Garden of Eden - March 2011

This year we decided to plant less plants to see if we could yield more vegetables during harvest. I marked each picture with the type of vegetables that we planted. The boys each help plant the green bean seeds and some of the other plants.

Austin Fair and Rodeo

We jumped in the car and headed to southeast Austin to the Fair and Rodeo with the boys.......the boys had the funnest time at the petting zoo. No trip would be complete with out purchasing an $8 funnel cake!

What Was Old Is New Again

When we were first married Tara picked out a dining set that included white padded chairs and they were beautiful until we had kids.....after kool-aid spills, torn plastic and crayon marks, we decided to cover the chairs with some $8 covers from Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

The covers looked decent, if you can get into a sort of lime green theme in your kitchen.

I did some searching and found a local upholstery shop in Round Rock by the name of Mr. Stitch. He recommended that we use Marine Vinyl so that it would have the look and feel of Pleather, but hold up to three growing boys!

He did a wonderful job on the chairs and now they complement the dining set we have in the formal living room. I am sort of mad at myself becuase I did not take a before picture of what they chairs looked like with and without the covers so you can make a comparison.

Lucky Number 7

For our anniversary this year, I was able to break away from work and take my lovely bride of seven years to our favorite spot for lunch.....Fogo de Chao

Cinderella's New Slipper's (and Bag to the Ball)

A little combo Valentine's / Anniversary / Just Because Gift for Tara!

Zion's First Soccer Team

Shriner's Circus

We have made it a family tradition to visit the circus each year. Normally we are patrons of the Barnum and Bailey Circus held at the Irwin Center in Austin during the summer months, but starting last year in January we were able to pick up really cheap tickets (free child with each adult purchase) to the Shriner's circus in Cedar Park near the house.

Merry Christmas

My New Adventure

Started working for Dell today in a professional position as a Business Systems Analyst for IT on the Unifed Sales Plaform....thanks to my AKPsi brothers, Scott and Jamie, I have a new place to work with true opportunities for growth.

I did a quick scan of my Outlook Contacts and I have over30 follks that I know who work there (AKPsi, LDS, TSU-SM).

Let's hope and pray that I am successful.

Bittersweet Day

My mother and father inlaw flew back to Oregon after a five week visit.

We loved having them here and being able to enjoy spending time with them. All three boys especially loved having their grandma and grandpa here with them everyday for dinner. They were here to spend both Halloween and Thanksgiving and saw Phoenix perform in his Primary Program at church. Phoenix loved the fact that they were able to come up and visit at the school and Zion and Exodus were showered with love every minute of the day.

It was nice having my father in law fix all the broken things that I just couldn't find the time since returning to work and were were able to get up most of the Christmas decorations before he left. My mother in law was a great help around the house lending a hand where ever needed especially in the morning when I had to leave early for work. Plus she is an expert whipping up a feast with nothing but leftovers and some yeast bread dough.

We had such a great time, we are already planning on having them come down next winter if all goes well.