Just for Fun

8 Years!

This is a little belated, but on July 7th, we celebrated our 8-year anniversary. Very awesome. The following picturs were taken during out trip to Milwaukee last weekend (I'll blog about it soon), and it's crazy we actually got at least 3 pictures together. That stopped once we started having kids.

I have the best wife that I could ever imagine and she is truly a gift from God (I know, I'm cheesing it up). Truly, she's an amazing wife, best friend, mom, and personal wardrobe advisor, and all around expert in most things. :)

Sweet Adeline

Last week I invited myself to a 1/2 day at the Hitchcocks house and took the girls with me. Adeline is really stinkin' cute (that's a compliment), and it made Kennedy's month when Trisha let her hold her for close to 25 minutes (thank Trish). I love the 3rd picture... you can see Kennedy saying "touch her feet, Ansley... not her hands." Can anybody say Mommy Junior?

Daddy Day Care

Wow, this summer has gone by very quickly. In fact, this is really the first week where I am home with the girls for the full week (without a major injury, parent-in-law's 40th Anniversary celebration, or travels to England)... and it's been great. Not only have the last few days been very low key (which is a nice change of pace), Molly worked from home on Monday and Wednesday, so we got to spend some quality time bugging her. :)

As the girls get bigger and bigger, I find myself reverting back to the "kid of old," making play forts, running through sprinklers, eating Icy Pops at all times on a hot summer day, lots of tickle/wrestling matches, and other miscellaneous fun like sitting in my driveway and watching them push/ride assorted vehicles back and forth on the sidewalk (i.e. strollers, bikes, wagon, scooter, etc...). Now that was a long run-on sentence.

Basically, it's been a great week. Love my time with my girls - Molly, Ken, and Ans...

I've also been obsessed with reading through the James Patterson "Alex Cross" series this summer. I just finished book #11. I know... random.














Can you see the sprinkler in the background? What kid can resist running through a sprinkler?




















Ride 'em cowboy.














Fun with playforts. It is their "pig" house and I am the wolf. Unfortunately the wolf doesn't get a fun house to live in.














Action shot.

Adventures in England

This past week I spent the week in England on a sister city exchange trip between Fishers, IN and Billericay, England. It was an amazing week, experiencing the local sights, meeting many interesting people, and making new friends! These are only a few pictures and videos from the week that showed a few of the things we did. The week was incredible, but nothing beat coming home to Molly, Kennedy, Ansley, and my bed :).











Love this picture... it's very "heavenly." I captured this at dusk on our flight from Clevland to London.











This was our team getting ready to leave the airport. In the back is me and Cynthia Ziemba. In front are the students from both of our schools (L-R: Shelly, Zoe, Ali, and Marley). Very excited.










I pose with Alan before departing for Northey Island. This causeway is covered with water every so many hours as the water flows in and out of the estuary. Luckily, we weren't trapped on the island!











Two soliders guarding something... (not sure what exactly). We listened to local folks heckle them and try to get them to talk. Very nice huh?














I pose with a famous Saxon (Brythnoth), who defended Mauldon from Viking invaders in 991. Very interesting story...














In this picture, I'm walking along Northey Island with my host for the week, Alan Sims. It was incredibly remote, with nobody in the vicinity. This was only a 1 or 2 mile walk from town.














Every tour normally ends at a gift shop. This is a shop after we visited the Queen's jewels.














This is a picture standing below the Millenium Eye in downtown London. It is built like a huge bicycle spoke, we 30 cars (each holding 20 or so people) and was built in 2000 to celebrate the new millenium. It continually spins and takes 30 minutes to complete the entire cycle from top to bottom.










This view is towards the top, with parliment and Big Ben behind me.










Parliment and Big Ben along the River Thames.

Take off from Heathrow Airport.