Pictures of my Dad

It is always interesting to look at pictures with a five year time span.

This picture was taken in 2001 during a trip to NYC.

This picture was taken in 2006 when Jim and I stopped by on our way back from California and Arizona.

Back from the Beach

We just got home from Campland on the Bay with Dave and Barb and a bunch of others. After painting for 5 days, we were ready to take a break. I am really sore from wake boarding but it was so much fun. Emily had a great time. We spent most of the day at Mission Beach today then headed back to Lake Elsinore.
One more day and we are headed back home. The wood floors are done with the exception of stairs and upstairs landing, most of the painting is done, the plumber repaired the sprinkler system, installed a new hot water heater and a garbage disposal. Tomorrow carpet comes and I will begin cleaning.
I did visit my realtor's church on Saturday evening. The preaching was quite good. They have a website so I shall check that out. I met a few neighbors. The one next door actually home schooled her children and Christian based so I am excited about that.
On another note, please pray for my father-in-law. The doctors found some sort of tumor on the side of his head and they are operating on Wednesday. I just ask that God guide the surgeon's hands and that whatever it is can be removed and everything be fine. Thanks.

California - Before Pics of House

Here are some before pics of the house. This is the entry way. We removed all the carpet so the floors are bare. This is the kitchen. Very red. No appliances.
This is the outside. We already removed the vines crawling up the right side of the house.

We stopped by the Big Texan Steak House on the way out. We did not have the 72oz steak. Cool picture.
This picture is looking into the master bedroom. The one fixture in the house.
Looking down at the formal living.
Family room.

Dallas Weekend Trip

Wow, what a weekend. Thursday we drove to Dallas, picked up Carla from the airport then off to dress rehearsal and dinner for Kevin and Nikki Minich's wedding. Emily and Lindsey were the flower girls. Friday, Carla and I took the girls to the American Girl store - such a treat. It was just too cute seeing all the little girls with their dolls.

Next, the girls had manicures and pedicures.


All dressed and on time for the wedding which was absolutely beautiful. Kevin was so handsome and Nikki so beautiful. They will make a wonderful team. The flower girls did great.


Saturday, Carla watch Emily while I did a 34 mile bike ride. Later, Christy and her girls, as well as Bob, Ed and Lois met us for lunch and swimming. It was just a great weekend. Back to reality though - today, my work computer hard drive died. My back up is probably 6 months old. It is not going to be fun. I will call my accountant tomorrow.

Catching Up

It has been a while since I have updated the blog. We have been busy. We went to Silver Dollar City - always a great time. Emily is an inch away from being able to ride the big roller coaster. Tony, Rikki and Kru visited us this past weekend. They came in for a wedding. It was so nice playing with Kru. We went to Ed and Lois's for dinner the first night they got here. It was fun watching G G&G (Great Grandma and Grandpa) enjoy him. Kru was fasinated with Ed.

My house is getting close. We are waiting on the appraisal. There is a lot of work to be done on it so it will be awhile before it is a done deal.

We go this weekend to Dallas for Kevin and Nikki's wedding (Chris and Elayne's middle son). Emily is going to be a flower girl along with her cousin Lindsay. She is very excited.

On Saturday, I am going to do a bike ride in McKinney, TX - The Collin Classic. I have been trying to stay active in biking, swimming and running for my next triathlon - no goals yet. I did the Tulsa Tough bike ride a couple of weeks ago. It was a 50K. McKinney will be about the same. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Kru is Crawling

I went to California this past week looking for a house. Emily stayed in Arizona with her Aunt Carla and was not ready to leave. She had such a great time playing with Lindsey and visiting the Nutes. I also got to spend the night with them. Getting to know them better has truely been a blessing to us. While I was at California, Kru was real close to crawling. Tony sent me the following video yesterday. Kru is hearing the word 'no' a lot more now.

OKC Memorial

I have been contemplating (praying and researching) home schooling for Emily this coming year so we went to a home school convention in OKC. While we were there, we met a friend of mine, Diana, and went to the OKC Memorial. This was Emily's first time and she had so many questions, read all the plaques and took lots of pictures. The designers did a really great job capturing the spirit of that moment in time.

Emily took this picture of the one chair for each person.

My dear friend Diana - we used to do a lot of biking and running together.

Emily and I in front of the wall.