My Front Yard

It looked like this the other day.

It looked like this last month

Life is always interesting here, especially for Deuce.

Now if someone would just throw his ball....

That was uneventful

I browsed over to ESPN for a break this morning and noticed that the Tour de France was live, and Armstrong was chasing the yellow jersey. So I clicked the link and got their flash based popup that shows the route, a live blog, etc.

However the blog is updated every minute or two, far from "live" action that I've come to expect in most of the gamecenters. Actually most of them lag quite a bit as well, but I was hoping for some audio, maybe animation, something that shows more happening. Instead, having a sentence appear every minute is was from exciting, and is, for the most part, a waste of programming time and bandwidth.

Making a Wish

On our trip to DC, Kendall and I had one day on the mall. It would have been nice to get more, but she ended up having a great time with family, so I didn't push it.

On our one day in town, we were coming back from Richmond, and we drove into DC on July 3. We had trouble finding a parking space, and I had to use the bathroom, so we power walked down to the American Indian History museum.



On the way out, Kendall wanted to stop and make a wish. They have a beautiful waterfall and fountain outside. He's a shot of Kendall.

On the Tramp

One of the best investments we've had with kids. They love the tramp. Here's Kendall with Uncle Kris, jumping around.




Granted the play area's a mess, and we have animals everywhere. but Kendall and Delaney always seem to end out there with friends, jumping around. We've had a tramp for about 8 years (this is the 2nd) and it's always been something the kids have enjoyed and been fairly safe on.

For years we had a net around it, but it came down last year and I haven't put it back up. Probably something I should do to be sure they're safe, but both kids are pretty good on the tramp, not getting too wild.

The Yoyo

My wife, the horse whisperer, was giving some pointers to her sister. One of the things she was doing was the yoyo, getting Zarah to back up and then come back.



It doesn't look like much, but it's some training to get that big beast to do what you want. Zarah really responds to Tia and it's neat to see some of the things she does.

The Toothbrush Adventures

Kendall's orthodontist has a contest for funny toothbrush pictures this summer. So here are a few of ours.

Putting toothbrush to bed with Piper in Pensacola.

At the entrance to Sam's Fun City.

Playing golf with toothbrush

A Nice Night

I knocked off work around 6 tonight and decided to get a few things done. First was my run, which I'd delayed after a busy lunchtime. Next was about 40 minutes on the tractor, getting a nice slice of the front done. It feels good to get that moving, especially as there is rain called for tomorrow.

Next it was time to cook. It's been awhile since I did it, but Kendall and I shopped at lunch, so I cooked up a big batch of spaghetti and meatballs.

Now photo time. Adding in some photos from vacation that I've been slow to process a bit.

My favorites?

 

Kendall and Deven with their stuffed animals.

 

Kids watching Bolt one night.

In DC

Hollywood. What the flight attendants called Kendall on the way to Pensacola.