Sep 27, 2009

My kids!

Garret played his official first year of baseball (t-ball) this year. We all had a good time watching him play and he truly enjoyed the game!

Garret at the Sky Sox stadium watching baseball.

Gracie at Sky Sox stadium. I'm not sure who taught her to stick out her tongue during pictures:)

Gracie and I at the Dr's office waiting...

Runnin for the cure.

So this summer Annie decided she wanted to start running and I am proud of her accomplishments. She has run in two races with the last being the Susan G. Koman race for the cure. My lovely wife ran on behalf of my mother who is a breast cancer survivor. She ran with shin splints on a cold morning and refused to give up or stop. Running this race brought on a lot of emotions for my family, especially for my mom! We thank all who ran and who support finding the cure for cancer!

My Mom and the kids at the finish line waiting for Annie to finish!


The beginning of the race!

Sep 23, 2009

I am an official blogging slacker!


So it has been a while since I last updated this blog. Lots of exciting things have happened and the kids are growing way too fast. Annie and Garret are back in school, we all have been / are sick and it has already snowed on us. Gracie is getting big and still has me wrapped around her little finger. Since I am a slacker and have not blogged much I am going to have to catch things up in segments so here we go....

Annie and I decided to enjoy a belated anniversary gift of white water rafting and zip lining with some of my friends from work. As most people know, I am TERRIFIED of heights so the zip line brought out my fearful side as I jumped of a cliff with a small, small rope keeping me from falling to the ground. The first cliff was the hardest and I am not ashamed to say that I cried a little when I jumped. This picture is of me on the practice line that was low and slow.


My fearless wife was not afraid at all and was happy to throw herself off of every cliff. She even tried to push me off of one!

Annie and I had talked about white water rafting for a very long time and were excited to finally have the chance to do it. We had a blast even though Annie fell off once and found herself under the boat while the boat was wrapped on a large rock. My friend Clint also fell off the boat at the same time and as I reached into the water to pull him out, Annie popped up right in front of him. Scared me to death because I didn't know she fell out and unfortunately for Clint, I pulled Annie in first!

I am photogenic! Look at the ears, the small helmet, the small vest and the big ol' belly. I am bringing sexy back!

Coming soon.... more pictures of my wonderful wife and my fantastic kids. Pretty sure there is no need for more pictures of me!!