the song continues

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

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...

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

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

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.