Both of the kids like my motorcycle. I like to give them rides on it, and they love it when I give them a ride to school. That way, they can really be cool walking into their classrooms with their motorcycle helmets. So I try to do it a few times a year when the weather is nice. The weather was nice the last two Fridays so I took Whitney one Friday and Mason the next.

This past weekend we got kind of bored and decided to do something fun. We had never been to the National Arboretum, so thought it would be interesting. I figured it would be good for a couple hours. Once we got there I was surprised by how cool it was. I was kind of worried that the kids would think it was just like a zoo, only a zoo where the animals didn’t move. And where they were actually plants. So not very cool. So the fish were a welcome diversion, but they loved the plants as well. We spent most of our time in the bonsai tree section, which really entertained the kids. But even beyond that, they liked the other sections as well. Overall it was a well spent afternoon and we definitely could have spend more than just a couple hours there. Lots of pictures after the break. (more…)

After the hard drive crash on the iMac, its been a while trying to get the computer back up and running. Of course I had backups, but it still takes a while to get things back to what they were. Anyway, I’ve got some pictures of when Nancy was out here posted. Hopefully some videos will follow on YouTube. This was the first time she was out here when the kids weren’t in school, so it was fun for everyone to be able to do things and not have to worry about school. (more…)

We went to Kings Dominion on Wednesday for a little vacation. I spent the first half of the day with Whitney and the second half mostly with Mason. I would tease him when we went on the roller coasters by saying “We’re going to die!” right before the roller coasters would drop off on the downhill side. One time, on the way up, as the roller coaster was slowly getting dragged up to the top I said, “We’re going to die!” and then, “I’m too young to die!”

Then Mason said, “No you’re not. Your like 35.”

Heidi and Mason in North CarolinaHeidi and the kids went to North Carolina with one of her friends and her daughter. They were gone for about a week, and just spent the days at the beach at the outer banks and found little places to camp at night.

The nights were pretty hot, and bug infested, but they had a lot of fun during the day. Whitney just played all day in the waves and Mason had a lot of fun as well. They went to Kitty Hawk, and it was Shark Week at an aquarium so they went there and got to pet rays. They also saw a few lighthouses along the coast.

There are a bunch of pictures and a video after the break. (more…)

img_0948We have quite a few lizards and skinks that run around in the grass and bushes out here, but they are pretty difficult to catch. And when we do catch them, they are usually pretty small. But one day I caught a really big skink and let the kids play with it for a while. It was pretty energetic and I told the kids that it would probably bite them. Sure enough, it did. I tried to get Whitney to have the skink bite her earlobe and use it as an earring but she wouldn’t do it.

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