Alice Cooper

School's out for summer...

So Bella finished kindergarten last week and it is kind of strange--it makes you realize that you really are a parent. Here is Bella when she turned 6 in March. She is so beautiful and is growing up so quickly. I can't believe how much she has grown since I met her. She is on the swim team and just finished up a dance class. I am very proud of her andwhat a great sister she is. I can't believe how old she already is.




This is Bella in January of 2004, 6 months after I met her for the first time in Utah--thanks to Nicole Choules. I am grateful you invited me to your family bar-b-que that day!





I am now the same age my dad was when I was born. We are getting to that point where we are starting to think about another kid and I am really excited (and not just because that means I will get some action). I have really felt that it is time to take a step ahead in life and to grow up some more. Every time I have, it has meant greater happiness, so I think I am up to the challenges that always accompany such growth.

What does this all mean? It means I just joined the gym, so I can get in shape. In a few months, I will hopefully be big and powerful like Carl or Mike Kelly. Before photos to come soon...

Hurricane Alley

I love really close up pictures sometimes. Unfortunately, they are often out of focus. I like this one anyway. Zoe does have a lot of my features--including the biggest rear end you have ever seen on a cute girl.

June 1st marked the official commencement of hurricane season. We are hoping for a repeat of Rita from 2005 when we ended up in Austin with Josh and Melissa. We stayed at an enormous lake house with my siblings and their kids for what turned out to be the best impromptu vacation ever. Not a drop of rain and 3 stories of free fun and food (Josh's boss, the owner of the lake house, bought all the food and did all the cooking!!!).

So, if any storms are heading towards the gulf coast, book your flights for Austin and we'll see you there.

Zoe is our little hurricane at home. Nothing is really safe. Sadly, she just broke our camera for good and we haven't sprung for a new one yet. There are too many other expenditures on the list right now. She has learned to hit and push and destroy. Today in church, she took off one of her sandles and ran around hitting all of the kids in nursery with it. Oh well.