She's officially 5 and starting Kindergarden. He's a lover and a fighter.

Sumer/Fall Photos

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You'll see Riley's signup day at school, and her first day, as well as the trip to World's of Fun.

and here's a slideshow, if you want to watch this:

On a side note, I'm becoming more and more amazed at how much our kids have taken on our personalities. Riley is quick to emotion... (read: a diva) and Jackson is steady and studious like Jodie.

A co-worker said the other day that by 6, a child's personality is pretty much set. I guess we'll have to put up with a "teenager" until she moves out.

video

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this was originally shot in HD, on the small camera, but when I uploaded, it compressed and shrunk.

Enjoy anyhow.

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Summer 2010

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Yes, I realize I favor Facebook over the blog now. Sorry.

To be honest, I haven't taken that many photos this summer.

Here are the highlights of summer, 2010.

btw, we bought riley's school supplies for Kindergarten. Starting to become more real. Jackson continues to mature at an unlikely rate. So quiet and calm, and mostly polite. Eats well, if you give him enough time. Riley can't sit still long enough to finish her breakfast.

Polar opposites these kids are. Makes life interesting.

Tyler and Ashley Visit

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Pics from our Rainy visit to the Royals game. Jackson got soaked, and I had to buy him a $45 Royals jumpsuit and socks to keep him from shivering. How he didn't get sick, I'll never know.

but the kids had fun and got Grienke Bobbleheads.

Growing up Fast

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A few pics from Riley's Dress Rehearsal for Dance Class as well as Pre-K graduation.

Disney Cruise Slideshow

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If you haven't seen the Disney Pics, here it is in easy slideshow form.

Jiggle Jam

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Jiggle Jam 2010, with the Nolans.

Disney Trip photo link.

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I'll post this link, which should take you to the Photobucket account.

I'll try and organize with trip details this weekend. enjoy.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v86/lucandor/Disney%20Cruise/

you'll have to copy the link into your web browser. link function in the blog is strange.

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Story worth a brief blog...

2009-12-19T14:30:00.002-06:00

So earlier this week, Riley was in the bathroom washing up in the tub before bedtime. She looked at her chest, and then very enthusiastically says to me: "Daddy, I have tiny nipples!" Then she holds her arms out in front of her and says, "When you get older, they get bigger, and bigger, and BIGGER!"

I chuckled and said, "Well, hopefully not THAT big." But I don't think she got my joke.

Mega "I'm sorry it's been months since I updated post"

2009-12-19T14:18:00.003-06:00

OK... I admit it, I've been HORRIBLE about updating this blog. Forgive me.

This mega picture post has:
Photo Day at Riley's Ballet Class. (She's getting much better and seems to enjoy it.)
Pumpkin Patch when the family came down for Jackson's Birthday.
Jackson's 2nd Birthday
Riley's Big Girl Haircut (to keep her from chewing on her hair)
Downtown Lee's Summit's Octoberfest (takes place in September)
Our trip to the Renaissance Festival (Huzzah!)

I also had photos from our trip to see the Imagination Movers LIVE, but Photobucket told me they violated copywright. However, those of you on Facebook can see them in my albums there.

And as always, if I'm bad at updating the blog, just go straight to photobucket account.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v86/lucandor/

and a few more...

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Some randoms from around the house. As you can see, we converted Jackson's crib into a big boy bed. Unfortunately, this means that when he wakes up at 5:30, he gets up and walks into our room instead of babbling in his crib for 45 minutes.

Dance Class with Riley

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Riley has started dance classes. she usually is shy for the first few minutes, and then joins in. As you can see, Jack likes to dance like his big sister.

Grandma Betty visits KC

2009-09-20T07:53:00.001-05:00

OK, once again, since I can't figure out why Photobucket puts photos in reverse order, these are the pics from Grandma B's visit. they include a trip to SantiCaliGone Days and a trip to the mall. There are also some closeups of us that Riley took.

Ren Fest Photos

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Once again, we journeyed to Ren Fest with a bunch of people from the TV stations. You see, TV station people get in free with their ID badge or business card. Unfortunately, during my dismissal, I threw my box of cards away. Fortunately, I still have about 10 of them. So, I guess we're getting into Ren Fest for free for the next few years.

BTW, some of these thumbnails are sideways, but they should be upright when you view them.

Ren Fest! Huzzah!

