Today, we took my daughter, my uncle & aunt from North Carolina and my sister-in-law from San Antonio out to the wife's family's farm. We watched...
birthday Here's the birthday princess wearing her special glasses & holding her balloons. [img] Her cousin, my nephew (10months old) got to...
party We just got back from her official birthday party. We rented a place called "Jumpin N Jungle". It's a big barn full of inflatable devices,...
best days The birth of my daughter - my only child - was certainly one of the best, but she's made some better! I think the bestones are when she...
All Saints' Day is my daughter's birthday. She turned 5 yesterday. It started off with me making her breakfast - supposed to have been in bed, but...
costume Her actual Halloween costume is a leopard, but I bought her the witch hat 2 weks ago to play with. The cape/robe I bought a few years ago...
I took her to Mass and then, we had fun watering in the afternoon. She loves water & messing in it. After her bath, she decided to scare her...
trick-or-treaters We actually get quite a few trick-or-treaters in our town. It's only got 2,000 people in it and we all seem to know each other,...
daughter I don't think she was so much tired in the truck on the drive home, as she was bored. She was looking at the cotton farms we passed,...
I had my daughter draw on two pumpkins from the grocery store this morning. Then, I took her out to a farm, that grows & sells pumpkins today. She...
aikido In college, my best friend practiced & taugght Tomiki-do aikido. It was cool. I took from him & right before my test for my first black...
Norwegian chap That Norwegian chap would have to want really badly to live in hot, dry West Texas, 'cause I ain't lettin' her go far away!!
extinction Well, she can donate ova to a fertility clinic and then, her blonde-haired & blue-eyed genes can go on....
trouble And Tuesday, my daughter got in trouble at school for running during clean-up time. She told us, she was trying to get away from a boy,...
skeeters Actually, my understanding is that the cold states do have mosquitoes, they have them in greater numbers for shorter periods of time. At...
self-defense For self-defense, I may have her take classes in Tomiki-do aikido. I took this in college and enjoyed it.
WInter is on its way to West Texas and we might have our first freeze tonight. I spent the last 2 days (took most of today off work) clearing out...
Porch The back porch is long and narrow, but has 2 rocking chairs on it. There's a bench on the tiny front porch. I possess no firearms, however....
The paparazzi were after my daughter today. Okay, it was I who took the picture, but she really didn't want her picture taken! Looks like all the...
sun Well, I think the apparent shine is due to the sun setting and sort of illuminating the blooms from behind. When I took the photos with my...
