Well look at this. The whole family was together Thursday, so we tried to capture this Kodak moment after dinner, but the sun was going down and (spoiler alert: I'm an idiot) I didn't know how to use the timer on my camera. Amanda figured it out, but by the time we took the picture it was dark and the picture was pretty terrible. Thank Trump for Photoshop! A little playing around and it's not bad at all. Click the pic to embiggin.
Category: Family
Autumn Leaves
What better to do on Veterans' Day than jump in a pile of leaves? Here's Julian and Olivia doing that very thing. Feel the joy!
Goodbye Mom; Love and Miss You.
Mom and her mother.
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Lily is here!
Beautiful Lily Margaret Rose arrived Tuesday, 8/25/2015. She weighed in at 9 pounds, 9 oz! Susan and Lily are doing great! More pics below.
Four-Year-Olds Playing T-ball
It's like a basket of puppies. Here's Julian playing a little T-ball.
Snow Day!
As sick as I am of this cold and snow, Julian and I had a great day today. We did a little sledding in the backyard, Julian rockin' lime green snow pants. Then we made a new bow, arrows and a quiver, just like in the picture in his Robin Hood book, followed by several episodes of Scooby Doo and some popcorn - pretty much a perfect day.
Fifty Degrees!
Oh, this is nice. When I walked outside about 7:30 this morning to take Frannie out, I was unexpectedly hit in the face with fake spring. And it was wonderful! It actually felt warm. Ducks were swimming in the pond that just yesterday was frozen hard enough that Artemis could walk out onto the ice (don't tell Amanda). But best of all, it smelled like spring. I know, next week we'll get an ice storm and two feet of snow and depression will set in. But I'm enjoying this while I can. Besides, I got a couple seed catalogs in the mail last week, so spring has to be on the way, right? Is that a robin?
Here's a picture from yesterday back when it was still winter of 3 beautiful girls, I mean 5 beautiful girls at the beach. If you look closely, you'll see Frannie's nose right under Arty's tongue above Amanda's boot. UPDATE: Brenda noticed that the photo below shows three generations of our family - Cool!
MLK Weekend at the Beach
Kelsey, Frannie and I drove to the beach last night after Artemis' dog training. Today was great - sunny, upper-40's, probably the best day we're going to have all weekend. There's something special about the beach in the off-season. Half the shops and restaurants are closed, and most of the folks you run into are local There's very little traffic. Dogs are allowed on the beach. But best of all, they city unscrews the parking meters and you can park anywhere for free! Happy MLK Day! Oh, and click on the picture to embiggen.
Great Weather Report, or Greatest Weather Report?
Julian was on TV! At the Newseum 1/10/2015. All news should be exactly like this. Show them how it's done, Jules.
Part Deux
These pictures are from our trip earlier today to the Newseum in DC. The Newseum is a museum devoted to the news media located about a block from the National Mall. Now off to eat Thai food. UPDATE: Delicious! Click on the first picture to embiggen, then just click on each picture to move to the next.
