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2011-10-12T01:18:00.000-05:00

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february snow

2011-02-07T21:22:00.003-06:00

Tried to have some fun in the snow. The only problem was that it was TOO COLD!! Need to get a sled ready for Wednesday it looks like now!

Here are some pics I took of the kids gettin' snowy with it!

February 2011 Snow

happy halloween

2010-10-30T20:24:00.000-05:00

The kids getting ready to candy hunting. Happy Halloween everyone!!

big pumpkin day

2010-10-18T22:00:00.002-05:00

Kaitlyn had her fall field trip to the Cornerstone Kids Ranch in Ada. Randi and I got to go hang out with her for a bit, and we had a good time.

She got to feed some goats, watch a movie about how pumpkins grow, pick her own pumpkin to take home, and even take a trip on a hay ride. She had a blast!!

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

2010-09-08T09:50:00.000-05:00

We have a new member of our family. His name is Kegan "McLovin" Moffat. The kids are so excited, Baxter, not so much. He is a great little puppy and we are so happy to welcome him into our family!
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another one bites the dust...

2010-08-13T07:32:00.000-05:00

Another tooth, that is! Another big week for Kaitlyn!! Started kindergarten yesterday (which she was so excited to do), and lost tooth number 2 this morning!

Big week for Kaitlyn

2010-08-07T21:31:00.000-05:00

Well this has been a big week for Kaitlyn. The week started with losing a tooth and ended with A big hair cut and trip to her first movie theatre. The first trip to a theatre....

Man, seems just like yesterday, my first trip that is. I still remember Grandpa Shaklee picking me up and taking me to see E.T. at the old theater on Main in Stillwater. Haha!!

Anyway, both kids really loved. Dylan made it till about 30 minutes left though and started crying about being hungry! And that is after the popcorn, starbursts and pop he had when we got there!! lol!

Anyway. Fun day in Ada-town.

Kaitlyn lost her first tooth!

2010-08-01T15:04:00.001-05:00

Kaitlyn has lost her first tooth. She let mamaw pull it out and didn't even cry. She is growing up too fast!
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happy anniversary to my lovely wife

2010-07-31T01:16:00.002-05:00

Happy 11th Anniversary Randi!!! I love you more than I will ever be able to show you. Thanks so much for your constant help and support through all the trials in my life. I may not know what is in store for me from day to day with work and school and life in general, but I know this. I know that you always have my back and will always be there when I need you. I also know that you are the greatest mom our two kids could have ever asked for. I can't say how much I appreciate the extra time you spend with them for their extra activities that I am tied up for or buried at school. I can just try my hardest and hope that I can do something every day to let you know how much you mean to me. I love you and am still amazed by you, as much as I was that first night at Eskimo Joes!

Vacation Pics

2010-07-11T20:23:00.002-05:00

Jonathan and the kids before the ball game started

The kids at the Fort Worth Zoo with the Flamingos!

The kids at the zoo. I had to take this picture because I have one just like it of me and my brother when we were probably only a few years older than the kids at Frontier City in a Wells Fargo stage coach too. Thought it was pretty cool.

Vacation 2010

2010-07-11T19:40:00.002-05:00

Well, our vacation is officially over! We had such a good time. We started our vacation out on Sunday, going to Shawnee to go shopping and get Dylan a BIG BOY BOOSTER Seat!!! Yippee, he is no longer in a car seat! He loves it, he is getting to be such a big boy! Monday morning we left out and headed to Fort Worth, TX. Our first stop, the Fort Worth Zoo. It was great. It was hot, but still not too bad. They had plenty of shade trees throughout the zoo to get cover in, and mister's too. We ate lunch with a crocodile. The cafe we ate in had an aquarium on three sides of it, we had a huge crocodile sitting in shallow water looking at us like he would eat us if he could. It was so cool. The kids had it easy, we rented a double stroller because I had a feeling that one of the kids, Dylan, would not walk all the way around the Zoo, well I was right. Neither of them did, so Jonathan and I did a lot of walking and pushing that day. The zoo was cool and we all had a lot of fun. We swam that night in the pool at the hotel, the kids did not know what to think of the pool. It was a lot deeper and colder than our pool at home. But the kids loved it. The second day we went to the Fort Worth Museaum of Science and History and the National Cowgirl Museaum. We were all a little disappointed with this. Jonathan and I had both been to the Science and History Museaum in the past, granted I went 16 yrs ago and Jonathan about 3 yrs ago. But nothing was the same as it was when we went. It was a lot cooler before. The exhibits were not that great. There was one exhibit, The Energy Blast, it was a 4-D attraction that was pretty cool. The kids didn't quiet know what to think of the moving seats and the splashes of water that kept coming out of the seats in front of us. The other thing there that was cool was the Noble Planetarium. We had Big Bird and Elmo show us around the night sky. The third day we stayed around the hotel, went swimming and basically just relaxed to get ready for that night at the Ballpark at Arlington to watch the Texas Rangers take on the Cleveland Indians. We had really good seats, on the third base side, second level up. You could see the field so good and it was a great experience for the kids and Jonathan to get to enjoy a professional baseball game. We got us some Texas Rangers garb and are ready to go back now. The Rangers one 4 to 3 that night. We stayed the until the 9th ining, thought it would be easier to get out then than after the game when everyone else was trying to leave as well. Thursday we made our way home with one last stop at the Rainforest Cafe at the Grapevine Mall. It was really cool. Dylan did not know what to think about it, but after a bit he was okay with all the animals and the shows every 15 minutes. We were glad to be home, but wished that we had brought the sun with us since it seemed to rain back home the whole time we were gone. We lucked out, it did not rain while we were down there except for about 15 minutes. All in all, we had a great vacation and can't wait to start planning for next years vacation.

T-Ball is Over!

2010-06-30T09:19:00.002-05:00

Well our first year of T-Ball for both kids is officially over. Kaitlyn had her last game on Friday and Dylan had his last one last Tuesday. Both kids had lots of fun playing. Kaitlyn can't wait for fall soccer to start. Dylan said he wanted to play soccer too, but now he is rethinking that.
We ended Kaitlyn's season with a Ice Cream Sundae party Monday night at the park. The kids got to ride the train and the carousel. Kaitlyn got a medal for participating in t-ball this year. She is so proud. Dylan got a medal at his game on Tuesday for participating too. We are waiting to see when his party will be.

Jonathan and I went to see The Fray Saturday night at the Wintstar Casino in Thackerville. We went with my friends Susie and Larisa. We had a good time and they put on an excellent concert. Ate at Two Frogs on the way there, which was awesome! I will have to post some pictures and video of the concert. They did so good. Not a lot of people there, but a great concert anyway. We were 7th row from the stage.

We are gearing up for a busy rest of summer. We have decided to take a mini vacation next week. We are going to go down to Fort Worth and stay a few nights. We are going to the Zoo, the Fort Worth Science and History Museam, and going to take the Kids and Jonathan to their first ever Professional Baseball Game. We are going to watch the Texas Rangers play the Cleveland Indians. We just hope the kids don't get bored at the game. It is autograph night and $1.00 hot dog night. Hopefully they will enjoy the game. We are even thinking about stopping at the Rainforest Cafe in Grapevine on our way home to get a bite for lunch. We hope for nice weather and cooperating kids on this trip. The hotel we are staying at has a swimming pool, so maybe the kids can be bribed to be good with the opportunity to get to swim. We hope the 3 hour drive to Fort Worth won't be too much for them, that is why we chose not to go to San Antonio, since it is an 8 hour drive. We will post pictures when we get back.

Everyone have a safe and happy 4th of July!

VBS 2010 Video

2010-06-17T23:32:00.006-05:00

Here are the videos of the kids from their 2010 VBS. The first video has, I think, 2 or 3 songs, and the second video has 1 song. Enjoy!!

Video #1

Video #2

VBS 2010

2010-06-17T21:29:00.004-05:00

The kids had a great time at Vacation Bible School in Sulphur with Randi's folks. Due to the crazy weather and tons of rain, their t-ball games in Ada were rained out, so they got to spend nearly 4 days with them.

