March 27 (day 93)

A token photo of a layout to commemorate the endign of PSL...not sure how many layouts I made during the 6 week session this year, but I think it is close to 100.

March 26 (day 92)

Griffin got a hair cut (much needed) after his soccer game.

March 25( Day 91)

Our life team went "boot scootin". Here we are at I-Hop at 2 AM after a night of dancing, can you say reminiscent of my college days? Love this group of people! Best life team ever.

March 24 (Day 90)

Dinner.

March 23 (day 89)

Sigh...well I apparently neglected to purposefully take a picture today. But I foudn this when unloading the camera...it is a random shot in my office, of the bulletin board on the way to the elevator...I guess it is something.

March 22 (day 88)

So I really want the picture of the day to be of oh I do not know..my brother in the hospital (yet again), his X-ray or some such reminder of yet another hospital stay...but he has not shared any with me yet. So here is Griffin..playing Goalie, not a good position for him, as you can see he doe snot quite have the attention span.

March 21 (day 87)

Here is Luther...a week later....at the soccer field.

March 20 (day 86)

Griffin made the decision to get dunked. This decision was quite the journey for my little guy. For months he asked very thoughtful, intelligent, and logical questions about the existence of God and storied in the Bible. Some of which I could only answer with a simple "Because He is GOD". One Sunday night when he came to me and said he was ready to "be a Christian" I was flabbergasted. I did not expect him to choose to be baptized so soon after that decision, but he did.

Mar 19 (Day 85)

Again I found myself at the end of the day without a POTD...so I snapped the headline on a major internet news outlet.

Mar 18 (day 84)

I forgot to take a picture of the day, however, when I unloaded all the memory sticks from cell phones and Phoenix's camera, she took a self portrait today, so it is the POTD by default.

Mar 17 (day 83)

Luther...has made himself quite comfy...

Mar 16 (day 82)

Meet Luther, a white German Shephard, and our new family member (I am such a sucker)

Mar 15 (Day 81)

On the Chisolm Trail. This is taken at Chisolm trail Heritage Center in Duncan Oklahoma, it is a sculpture honoring the cowboys of the old west. The Chisolm trail was the main "highway" for driving cattle from Kings Ranch (in the southern most portion of Texas) to Abilene Kansas. It would take around 90 days to drive a heard of cattle 100 miles up the trail.

Mar 14 (day 80)

Oklahoma...who new such a seemingly flat state could be so beautiful. This is in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, just a short 2 hours north of us. It is the oldest wildlife refuge in the country. There are free roaming buffalo, long horns, colonies of prairie dogs...and the views are spectacular. We were treated with the perfect weather for blue skies and visibility for miles.

Mar 13 (day 79)

It appears I missed this day...have to see if anyone else in the family captured something from this day.

Mar 12 (day 78)

Meet Mikey...the Camel. Friendly and very pushy. He is the star at the Topsey ranch in Topsy Texas. This camel will literally put his entire upper body in your car to snatch the bag of food he thinks is his..and he will eat the bag and all..too fun!

Mar 11 (day 77)

We took a last minute road trip down south to Central Texas. Of course it is end of day and I am scrambling for a picture in the hotel room and Phoenix so does not want me to take this picture, so of course I do.

Mar 10 (day 76)

Griffin and Chris...playing..yup you guessed it...video games.

Mar 9 (day 75)

Phoenix has taught herself how to do a backbend. Can you tell what she is supposed to be doing?

March 8 (DAY 74)

My clock, as I layed done my head that night. Yes I was grasping for straws.

Mar 7 (day 73)

My boy, being silly at soccer practice.

mar 6 (day 72)

Chris's Grandmothers Bible, as it sits on my nightstand.

march 5 (day 71)

Griffin in his first soccer game, the one, 2-1.

Mar 4( day 70)

aww man...possibly another one on my phone?

Mar 3 (day 69)

Touring the Natchitoches Levees in Natchitoches LA (love Natchitoches, so worth a weekend trip, definitely have a meat pie while you hare there)

Mar 2 (day 68)

The Avoyelles Parish Police jury, I lead a meeting here today.

Mar 1 (day 67)

The back story on this picture. I was travelling to Alexandria LA. My plane from Dallas was filled with returning soldiers from Iraa, it was all very heartwarming. Stupid me did not have my camera ready when I deplaned, knowing full well the gate would be filled with immediate family members allowed to meet their loved ones at the gate...I missed some awesome moments. This picture is meant to capture the scene at the baggage kiosk, not nearly as emotional as at the gate, oh well, live and learn.

February 28 (day 66)

P

hoenix at her first softball practice of the year.

February 27 (day 65)

Chris reading his Field and Stream before bed. Yep, this is me grasping for picture straws at the end of the day.

February 26 (day 64)

Hmm---possibly on my cell phone? Gotta find it and post later.

Februar 25 (day 63)

A random Levee walk in Grant Parish Louisisna, can I say...Colfax Louisiana was a pleasant surprise, beautiful and rich with history. Look up the Colfax Massacre (and referred to as a riot in local lore, but the shear numbers of dead definitely classify it as a riot). Colfax is also home to Pecanfest in the fall, definitely calling for me to revisit.

February 24 (day 62)

I did actually work on some scrapabook pages while on the road. All my stuff spread out on the bed.

February 23 (day 61)

Ok--Ok--So I am such an Engineer but this is the coolest thing. In Monroe Louisiana they have miles and miles of levees, but those levees can block the view of the river, not such a good thing, but here in the downtown area along the riverfront they fixed that problem be designing a fold up flood wall. During dry (or peace times) this flood protection measure is an inoocuous sidewalk, however, when a flood threats, the sidewalk folds up into a flood wall to protect the downtown area. See, the Morweigians have nothing on us Americans, this was the first system of its kind back int he 70s, and those Norway people came over here to see how it works.

February 22 (day 60)

Ont he road in Louisiana again...one of the towns (I like to call main street USA) I ate lunch in, this is Columbia Louisisna as seen from the top of the Levee along the Red River in Downtown Columbia

February 21 (day 59)

I packed an extra bag full of papercrafting "stuff" so I could be papercrfting productive on my upcoming week long trip.

February 20 (day 58)

Chris and the kids at the playground.

February 19th (day 57)

Phoenix at softball tryouts.

February 18 (day 56)

The kids drew a family picture on my truck window.

February 17 (day 55)

Griffin asleep...I love these pictures...hes quiet and still.

February 16 (day 54)

Hmmm--yet another picture in my phone.

February 15 (Day 53)

On the road with some collegues...here we are at breakfast.

February 14 (day 42)

Again..this may be on my phone...out of town in LA for this one.

February 13 (day 51)

A beautiful day lured us out to explore what is still a new place for us. We discovered a gem of a state park and 2 beautiful campsites. We also was able to snap a family photo (a rare treat)

February 12 (day 50)

Hm---wonder if this is on my phone...to be posted later

February 11 (day 49)

Daddy and the Kids playing the PS3.

February 10 (day 48)

It appears it was Phoenix's turn to

be blessed by Pugsly the Dogs present for bed.

February 9 (day 47)

The Scienc

e Fair Project...Phoenix's first.

February 8 (day 46)

My little girl just out of the shower being silly wearing 3-D movie glasses. Gotta love her quirky personality.