Fall Premier

Okay, hopefully I'm back for the fall. I don't really see things slowing down anytime soon, but I've heard there are some readers that are disappointed that I haven't been keeping up. I'm happy to oblige.

I just spent the last hour trying to put a fancy new background on the blog to celebrate autumn (my favorite season by the way). Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out an easy way to change the template HTML without getting rid of all of my widgets I have set up. If someone knows an easy way, let me know. Otherwise, I guess I'm going to have to spend a bit of time getting familiar with the code to pick out the parts that I need to move.

A couple of weeks ago I went to Spokane, Washington on a business trip. I really enjoyed the area a lot. There is the Spokane river that runs right through downtown. There is a very nice park that you can walk around in. Outdoor activities are within a 10-15 minute drive in any direction. Beautiful parks, mountains (even ski resorts for the winter), lakes, rivers, etc. One of the afternoons after we got done at work, we made the 30-minute drive over to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (think the skinny part). It was absolutely beautiful. It is home to the world's longest floating boardwalk. The water is crystal clear. We were at the end of a pier where the water was 14 feet deep and could still see the bottom of the lake! We even got brave and took a seaplane ride over the lake and mountains. For $60, it was awesome! Here's a picture of my colleague and I with the pilot and the plane, a nineteen-fifty-something de Havilland Beaver. The pilot has been flying since 1942 if I remember correctly. Click here if you're interested in seeing more pictures from the plane ride and trip to Coeur d'Alene.


Like many parents of the 21st century, we utilize timeouts as a way to discipline our children when they act...well...two.

Hannah has gotten really into acting out traumatic experiences she has had. It's hard to determine how much diaper rash cream some of the baby dolls have on them at this point, if you catch my drift. Apparently, one of Hannah's timeouts was particularly traumatic. See what I mean.



Here's a few other fun and goofy pictures of the kiddos.