On Sunday, Owen and I left Travis and Max behind and went on a trip by ourselves! We spent Sunday through Wednesday in Columbia, MO visiting my friend, Abbey, and her son, Harrison. Abbey and her husband, Scott, just bought a house and moved in about a month ago. I went to [...]
Archive for July, 2008
visiting friends
Posted in emily, owen on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
our dark knight review
Posted in pop culture on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s as good as they say. Deep story. Ledger’s performance. Great action. Heavy themes. Emily and I still find ourselves talking about it.
Being in the ad biz, however, I find it pretty irresponsible that so many “kids brands” (I’m looking at you, General Mills) have tied themselves to the movie. Either the studio or the [...]
50th percentile!!
Posted in owen on July 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today we went in for Owen’s 14 month check-up. I always get excited to see how much he’s grown since the last time he was weighed and measured. I’ve gotten very used to people commenting on what a big boy Owen is and how he’s very stocky. I enjoy the fact that [...]
“it’s not a comic book…it’s a graphic novel!”
Posted in pop culture, travis on July 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The above statement was a bit of a reoccuring joke on our recent vacation to Florida. Allow me to explain.
My selected reading for our trip was what is considered the Citizen Kane of graphic novels - Watchmen, written by Allan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons.
Now, for those of you who aren’t familiar with graphic novels, you [...]
14 months!
Posted in owen on July 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Last Thursday, Owen turned 14 months old! The big news this month is that Owen is walking! He’s been taking steps for about a month, but now I feel comfortable saying that he is walking. For a while he chose to crawl from place to place, even though he was capable of walking. This past [...]
four years ago right now…
Posted in emily, travis on July 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
…we were getting married!
Happy Anniversary, Travis!
feel the funk
Posted in owen on July 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
As I’ve mentioned before, Owen likes to dance. Now that he’s standing all the time (and walking more and more), he’s adopted a new move. The music begins. He grabs hold of the closest steady object. And he headbangs with great intensity while rocking his entire body back and forth. You’d think the kid was [...]
showbiz rocks on
Posted in pop culture on July 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Rock-afire Explosion, a.k.a. the animatronic band that owned the stage at Showbiz Pizza in the 80s, apparently didn’t break up after Chuck-E-Cheese became the joint’s new owner. According to a new documentary coming out, The Rock-afire crew has been kicking it in some dude’s basement…and he and/or others have been introducing them to some [...]
destin, florida…the last few days
Posted in the fam, vacation on July 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The few days of our trip have been just as relaxing as the first couple. We’ve continued to go out to the beach several hours a day, and still have time to play tons of games and do our fair share of shopping at the outlet mall. Today is our last day, and [...]
destin, florida…the first couple of days
Posted in the fam, vacation on July 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The first 3 days of our Florida vacation have been fabulous! The weather has been absolutely perfect. When we thought about taking a trip to Florida in July, we figured the weather would be miserably hot…we were so wrong (at least during this week!). It has been in the 80’s and sunny everyday with a [...]
