Glittery

Taylor had a parade at her school where they got to dress up as adjectives, she was glittery.

Story time

Wizard of Ds

After much anticipation, here is the fam in costume.

My buddy Shane said "I encourage all of you to write down how you felt or where you were". So I am.

I went to vote twice yesterday - I didn't vote twice don't worry - the first time was around 6:30am and the line was out the door down the block and around the corner. Needless to say, I didn't vote that time around. So I went to work and tried again at 1:45pm. I highly recommend the latter, no wait, I was in and out in five minutes. That was it, after listening to debates, campaign ads, SNL skits for what seemed like forever it was finally done...for me anyway.

That night I was keeping an eye on cnn and fox, trying to make sure I got both views. Obama and McCain were winning the states everyone expected them to win early on, no surprises. Then I saw that Pennsylvania was going to Obama, the tide was turning.

Jenn and I figured that it was going to take forever to find out who won, see election 2000, 2004. We decided to watch a Smallville episode we had tivo'd. That turned in to Jenn, myself, Austin and Taylor watching Smallville. They were pretty intrigued when they learned that it was about Superman when he was younger. After the show we put the kids to bed and flipped on CNN to see where the results were. That is when we heard the words "John McCain has conceded the election to Barack Obama". We looked at each other in shock, we thought that we were in for a long night.

We learned history had been made and couldn't pull our eyes from the TV from that point forward. We listened to McCain's speech, which was a gracious, humble one. I hope that he and Obama look to work together I think they could learn a lot from one another. Now on to Obama's speech. First, I could not believe how many folks filled Grant Park...Over 125,000 people!! His speech was touching, inspiring, encouraging and really gave me those feelings of hope. I must admit, I had tears in my eyes on several occasions. I never had feelings like that during any speech President Bush has made. I hope that the momentum he has gained translates into action in the White House.

That's that, remember where you were on this historic date.

I don't have many of those memories..The " where were you when..." Two I can think of are so negative - where I was when the OJ verdict came back or where I was on 9/11.

You should see the other guy...just kidding, merely a little collision on the playground but worth documenting in case we need to press charges. HAHA.

Taylor turned 7 a few weeks ago...I can't believe it!! She had her first sleepover for her party and it went surprisingly smooth.

Taylor and her super awesome Hannah Montana cupcake cake.

Taylor opens presents from her buddies.

so should you. No excuses, just do it.

well, girl and boy. Here is some video from Taylor and Austin's first Piano Recital, we were very proud. I think I was probably more nervous than either of them.

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Ellie, Evan, Austin and Taylor

During our New York trip at the beginning of August, we took in our last game at the old Yankees Stadium. We picked a great game to go to as there was a lot of action and in the end the Yanks won.

continue reading "Goodbye to Yankees Stadium"

On August 12, Taylor started her first day of first grade. She was VERY excited, even though her two little buddies are in different first grade classes. I have no idea where the whole excitement for school thing comes from, I don't remember ever feeling that way. Austin is in his last year of preschool, next year starts the big show for the big man!!

Read on for a couple pics.

continue reading "First day of school"