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SantaCaliGone Days

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SantaCaliGone Days

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Video by Riley

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Ok, this one stings a little

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We shot this one the morning of the first Husker Game of the season. Yesterday was Nebraska's unexpected loss to Virginia Tech. Oh well, at least he's being raised a Husker.
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Photos from two nights in Lee's Summit

2009-08-11T19:55:00.002-05:00

OK, so these are actually in backwards order. the stuff with Choo Choo Soul (Riley in the Pink/White) are from Saturday. Blues and Jazz fest was the previous night in downtown LS.

we were lucky enough to rock out and dance with the Nolan boys both nights. I think Riley may have a boyfriend in Connor.

Choo Choo Soul is a musical/R&B act that sings songs on Disney Channel. Jackson just sits and stares at the tv when it's on. As you can see, we were able to meet "DC" after the show, and Riley and Jackson both got high fives at one point.

Regarding the bunches of crazy faces near the end of this post? the kids started making funny faces, and it got contagious. Mom and Dad got into the act too. enjoy!

two more videos

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Wow. Lots of Dancing lately.

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Jazz and Blues in Downtown Lee's Summit

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Choo Choo Soul!

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4th of July at the K

2009-07-05T21:56:00.002-05:00

So what's a more American way to celebrate the 4th of July than a baseball game?
Actually, Riley and I had gone on Monday night. Turns out both times Luke Hochevar pitched, the Royals trailed early, rallied, took the lead and Soria got the save! BOTH GAMES. We're good luck.

Soria Leaving the bullpen

Sports Illustrated, eat your heart out. Taken with a $120 Sony point and shoot.

Halter top day at the K!

Jack was tired, can you tell?

Maybe he was tired from drinking my beer.

Such a Chocolatey mess.

Jack is a poser, like his big sister.

Riley's Birthday Weekend Part 3 (The K with Daddy)

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Riley's Birthday Weekend Part 2 (Zoo)

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Riley's Birthday Weekend Part 1 (Bowling)

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Birthday Pancakes

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ROYALS WIN!

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thanks PAPA!

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Birthday Party Blowout!

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3 others taken by Riley

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Nearly 4 years later.

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October 05 to June 09

Riley has the camera!

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she's got skills

garage door repair guy

Daddy's fuel

Jackson's Hair

From a few days ago... a Boye and his dog

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Who needs Summit Waves?

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Tyler's Birthday weekend mega post!

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Excited to see the confetti fall.

The MC pulls a dove out.

Excited to see the elephants, I think.

Please do not try to ride in an elephants mouth at home.

Swing Tumbler through fire!

More tumblers. Note there's two in the air.

The cannon was their fav.

That's an upside down and flipping puppy!

Swirling fairy. This is what happens when somebody is moving fast, and your camera is set for long exposure in the dark.

After opening presents at Tyler's.

Riley got biffed in the lip. She wasn't happy. Later on, she scraped her toe too.

Grandma's watchful eye.

Rocket Blastoff!

Now, if you look very closely to the right edge of this, you see Jackson, who got smacked in the face by his big sister.

Good form, Riley!

Ashley loves Uncle Brian.

Senior Photo?

Pretty dress!

Bike from OCC.

Silly Mommy.

UP!

Riley in a rare moment of not hogging the spotlight.

Leaf blower to clean the elephant.

Both Kids in Grandma's Car. They giggled the whole way.

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Photo Collage

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Sears Pics!

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For Riley's 4th birthday and Jackson's 18 months (taken at 19 months).
Thanks to my friend Cori at Sears who always takes great photos of our kids.

Jiggle Jam!

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Riley's Flower.

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Grandma Ruth would be so proud!

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Cheap seats at the K.

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A few things of note...

2009-05-12T15:59:00.002-05:00

Since Riley's been riding her big girl bike, I decided Jack needed a helmet so he can ride her old one. riley got that bike at age 2. He's 19 months, and can barely reach the pedals, but at least he's learning.

Also, two things of Photobucket news. I've uploaded over 1500 pictures now, since we found out Riley was coming. Not all of them are of the kids, but I bet 1400 of them are.

Along those lines, for some reason, even when I rotate my pictures, PB is not showing them rotated on the thumbnail. so you may have to turn your head to see a few of the vertical pics.

And speaking of vertical, I've uploaded (or am trying to) upload a video of Jack with his helmet on his bike. but I keep forgetting that when you shoot video with the little camera, it only shoots horizontal. So I had to rotate the video, which explains the black bars on the side.

Fun in the park.

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Stuck in the hotel room!

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Take me out to the ballgame...

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The Ride Starts! Go Slugger!

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Waiting for the ride to start at the K.

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Pics from the big fun weekend

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two more from sledding.

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Pics from the Two Grandma Weekends

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The OCD part of me wants to organize all these into separate weekends.

The parade pics are of when Grandma Betty visited.
The Bike pics are (mostly) of when Grandma Donna and Aunt Darlyn visited.

p.s. not sure why the two pics are sideways. They're correct in photobucket.

