Digital Sextant

For Christmas last year, Avery got a Fischer Price kid-tough camera (it’s a digital camera that’s encased in rubber).  Here’s the latest set of photos from it.  I’ve edited a lot now and have a lot fewer here, since I don’t want to post the photos she took of other kids.  Check those out on [… Read More]

So Finn is one year old today.  Congrats, buddy.  We had a party with Jenny’s parents, her uncle and Grandma from Washington state (Finn’s Great Grandma), and four of the nieghbor kids.  Great fun and cake was had by all.

Jenny went to her parents’ house this weekend, so I was home with the kids (Avery, a 3.5yo girl and Finn, a 11mo boy) for 3 days. I was able to borrow a car for one of those days. Activities: Friday (car): zoo, picnic lunch; ice cream shop, park (1) Saturday: downtown via el, family [… Read More]

Jenny and I took a “Happy 8th Anniversary Us” trip to Traverse City, sans-kids, over the weekend of 26 June. Here are some of the photos I took.

The projected due date for the new Riley is August 8th, which would make his birthday 8/8/08. Check this out: In the Greek mysteries, the number 888 represented the “Higher Mind.” The Greek variation of “Jesus,” “Iesous,” equals 888. (link) The symbolism of the number eight: starting afresh on a higher level, an octave higher. [… Read More]

So we’re watching Toy Story and Buzz gets knocked out the window by accident. As he falls, I hear the familiar “eeeiyow!” and turn to Jenny, smiling. “Do you recognize that?” I ask. “The… Wilhelm Scream?” she says. And I smile the smile of a man whose wife knows him well. Him and the esoterica [… Read More]

My cousin Sarah is a Senior Forward for Washington University’s Women’s Basketball team, who made the Final Four last year. There’s an interview with her on the Wash U website.  Enjoy.