The Many Faces of Our Love

Ancient Flashback

Had a flashback yesterday of when Heather and I were dating. Actually the flashback was of the 4.5 hour drive from Rexburg to Provo that I did every weekend during Fall sememster 1998. Lots of alone time on the road washing Twizzlers down with Mountain Dew. This picture would have been taken during that period.

Monkies Destroy Stuff

So Serena caught me on video chasing the kids whilst pretending I was an out of control monkey. It's pretty scary stuff. I quickly turned on the camera just as any wild animal would do and ended up breaking a glass and feeling like idiot. But that's just how I roll... Monkey Style.

The Princess in Her Element

Heather and I took the kids to Wegerzyn Garden (our favorite spot here in Dayton) with Heather's parents and Serena while they were out here last week. Emrie has learned how to pose and be "cute" for the camera, which of course makes me want to take as many pictures of her as I can. Here are a few I took on my iPhone.

"Personal blogs are really for girls anyway... right? "

So about 5 years ago I started my own blog hoping that it would serve as a nice place for family and friends to check-in and see what our little family was up to. I updated it every so often with pictures and video. After realizing that keeping a blog was a bit of an undertaking and with the discovery of Facebook and other social networking sites (which made this process easier and in some ways more enjoyable) I retired the blog and decided it was time to move on... besides personal blogs are really for girls anyway...right?

Well, I've had a change of heart. Facebook, while so much easier, ends up being a lot colder and impersonal than the blog medium. It is the well oiled, social networking machine of our day and I will continue to use it. However, there is something special about keeping a blog that makes it feel like I am sitting down and writing a letter to friends (though it's been so long since I've actually handwritten a letter to anyone I'm surprised I even know what that feels like).

So with that, I'm not promising daily posts, or even weekly for that matter, but I have a pretty great family and hey, a guy needs to brag every now and then.