Yesterday, Friday 19th, was Caden’s 3rd Birthday! It’s hard to believe that he’s already 3 years old. September has been a very big month for both of the boys, but especially for Caden. Sept 3rd was the boys first day of preschool, Cooper’s second year and Caden’s first! What a milestone! The boys go three […]

There were two big events this last Labor Day weekend and they were both scheduled on Sunday. The neighborhood were Shannon grew up was throwing a 50th Anniversary party and the Minnesota Twins were in town playing the Oakland A’s. Since there were two events planned for Sunday, Shannon and I decided to split up […]

We recently returned from a 5-day family vacation in the Monterey, CA area. We stayed in a beautiful 1 bedroom cottage, the Quails Nest, in Carmel-By-The-Sea, just blocks away from the beach. Click on the pictures below to view the images for that day. Day 1 We left our house around 11am and arrived at […]

Today I took Cooper on a father-son outing to Strikes, a nearby bowling alley. I wasn’t sure if he’d like it or even be able to roll a ball all the way down the lane, but…well…watch and see for yourself: He had a blast and didn’t seem to have any problem whipping that 6lb ball […]

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Cooper has taken up the art of photography…so I’ve setup a gallery just for him: Cooper’s Corner You can also find a link in the “Links” section below. I’ve also added more pictures in our gallery for June, July and August. Enjoy!

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The boys have thier own picture albums through April 2006. From May 2006 on, all of the pictures of the boys will be in a new album, The Boys.