Randi and I got to go over to watch their program Wednesday night. Both of the kids just hopped right up on stage and sang their little hearts out! I was shocked. After helping Dylan with t-ball and watching him be mr. bashful, I really didn't think Dylan would do much. But man, he just jumped right up there and did the dances and sang the songs. Kaitlyn did the same. She stood right their with her brother and just had fun. It was really great.

I took some photos during the program, but they didn't turn out very good. Needed my big brother's camera there I guess. haha... But we did get some video. I will have to see what I can do to finally get that video off the camera and online.

Here are the two of them gearing up for the program.

Let's Play Ball!

2010-06-03T08:52:00.001-05:00

Tuesday night was Dylan's second T-ball game of the season. We just have two more to go and he will be done. It was hot and he was not wanting to play at all. But we convinced him to do so anyway. He was third baseman for the second game and did a great job. Didn't get much action on third base, but did well none the less. He did an awesome job hitting the ball. Didn't get out either time. He scored two runs for his team "Blue Bulldogs". It is hilarious to watch this age group play. You have some that will sit and play with the grass, others will lay on the bases. Sometimes when they hit the ball, they will even go get it themselves. It is very comical and fun to watch. Here are some pictures that my friend Susie took. She did a great job, Thank You Susie for coming and taking some pictures.

2010-05-30T15:59:00.001-05:00

Just finished a little boating and swimming at arbuckle lake. Had a ball and so did the kids!

Game day

2010-05-25T19:08:00.001-05:00

day one for dylan

2010-05-25T16:22:00.001-05:00

Dylan went to day one of his 4 week tball run yesterday. And even though it was hot, and his attention span averaged about 3-5 minutes, he still had fun!

His favorite part is batting. His running could use some improvement though, so I will have to train the dog to chase him more! Haha.

Their team name is The Blue Bulldogs. He got his jersey last night and he is number 3!!

So tonight is his first game, so it ought to be fun!

School's Out for Summer!!!!

2010-05-20T20:05:00.002-05:00

School is officially out for Kaitlyn! She is a kindergardener now! My how time flies. She had such a good school year. We could not have asked for a better teacher for her to have for her first year of school. Mrs. Wyche was so great with all of the kids and she cared for all of them like they were her own. She was a great teacher and we are going to miss having her teach Kaitlyn. Now it is off to bigger and better things.

Jonathan did good this semester. Walked away with 2 A's like always. He is doing so good in school and I am so proud of him. I know it has to be difficult going to school when you work like he does and then have family too. I am glad he is going back to school to get his degree. I know he can't wait to be done with school.

Luau Day & Grandparent's Day

2010-05-17T21:21:00.001-05:00

Friday was the Latta Pre-K annual Luau/Grandparent's day. Kaitlyn got all decked out in a grass skirt, Lei, flower in her hair and flowered shirt. The had a party were Grandparent's came and had pictures taken with the kids. Afterwards, they went to the gym (because it was raining) to have a luau. I know there was some hula hooping going on, but other than that, I am not real sure what else they did at the Luau. Parents were not really welcome, since it was Grandparent's day. My mom came over and went to Kaitlyn's class. Thanks mom for coming over and participating in Kaitlyn's school activity. It meant a lot.

Let's Play Ball!!

2010-05-17T21:05:00.003-05:00

Tonight Kaitlyn had her first season t-ball game. The real season opener last week was cancelled as was her game on Friday, all due to the rain and storms. The girls all did pretty good, considering they have not practiced or anything for over a week. They don't keep score, just play for fun. Both teams did really well. Kaitlyn was happy to see my friends Susie and her mom Diana at the game. They came to cheer her on. We were glad they came. Hopefully, the game on Friday will not be cancelled.

On another note, Dylan has his first t-ball practice on Wednesday and his first game next Tuesday. This should be very entertaining to see a bunch of 3 and 4 year olds playing t-ball. The coach thinks they might need more than one practice before they play, I know Dylan will need more than one practice. Oh well, it is all for fun and to give him the experience of playing a team sport. We can't wait to see him play.

Dance Dance Fever!!

2010-05-09T20:36:00.003-05:00

To start, I would like to thank everyone who took time out of their busy schedules and mother's day weekend to come and see Kaitlyn in her first ever Dance Recital. It meant a lot to all of us to have you all there. Kaitlyn did such a good job. She wasn't nervous at all. It was a long weekend for us all. Saturday started with pictures at 1 followed by dance rehearsal at 2:30 and first performance at 7. Then Sunday we didn't have to be there until 3. Kaitlyn looked so grown up in all her makeup. She definately did not look like a 5 year old. I am so glad it is over, but happy for Kaitlyn to get to experience this. A great big thanks to Phillip, Tammy, Heather, Austyn, Andrew and Madison for traveling down today. Phillip, I can't wait to see the pictures you took of us and Kaitlyn. The one picture I saw of Kaitlyn was absolutely GORGEOUS!
I want to say a very Happy Mother's Day to my Mom. I love you very much and hope you get better soon. I am glad that you were able to make it to the recital, even though you spent some time in the ER Saturday. It meant so much to Kaitlyn that you and Papaw came to see her.

Also a Happy Mother's Day to Ann, Heather, Tammy, Trish and Grandma Moffat.

big recital night

2010-05-08T18:47:00.001-05:00

Tonight is the first night of Kaitlyn's recital. She is very excited tonight. I am really shocked at the number of people pouring into the activity center. Should be a fun night.

Operation Turtle Freedom

2010-05-05T21:46:00.001-05:00

Tonight Kaitlyn, Susie, Zeus and myself all participated in Operation Turtle Freedom! Kaitlyn decided that she wanted to let her turtle free. So we went to my bosses house and his daughter Susie took us out to their pond where we let "Daisy"(the male turtle) go. We put him down and off he swam in the water, then made his way to a brush pile nearby. Kaitlyn was ok with the whole process. Me on the other hand hated to let him go. He would let you pet him on the head. Wouldn't even hide when the kids came around. We know he is better off in the wild and as Kaitlyn said, "now he is with his friends!". That concluded Operation Turtle Freedom. Until next time!
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and another semester ends

2010-05-05T21:26:00.001-05:00

A semester of headaches and late nights just came to an end for struggling student and web development manager Jonathan Moffat.

His two classes this semester, Program/Operations Management and Financial Management, were two very core classes to his future degree. They were also reportedly two of the most interesting and eye-opening courses he can recall taking since starting back to college in 2006.

"I learned a lot this semester about the basics of operating a business that I didn't know", stated Mr. Moffat. "I had no idea that the basic business decisions and operations could be broken down to simple mathematics and analytics".

Jonathan plans to spend a relaxing summer not worrying about school, but instead enjoying time with his lovely wife and two kids. "I just really want to enjoy some outdoor activities and traveling with my family. I think we are planning to hit a zoo somewhere and then there is always t-ball".

Jonathan plans to continue on his path to his degree by taking two more classes next semester. But until then, it looks like some summertime fun in
the sun for this college kid.

happy birthday madison!!

2010-05-04T12:47:00.002-05:00

Happy, happy, happy birthday Madison!! We hope you have a GREAT 5th birthday!

God Bless America!

2010-05-03T20:59:00.003-05:00

Today Kaitlyn had Olympic day at school. They competed in different activities such as hula hoop, 25 yd dash, baseball throw, etc. To top it all off, they had a turtle race.

We found two turtles for her to take to school and the kids loved having them around so much, that when it came time to release them into the wild, Kaitlyn couldn't do it. Needless to say, we still have a turtle here at our house, but I told her that we have to let it go into the wild in a couple days. Kaitlyn got 3rd place in the hula hoop contest. She got a medal and a ribbon. It was pretty neat.

The class all sang "God Bless America" and did such a wonderful job.

spring-time sunday

2010-05-02T19:57:00.001-05:00

Well Randi has been hard at it today. Here is a sample of her magical skills with flowers. This is a project that was a long time coming, but worth the wait. It looks awesome!!

She also fixed up some neat potted plants for the rock garden in the back yard. I am waiting until I get a chance to put more rock in it for a photo. Looks pretty awesome though!!

