Noticed rear tire wearing through after 5300 miles.

New metzelers to be ordered.  260/40 rear and 160/60 front.

Living Room Done

Wood In the House

Laid down the wood in my den and now coming out into my living room. Hopefully have the house done before December.

Spark plugs out of my Titan after 87k miles.

Donovan's Broken Arm

Last Friday Donovan broke his arm at school. Vanessa took him to urgent care right from school and after checking him out and x-raying his wrist area they let him go with an ace bandage saying his wrist was sprained. Later at midnight he was pale and complaining of his arm hurting, we took him to the 24 hour urgent care and demanded that they x-ray his arm from multiple angles.

Donovan passing out from the pain.

X-rays easily showing the "greenstick" break in the Radius. Even the Ulna was slightly cracked.

Donovan with his purple cast showing me where he fell and broke his arm. He says he fell and then his arm "slipped" out. Donovan also said he could feel the snap in his arm. It still amazes me he could fall in a way to break his arm on that foam sponge ground.

Donovan's First Day of Kindergarden

Hitting the playground before class.

Bell rings time for class


Science Table

Biggest Boosh (The growth of a Bull Mastiff)

August 10th, 2007 (2.5 Months Old - 20 lbs or so)

October 31, 2007 (5 Months Old - 65 lbs)

July 13th, 2009 (2 Years Old - ~130 lbs)

Easter Sunday, Thanks Claudia and Brian!

Eye of the Tigress

Taken just a few minutes ago in the back yard.

First time in the Bumbo

Last Febraury in the sink for a clean up.

Donovan, Daphne and Celestia

Now Married

Today Vanessa and I got married.

Daphne Vogue Style

Shortly after getting up to change Daphne's Diaper we hear a couple gunshots and a car peel out. After hearing a helicopter I go out front to see this on my block. Feels like I'm back in the ghetto.

Baby Daphne

Daphne Josephine was born Tuesday, January 6th at 6:04 pm.

Donovan's First High Dives

Donovan was at his classmates birthday party yesterday and thouroughly enjoyed himself. Some other kids first jumped off this ledge, then Donovan followed suit and kept jumping.

Donnovan fishing with his grandpa on the coast of Mississippi a few
days before hurricain Gustav rolls in.

Lots of accidents last week

Day 4 - Sea World San Diego

We started our 4th day at Sea World Breakfast with Elmo and Friends. The breakfast was actually pretty decent and buffet style so you can be full for most of the day at the park.





Celestia and I split off from Donovan and Vanessa for a couple hours after breakfast. We hit the Atlantis Roller Coaster/ Boat coaster. Having it front-loaded with both of us left us soaking. The water temporarily broke my cell phone.


Celeste Matrix-esque looking just about to give me the finger for snapping her pic.




Celeste made friends with her fellow caricature artists working sea world. One talented guy gave me a complimentary drawing. Check out his blog at jackin-faces.blogspot.com




We met back up together and I was able to get some great Telephoto shots of Vanessa and Donovan coming down the big Atlantis drop.




Donovan got his face painted with a snake.


The snake lasted about 15 minutes before turning Donovan into Commando-D with the help of the bumper rafts he became so fond of over this trip.



Flamingo feeding was entertaining for Donovan.