On Day 4 OF MY VACATION FROM WORK I...

 I WATCHED ALIVIA SWIM WITH HER SWIM TEAM.   SHE LOVES THE WATER.   SHES'S SO GOOD I ALMOST WONDER IF SHE WAS MEANT TO BE A FISH. 

NEW JOB FOR LITTLE MAN?

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE, "NO I CAN DO IT... WILL YOU HELP ME?"  MOMENTS.

On Day 3 OF MY VACATION FROM WORK I...

... WENT TARGET SHOOTING WITH MY BROTHER-IN-LAW.          WE WEREN'T QUITE SURE WHERE ONE COULD GO SHOOTING SO WE DROVE AROUND UNTIL WE FOUND A PLACE OUT IN FALLS CITY.           AND WE HAD FUN.

ON DAY 2 OF MY VACATION FROM WORK I...

... HAD A LAZY DAY.  WHEN LITTLE MAN WASN'T THROWING STUFFED MONKEYS AT ME,  

HE WAS USING OUR LAUNDRY AS FURNITURE.

AWESOME KID... JUST AWESOME!

THE CITY ...

... IS DIGGING AWAY AT THE HILL IN MY BACK YARD.THEY ARE ADDING MORE LANES TO KUEBLER WHICH SHOULD BE NICE.

YESTERDAY...

SARAH AND I SAW AN OLD FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL WHICH WE HADN'T SEEN IN YEARS.  SHE, (SALLY,) WAS EXCITED TO TELL THAT SHE IS PREGNANT.

CONGRATS TO HER AND HER HUBBY.

ON DAY 1 OF MY VACATION FROM WORK I...

... TOOK A NICE WALK ACROSS THE OLD RAIL-ROAD BRIDGE 
  DOWN AT THE SALEM RIVERFRONT PARK WITH LITTLE MAN  AND SARAH.  IS A REALLY COOL BRIDGE WHICH CROSSES OVER THE WILLAMETTE RIVER.

JUST A FEW INCHES OF CLEARANCE...

... WOW, IT FIT!

15 MINUTES OF PLAYTIME

I told our 4 year old that I was going to start getting him ready for bed in a few minutes.  He said, "I want to play."  Then he proceeded upstairs to our play-room, (which Sarah had spent all day cleaning.)  15 minutes later I went upstairs to get him and the play-room looked like this...

BROKEN ARM... AGAIN!!!???

Madison in 2005 fell off of a slide.

 

Madison in 2009 fell off of ... oh wait ... a slide.

Madison, stay away from the slides.

JUST FIXED SARAH'S LAMP

ALL A MAN NEEDS IS DUCT TAPE.

Went to the Range with my Dad

and we shot my new gun.  AWESOME!

WICKED

I've never been to a Broadway Musical / Play before.  Yesterday I had my first.   Sarah and I
 went to go see WICKED  and it was pretty dang cool. We really want to take the girls in a couple of years when and if it comes back to Portland.

Emerald City ComiCon

 

Is gonna be AWESOME!!!

WATCHMEN: THE MOVIE

DEFINITELY THE COOLEST MOVIE (NOT FOR KIDS)

         AND I WANT TO GET THIS TO HANG ON MY WALL.

BLAME CANADA

I HATE CANADIAN GEESE.  

 

THEY ARE EVERYWHERE AROUND MY DELIVERY ROUTE AND BECAUSE OF THAT, ALL THE GRASS LOOKS LIKE THIS...

ALMOST AS BIG AS DOG POOP.

I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME...

I'M NOW THE PROUD OWNER OF THIS BEAUTIFUL 9mm

Sarah's Typical Morning...

Summed up in a single comic strip.

HERE IT IS ...

... MY GUN ...

... OKAY,

                                                               TAKE ME SHOOTING.

MY LIFE...

summed up in a single comic strip!!!

Make Me Some Money $$$

I need this man...

to quit his whining 

& just retire or play so that eventually 

these cards can be worth something.