Sunday afternoon

Took some time to just have fun around our house. As Ferris Bueller once said, "Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once and a while, you could miss it."

I am so blessed!

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Just because...

Need to update for our family and friends...miss you all.

My Sweet Pea

She is becoming quite the shutter bug, as well as a beautiful young girl!

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Felipe Massa

Prayers and well wishes go out to Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa. A spring came out of fellow competitor and friend Rubens Barrichello's Ferrari at 120 miles per hour and impacted Massa's helmet causing multiple open severe skull fractures, unconsciousness and a subsequent crash into the barriers at the Hungarian Gran Prix.

Best wishes to you and your family, stay strong.

Fun with Charwee...

These two like to make sure we can hear them...Jackson sure loves his "Charwee".

Strawberry Patch

Took the family to Cottle Farm in Cola for some quality time picking strawberries. Great fun together and even better strawberries fresh out of the ground.

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Our Boys

Spending a lazy Sunday afternoon with the boys in the back yard. Quite a pair! Very handsome and growing up way too fast. Enjoy the pics.

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Perfect Circles

"Pedaling Perfect Circles is where I dream to be.

Riding and Racing to find sublime tranquility.

I look down upon my pedals and choppy squares I see.

Hoping to one day find my form of whom I achieve to be."

Sometimes life mirrors your time of silence on the bike. Refreshing to clear the mind of the weeks stresses as they release into the setting sun of my first ride in months.

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My Sweet Pea

Just had one of those priceless moments you always wish for as a Dad with my daughter Charlee. The faint sounds of tears running down her face turned into the thunderous steps of a wildebeest heading down the stairs. She came to me wanting comfort, which I provided at the dinner table with a cold cup of milk, a nutty bar, caring and calming words of wisdom and support.
Shortly thereafter milk mustache smiles abound and a little snuggle time with Mom made the world just right.

Hug the ones you love and always take the time for milk and nutty bars.

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Day Trip

Nothing like a two hour drive to the beach in the motor home to blow out the cobwebs. Jackson takes after his Momma, loves the beach and the ocean. Had so much fun we decided to camp overnight at James Island State Park so we could go back to the beach in the morning. Discovered Jackson loves doughnuts.

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Rub a dub dub, little man in the tub.

What a handsome baby boy! Too cute for words. Hard to believe he is almost two...

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Snow...Columbia Style

Well it came...and went...total snow time about 5 hours. Schools closed, City and State offices opened at 11:00. God forbid we ever get real accumulation in Columbia, would have to call out the National Guard.

The kids were in Heaven, Jackson went crazy with excitement seeing his first snow and could not wait to get outside. Tanner built a 6 inch snowman that is slowly melting in our beer fridge in the garage.

Enjoy the pics.

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Winter Storm Advisory?

Only in South Carolina...We received a call from the school about 30 minutes ago indicating that school will be cancelled tomorrow due to the forecasted Storm Advisory! Better make a run to the local grocery to stock up on milk, bread, wine, and beer. We were told when we moved here that if there is potential for or actual snow and ice that the city shuts down...Now we know!

Issued by The National Weather ServiceColumbia, SC 1:05 pm EST, Mon., Jan. 19, 2009

... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL REACH THE COAST SHORTLY BEFORE DAWN TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING IN COLDER AIR AND INCREASING MOISTURE. THE PRECIP WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS RAIN... AND GRADUALLY CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW... BEFORE TURNING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S. ONE INCH OR LESS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW FLURRIES EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING IN THE MID 30S. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON. THE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE AWAY BY MID AFTERNOON.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING

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