New Glasses

I finally got a new pair of glasses. I think the last time I got new ones was before the new millinium. I almost always wear my contacts, so since you probably won't ever see me in them, here is a self-potrait.



When Gary saw me he called me "Ethan," my nephew. The first time I saw myself, I saw my sister Ruby.

30 Days Until WDW

I can't believe our vacation is almost here. It seems like I have been planning this trip forever--because I have! LOL

Here are the rest of the pages from Nik's autograph book:

Trip Report: Great America

Nik and I joined my sister Mary and her family on a trip to Six Flags Great America yesterday.

Yes, Mr. 6 was there:


Part of my goal was to get Nikolas on their mildest roller coaster, The Whizzer. While, he was brave enough to go on, he didn’t like it at all.

What he did like was riding some of the milder rides.

Here he is on the Wiggles Big Red Plane




Then we headed over to this ride



Nik loved the Mystery Machine ride so much he rode it three times



He got to meet SD in both statue...


And live form



As much as he loved that ride, his favorite was Buccaneer Battle, where you have water canons and you can shoot at targets and other boats and people with water canons shooting back at you around the ride. He wanted to do it again so before we left we did it again, but my sister's family all bailed on us so it was just Nik and I. I think my brother-in-law, Todd took great pleasure in soaking us!

40 Days til Disney

Before I head out to scrapbook with my sister today, I am adding more autograph pages to celebrate getting that much closer to our trip.

50 Days Until Disney World

Here are some more pages in Nik's autograph book from our 2006 trip.

71st Layout of 2009-Earth Day

I used another one of the kits I got from attending Scrap Mania at Archivers. I used the quote (from Grandmother Willow) as part of an Earth Day challenge posted on Scrapping the Magic.

Week in Review: June 15-21, 2009

This past week, Nikolas attended Discovery Camp at the Brookfield Zoo. While he was busy having fun and learning about animals, I was able to wander around the zoo and got a rare picture of the male lion awake. This was taken on Monday, the only great weather day of the week.


On Tuesday, to escape the rain, I went inside the penguin house and got to witness their feeding time.


Nik had a great time at zoo camp, learning about animal habitats, communication, eating habits, etc. Here he is showing off the cool alligator hat he made.




On Saturday, Nik had a tee-ball game. In the first inning he got to be the pitcher...


he had a great hit...


and spent some time in the outfield.


We had a great Father's Day planned. In the morning Gary got his presents.


Then after church, we went to play mini-golf.


Of course, we let Gary win.


Then for dinner, Gary requested homemade pizza. Nikolas was his personal chef, creating a pizza exactly how his daddy wanted it.