Taking a walk with Jack.

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Riley tackles a snowman, Part 2!

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Going down together!

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Riley's Wipeout!

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Big Girl Bike!

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Air Mattress Fun!

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St. Patty's Fashion Shoot

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Look how gorgeous my kids are!

PROOF!

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Hmmm... You'd think a mother of two boys would be more mature.

Bowling Pictures

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Thanks Eric!

Some more pics

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Riley took this picture at Aaden and Connor's Birthday bowling party. I think it's Odette, their mom who's giving me the bunny ears.

Jack has been working on using a spoon.

It was Crazy hair day at day care a few weeks ago. Jack was rockin' his Daddy's Haircut.

Lately, the two of 'em like to cuddle in the chair.

Snow pics!

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fun in the back yard!

Jack Likes Corn, I guess

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Once Upon a Dream

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broccoli?

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banana!

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a brief update

2009-02-13T08:26:00.002-06:00

it's been a while since I blogged a non picture post.

We've been sick the past 3 weeks. Jackson had a nice week long bout with RSV, that kept Jodie and I off from work. he's healthy now, but Jodie and I are full of mucus.

A few things about being a parent:
1. yesterday morning, as my tall, skinny, wearing only her underwear, and crying Riley stood in her room and cried because she'd bumped her shoulder into a door or something, I just smiled and laughed and hugged her. I told her I loved her and hugged. I was sure I would miss these times.

and then, just a few minutes later as she was coming out of her crying fit, she looked at me and said, "I want to be a teenager."

WOW.

I hugged her and told her she'll be a teenager soon enough. Let's just stay a big girl for now, ok? she wiped a tear and said ok.

Last night, we went to El Maguey, our favorite place to eat. As we snacked on chips and salsa, Jodie gave Jack some small chips to nibble on. He must have swallowed one too soon because he started choking on one, trying to cough it up. He's crying a bit, and we're trying to get him to cough it up. Completely calm, Jodie reaches in with her finger to try and sweep it out, and must have pushed too hard because he pukes in her hand and over himself.

I grab a pile of napkins and start cleaning the mess. I'm wiping, she's helping the still coughing Jackson. I think only one other table in the busy restaurant knew what was going on. As I'm wiping, I tell Riley to keep eating her chips and dip, while we help Jackson.

I'm wiping up a pile of white sticky Jack Puke, when he blasts another stomach emptying churn, and Jodie heroically catches it in her hand. Without speaking, I drop a big wad of paper napkins in her hand, and wipe it up. I drop another pile onto the floor to clean up round two of puke.

Jackson finally works the chip out of his throat. I wipe up the floor, (which was hard cause it wasn't sticking to the napkins) Jodie wipes up Jackson. I ask for the pile of used napkins, ball them all up and drop them in the trash can in the kitchen. We calm Jackson down, Jodie hands him off to me so she can wash her hands, and I remind Riley to wipe her face, she has cheese sauce on it.

Such is the life of a parent.

string cheese on a sick day...

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this is a sick baby...

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FIRE!

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AC/DC!

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a few pics...

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SUPER Riley!

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Riley's new Dollhouse!

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Here is Riley's new Dollhouse. We had purchased all of Riley's gifts over the summer, so when she told us that she wanted a doll house, something she hadn't ever expressed interest in before, it caught us by surprise. So when Papa Don gave Riley Christmas money, I suggested we get this. We took her to Toys R Us and "guided" Riley towards the one we liked best.

To clarify something I say in this: We got Riley an accessory pack with a blonde girl about her age and a Daddy who looks like me. But the Doll House itself came with a Daddy and a Mommy and twin babies. So when I say "Look, there's two Daddies." it's not because we're this ultra-progressive couple raising Riley to respect all types of families. It's just that we have two Daddy Figures. The other one kind of looks like Uncle Roger.

Oh, and Grandmas and Aunts? This is the Fisher Price Loving Family Dollhouse. Accessories will be needed for gift giving time.

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christmas pictures in no particular order

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There's a lot of them, sorry.
I kinda went crazy with the new camera.

Buddy likes Jackson!

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He likes him so much, he marked him as his own! Please note I did the responsible parenting thing and STOPPED recording, instead of letting the camera roll.

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Snow Angels!

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Holiday Message from Riley!

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Christmas tree finally goes up!

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We finally put the tree up, with cheap plastic ornaments that Jackson can't break. Now we just have to keep him away from it.

Riley concentrates.

Jackson waits patiently so he can try and rip the tree down.

How many ornaments can you find in this picture? Riley has a hard time spreading them around.

Christmas Kisses!

Plaza Lighting!

