Closing The Books On Summer 2007
Summer 2007 has un-officially come to an end this Labor Day Weekend :(. I trust that y’all are all taking some down time, enjoying a tall, cool drink, the company of friends, a big ol’ steak on the grill and relishing in the fact that there is no work tomorrow. (Yipee!!)
It’s been quite an eventful summer for us, filled with vacations, parties, rain, outings on the town, concerts, rain, bbq’s, movies, rain, family, rain, friends and did I mention rain? Oh and by the way, it rained a lot this summer.
So without wasting to much space here trying to describe the things we did, we’d thought we just share some our moments with a bucket load of photos. So here you go.
For those of you with any interest in some photos from Kris and my Rush concerts, here’s a link to some photos from those shows.
Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View
Sleeptrain Amphitheater, Marysville
Happy Labor Day!
What To Write? Help Me Out
It’s a question I struggle with week to week. “What happened that I feel is interesting, useful or intriguing enough that others might enjoy?”
As daily life goes by, we each have minor events, occurrences or little tidbits that we overlook and chalk up to “routine”, while those routine items may just be what others find fascinating about our lives or, at least, interesting enough to read about. Many times, as I sit down to write an entry, scan my tiny little brain for something…anything noteworthy and I try to view the entry from your vantage point, but more often than not, I fail miserably.
So, I’m in need of a little help from you…are you game? (This is the part where you nod your head in agreement and flash a fake smile because you aren’t sure what’s coming next)
Here’s the $64,000 question…What is it you would like to see more of on this blog? Your input is important here. I only ask that you be honest in your requests and don’t be shy, just keep it above the belt..this is a family blog.
It might be something simple like, “More photos”, “Funny YouTube Videos.”, “What’s it really like living in Texas?”, “Discovery Channel or History Channel?”, “Is your favorite word really ‘asshat’ ?” or it could be slightly more complex issues like, “What’s the fastest way to burn body fat?”, “How would you solve the mid-east problem?”, “Are you really smarter than a 5th Grader?” or “Your take on troposphere temperature anomalies.” But just try and confine your request to something within the broad general scope of what’s already been presented in this blog and I think we’ll all be happy.
I’ll take the top 5 requests and send you each a free 80GB Video iPod, fully loaded with 12,000 songs and “The Godfather” parts 1,2 and 3. Okay, not really but I will take all of your comments under advisement and do my best to give you more of what you want.
I appreciate the help and look forward to your input.
Six Flags Disaster
Okay, well…I had to tell someone about it. Today, being Friday of Spring Break and all, we thought we’d take the kids and some of their friends to Six Flags Fiesta Texas for a day of fun, frolic, roller coasters, amusement and an abundance of generally unhealthy food products. Sounds like a fun day…right?
Have you ever been to a $1 beer night at a local pub, sports bar or club…yep, same catastrophe…way, way too many people, not enough space, long lines and lots of undeoderized underarms. Doing the amusement park shuffle is not my idea of fun (nor should it be yours). Not to mention the neck whiplash from constantly looking back on five kids and a lost wife. “Hold hands…guys, hold hands…stay together.” The mantra for the day, ad nauseum. I guess we should have clued into how the day was going to go when it took an hour just to get into the park. Ah, the joys of parenthood.
The saving grace was that we weren’t the only parents having the same conversation and the fact that we can act like martyrs to the parents whose kids we took with us. A silver lining? Perhaps. Now we have a “one up” story to tell. It’s like having an extra six pack of beer hidden in your sock at the annual neighborhood BBQ….you’re popular, but only because you’re horrific story was slightly more graphic than the next guy. Not to mention, you get the obligatory pat on the back and the, “I feel for you man…that sucks.” It’s a comforting gesture and concession of defeat between two neighbors who basically don’t care to be around each other.
Happy Spring Break everyone!