Then after the plants and flowers, she made a killer batch of fajitas!! They were top notch!

After that she practiced with Kaitlyn's hair for her dance performance. Me and Dylan just like to laugh! Haha

Then she even had enough energy left to make up a special batch of Rice Crispy treats for Kaitlyn's Olympic Day at school tomorrow.

Needless to say, the kids are feeling a little better. Dylan's last high temp was early this morning. So maybe after 6 days of fever we are over it. Kaitlyn's eye is pretty red this morning. But we started her on the drops last night so should not be contagous as of her last dose of them tonight. Ready for them to be healthy again!!

Kaitlyn getting ready for luau day at school

2010-05-01T20:49:00.001-05:00

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Double elimination

2010-05-01T14:27:00.001-05:00

Well we had our second game of the t-ball tournament this morning. Unfortunately, we lost that game. The girls got a break before their next game and we played the team that we beat last night. We lost that game too, so we are out of the tournament. The girls played so good, everyone is proud of them. Kaitlyn did really well. She started out on 3rd base, but because she was not paying attention, they stuck her in the outfield. Hopefuuly, with enough practice, she can regain her spot on third. We have practice twice next week, Kaitlyn's dance recital next weekend and her season opener for t-ball on Monday the 10th. Gonna be a busy week and weekend for us all again. Looking forward to seeing those that are coming to Kaitlyn's recital next weekend.
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Tonight's gonna be a good night!

2010-04-30T21:01:00.003-05:00

Kaitlyn had her first t-ball game tonight, and they WON!!!! The score was 19 to 12. Way to go Cactus Cuties!! You all did a great job. So, we play the next game in the tournament tomorrow at 10 and depending how they do, we will have a full day tomorrow. There is a team they will play that is all girls from Kaitlyn's school. Hopefully Kaitlyn will focus on the game and not focus on talking to her friends from school. I can tell this is going to be a lot of fun for Kaitlyn and all of us. I get a little carried away ( I get that from my mom! Love you), but other than that we have a great time. Kaitlyn is enjoying this even though this is just her first game.

On another note, Kaitlyn woke up this morning with a red eye. Called the doc and he put her on antibiotics and prescribed eye drops for pink eye for both kids. This is just great. Both kids on antibiotics and eye drops.

We will keep you guys posted on their progress tomorrow. Hopefully all the girls will play their little hearts out and have a great time.

Sitting in line...

2010-04-29T17:51:00.001-05:00

I am sitting in line to get dance recital tickets. I am #7, yippee! Hopefully I can get good seats for those that are coming.
We have a sick little boy on our hands. He has been running fever since Monday night, with a deep cough. Took him to see the doctor today and Dylan has strep throat and strep in his eye. Hopefully the antibiotics will kick it. Although I have never heard of getting strep in your eye.
I want to say a big Thank You to my uncle Jeff and Mom. They put together an excellent dinner last night. It was great to get to see my Great Aunt Kathleen and Great Uncle and Aunt Bob and Helen. As well as everyone else that was. Wish we could have been together under different circumstances, but still good to see them.
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Kaitlyn's T-ball Tournament

2010-04-27T21:39:00.003-05:00

We found out today that Kaitlyn's T-ball tournament starts this Friday at 7. We are not sure of her schedule for the rest of the weekend. She is so excited to get to play in her first game.

Dylan is at my parents tonight. We got home from T-ball practice last night and he started coughing and running a fever. Ran fever all night and a low grade one today. So mom volunteered to take him home with her so we don't have to miss work tomorrow. I am so thankful that my parents are able to take care of the kids when we need them to.

Kaitlyn is in bed, Baxter has gotten a much needed bath and now Jonathan and I are just relaxing watching some Parenthood. What a great way to end a long day.

Busy month coming up

2010-04-26T21:28:00.001-05:00

There has been a lot going on since our last post. Kaitlyn is almost done with her first year of school. Then we will have a kindergartener on our hands. Kaitlyn's dance recital is coming up the weekend of mother's day. We are looking forward to seeing our little girl dance her heart out. She has been working so hard and is excited for everyone to come see her dance. We have both kids signed up for t-ball. Right now Kaitlyn practices on Monday and Friday. Her games will be on those days as well. Her first tournament is this weekend. We can't wait. Dylan will start t-ball on the 25th and his games will be on Tuesday for four weeks. This should be pretty comical to see a bunch of 3 and 4 year olds play ball. Jonathan is almost done with school. Next week is finals week for him and I think he can't wait for it to be over. As for me, I have just been working and running these kids wherever they need to go. Jonathan and I have spent the last two weekends working on our flower beds getting them ready to plant. We built a rock garden in the back, mainly so Baxter wouldn't dig in the dirt, but it looks great. We went looking for some big rocks around the neighborhood and put those in there. Hopefully this weekend between all the stuff we have going, I can get some plants planted. Until next time....
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meet the new member

2010-02-25T08:09:00.001-06:00

That is right. The Nuthouse has added a new member to the family. His name is Baxter and he is an adorable little Coton de Tulear (if I spelled it correctly). He is about 15-16 weeks old.

As you can imagine, the kids have taken to him like white on rice! Kaitlyn feels that she must carry him around and his feet can't touch the floor! Haha.

Dylan, who I thought would be a little apprehensive around the new guy, spent last night carrying him around and laying on the couch with him. Randi has a photo, so I will have to get her to post it.

But anyway, that wraps it up for now. Well, the only other thing to allow is that we ate battling a diarreah/vomiting bug with Dylan. But he is going to the docs office this morning, so hopefully we will find out what is up. But so far through all of it, no fever (knock on wood).

late january winter storm

2010-01-29T22:40:00.002-06:00

Just wanted to share several photos I took of the storm. Have to give props to my older brother for the suggestions of the awesome apps to work the photos with. It is really cool now that I am figuring some of them out.

Anyway, we decided to not risk the chance of power loss at our house, so we headed to Randi's folks to dodge that. They were just about 30 or so miles south-ward from our house, but it is night and day when it comes to the ice.

But Randi and I decided to test the road gods and head home this afternoon to check on the house. That is the photo of the branches on the ground below. There were two pretty good size branches that fell out of our pine tree right by Kaitlyn's room. But other than that, just snow and ice. Oh, and yes, cold! haha..

Anyway, will be heading home tomorrow morning and get the house stuff done hopefully. The roads should be ok from Sulphur to Hwy 1. But that highway is usually pretty rough, and it had its slick spots this afternoon. But that is all I have for now. Everyone stay safe out there!

crazy kids

2010-01-27T19:55:00.001-06:00

Well the kids are most definitely growing into their own finally.

Dylan has now slept in his bed for 3 nights, the whole night!! Used to it was his bed till 1 or 2, then into mommy and daddy's bed. As you might imagine, that also meant no sleep for mommy and daddy. So this whole night in his bed thing is pretty awesome right now.

Kaitlyn is still doing really good in school. Her teacher even sent us a postcard about how good she has been. Kind of makes you feel good. And the icing on the cake (at the moment) is she has her first really good friend. And she has got to go to her house and play several times now! And what makes it even better is that I work with her friend's dad. Haha.

So I have discovered that when you know the other kid's parents, it sure makes life easier. Well, actually better than that, is that they live just about a 1/4 mile from us. That part we didn't know, but we like! Haha.

We hit the town tonight and had a little Santa Fe for dinner. So now we are home just trying to let the dinner settle and let the kids calm down a bit before we ring the bedtime bell. Hopefully we will be in for night #4 of Dylan in his own bed. I have my fingers and toes crossed!! lol

funny purchase and funny kids

2010-01-07T21:36:00.000-06:00

Most of you know that I am a sucker for wierd books. You can just look at my collection of Jim Morrison books, William Blake, The Prairie Traveler's Guide, The Man Book, and the list goes on.

Well, I have a new addition to the shelf. It is the Complete Rolling Stones Discography. It is 400+ pages of all Stones' albums and every song. For each album, it talks about what was going on with the band, the label, and just musical culture.

And then it has little interesting tidbits about each song. Very, very cool!!

