Happy Birthday Dianne!

Bachelor Week

Dianne is out of town this week for work-related training, so its just me and the boys for the next five days. Stay tuned... hilarity to ensue.

(Dianne's view landing in Utah)

They Grow Up So Fast

The first day of school is here, and Charles is ready! There were no tears (at least while I was there) and Charles took a seat and got right to work.

More photos here on Flickr or you can view the slideshow.

One More Flashback

Ready for another trip via the Wayback Machine? Going back about 10 years or so?
This time, its the wedding!



But I promise this will be the last.



I don't think I have anymore web pages archived.

Parent's Lunch

I skipped out of work to meet Dianne and Charles at his school for lunch. I made it just in time to catch the pre-lunch performance.

Fall Festival

All is well...

Dianne and the boys returned on time, safe and sound. The new school year starts tomorrow so Dianne spent all afternoon cleaning the house and getting everything perfect.

I had some time this evening to try to off-load our recent photos and am trying to get some of them organized. So far I have not gotten past our most recent trip to San Antonio.

San Antonio, 2007

Memorial Day Weekend, Wrap Up

It was a great weekend at NanaPapa World. A little too much rain, but the boys had a great time on their new bikes - Dianne, Jennifer, and Harvey got some good "Wal-Mart" time in - and there was lots of fishing in between down-pours.



And Dianne and the boys even orchestrated a mini-birthday party for Jane before we left. I've posted a few more short clips to a pickle-page and uploaded most of my photos to a google album...

Memorial Day Weekend, Sunday

The day started out rainy, but by lunch the boys were on their new bikes and enjoying the day.



And of course... more fishing!


Dianne wins the award for the biggest, the most, and the last fish of the day


Jennifer came with us today too!


The boys came fishing too, but lost interest soon after catching their 1

Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday

The forecast is for rain most of the weekend, but we did manage to spend some time outside this afternoon (after a trip to Wal-Mart of course). Not having any real bait, we tried fishing with lures. Everyone caught something, so it wasn't all bad.


Thomas wins for the most caught (3)

Jennifer wins for catching the biggest

Dianne wins for catching the last
The boys spent some time riding their new bicycles (pictures to come) and Thomas has been going great at his potty training (no pictures to come).

Heading Home

Today didn't work out exactly as we'd liked. We started out at the Sea Lion Show, which was funny enough (especially since the sea lions were not cooperating). After the show we fed them, and then the birds.


Jane would be so proud. Charles charged in and made sure that every bird got a little of the food. Thomas on the hand was afraid of the noise. Go figure.

And then the rain came. We spent the next several hours freezing in the pool as the boys splashed and played. One more trip through the penguin house (because we just weren't quite cold enough) and it was back to the car for the long ride home. Thomas didn't make it far beyond the parking lot, but we've just passed Seguin and Charles is still going strong.

Off to see Shamu

Well, we're off. This should be a fun weekend of "firsts" - first hotel stay, first whale, first indoor pool, first water park. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. :)


As you might guess, it should be pretty week documented. There's a new Pickle channel where I'll post the photos and videos as we go, and a new Flickr set in case you care but don't want to download the Flash.

Goodnight Call

I missed the call from home last night to say goodnight... I called right back, but the original voicemail was just too cute!