEASE!!!

2008-07-13T16:57:00.000-05:00

Several years ago I was able to get on a small parcel of land to hunt and fish. It was great (for a few months). I had the whole place to myself. I could come and go as I wanted. I could fish, hunt, camp, or do what I do most of the time and just take pictures. Well, to make a long story short, the lady I leased the land from wasn't the sole owner. To make a longer story even shorter, I gathered my stuff and never went back. That was over 4 years ago.

A few months ago, a friend of mine asked if I would like to get back on a deer lease. I immediately said "YES!" and then decided to try and convince my wife that this was a good thing. It's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission, RIGHT?!!! My wife said "Of course, whatever you want to do." Uh oh. This is one of those trick answers isn't it. I've read about these in those very enlightening men's magazines I subscribe to. This answer of hers could either mean:

a - Of course, whatever you want to do.

b - What are you thinking? That is not what you want to do at all.

c - (There was no answer C - this magazine really inhales profusely)

Now I'm back to square one.

Do I get on the Lease or not?

I really want to because Cheney and I could really bond and become one with nature and I can teach him survival techniques using a spoon and a rubber band. No, really, I can. I could also hang out with some old friends from school (there are 4 other guys on the lease I went to school with). We too could bond and "discuss" all the deep issues in our lives today. You know, like potty training, how great our wives are, politics, gas prices, who is the best "42" player, how cool we used to be, etc. etc..

Well, it didn't take much convincing. She said no problem, as long as I didn't go EVERY weekend and didn't miss any family events. By the way, I asked her as we were getting pedicures. I knew if I asked her about it while getting a pedicure my odds would be better that she would agree. There is something cosmic with my wife about pedicures and when I sweep and mop the floor. It's weird, but I am in NO WAY COMPLAINING. I love you honey. Wow, you've probably never seen those two things together in one "blog". Deer Lease and Pedicures. I hope none of my buddies from the lease read this. Well, this weekend was one of the few weekends I was able to get down there and "set up". Here are a few pics of the Lease.

Entry area

Bunk House (complete with carpet grass)

View from my blind to one of the Senderas

I Admit It, I'm a Junkie!

2008-07-02T22:42:00.000-05:00

There are not too many things I obsess over. But.......

If you ask my wife, I'm a shoe junkie and a t-shirt junkie.

I used to be a cd junkie

(thanks to technology, I am now a music download junkie)

I "had" been training for triathlons so I became really interested in having

a good pair of running shoes. I'm not training anymore, but that's another blog (I think the appropriate title will be "I'm Lazy").

Anyway, my brother-in-law turned me on to the Asics brand.

I love these shoes. The Gel Nimbus are my favorite. I know, right now you're going blah, blah, blah. Don't worry, I do have a point to this blog.

Lately since I have not been training my running shoes have become my

daily wearers. I have several pair and one of the pairs I wear most often have

been looking a little ragged.....................

Do you notice something about the pair above? They are very comfortable and lately have become very "airy" on top. Yes, those white dots on top by my toes ARE my toes looking through the tops of the shoes. This has embarrassed my wife.

I decided to remedy my wifes embarrassment today. I went down to our local family owned shoe store for some new kicks. This is one of the pairs I picked up today.

This is the second pair I bought today. I couldn't decide on which pair to get, so I just bought both pair. I figure this might be a good way for me to force myself to do some training. We'll see.

This is an aerial of part of my "stable". My wife thinks that 13 pairs of tennis shoes (8 shown) qualifies one to be a "junkie". I think I have about 30 pairs of shoes total not counting flip flops, but who counts flip flops, right? What most people don't know is that my wife is a junkie too............

You see, the above tote bag is what prompted this blog post. When i was checking out with my new shoes, they asked me if I wanted a "tote bag" for my purchase. I immediately thought of my wife because SHE IS A TOTE BAG JUNKIE. I did a quick count one time and she had about 23 tote bags. This my friends is creepy. I mean seriously, how much stuff does one need to tote to justify 23 tote bags? Some of these totes have been purchased, others passed on from the tote queen herself (my mother-in-law), and yet others received for free with purchase as was mine today. You should have seen her eyes light up when I walked in this afternoon with the tote bag. She wasn't lit up about spending the day at the spa or about the 161 tomatoes that we harvested off the vines today or even about seeing her fabulous husband for the first time in over 8 hours. She was totally stoked about the new tote bag that I got for free!!!!

Yes, I am a lucky guy.

Does the second post mean I'm officially a BLOGGER?

2008-06-25T22:33:00.000-05:00

These are some random pictures I've taken while on different

trips for either work or with the family.

(be sure to click on pics to see larger/better image)

Palm Springs, California

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Bridge

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Top of "30 Rock" Overlooking Central Park

Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York

Las Vegas, Nevada

Central Park, Manhattan, New York

I'm trying to decide what to post next so check back.

You'll never know what will be posted!

That's right, I Have No Idea...

2008-06-20T23:48:00.000-05:00

why I am such a lucky guy. Is it the gorgeous, intelligent (a little ocd) wife? Is it the handsome, intelligent (a little crazy) son? Is it the beautiful, intelligent (a little weird) daughter? Or it could be the great family, job, or friends. I'm not bragging, just stating the facts. This is my first blog post. This blog will cover all sorts of ground. One day it may be about me. One day it may be about someone in my family. One day it may be about a pile of dirt in my backyard.

Today it's about the 3 most important people in my life.

My wife of almost 11 years.

My son of a little over 6 years

My daughter of a little over 2 years.

They are what keep me going.

They are what I love.