clockwise from bottom left: Ana, Cara (looking away) Eric, Justin, Dave (striking some kind of pose) and Ray. Ray and Ana’s son is the dark head at the bottom of the picture. Misty, Eric’s wife, took the picture and I’m blogging it from her Flickr stream.
Back in October, Jen, James and I got together with my brothers and their families up in Dallas to take some portraits of all of the kids. While up there, we had lunch at Freebirds on Beltline. Pete won a free Monster Burrito, and gave the card to me (there aren’t any Freebirds’es up in [...]
I’ve finally got most of the pictures from our Thanksgiving week collaged on our photos page. To save you the hassle of navigating yet another web page, here are the direct links if you wish to see them.
Jay and Laura’s Wedding :: November 18, 2006 Thanksgiving 2006 Oklahoma City Zoo [...]
David brought home some huge apples from HEB. He warned me that they were expensive, like $2.50 per apple, so we had better enjoy them. They’ve been sitting on the countertop just staring at us every day since they came home from the grocery store and today I finally pulled out a knife and [...]
Today has been great, and today’s greatness actually started yesterday. Last night, I was doing some late night surfing when Mom Knight popped on the chat and said something like, “Check your email, I just sent you your birthday gift!” So, when I checked my email, there was a 6 month gift subscription to
So, the pediatrician said that James could eat any of the food that we eat. We have been giving him samples of our food for months now, but tonight, James got his first slice of pizza…Hungry Howie’s Pizza to be precise (this is the first time that I’ve tried Hungry Howie’s, and I give [...]
Ever try to keep up a teething 6.5 month old past his naptime on purpose? We are having lots of fun right now, let me tell you. We just got back from a long walk to get the mail and now he’s in his jumperoo.
My goal is to get him to sleep at 4:30 [...]
Man, it’s been a while since I last posted anything. So, let me sum up the past few months.
Fatherhood
All of the parenting entries pretty much sum up that topic from Jen’s point of view, but being a dad is nothing like being a mom. Here’s a few reasons [...]
oh, the 4th of July… what a fun summer! Mark uploaded his 4th of July pics to flickr and I thought I’d post a link to his photostream… I was a camera hound… but not very good at cooking hot dogs! Boy, those were good times! [...]
We had a great time, despite the heat! And I’m not just talking about the sauce. Man, the weather was wicked hot. David has quite a sunburn and we both sweated gallons.
I would judge it as being a success soley on the crowd and Dave’s big smile. I, [...]
We are going this year no matter what! I just googled Austin Hot Sauce and … we didn’t miss it! It looks like we live in the right city for my chili-headed husband! Dave, I’ll make sure your capsaisin shirt is clean.
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