And just for fun, to try and cheer me up since I start school tomorrow, we decided to dress the kids up in their cowboy/cowgirl garb. They were just so darn cute!! See for yourself.

random christmas pics

2009-12-28T00:59:00.000-06:00

christmas morning 2009

2009-12-25T14:00:00.001-06:00

The kids had a great Christmas morning. They really loved the fact that Santa ate the cookies they helped make and drank the hot chocolate. Santa's reindeer also ate the reindeer food that Kaitlyn's class made.

I am working on getting photos out on Picasa nut I am trying to figure out the app I have for that. Haha!!

Here are a few in the mean time.

Dylan's Hot Wheels stunt set.

Kaitlyn's dress up princess clothes.

Kaitlyn's new cowgirl boots.

randi's turn

2009-12-21T20:12:00.001-06:00

As you might recall I was lucky (or unlucky) enough to have a root canal last year right before Thanksgiving.

Well, now Randi has to have one. She has had it rough lately. She started with 2 ear infections with A sinus infection at the same time. So as that was healing up, she started having a tooth give her problems.

So to the dentist she goes tomorrow afternoon to get worked on right before Christmas.

Now, this is where I normally post a photo of who I am talking about. And I have a great one of her sleeping one morning. But as I mentioned earlier, it is almost Christmas and I want Santa to come, so I will be good. Haha...

So instead, here is one of the kids.

kaitlyn is feeling the spirit

2009-12-17T21:55:00.001-06:00

Kaitlyn's school is having their spirit week this week. We missed a day or to but we nailed it today!

It was a peice of cake for a guy like me today. It was Nerd Day! Haha... She looked so cute though. Here is her and Dylan before we left the house this morning.

2009-12-12T18:06:00.001-06:00

Finished at Penn Square Mall. Man it was a mad house! So now we are at another store behind the mall. Gotta keep going while we have energy!

2009-12-12T14:56:00.001-06:00

You know parking is bad at Penn Square Mall when people are hoping curbs and parking on the grass!

2009-12-11T13:21:00.001-06:00

Well folks, it is done. That is right, another semester has come and gone. I took my statistics final at 8:00 am this morning.

I feel pretty good about it too, which is a nice change. There were only two problems, but they were insanely long!

So now I just sit back and wait for the next semester, and all the brain drain that it will entail. Haha

a look inside a true trout man

2009-12-08T23:17:00.003-06:00

If you get some spare time, you have to check out my buddy's blog. It is the blog of the mighty Harley.

With the weather change, it has around again to the outdoor season. So he has once again picked up his rod, he is making his flies, and trickin' out his trout cycle. This might be one to bookmark as well, because if we get lucky, he will get some photos with his new invention for the season, the Troutcam!

But on a serious note, he went down to Broken Bow last weekend for a serious fishing adventure, and did capture some gorgeous photos down on the river.

So take a look, he is at lattahouse.blogspot.com.

dylan 3-year update

2009-12-08T22:31:00.002-06:00

Dylan went to the doctor today for his 3-year checkup, and all is good.

We even found out that he is growing out of the need for the nebulizer! Woo Hoo!! So that was about the best news of all right there. But now we have to start figuring out the allergies. Chances are that he has a lot of the same that I have, judging by how he reacts to some of the weather changes like I do.

And here are his stats as of today:

Height: 31 3/4"
Weight: 34lbs

... and we'll leave the lights on

2009-12-06T20:23:00.002-06:00

I actually accomplished something today. I know that sounds terrible, but when it comes to things around the house, I just feel like I never accomplish anything.

But with the help of the kids and Randi today, not to mention my awesome ladder that rocks, oh, and the dog crap I stepped in (loved that, don't have a dog, but thank goodness someone else's pooped in my yard for me to step in!), I managed to get Christmas lights up on the house. We just did the front of the house for now, and might expand that later, but we aren't too in love with the lights we used. So next year we are going to try and find better ones.

But at least we took the first shot at it finally. So now we have the tree up, the outside lights and the stockings. So we are doing pretty good.

randi's cake

2009-12-06T19:53:00.002-06:00

I may not be the best husband in the world, heck, most of the time not even an "ok" one. But at least I can say I remembered the cake on the wife's birthday! haha...

From the nuthouse

2009-12-05T15:57:00.001-06:00

Heading to Home Depot to buy some outdoor lights to put up around the house. This should be interesting! Haha!

2009-12-04T14:21:00.001-06:00

Had my last lecture today in statistics. Final is next Friday. So please tell me why the prof assigned three homework problems due the day of the final!! And to top it off, two of them are topics that aren't even on the final!! I just don't get this guy!

2009-12-03T18:35:00.001-06:00

Finishing off some quick Subway, then out into the frigid outdoors to watch the Ada Christmas Parade. I must be crazy!! Just goes to show i will do anything for my beautiful wife!

happy birthday randi

2009-12-03T07:47:00.002-06:00

Happy birthday to my beautiful wife! Love you honey!

fun day

2009-12-01T23:28:00.002-06:00

Today was a pretty good day (except for the weather!)...

First, a big happy birthday to my nephew Austyn. He turned the big 10 today! Happy Birthday Austyn!

Second, I ended up not having to take a final! woo hoo! My rec leadership class ended up assigning us an extra 100 points of homework. So if we have the points we need to reach the 'A' mark at the original points for the class, then we don't have to take the final! So one down, one to go.

The second final though is my statistics final. I have heard some urban legends on how he designs it, but I am hoping they are not true. The worst one is that his final is one single problem worth 100 points. So if that is the case, it may be very interesting! haha!! But it is the Friday of finals week. Nothing like waiting till last minute! haha...

2009-10-02T18:54:00.001-05:00

Enjoying a lovely dinner out with the fam. I have some awesome kids and a lovely wife!

the ultimate film camera kit

2009-09-16T21:31:00.001-05:00

I received the camera kit I purchased off of eBay today!! I am so excited to get to finally use all the stuff.

The kit is a Praktica MTL3 camera body, lenses, filters and other assorted goodies. And it is all in a pretty awesome leather camera case! So to the best of my guess, here is a breakdown of my new inventory:

Praktica MTL3 SLR camera
2 - "old school" shutter remotes
Pentacon 2.8/29 lens
Pentacon 1.8/50 lens
Pentor 1:2.8 f=135mm lens
Pentor 1:2.8 f=28mm lens
Pallas Auto Tele Converter 2X lens
Vivitar Macro Adapter +10 49MM
Vivitar 55MM->58MM adapater
Vivitar 49MM Close Up Lens No. 1
Vivitar 49MM Close Up Lens No. 2
Vivitar 49MM Close UP Lens No. 4
Vivitar 49MM Skylight (1A) filter
Vivitar 58MM Skylight (1A) filter
Vivitar 49MM Polarizing filter
Vivitar 58MM Polarizing filter
Vivitar 49MM UV Haze filter
Vivitar 58MM UV Haze filter
Vivitar Wideangle Hood 58MM
Vivitar 49MM rubber hood
49MM hard plastic hood
Eyepiece sun hood
Eyepiece vertical extender
Kick-butt hard leather camera case
All the original sales receipts for everything (including original camera sales receipt dated 1979.
The original paperwork and user manual

I would tell you how much I got all this for, but I am nearly positive that no one would believe me! I will just say it was for about the price of one dinner out with my family of four!

So now I have my work cut out for me. I have to figure out what all that stuff is for! haha... I have to figure out stuff like... Why the 49mm over the 58mm? Which filter to use when? How to group them (I noticed he had a couple stacked up on the end of a lense), and why? All the goodies like that. Should be fun, we will see! Here are some pics of the new toy.

the semester is rolling

2009-09-15T23:49:00.001-05:00

I have finished the first two tests for this semester, so I guess things are officially rolling now.

My stat test went ok. It took me about 15 minutes to complete the whole 3 problems he put on the test. haha.. I was able to get my grade on it this afternoon, and I made a 100%!! And we have had three homework assignments, all of which were 100%. So I have an 'A' in there so far.

I took my recreational leadership test today though, and I think I sat a new world record. From the time the test hit my desk, until I put it back on the coach's desk, was a whole 3 minutes!! So needless to say, I felt pretty good about that one. But we will see come Thursday!

