A Dad’s Dream

There are many events that make a father get a little misty eyed. For some dads it may be the first time that their son puts on a baseball glove or a pair of cleats. I have to say that these pictures were hard to take through the sheen of happy tears. (That is a disc golf bag, btw.)

Weekend Pictures

I got a new phone this weekend and had fun trying it out at Jonathan’s wedding. Check out my cute little boys.

Frisbee Golf

Technically it is disc golf, but I am not arguing, and you will see why when I tell you my story. Yesterday I wanted to run to Walmart before Noah's nap. I got everyone ready to go and then decided that the effort of putting them all in the car and going out there really wasn't worth it. But Nathan still wanted to go somewhere. I tried to convince him that we could just stay home and play and then out of the blue he says, (wait for it)

"Can we play Frisbee Golf?"

I can't tell you how fast I agreed and got them loaded in the car before he could change his mind. We went to the playground and threw for a while and then he and Noah played for a while. (I have decided that Noah can't walk because he is way too fast on his knees. The boy crawled all over the playground).

Later, knowing how much Nathan likes to act out what he watches I let him watch a disc golf tournament online. He was fascinated and watched for about 20 minutes (even after I got bored and walked off to do other things.) So after soccer practice we had to get the discs back out and throw again. He ran around the field throwing discs for over 30 minutes until I finally had pity on Noah and said we needed to go home.

Some dads dream about playing catch with their sons in the back yard, but playing disc golf until the sun goes down with my little boy is pretty much a dream come true.

Beach 2010

A special weekend with special friends. We were blessed to spend the weekend at the beach with John and Nina and Lexi this year. We had lots of fun on the beach, swimming in the pool, playing putt putt, playing in the condo and just being together.

Football Game Fun

The middle school had their homecoming game on a Thursday night at 5:30, which was a perfect time for our boys. Not as much crowd and right at supper time so we can have hot dogs, french fries and popcorn! There were several kids from our church involved so lots of friends to watch and hang out with. Noah was fascinated by the band and the cheerleaders. Nathan was most excited to sit with his friend Kennedy and cheer!

Visit with FeFe and One, Amanda and Jonathan

A few weeks ago while Shane was out of town I took the boys to Pell City. It's always great to be with family!A new board game with Amanda.
Noah and Jonathan bonding.
Sharing his Toy Story comic with One.
The best of our attempt at a Sunday morning picture.
Noah jamming out with the drum machine.
And hanging out in the truck!
I'm not sure how old they'll be before I left them ride back there. But for now they are content just playing in Uncle Jonathan's truck!

Noah Plays

There are lots of times when my boys get into things because I am not watching. Normally this is because I am sleeping, or watching football, or checking email or doing other not-good-dad type things.

But this time I was being a good dad. I was reading Nathan a story with him in my lap and the book in his. Noah was alternative between messing with the book, climbing in my face, and playing on his own. After a moment of no Noah I turned to find him only to see what you see below. Apparently I had only placed the top of the cream on the jar, and Noah had decided that I didn’t apply enough before I put on his pajamas.

Meredith was out of the house and the visual was too good to pass up with a picture so I made Nathan run and get the camera. I guess because there was none in his eyes and because he was finally getting to do what he seems to want to do every night (play in the cream) Noah was happy to let me take his picture.