Category Archives: Friends
Book and Movie Roundup [Me]
I’ve got a bit of reading and movie watching done lately–partly due to all the traveling I’ve been doing. Here’s a bit on each. Books The Known World by Edward P. Jones won the Pulitzer Prize back in 2004. As … Continue reading
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Birthday Party Bonanza [Madysen]
Fresh off her big birthday goal and win, Madysen had a 13th birthday party with her team. Layla and Emma had a grand time decorating the house with streamers. Most of the girls made it to the new house. After … Continue reading
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White Sox Lose, Cubs Win? [Travel]
Following my 5 a.m. arrival in Dallas from San Diego, I was off to Chicago later that afternoon for a few days. Got in late, but managed a wonderful meal at Smith & Wollensky. Their steaks are really top-notch. My … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Disappointing People, Friends, Funny, Me, Travel, Video
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The New York Yankees [Travel]
So I had to be in NYC from Wednesday night to Friday this week. As I’ve been a Yankees fan since I was a kid and since I’ve never been to [Old] Yankee Stadium, I came in on an earlier … Continue reading
Layer Cake And Talladega Nights [Movies]
Layer Cake is a very enjoyable film. [Note: Coming across this post exactly 5 years later, I have no idea why I’m commenting on movies. This looks to be the first time I did so, but it became a thing for … Continue reading
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Salt Water Swimming [Friends]
Back in the summer of 2006, while we still lived in Plano, Holly and the kids went over to some friends’ house and swam in their salt water pool (the kids didn’t really like it). Ian, James, and Ana were … Continue reading
Fun-Filled Week [Farmington]
The kids are excited about moving. Madysen and Speed especially so since Plano schools start on August 9. Their new schools start a week-and-a-half later. So they get an extra long summer. Madysen and her soccer team had Camp Don … Continue reading
Posted in Emma, Farmington, Friends, Layla, Madysen, Soccer, Speed, Swimming
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Madysen Is Coachable [Archives]
Taken by a parent during Sting White 94′s March 11, 2006 league game, Ashton, Hannah, and Madysen look one part uninterested and one part confused while getting instructions on the bench. I’m sure it has nothing to with the content … Continue reading
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Miscellany 2005 [Archives]
Mercifully we are really near the end of the 2005 archives. So here are a handful of photos that I like to that I don’t know enough to post individually. Pretty sure all of these are from 2005. First, Emma … Continue reading
Speed Turns 11 [Archives]
On November 17, 2005, Speed beat the odds and made it to the age of 11. He had a party with the same group of friends from a year before plus Jesse. For whatever reason, these last two pictures were … Continue reading
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