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camera play

2009-09-05T23:58:00.002-05:00

I don't know why I didn't do this earlier. A while back I had come across a plethora of old camera antiquities. One of them was a 35MM Praktica MTL3. I took it to work one day to have one of our photographers look at it and let me know what they thought. And I guess he took some photos with it using black and white film. For some reason, I completely forgot about that, and didn't even remember seeing the resulting roll of film.

Just the other night we were digging through boxes of photos trying to find one printed photo of Kaitlyn as a flower girl (for show and tell at school), and we came across those photos. And wow! They looked really good!

So I got the old gal out of the attic this morning, and we hit Wal-Mart. No luck in black/white film, so I just bought a pack of Fuji 400. I figured that would be better than nothing, and to even see if the time spent in the attic had damaged it even more.

Luckily, it seems as though it didn't! I took one roll and we had it developed today, and it didn't look too bad. The lenses are very, very dirty, so I spent some time cleaning those (best I could at least). And then it also helps out if you know what the heck the dials are for on it! haha

So I hit the ol' Google and bingo! Found a PDF of the old user manual (and even found one for .99 Canadian on eBay! haha... So now that I know how to adjust the shutter speed and ASA for the film, then I think this next roll might even turn out better! It has been a lot of fun using it though.

There is still one camera in the box that I haven't played with yet. It is a 3D camera though, and both the film and the development is very, very hard to find. So I am still trying to decide if I want to try that or not.

But the funniest is taking the kids pictures, and then having to explain why they can't see the photos yet! haha.. Having to tell them that the photos don't show up on a screen, that you have to take them to the store and have them print them to see them. Funny how quickly technology changes our world!

the kids just keep getting bigger

2009-09-05T18:26:00.002-05:00

Man, this has been a big week for the kids, and it continues today!

First, Dylan decided that it was time to be a big boy. He has been doing so good with potty training, and not having very many accidents at all. But the coolest thing is that he has now decided that he doesn't need to sit down when he pees!! haha.. That is right, the little guy just bellies up to the toilet and stands up "like daddy". He is one sharp cookie!

And Kaitlyn is still having a ball at her ballet classes and is doing really good in Pre-K. They have already taken a couple automated comprehension tests, and she has scored a perfect score on both of them! We are so proud of her.

Well, then this afternoon came along. We were wondering around Wal-Mart looking for film for the old 35mm camera that used to belong to Randi's grandma, when Randi asked Kaitlyn if she wanted to pierce her ears. Well Kaitlyn wasn't sure about that. But Randi explained it to her, and with a little hint of some possible orange sherbet if she did it, she hopped up in the chair and got down to business.

So here are some pics of the little lady (a.k.a. ballerina princess). She came running out to the car when they were done and she was yelling "it didn't even hurt!!". Man, they just grow up so darn fast.

Dylan had to get it on it too! haha..

the start of a new semester

2009-08-17T18:05:00.002-05:00

I made it through day one of class. Not a whole lot to report today though. Just one class on M/W/F and one on T/TH.

My class on M/W/F is business statistics though. So I am a bit worried about it, but everyone keeps telling me that the guy I have is good. His name is Dr. Hongzai Zhang (I believe the spelling is correct). He is at ECU by way of China, Louisiana, and Alabama. He has been in the U.S. for 20, but is still pretty hard to understand. But everyone has told me to just show up, take notes, and turn in homework and I should be just fine. So we will see. At OSU I took this class three times and always did good until the midterm, so that will be the true test! haha..

The thing I hate about ECU though, is that for about the first week you can't find a parking place! I left work 30 minutes early today to find a spot, and still made it to the classroom with only 3 minutes to spare. But it is hilarious because by the second week of class you will be able to find completely empty parking lots! lol..

gallup daily

2009-08-16T19:32:00.004-05:00

Looky what I found. I have always watched the Gallup web site, especially the Presidential approval rating. I know many may not agree, but I am happy with it's current direction.... down...

So you can now just watch our site to keep up with it. I have even added it to the sidebar!

big girl starts school

2009-08-13T23:04:00.003-05:00

We made it through the first day! Kaitlyn started her school today. She was so excited all morning getting ready and she barely ate breakfast.

Randi dropped her off, and she never shed a tear (neither of them.. haha). Now if I was there, I probably would have, so that is a good thing I guess. But she learned about classroom rules today and playground rules. And she did some coloring as well.

So now if we can just teach her to keep out of trouble, and to pay attention when people are talking to her or reading to her, I think we will pretty much be smooth sailing. Well, for a few years at least! haha....

dylan is keeping up

2009-08-11T22:30:00.003-05:00

While Kaitlyn is really coming into her own, and getting to be a big little girl, Dylan is kicking some butt in the growing up game as well.

He is now nearly potty trained! Still have an accident every once in a while, but he is wearing his big boy underwear to day care now. He is so excited when he has a good day and keeps from having an accident in his race car underwear. haha..

But along with his getting older, is also his attitude. So every once in a while we have to have a little attitude adjustment session. But half the time, about the time he has you ready to pull your hair out, he does something silly that makes you nearly fall out of your chair laughing. So he is learning! lol!

our little girl

2009-08-11T22:09:00.003-05:00

Ever since Kaitlyn was born, we have always been told, "Enjoy it, time will fly by". And man, that is true! Our little girl is growing up so fast!

This Thursday, she will start Pre-K at Latta. She is so excited. She came in the kitchen when she got home from day care tonight, and asked me if she started day care in "2 days". When I told her 'yes', she started jumping up and down and screaming how she was so excited! It was a sight to see! haha.

Not only is she now in school, but she is also going to start taking ballet lessons. We enrolled her for that last week, and her classes start next Thursday. So we bought her some ballet shoes and some pretty little practice outfits, and a purple bag to carry it all in. We are still working on on having her say 'ballet' correctly. When she gets excited about it, it sounds like 'bal-la-lay'. haha..

the song continues

2009-08-08T14:41:00.003-05:00

Still working on my song. But i think i may have it where i want it. It is just music, but pretty cool sounding!

anniversary photos

2009-08-02T18:01:00.005-05:00

Randi and Jonathan's 10 Year Anniversary

I am having problems with my own photo gallery again. Will probably be dropping my own site and photo gallery soon. Been a pain lately. Just thinking of going back to the easy free stuff.

Anyway, Randi and I really had a ball on our trip. I have never actually seen a true "forest" other than the many acres of trees around Payne County. So it was awesome to be staying in the Ouachita National Forest area.

The first afternoon/evening we were there it rained somewhat on and off (more on though), so we wandered around the park area to see what there was to see.

The second day (our anniversary day) we ran out in the morning and did some fishing at a neck in the lake. That was pretty dead, so we headed over to one of the rivers. And after a few casts, I actually caught a trout! I was so shocked, and the coolest part was being able to see the trout come back against the fast flowing stream and bight the hook. It was unbelievable! We were going to do some swimming in the afternoon, but instead decided to drive around and see more of the sites. We tried out a local fancy restaurant for dinner. The food was really great, and at $22.00 for a filet mignon, it darn well should be. But the part is that it was actually darn near the best tasting, most well prepared one that I have ever had! But then one of the waitresses tried to be super woman and picked up a tray with about 7 or 8 glass water glasses (full) on it to carry it outside to the tables. Well, three almost immediately fell off, and as you know with basic counter weight, it instantly flipped the opposite direction and dumped the remaining glasses. Well, glass and water went flying. I felt a few big pieces hit my leg but didn't think anything of it, as did Randi. But then Randi ran her hand over where it hit her leg, and she was bleeding! So I checked mine, and I was too. We both ended up with cuts on our legs! It was crazy. But I still have to say, the best darn steak ever!

The third day was the toughest. It started at about 5 AM when giant thunderstorms rolled in and started rattling everything in the cabin. And the worst is, you can't hardly get local weather there. The locals either were primarily Texas or Louisiana. But we rode it out, and it ended up raining, nearly non-stop, until mid-afternoon. After that we decided to call it a day and start working towards dinner and then margaritas!!

