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Trent and me at the Sculpture Park, taming the wilderness. 

Orson and I took a quick trip to the Laumeier Sculpture Park this past weekend.  The weather was great, the leaves were turning, and we had a great time!

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We went to the Sculpture Park yesterday to collect leaves for Orson’s homework assignment.  We took the camera along and snapped this pic of the boys and me.

We just went on our first vacation in four years and it really couldn’t have been better.  It was hot, most days the temperature hit around 92 degrees, but the skies were clear all day and the nights were actually cool.  Our last vacation was to Hawaii back in the summer of 2004, right before we found out Traci was preganant with Orson so we’ve been itching to get away for a while ever since.  We spent two and a half days at the park; more than enough to take in everything we wanted to do.  Our last visit to Kings Island was in 2002 and since then the park (along with Paramount’s four other parks) has been sold to Cedar Fair, the same company that owns Cedar Point.  As a result all the movie tie-ins were gone, which really didn’t bother me any, but it bodes well for the future of Kings Island.  Cedar Point is the …read more »

Trent, wearing the latest in baby headgear…

I might be crazy but I think Trent might just have a little bit of me in him:

Me in 1974

Trent in 2008

Here are some new pictures of the boys, best of buds. 

Orson and Trent, May 19, 2008

Trent and Orson - May 24, 2008

The new windows are awesome! The installer just finished up the job today. We also had a new storm door installed on the front of the house and we finally got a locking entry door installed on the garage. We loved our old house but it just wasn’t big enough; with these changes we’re slowly starting to transform the new house into a house similar to our old one. It takes time though; looks like the backyard will be a project on the books for next year.

The new windows have arrived and will be installed this following Monday.  I doubt they’re going to get it all done in a single day but hopefully they’ll be able to finish up the following day.  I can’t wait to finally be able to open the windows in our house without scraping metal, stuck screens, and smashed fingers!