Abby took her first field trip today. They went to Uno’s Pizzeria where they visited the kitchen and made their own pizza. Jennifer got to go with them. Abby said she had fun and that they got to go into the freezer, where it was really cold.
34. Wow. As I’ve been telling people: I’ve entered mid-30’s. Kind of a milestone, but what can you expect? I’ve been out of college for 10 years now. I’ve been married for 7 and I have three beautiful daughters. I guess I am “old” now. Funny, I don’t feel old. Here’s to another 34.
I took the day off from work and went to Clerks II. It was a good movie to see since it had me reminiscing about the old times back in college when the original came out. I went and saw it with my friend Erik Youdal at Dobie Mall. It was great seeing the original Clerks in the movie theatre because the movie because such a cult classic and you can always say you saw it in the movie theater.
For my birthday, the girls gave me a new University of Texas jersey and flag that we hung outside, but for the most part it was a pretty normal day.
In other news, I finally got an office at work. If you can believe it. So, we went up this past weekend and hung all the frames of the games I’ve work on that I’ve been collecting over the years.
This past week was Vacation Bible School so Jennifer took the girls up to church each day this week. Abby and Emily sang songs, make crafts, and learned bible stories; Isabelle played with other babies her age in the nursery; and Jennifer volunteered and taught crafts. All in all they had a great time and were asking to go back each morning and every night I came home I got to see the craft they had made for the week. On Sunday, there was a special church service where the girls sang the songs that they had learned and they showed a slide show of all that went on during the week.
Also on Sunday, we took a trip to a little stream down in Heathrow to take some pictures of Isabelle. Jennifer is still experimenting with the camera I borrowed from work and she wanted to take some nice pictures of Isabelle. So, we sat Isabelle on the rocks and I stood right off camera to make sure she didn’t take a plunge into the water. Finally the humidity and bugs drove us back home. Here’s one of the pictures that Jennifer took.
Ever since Abby was a baby, Jennifer has always loved having the girls’ portraits taken by a professional photographer. Her favorite ones have been themed portraits, but since we’ve moved to Orlando it’s been hard to find a photographer that does those sorts of portraits. She did find one recently, but she’s almost an hour’s drive away. This gave Jennifer the idea of why not learn photography and start earning some money. To that end I borrowed a Cannon D20 digital SLR camera from work and she’s spent the last two days practicing and figuring out all the different settings on the camera.
Today Jennifer and the girls went over to a friend’s house to swim. Jennifer took the camera and started taking pictures of the girls, two of which are in this entry. I think they are pretty good.
I spent most of the day re-doing Frenchville. Hope you like the new look.
Today was doctor day for Abby and Emily. They had to get all their shot records in order before heading off to school. Believe it or not, it’s only six weeks away before Abby and Emily head back to school.
Today’s picutre is another one of Abby and Emily helping Isabelle open her birthday presents.
Today was the big day. NFL Head Coach was released to the public. It’s now available in stores, so go out and buy a copy. We got our copies of the game and took a team photo. I’ll be updating my site for the game soon with up to date screen shots and information about the features in the game.
I’ve been playing softball again. Unfortunately because Head Coach has been Finaling, I missed a few games. Also, our team isn’t doing all that great. We lost again tonight making us 0-5. Because I’ve missed most of the games, I only got to play the last half of the game. I went 0-1 with a fly out to left center field. I made one play hit to me at second base.
Today’s picture is from Isabelle’s party back in Lindale, Texas. She was getting help opening her parents from Abby and Emily.
It’s been three weeks and I’m back to work today. It was just a day of catching up on all the stuff that went on while I was gone. In fact, the rest of the week is probably going to be catching up and getting the new project I’m working on heading in the right direction.
Today’s picture is of my parents with the girls while we were visiting my grandparents in Lindale, Texas.
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. I received French Toast for breakfast from my family today. My present was a framed picture from the Rose Bowl which included one of our tickets. It’s great and when I finally have an office up at work, I’m going to take it up to work and hang it up there. We didn’t do much today. We just hung around the house and rested.
Tonight an NFL Head Coach commercial ad played during the NBA Finals. If you missed it, you can see it at this link on YouTube.
Today’s picture is back from Isabelle’s party. She finished her cupcake with some icing on her nose.
We were checking on our stuff that we were selling on eBay and all of a sudden noticed that more stuff was being sold by us. We think Jennifer clicked on a link from a phishing e-mail which fed her eBay password, which was stored in a cookie, to that web site. Jennifer knew it was a phishing e-mail and didn’t do anything, but she did click on the link, which was going straight to a specific IP address. Anyway, we sat there and watched as up to 50 items started being added to our account. Jennifer changed her password immediately and then contacted eBay. What’s weird about eBay is that they don’t have phone customer service. You have to get into a chat room and chat with a customer service representative. They asked her a few questions and then removed the extra items. So, don’t ever click on a link that’s in an e-mail from someone you don’t know. Another precaution would be not to click on the checkbox that stores your password on your computer.
Today’s picture is from our trip. It’s Isabelle and my mom posing on the couch. Isabelle’s favorite place to be was on Nana’s couch. She liked hiding under the pillows.
We spent the day recovering and cleaning up from our Texas Trip. Jennifer vacuumed out and cleaned the inside of the Sequoia. With the girls in the back and four days of being inside the truck, you would be amazed at how dirty it got. I mowed the lawn, which had grown up to a foot in a few places in the back yard, and did all the laundry from our trip. We also had several things (dishes, PDA, and mobile phone) which we needed to get up on eBay, so we did that as well. Later in the afternoon, Jennifer’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince audio book was available at the library so we went and picked it up while Abby went swimming at a neighbor’s house.
Today’s picture is from our trip. Isabelle is laying on the floor enjoying a magazine at Nana and Poppy’s house.
Frenchville 