Saturday, September 22, 2007

Too Much of a Good Thing


I think my wife and family are absolutely the best things that have every happened to me... thus my dismay after scrolling down until the bottom of the post until I found my Hollywood handsome face and Matthew McCaughnahey-like body in any of the pictures (Yeah right! Cherise wishes). I figured I'd have to take matters into my own hands.

This is Katelynn's first time fishing. Albeit, it's a man made pool filled with bass, and there was no worm on the hook (It had been nibbled off by the fishies). I feel it was a good start. As you can see, we both had tootsie roll pops in our mouths. Mine lasted less than a lick. I love those tootsie roll centers... and there's something thoroughly enjoyable about being able to bite into them without breaking a tooth. Katelynn... well... she didn't know about the tootsie roll center yet. Another first :) We almost caught a fish... almost.


We had a blast as a family! There was a petting zoo. We won the water balloon toss. (All of the our competitors were young children) We couldn't help a little competition. And Katelynn's favorite was racing through the many inflatable courses a local church had set up. We even watched some of the jet skiing. Talk about something I would like to do. Cherise had to remind me that I married now and have a job... oh well. Maybe in my next life.


At the start we get a fresh breath of Los Angeles air. We all started feeling light headed and seeing colors and things. Nothing but exhaust from those 240+ horsepower beauties. [Tim Allen Grunt] (Cherise even had a flashback of pink and purple elephants on circus balls. Much like in the Dumbo movie). They were pretty fun to watch. They topped out at 80 mph on parts of the course.

Oh... and after reading this, Cherise says, "It's cute." Oh where has my masculinity gone!? She should've grunted her approval, or slapped my rear end or something. I'll settle for a make up kiss.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Trip to the Zoo

The kids and I headed out to an adventure at the zoo today. Katelynn has been asking me all week, and I finally gave in. We had so much fun and wore us all out. The Fort Worth zoo is one of the most beautiful zoo's I have ever been to and has soo many animals! What a great place to go.


Brennon is small for his age, but after 3 hours of carrying him I was starting to believe he has been eating too much lately!

We got to watch a baby kangaroo crawl into it's mommy's pouch. It was so cute.
Double trouble!

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Finally playmates!

It is so fun to see the kids play together now. The column in our dining room has turned into
a hide and seek playplace.

Our little singer

Katelynn wanted to sing for the camera, but she got so nervous she combined songs. It was cute!

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Lunch with the bunch



The little ones.....
The big ones....
I wanted Katelynn to get to know some kids her age so we had lunch at our house and we had kids everywhere. It was so fun to have all the kids running around and playing so well together.

Mommy and Me

Katelynn and I went to a party they had at a local gym. We had so much fun together playing, it made me feel like a kid again. She never ceases to amaze me by how brave she is. She was jumping into the huge pit and hanging from the gymnist bars all by herself.



Katelynn took this picture of me. I couldn't believe she actally got my whole head in the picture.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

My first day of Preschool


Katelynn has been so excited to go to preschool. When we left Chicago, she asked Olivia, "Do you want to go to preschool with me?" It almost made me cry... But today was her first day and I was the proud Mommy who had to take a picture of her with her backpack. She loved it and wants to go back tomorrow.

Back to Chicago

We headed to Chicago for labor Day weekend. It was a long drive and weird to stay in our old house, but so much fun. We decided as long as we haven't sold our home yet, we might as well have a vacation home. Thanks everyone for a great weekend.

Sarah Ballenger is so adorable! I can't believe she has gotten so big. She's almost as long as Brennon already. Her dimples are my favorite.



Katelynn wanted to spend every second with Olivia. She misses her so much. They were so cute together!
Our family is always up for a great adventure and we are all kids at heart, so we wanted to share our adventures and moments with you! Enjoy!