McCain and Palin Rally in Virginia Beach

Linda and I attended the John McCain and Sarah Palin rally today at the Virginia Beach Conference Center. It was quite an experience. We left my house at O Dark Hundred, parked 2 miles away, and waited on a line that snaked around the building a mile before before getting in the door. From that point we found a place on the floor where we wanted to stand and stand we did. We were there 2 hours before the festivities began. Everybody who was anybody in the Republican party as there. The McCains and the Palins were introduced to the crowd by Hank Williams Jr. (Bocephus to those of us in the know). He performed a mini concert before turning the podium over to the guests of honor. By that time I had completely lost all feeling in my legs and I think I was being held up by the crowd. The entire event was televised on national TV, but sadly, not one cameraman felt the need to photograph us. Not to worry, we got someone in the crowd to take a photo of us as proof that we were really there. Enjoy the pictures while I sit back and relax.

HIgh and Tight

Here's some pictures of Colby's new haircut - he LOVES it. Of course Marisa wanted the same haircut but we talked her out of it!

Saturday was a very busy day for us. We started off the day at Colby's fast pitch baseball game. Even though his team lost, they did the best they could against the other team which appeared to be junior high school size kids. These were the biggest 7 year olds any of us has ever seen. Colby's team held their own until the last inning. Next we were off to Beach Scrapbooks for a book signing with author Kathleen Reid. Her new book , A Page Out of Life, has been gaining in popularity and she is currently "in the loop" to be on Regis & Kelly. Kelly, incidentally, is a big scrapbooker. Kathleen was at our store for an hour and a half and she signed 42 books for customers. We took dozens of photos and everyone enjoyed meeting her. We even had a bunny show up for the book signing. Amy brought in Hazel for us all to see. I have never seen a rabbit with such soft fur. As you can see from the photos, Marisa loved Hazel. We finished up the day by taking in the newly released movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. There's plenty of action and fist fighting which Colby and Marisa loved.

Last Day of Preschool

Today was Marisa's last official day of school. The end of the year program was, as usual, well planned and the kids were adorable. Here's a couple pictures of our little star. You'll notice on the close up the road rash on her chin and top lip from the bicycle fall.

This is a test blog

Here we go folks - my first blog - how exciting. Just wanted to upload some pix of Colby & Marisa on the field.

Welcome!

Welcome to our new blog!!