Nothing too exciting for our July 4TH—BBQ with great friends and neighborhood pyrotechnics. Both Gem and Theo had the time of their lives (Gem was in heaven riding bikes and scooters down the sidewalk).
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A Good 4TH
July 6th, 2009Daddy O! Daddy O! Happy Father’s Day
June 21st, 2009
Growing up I was very fortunate (still am) to have a great father. He has done so much for me over the course of my life and I could never say thank you enough. Today as I was thinking back on the many great things he’s done for me one of my favorites is when he became my little league baseball couch because no other team in Pleasant View wanted me (or the other dozen looser kids in the neighborhood). I’ll never forget how he coached our crap team that summer and with his positive coaching and constantly telling us, “it’s just a game” and “we’re just here to have fun” he turned our little team of misfits and untalented kids into the team to beat. We didn’t loose a single game that summer and I know 100% of that was because of my dad.
The photo above is from one of the many fishing trips he took us on, and even though I don’t necessarily like to fish now I certainly enjoyed the trips with him and my brothers (FYI: in the photo the blond kid on my left is not my Brother it’s my cousin TJ). Rodney you are the worlds greatest daddy-o.
On another note I love my kids and even though they are monkeys most of the time and I do love them. They both make me really proud and I hope I’m being as good a father as my Dad is. This video is of the 2 monkeys coming home from church. Every Sunday Gem insist on jumping on this big metal plate, and now she’s got Tuan in on it too. Somewhere in their monkey hearts I think they’re wishing me a happy father’s day.
PRINT: Did You Think to Pray
June 9th, 2009
Susan and I recently teamed up once again to create a new “Church Print”. For the this print we saved up our pennies and purchased the font Carmen and Carmen Fiesta from Type Republic in Barcelona (as a designer getting a new font is pretty exciting, and it’s tough when you actually do buy one because they’re not a small purchase—I’ve book marked plenty of fonts in my days and many fonts I’m sure I’ll never own because they can add up pretty fast, but they’re worth it).
We both thought the Carmen typeface looked smart and would work perfect for the phrase “Did you think to pray”. The print comes in loads of colors and both Susan and I have discussed doing a limited edition larger print (think poster size), but first I guess we’ll see how is sells.
If you’re looking to bring a little “holy spirit” into your home head over to Susan’s store.
This One’s For Aunt Marla
June 1st, 2009
Just when you think no one reads your crummy blog you find out that Aunt Marla does. Of course I see the stats and I know there are people out there on the big ‘www’ who read my blog (whoever is in Stockholm, Sweden, Hello), but most the time you can’t put a face to the numbers. Well yesterday at a family BBQ Susan’s Aunt Marla told me she’s a faithful follower of my weblog. And since today is her birthday I want to electronically wish her a Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday Marla!
Gem’s Last Day
May 22nd, 2009These past couple of days we’ve been letting Gem walk out to the bus all by herself, and she’s pretty proud of herself. Today is her last day of preschool for the school year. Congrats Gem! We love you kiddo.
