Son steals the show!!!

It was the kids' Christmas choir song at church on Sunday, and the oldest (4 yrs.) is one of the many kids who is to sing. 2 choir mics are present and Micah decides that the mic is there for him. So he ends up singing a "solo" with about 150 back up singers.

The Holiday Season

This past weekend sure was fun. I have never been out to cut down a Christmas tree. To be honest, I thought it was going to be a "wreck"--get the boys all dressed up in their wintery outfits (including me), load them up in the car, load up the tools, then drive an hour in the snow to get there, park, get out and walk around in the woods (or whatever) and then find a tree, cut it down, and then drag it back to the car.
Boy, was I ever wrong! Did I have to do all that? Sure, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I had made it out in my head at all. Got there and threw the boys on the sled and dragged them around. They loved it. Found a tree that we all agreed to and then I opened up on that Scottish Pine with my lumberjack skills. Timber!!!!!
Then took the family on a 2-horse open wagon. We had to change the words to Jingle Bells, but the boys and wife didn't mind one bit.
It got a bit rough, when my oldest started crying on the last 5 minutes of the wagon ride that he was hungry. We then went inside and stood in line and ordered a pizza-filled pretzel. Micah ate it. Now this was a Christmas miracle. My oldest HATES anything pizza. But he was SO hungry he ate it with no complaints at all.
And then, amazingly enough, I ran into my old boyhood friend Bill Breeding. Luckily, we had met up recently and seen each other all grown up. If we hadn't, we probably would have passed by each other and not even noticed.
All in all, it was a good family trip.

Trip down Memory Lane

Holy, holy crap is all that I can say. I have been taking a trip down memory lane with old friends from Grace Brethren Christian School in sunny Ft. Lauderdale, FL. People I haven't seen nor thought about much in the past few years have all come flooding back into my life...thanks to Facebook. Man I sure was a handsome kid :)

Running for President

I officially announce my candidacy for President of the United States for 2008. Currently, I am 34, but if elected I would be 35 and old enough to take the office. I will do you proud as I leave the best carbon footprint possible. I am NO environmentalist wacko but I am not out de-foresting as fast as possible either.

So vote for Dave in 2008!

He is 4

After a ton of work, the wife and I got the party off without a hitch. The weather was nice enough. It didn't rain until later that evening, so people could swim and run around without any major issue. I am still in awe that my eldest is now 4. I am seeing how right parents are about how their kids and growing up is like small town--don't blink cuz you just might miss it!

He's Gonna be 4

I can't believe it. My oldest son is going to be 4 already. I think he was just born yesterday. What an awesome little boy.

The Upcoming School Year 08-09

I am looking forward to the school year. I am NOT looking forward to the changing to trimesters, however. The part about researching trimesters is the fact that all that I have looked into, no information can be found out about the "negatives" of trimesters. I see that those kids who excel are going to do fine anyway--whether it is 16 weeks or 12 weeks. It really is going to help those kids who struggle; it will be due to the whole "immediate remediation" thing. But those kids who are in the middle, who have to work hard to study and do well, they are going to suffer. More information being crammed in in less time does not sound good to me. Those are the kids I feel for.

But I do get to teach a class on World War II, so that will be fun!