Family

Ryan hits an early milestone: 18. Wow, it seems like yesterday that Dad sat down and interrupted Chris and my 8 hour Super Mario Bros. session to tell us mom was pregnant. Have a good one bro. And for a little extra cheer, here's a video of Ryan playing what is most definitely NOT a birthday ditty:

Thanks to all family, friends and loved ones for all the support! We were truly touched by everyone who came to pay their respects at Dad's wake.

• Dad's obituary in the T&G
• Please sign Dad's guestbook

Happy New Year to everyone. Have a great Ought-Seven.

Well, looks like Zoe and Liam have discovered the treasure trove of information that is Wikipedia. It all started a couple of days ago when Zoe wanted to see a picture of a Velociraptor. Naturally, daddy went to Wikiland. She was really curious that you could find almost anything in the Wiki, and I wanted to foster that. Tonight, I let them have at it on my computer. I was playing my guitar at the time so I wasn't sure what she was looking up. Just now I noticed my browser history and found (apparently) what interests a seven year old girl. Here's a list of the things she put into the search field and looked up, in order:

Rat
Queens
Owen M. Fiss (wtf?)
Monkey
Kitten
Kids
Joaquin Phoenix (wtf?)
Island
Leatherback Turtle
Ice
Ghost
Fossil
Forest
Fish
Extraterrestrial life in popular culture
Doll
Dirt
Chicago Bears (:D)
Bat
Apple
Alien

Take from that list what you will.

Congrats! Chris and Jill's wedding was yesterday, and it really couldn't have been better. The weather was perfect, the foliage was great and the cows were really into it. A lot of happy tears at this one.

Here's some photos. (Thanks Ryan).

Happy birthday my little pal.