I have to say though, I am still madly in love with the woman I married 10 years ago. We were able to spend 3 days and nights together with no kids and even rained in a day, and we still had so much fun!

Our first 10 years brought us 2 wonderful kids and a new house. So I am just so excited to see what the next 10 bring us!

been a while...

2009-08-02T15:19:00.000-05:00

It has been a while since my last update. But a lot has happened. We have been having a pretty fun summer thus far. Kaitlyn and I start school in a couple weeks (that sounds funny as heck to say!), Kaitlyn has been to 2 bible schools, Dylan is darn near potty trained, and Randi and I have celebrated our big 10th anniversary!

I have a number of pics to get added. I am going to kick it off with photos from mine and Randi's 10 year anniversary.

the big hair cut day

2009-06-30T17:42:00.002-05:00

Big Hair Cut Day

Today was the big day.... The day of hair cuts for the kids.

Kaitlyn was very excited because she had decided to donate over 10 inches of her hair to Locks for Love. So she was very excited to get in the chair today. But she had to wait on Dylan.

Dylan wasn't so sure about the whole deal, but when I got there, he was in the chair, and doing everything the stylist told him to. If she told him to look down, he would, to tilt his head, he did it, and he sat very still! I was shocked!

Kaitlyn got in there, and just had a great time. I was worried she might start getting nervous or changing her mind, but she just sat there and looked in the mirror while they cut 11 inches of her hair off! I was really proud of both the kids.

fun with dylan

2009-06-04T19:29:00.002-05:00

We got to spend a little time at the ER tonight. Dylan had a funky fever come on pretty quick today. So tonight about 9 his fever really took off, and he was complaining of a hurting stomach.

Come to find out, after about 2 hours at the ER, he just has a case of strep throat. So even though that is bad, it is much better than I was worried it might be.

So now I am just hoping that the rest of us can keep healthy, and that we get Dylan back up and running soon.

the shaved look

2009-05-28T07:36:00.001-05:00

I can't believe it, but I actually did it this morning! That is right, I am now a clean shaven man. First time since around 2001! haha..

So don't be afraid, I know it looks scary, but it is actually me. Or as my wife and everybody at work said "it is the 12-14 year old Jmo". I am not sure about that. Looks more like a chubby 15 year old! haha..

first night of band practice

2009-05-27T18:53:00.000-05:00

Tonight was my first night of the garage band practice! Just me and Harley and a couple beers. It was really fun! It has been a good number of years since I have picked up the ol' bass, so it felt good to get it all tuned up and do some messing around.

We rocked out to a couple AC/DC, The Who, The Ramons, and then some home-made goodies that Harley wrote when he was back in college for Harley Deric and the Reverse Cowgirls.

But I was really worried that I would be beyond being able to play, but it kind of came back ok (for the first practice). So now I will have to do some practicing and getting ready for our next practice!

thursday playin'

2009-05-21T19:00:00.001-05:00

Thursday Playin'

Brought the kids home from day care this afternoon and decided that we needed to go outside and play. So I decided to snap some photos of the kids and just the all around beauty that was this afternoon.

finally some photo updates

2009-05-20T10:59:00.001-05:00

I have our photo gallery working again, finally! haha...

So to get it all rolling, I have placed in it some photos from last Saturday when we took the kids to the Children's Museum in Seminole as well as some photos from my Civil War trip that Harley and I went on a few days ago.

There are a few that I caught with my cell phone, so once I get those pulled off, I will add those to the galleries.

Enjoy! You can use the link at the top of the page for the nuthouse photo gallery, just click here!

the official end of the semester

2009-05-14T15:12:00.001-05:00

The spring 09 semester has now officially come and gone. I really didn't think I would do that good in biology, but as crazy as it is, I actually did. I don't know if it is because I actually learned it somehow and was able to regurgitate all of it for the final, or if it is just because my professor for it lives 3 houses away from me. haha... Anyway, here is the official results.

DISCLAIMER : Don't pay any attention to the GPA information. lol... It isn't that good, but ended up in the shot anyway. But it is a long ways from the 1.45 that I started with! haha...

Look at that biology grade!! Woo Hoo!!!

what a tuesday...

2009-05-05T18:12:00.002-05:00

You know you are going to have a bad day when you go into work, turn on your MacBook that was working fine the night before, and get this for a start up screen.

Instead of the Windows "blue screen of death", it is the Mac "blinking folder and question mark of death!

Yep, apparently somewhere between when it was working fine about 1am Tuesday morning and going to work about 8:30am the same day, the hard drive just decided to die. Not exactly sure why, I guess it just didn't like me anymore.

There were just two relaxing moments though. First, when calling Apple Support, I discovered there was 300 more days of service left on it! Thank God for that! Second, with the add-in of Time Machine in OS X 10.5, I actually backed my entire hard drive up about 2 days before. Just by pure happenstance. I never, ever, backup. But I was like... 'hm.. wonder what exactly this Time Machine thing does anyway...". Well, luckily it may be my lifesaver. We will see.

So now I am without my laptop for about 4 days. Kind of feel like I am missing a leg or something! lol... But I will try to survive. Later!

aaahhh.... and it comes to an end (the semester that is)

2009-05-04T18:53:00.001-05:00

Before I continue, I would like to send out a BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LITTLE NIECE!! She turned 4 today! She had a killer birthday party yesterday! Happy Birthday Madison...

And now...

Yes, it is true.... Another semester has come and gone... THANK GOD!!!!

So to celebrate the end of this one (since I had summer school and have gone pretty much a year solid), my lovely wife and kids took me out for a great dinner!

We headed over to Polo's, and let me just say, they have a Sangria Swirl Margareta that is just delicious... haha... So good in fact that I had to take a picture of it to just share. yummy!!

And this is just the medium! They have a larger size!

sometimes you should just get out of the car

2009-04-29T18:12:00.002-05:00

So dad sent me a text this morning about a thunderstorm that was about to move over Ada. At the time I was sitting in my car waiting for my biology class to start since the one before had finished early.

About the time I got dad's text, I looked out and noticed it was sprinkling, but though "ah, no biggy, I will just wait a few more minutes." If only I had known...

About 2 minutes later, I looked up from sending Randi a text, and noticed that it had gone from sprinkling to a torrential downpour and sideways-blowing rain. Well, that was also about the time that I needed to start heading to class. So out of the car I hop and off I sprint!

Needless to say, there was very little I could do though to beat the rain. By the time I reached my building, I looked like I had just stepped out of the shower. I was completely drenched. So bad that even my jacket pockets were full of water! Anyway, I snapped a photo of my waste down and you can kind of see the dry line of my slacks.

Also, I snapped a photo as I drove by our Sinclair station. The big green dino that sits outside the station was actually knocked over by the winds, that is how bad it got! And then there were just some other photos I thought of adding. Enjoy!

My little monster

Little monster showing his shirt

Pants and shoes after the swim to my class this morning

The big Sinclair dino that was blown over this morning

change in finals week

2009-04-27T12:59:00.000-05:00

Boy, what an eye opening class this morning for choices in wellness.

The instructor was kind of enough, today, two days before Wednesday, to let us in on the fact that we aren't going to have a final during finals week. It was scheduled for the Friday of finals week.

Nope, instead, we are taking Wednesday, as in two days from today!! Hhhmmm.... panic?!?!

I have been worrying about biology because that final was going to be first. So now I have to try to finish the stuff for my wellness class, cram and try not to bomb that test on Wednesday.

On a good note though, I am done with school after my 8am final, the Monday of finals week! haha... So I told my friend Harley that we can start up the ol' garage band next Monday night! lol...

big weekend (busy at least... haha...)

2009-04-26T17:32:00.001-05:00

This was a really busy weekend (and back breaking!) It all started with a trip to the annual Children's Fair that the Nation sponsors every year. It was at the AgriPlex in Ada, and there were a ton of things to do. Everything from arts and crafts, to a four wheeler train ride, to big blow up slides, and everything in between.

So after a couple hours there, we headed back to the house to try and tackle our brilliant landscaping idea.... trying to replace the flowerbed at the front of the yard with limestone blocks.

