Love that smile! 

Our Katie loves other kids. 

Wow - hard to believe... 

The Latest on Health

Ash, Carrie and Katie have all been diagnosed with whooping cough. And Scrapple has fleas. All you hear around here is coughing and scratching. Scrapple's getting a flea collar tomorrow. The rest of us will get by.

She's a crawling Machine! 

with Daddy after work 

Katie needed a timeout 

Oma's Flowers

When Oma was down in March she bought these flowers.

Here is the Gerbera 

Here are the Sunflowers 

Here's the Dahlia 

Poppy's MS150

Maybe he's 60 now, but Poppy is still in the best shape of any 'non-yellow lab' in the family. Last weekend while The Papa was facing the waves, Poppy cycled 75 miles on Saturday and 75 miles on Sunday. I forgot to ask him which church he went to on Sunday morning...

strong finish 

nice cows. 

Poppy cycling 

Midtown Church Men

Last weekend The Papa and other guys from Midtown Church went to North Georgia to do manly things with Tom Grady, the founder of SAR Adventures. You can see the SAR weblink on the left side of this webpage. Tom founded Grace Ministries in 1981 and is currently on the board of John Eldridge's ministry, Ransomed Heart. In the raft below (clockwise from top right: our guide, Tom Grady, Roger Balco, Richard Harris, The Papa, Tim Royal.

Boooya! 

Rafting the Middle Ocoee 

New Tricks

I haven't learned any new tricks recently, but Katie is learning all kinds of stuff. She even stands up sometimes for a few seconds (until she realizes that she's supposed to fall!).

first time on the rocking chair