Pinewood Derby 2008

Sometimes a picture is worth…

Teague dancing…NO!

A few years ago, we used to listen to They Might Be Giant’s album called, “NO!” all the time. I captured Teague dancing to it one day. Be sure to watch all the way through.

Asher and the Food Experience

A few weeks ago it was “P” day at kindergarten. The kids each brought a food item which started with the letter “P”.
When it was time to go, Asher hadn’t finished all of his food. So, he decided to take it home. After picking him up, Tina wondered what the funny smell was coming from [...]

Asher and the iPod Nano

After leaving Applebees Asher tells me, “My meal came with a toy.”
Applebees isn’t the fanciest place around, but they don’t reduce themselves to  fast-food trickery by bribing children with worthless plastic toys. “Oh, really? What is it?”
“An iPod Nano,” he responds.
“Wow, that sounds like a pretty good deal. I don’t know of many kindergarteners with [...]

Asher and the Easter Egg

Working on the annual Christmas newsletter I remembered a story about Asher. I figured I’d better record it before I forget.
In the afternoon on Easter, Tina had gone to visit her grandparents. I stayed home with the kids because they were all just a little sick. I was busy cooking dinner when Asher approached me [...]

SPOOKED!

The family had gathered together to sing a few songs before bed. Dad played his guitar while the children sang “Old MacDonald.”Suddenly a knock on the door was heard. A package of cookies and a note were found on the doorstep. The ghost-shaped note informed the family that they had been SPOOKED!
To avoid being spooked [...]

Fishing 1.0

Teague and Asher went on their first fishing trip this weekend. We went to Adam’s Canyon. They did a great job on the long hike into the canyon. Asher managed to get his pants and shoes wet after we had been there for about 2 minutes.
Each of them caught a couple of trout. We didn’t [...]