Laboring on Labor Day

I had some kind of crazy idea that I could scrape, primer and paint my front porch over the weekend. I'd like to give a shout out to my dad, my wife and Janice (the neighborhood walker) for their help and encouragement. My goal is now to finish within a couple of weeks of starting.

Daniel had the right idea. Sit back and enjoy the day. By the way, I enjoyed myself too. There isn't anything that some music in the background can't make a joy.

Sarah did a great job of keeping herself occupied with toys and dancing to the music.

ATV Action from July

Daniel was very excited to be riding this Catepillar play truck. It was a garage sale purchase that had battery issues. He ended up pushing it around the yard as much as he rode it. Then came upgrade time.

He did simply sit on it for a while, but them Uncle Kevin started it up and let Daniel rev the engine some too.

All-Star Coach's Pitch

I am sure that Kari will add many more pictures about this, but I wanted to acknowledge Rachel's participation on the Hartford City All-Stars Coach's Pitch Team. She had a lot of fun. To be fair, she probably had more fun at the cook out and pool party, but it was a great time all the way around.

No He Didn't . . .

. . . Yes, He did.



I really hate it when the Bible and Christianity get dragged through the political mud much like it does here, where Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) compares Barack Obama to Jesus and Sarah Palin to Pontius Pilot.

"I submit to you, um, Mr. Speaker, that the parties have differences, but if you want change, but, you want the Democratic party, uh, Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus who our, uh, minister prayed about, uh, Pontius Pilate was a governor. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."

In Memory of D. Stratus

Here is the aftermath of my first car crash and D. Stratus' first and last. He will be going to the car crusher sometime soon. The details are that we hit a van as it came to a full and complete stop at the railroad tracks. (I was forewarned with writing on their bumper, but it was too late.) The we was Rachel and I. Neither of us were hurt and no one was hurt in the other vehicle.

The Real Reason Brad Left YFC

I really wanted to let everyone know personally, but it's hitting the news. Here is one of the first news spots so you can keep up to speed with all that is happening: The Big Announcement.

OK, Keetha, here's an update

Yep, July 4 was a LONG time ago. I knew that I hadn't posted in quite some time, but then I looked at the date of my last post and couldn't believe it had been that long! So much has happened that it was depressing thinking about updating it all, so I won't. I'll give you a few pictures tonight of Sarah's first birthday celebration during Family Camp. Of course, now it's a month past that date, but it's better late than never!

Sorry. This is all you get. I don't know if its blogger or my computer that won't open files, but it's driving me crazy! I got this one picture on here, but I'll try later to get more. I promise that I'll do better than Kevin at posting more often. :)