Well, I will just say that for our first landscaping project, it was a beast! But at the same time, it turned out really nice! We are going to give it a week or so to make sure that everything sets up ok and it can hold it's own. At that point we will come back and fill it in and raise the bed up and then put back some pretty flowers and what ever else Randi tells me to put in there (that is not my bag.)

Anyway, here are some photos from the weekend that we snapped.

After (thank goodness it stood!)

interesting show

2009-04-19T18:19:00.000-05:00

If you have a chance either this Monday night, or next Saturday night, you will have to flip over to OETA (see their site for the time).

There is a short little documentary on the 1909 hanging in Ada. I have heard about it ever since I have been down here, but never had actually heard the full story and explanation of what happened. Anyway, I found it interesting. Here are the details from the OETA site.

Death of the Old West

program / series description:
The 1909 lynching in Ada of four men suspected of murdering a local rancher.

beautiful saturday

2009-04-19T10:20:00.001-05:00

Yesterday turned out so nice, that I finally got the kiddos outside again, and actually did some of the "honey-dos" that I have been putting off.

First thing I attacked was the gutters. Man, I have never lived anywhere that I had to clean out the gutters. Hence, I never knew what a bad idea it was to clean them out after a rain (when you live on the north side of a dirt road). haha... So the first handful of leaves I grabbed, SPLASH!, mud slung all over me, the house and my new ladder. An eye-opening experience I tell ya.

But I finished that until the gutters where crystal clean. Then I headed in the garage and did some more arranging of stuff to try to get things a bit more out of the way. Also did some measurements so I can start planning some storage ideas for what is left.

Then we finished the night off with some fresh cut steaks (cut about an hour before we bought them!), and some grilled zucchini and squash! YUMMY!!

So here are some pics I snapped off yesterday. You can see my new ladder that is really pretty cool. It is one of those ones that converts to different heights and angles. Took some of my new clean garage! haha..., and then of our pretty red maple by the front door, and last but not least, the awesome dinner!

yea... finals week!

2009-04-16T17:06:00.001-05:00

Well, yea, and boo, both!

ECU finally released their final week schedule, and while I am glad that it is finally here, I hate what I ended up with!

My biology final, just my hardest and the one I need to study for the most, is Monday morning at 8am!! It really stinks because he said he is going to change the format of the final to short answer and essay and "make it harder". So that isn't going to be fun.

And then my blow-off class, choices in wellness, final is Friday at 8am. So I have the whole final week to study for the easiest final! haha... Guess my luck ran out on that one!

easter weekend

2009-04-14T18:36:00.001-05:00

Easter 2009 & Bella's Bday

We had a really good Easter weekend. We got to spend time Saturday with Randi's family. We ate some great burgers and dogs. And then all the kids got to go out and hunt Easter eggs.

Saturday night, Kaitlyn was a little worried about the whole Easter bunny deal. I guess the fact that a giant bunny was going to come hopping into the house kind of freaked her out! haha... But I think that once she put two and two together, and realized that the Easter bunny equaled basket of candy, it really help it be ok. lol!

Sunday we went up to Stillwater to see my family and enjoy some good BarBQ, followed by some birthday cake for little Bella's 1st birthday. So it was rather eventful. And since it was cloudy, cold, and rainy, we had the older kids hide the eggs in the house and then the smaller kiddos got to hunt them. So they got to do even more egg hunting.

mission garage sale - complete

2009-04-14T17:22:00.002-05:00

Thank goodness it came and went! Randi and her mom did a fantastic job! For those of you that had seen the garage before the sale, you would be shocked at what it looks now! The picture here is still with the remaining stuff on tables. Now we have everything boxed up for the charity we are going to give it to, and then we just have what little we kept. So it is very good!

So now there is plenty of room for me and Harley to start our garage band! haha...

good friday all

2009-04-10T13:47:00.001-05:00

Hello everyone. Just wanted to drop a line to let you all know that yes, we are still doing well down here. Well, I don't know if "well" describes it.

We have been through a bout of sickness with everyone but me (knock on wood). First Kaitlyn woke up a couple weekends ago throwing up one day and "other" stomach problems the next day. Then Dylan has those lovely "other" stomach problems. And now Randi is battling a sore throat.

So even though I love the weather this time of year, it sure seems to mess with everyone's health!

School is on the downward slope finally. I was beginning to wonder if this semester was ever going to end. But in just a short 4 weeks it will! And I am all enrolled and ready to go for the next fall semester. I am going to "attempt" the class that royally kicked my butt at OSU. That is right, business and econ statistics. That class is truly my nemesis. Taken and flunked three semesters in a row at OSU. Not bragging of course. haha... But I am going to take that (my hard class) with what I hope to be a blow off class, recreational leadership. I have heard rumors that is the one to take when you have a really hard class to do. So we will see.

But I decided to take the summer off this year. Spend a little time with the family and also I want to really work on our yard this year and be able to do some of our own landscaping.

Well, we have a busy weekend ahead. We will be spending Saturday at Randi's folks for Easter lunch and fun, followed by a Sunday trip to Stillwater to have some Easter fun with my family, and to celebrate little Bella's first birthday!!! So as long as we can keep the kids entertained in the car back and forth, then this is going to be a fun weekend! haha....

daddy's night with the kids

2009-03-10T15:51:00.001-05:00

I got to have an evening with the kids tonight, since Randi had to go to Seminole with some of the ladies from her office. So I decided we would do it up good.

We started the night at Subway, and ate some good sandwiches. Then daddy gave in the kid's wishes... haha... And we ended up at Braums. Of course, really, does it take much to get this guy into an ice cream store?? haha.. Not really!

But we ate some ice cream and stayed until Dylan tried to start climbing over the booth seat, and had told every person walking by our table "Hello!!!!". He was the life of the restaurant!

So I had to get a picture of them. This was before the sugar rush hit in! lol...

Look at the size of those "single scoop cups"!!

kaitlyn's radio station

2009-03-07T18:24:00.001-06:00

The kids and I were sitting in Randi's new car tonight at Braum's while Randi ran in to get some milk.

So I decided to start flipping through the XM radio stations, since I have never really looked to see what all was there. First of all, I have to say that I am really amazed by all the different channels! There is just about anything you could ever want to listen to!

But then something funny started to happen. Kaitlyn would tell me to "go on" or "stop" as I got to different channels. For most of them, she would simply say "go on" after listing to it for just about a second or two.

Then we hit XM79. The name of the station is 'Met Opera Radio'! Kaitlyn said "stop!". So I tried to turn it to some other stations, and she started yelling at me, "stop, stop daddy! go back to the one before!". So I would turn it back to XM79 and she would just smile real big. I am not sure what Opera was playing, but I have to say it was beautiful. But nothing I thought she would actually sit and listen to.

Then she started making this movement with her arms. After staring at her a little bit, I realized she was playing the air-violin! She would just sit their sawing on that pretend violin, and she just had the biggest smile on her face! It was sooo cute!

I didn't think anyone would believe it, so I took a picture of it. haha..

This screen proves it - XM79 - Met Opera Radio

exciting night

2009-02-10T18:34:00.001-06:00

Well we managed to make it through the big storm. Luckily as it moved into Pontotoc County, it started to turn more east, and ended up way south of Ada and Latta (thank goodness!). But we still got some really needed rain though, so I am glad for that. Now we just need a little more of that and we should be good.

Things here are going pretty good. The kids are still being rowdy, and that is always a good thing. Oh, but one interesting thing... Our friends about a mile from us, Harley and Nicole, had a stabbing next door to their house last night. Harley said he heard people yelling "shoot him! shoot him!" over and over. Next thing he knew their were cop cars everywhere and then ambulances. So see, there are crazy people everywhere, and unfortunately, sometimes they are your neighbor. Even in a little place like Latta! haha... But Harley and Nicole (and Chloe and Tessy) were all ok, so we were very glad.

Randi has been kind of running the shop where she works. Her boss's son passed away about two weeks ago, so her boss has been out quite a bit, as to be expected.