2008-12-05T22:35:00.001-06:00

Rich in Kansas City Tradition, on Thanksgiving we head to the Country Club Plaza to see the Plaza Lighting Ceremony.

after nearly getting run over by two cars driving through the crowd, the lights came on and... well, that was about it.

Pretty Anti-climactic. I don't know if we'll go again.

enjoy the pics, courtesy of my sis.

Fun with Photoshop

2008-12-05T22:29:00.002-06:00

Former Gresham resident and brilliant Photographer Tara (Buss) Kneiser and I were talking photos today. I asked how she got such great colors in her shots. She sent me a few things and I did some fun in photoshop tonight.

original

before I noticed the spec on her cheek
(look at how red her lips are!)

and again

Original from Portrait Innovations

now, with more color and contrast

Original

This one has a "vintage" look to it.
It could be out of the 70s.

Original

Now with "pastel" effect

Ice Skating!

2008-11-30T13:30:00.001-06:00

Let it be known that I've only ice skated about 4 times, and I'm not that good.

Holding Riley as she fell back into my arms added the difficulty.

Factor in that I had to lean over the whole time? My body hurts today.

Enjoy my pain.

The evil that is Bella Dancerella

2008-11-22T19:01:00.002-06:00

First Video, a brief closeup of Bella, and her awesome Jamaican singing voice on "Under the Sea"

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Next, Riley enjoying "UTS"

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Now this is actually the opening song... the song that haunts my soul. It'll get stuck in your head, be careful.

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This is the warm up for "UTS."

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Sorry the video is sub-par. it's a mix of having low lighting in the living room, and an iris on an older digital camera that's starting to go bad. So, if you're looking for Christmas Gifts for Brian, I'll be happy to show you a couple of affordable ones I'm looking at. Easily under $100.

A Pic and a few videos

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you'll want to watch the vids. Sorry they're so dark. The video portion on the camera doesn't like low light.

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Yup... he's walking!

Ashley's 1st Birthday Party

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More Fall Fun

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Fun in the fall + 2 brief stories

2008-11-02T09:12:00.002-06:00

First story:
You know how when Fall Equinox hits, you gain an hour of sleep? Not when your kids' internal wakeup clock is set to 7 AM. Because when the "new" 6 AM hits, they still wake up. I didn't even remember to set the clocks back, but when I turned on Playhouse Disney The Wiggles were on. I knew something wasn't right.

Second story:
Driving Riley and Jack in the van yesterday, Riley has a bunch of stuff in her purse, including my old cell phone. Out of the blue she goes: "I have a phone call!" and answers the phone: "Hello?... going to Target... I know... I doing it!... I know... OK, bye."

So, who called Riley?

Pics from the back yard. I guess Fall is officially here.

Jackson's 1 year Portraits

2008-11-01T09:37:00.002-05:00

Wow. A year already.

These first two I had to photoshop because the girl at P.I. didn't know anything about lighting, so they were all dark. The color's not quite right, but it's an improvement.

Halloween Night!

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We joined Aiden and Connor for Trick or Treating. enjoy the madness!

Before we went out.

Anakin and Obi-Wan

Riley dropped her bucket and spilled candy. Being the good Dad that I am, I took pictures.

Connor and Jackson quickly tired, leaving Eric and me to finish the candy-begging.

the spooky tunnel.

Scariest thing we saw all night.

Grandma Donna's House for STP

2008-11-01T09:21:00.005-05:00

My thoughtful sister Darlyn got Jodie and I, and herself, tickets to see one of my all time favorite bands, Stone Temple Pilots, in Lincoln. This show was in fact 4 days after Jodie and I saw Metallica in KC. So, two of my all-time favorite bands in 4 days. Plus the fact that I've seen Foo Fighters twice this year, along with Bon Jovi, and an upcoming AC/DC show... it's been a good year musically for Brian.

Anyhow, Gma Donna babysat while we were at the show. The following pics were taken the next day.

This was my old car play mat. Mom found it in a box in the garage. Memories!

I guess boys just know how to play with matchbox cars on instinct.

Darlyn is a big fan of jack-o-lanterns, and made one with Riley.

Jackson helped too!

I've got to say, the following pics of Riley thrill me a bit. When I was her age, I ran up and down this exact same hallway when MY grandparents lived there. Papa would time my runs. Now Riley is enjoying the run too.

taken back in KC. Our two pumpkins.
Princess Aurora (Darlyn's) and goofy face (Jodie's)

pumpkin carving!

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ewwwww!

Riley didn't want any part of the Pumpkin guts.

And this was from the other night...

We've got pics from a Portrait Innovations Session for Jack's 1st B-day. Look for those soon.