I am fighting my way through another semester. This biology class was probably not a good idea, at least with the professor I ended up taking it with. He gave us a 30 minute PowerPoint slide over the intro to genetics and then spent about 7 minutes showing us how to figure genotype and phenotypes using the distributive method and punnett squares. Then on he ended class and told us he would have someone in class bring us a homework assignment to do Wednesday during class to figure the genotype and phenotype ratios for up to 4-5 traits per parent. Needless to say, I just really have a hard time wrapping my brain around that much figuring. Now if it was completely laying out 10 pages of HTML code, piece of cake! haha..

Oh, and I also survived my big presentation last week. It ended up not being that big of a deal. I got to give a presentation to all the administrators about the new intranet project we launched about a month ago. The Governor was supposed to be in there, but he had to cut out. Then the administrators were eating lunch while I was speaking, so that was kind of different to deal with. But I made it through it and now maybe I won't have to do that for a while again!

ahhh, so special

2009-01-31T19:35:00.001-06:00

Randi had ran back into Wal-Mart tonight and I had the kids for a little bit. Next thing I new, they both came running from Kaitlyn's room laughing it up. Dylan had on Kaitlyn's bicycle helmet with the strap on and everything. It was just the cutest thing every! haha...

funny kid

kaitlyn's big day

2009-01-31T19:31:00.001-06:00

We had a good time today surprising the heck out of Kaitlyn. Really we didn't have any reason to do it, but we wanted to anyway. We decided to buy her first bedroom suite for her. We found a really nice looking black sleigh bed and dresser set here in Ada, so we ordered it about 10 days ago and they delivered it this morning to our house.

She was so surprised and excited to get her own big girl bed.

Here are some photos.

Dylan wondering why mommy and daddy are clearing out sissy's room.

Kailtyn's first glimpse at her new bedroom suite. She was really excited!

Kaitlyn and Dylan wrestling on the new bed.

The media center.

The dresser.

ah... another semester...

2009-01-14T18:58:00.002-06:00

Well, it is official. I am completely and utterly sick of school!

Last semester it was my business law and report writing class. This semester it is only a friggin' biology class, but I have a terrible feeling that it is going to kick my butt!

Today was just the second day I have been there because I was out sick on Monday. But man, I think I actually understood about 10 words that the prof said. And that was only when I took a breather from my nearly three pages of notes I was trying to take as they ran through their PowerPoint at nearly 50 mph!

So tomorrow is my lab, so we will see what that is like. But I have decided that they need to provide a remedial science course for people like me that have been out of school for a while. They do that with math, where you can take a survey class and get your feet wet with it again. But for science, it is just "jump in and drown!"

Anyway, just wanted to drop a line on my way to bed. Everybody stay warm tomorrow!

happy new year!

2009-01-06T15:16:00.005-06:00

I know it is a tad delayed, but HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Here is hoping that everyone has a splendid new year!

Down here, it was a pretty good year. A bit busier and more chaotic than I really want, but it was still good. I managed to knock out two more semesters with only one B, so that was cool. We purchased and moved into our very first home with the kiddos, which was a blast. And the kids just kept eating and growing! haha..

Actually the kids are most definitely becoming "little people". Kaitlyn is developing her own little attitude, and Dylan is just pretty much copying sister. So basically we have two kids that are getting too big for their britches and who's favorite word is "no". But we love the heck out of them!

So here are some pics to get everyone caught up. Just a little montage of some of my favorites.

Working on her laptop like her daddy.

Dylan's usual look, "what you looking at man?"

Christmas Eve at Randi's folks. Dylan being the crack up.

Dylan getting his laugh on before heading to Stillwater.

that time of year (again)

2008-12-16T16:06:00.002-06:00

Well it is finally here, that time of year that people like me dread. I spend all year, just wishing I could find a way out of it. Trying to figure out a way around it, or just a way to hide for the next few weeks. That is right, you guessed it.....

END OF THE YEAR PROJECT CRAM AT WORK!!!!!

Yep, nothing like waiting till the end of the year to try and complete every project that people come to me with so that they can report that "they got their projects done". haha... But, what else would I have to do these next couple of weeks. haha...

But Christmas time is coming up, and we are looking forward to that. We will be spending Christmas Eve with Randi's folks, then Christmas day with my family, followed by the day after Christmas with Randi's family in Stillwater. So it is cool, we have us a room at the Hamton Inn in Stillwater, so we will be livin' large! haha...

Also, I am still awaiting my final grades for this semester. From what I have figured on my own, it is looking like I ended up with a B in my Business Law class and an A in my Business Communications course. So it will run my perfect 4.0 I have had since I started back to school, but hey, as hard as that stinking Business Law class was, I will take the B! haha....

ada parade of lights

2008-12-13T15:38:00.001-06:00

Kaitlyn got to be in a parade! That is right. She was asked by her cousin who happens to be the Stratford Peach Princess, to sit with her on the float during Ada's annual Parade of Lights Christmas parade. She absolutely loved it. She just had the biggest grin I have ever seen on her face, even though it was somewhere around 25 degrees and FREEZING cold!!

And mom, me and Dylan stood out there and froze, just to see Kaitlyn's big moment.

Here are a couple pics that we were able to grab even though there was very little lighting.

another one bites the dust

2008-12-08T19:23:00.001-06:00

That is right! Another semester bites the dust for me. Thank god!

I would have to say that this was by far the hardest semester I have had. It was only my usual 6 hours, but the classes I had were way hard, and probably wouldn't normally be recommended with each other.

But with the first day of finals, I have managed to put Business Law, and Business Communication & Report Writing, to bed, and try to look forward to Choices in Wellness and Biology.

Who knows, that may be pretty rough, but hopefully not nearly as bad!

happy birthday randi!

2008-12-03T09:50:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday honey!!

Today is my lovely bride's birthday. She turns another year younger today.

So from me and the kids, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

dylan's birthday party pics

2008-11-30T18:49:00.000-06:00

I was finally able to get the photos uploaded from Dylan's birthday party.Â I was hoping to have more, but my camera isn't acting right.

We have actually ordered a new camera, so we are just waiting to get it. Once we get it, the number of photo updates should go up.Â I guess I just wore my old Canon camera out.Â I was a really good camera, but now the image gets distorted just out of nowhere and it also leaves blue lines across the photos.Â You can probably see that in some of the images in the gallery.Â Anyway, check out our photo gallery and see the pics.

happy birthday dylan!

2008-11-29T05:34:00.000-06:00

Happy birthday big guy!

That is right, Randi and I now have a 2 year old in the house again. Fun times, they are a comin'!

The birthday boy, his sis and me and mom are watching ratatouille and letting breakfast settle.Â And I can't believe it, but he is actually being quite! haha...

I have a feeling it is a matter of time before the terrible twos kick in though, and then it will be on like Donkey Kong.

But in the mean time, here is wishing a great 2nd Dylan!

happy thanksgiving day from the moffats

2008-11-26T19:58:00.000-06:00

It is nearly 1:00 in the a.m., so I thought to myself... I should just go ahead and say...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!

I know I am thankful for my wife and I are thankful for both our families and the help and support they always lend.

We are thankful for our kids being healthy and happy and growing big.

So enjoy today and eat lots of food while thinking of what you have to be thankful for.

Oh.. I almost forgot.Â I kicked off Jmo's Spot tonight as well with a couple posts, so be sure to add it to your RSS reader or bookmark list. It is just a place for me to talk about stuff I like, such as tech stuff, politics, and music. Give it a look-see...Â http://www.jonandrandi.com/jmo.

the new 'jmo's spot' site

2008-11-23T17:55:00.000-06:00

Man, give me a few extra minutes, a mild head cold and a laptop, and I present to you the all new Jmo's Spot site.

My all new site (http://www.jonandrandi.com/jmo) is where I will be putting all my technical mumbo jumbo. The categories that I foresee are Mac Dashboard Widgets, Mac Freeware and Software, Windows software and hardware, web design, and of course, politics.

It is just my little corner of the web for my "two cents." And since I am in the web design world, that basically includes anything in front of a computer.

So stop by and give it a try.Â It doesn't have all that much right now, but I am still working out the bugs and getting all the features setup that I want.

That is it for now. Enjoy!