Oh Deer!

Sometimes it feels like we are the ones in the cage that all the animals come to look at (like the birds, racoons, and yes, even deer.) If you look closely, that is a deer peeking in our window behind the blinds.

Creepy

This little guy was crawling on our door. I've never seen a spider with a face on it's back like this. yeuhhaebllhuehhgggughh (sounds of being creeped out).

Baby Daniel

This shot was taken today by my mom (Melanie). He's a cutie!

Remember Glow Worms...?

Our little guy accidentally ate some radioactive waste...No, he has jaundice and the doctor proscribed a BiliBlanket (a light machine with a fiber-optic-weave mat that goes on the baby's body). The top pic was taken with the camera shutter open for a full second, so it is not that bright in real life. The bottom pic shows about how bright it looks in a dimly lit room. Needless to say, we don't need a night-light right now. He shouldn't have to wear this thing much longer, and otherwise he is very healthy.

Baby Pics

Here is Daniel Shephard Dome right after being born, and our beautiful family. Enjoy!

It's a Boy!!

We have a new Baby dome! He was born at 12:12pm today. He weighs 8 lbs 2 oz and is 21 inches long. We are thinking he will be called Daniel Shephard Dome, but we are still debating. I have to run back to the hospital (Shiree has to stay 48 hours) and then we will all come home and I will post some pics.

Dirt to grass

It's nice to see this progress.

Tweetsie is Open again!!

The addiction is back! Please send gas money.

Alex is 3!

We celebrated Alex's birthday over 3 days. Sorry to all you losers who were too lame to make it. We had swingin' friends over (to swing), did Tweetsie Railroad for their opening day, had Grandma Melanie over for a cook-out, and lots more fun. Here are some pics of Alex as a Big 3-year-old!

P.S.- Thanks for all the presents, phone calls, etc. Even to you losers.

"I'm missing a piece of my clothes!"

Alex came into the room and said to Shiree, "I'm missing a piece of my clothes." "Really?" Shiree relpied with mock surprise. "Pants" he replied matter-of-factly. Who knew?

Jenny's Ballet

Jenny danced in the Princess Gala on the 29th of April. She was a pixie in the Snow White act. This is her with her friend Erin (check out the socks in the yellow pic!). She is a great dancer and really loves performing.

Indigo Bunting?

Does anyone know what kind of bird this is? The big pic with a copyright in the lower right is one I got off of the net of an Indigo Bunting; it is the closest I could get to a match. The ones we are seeing here look like blue finches (no such thing). Let me know...

GRASS!!

Yup, we have grass growing in our yard. These pictures are decieving, it is still patchy and thin, but a great beginning (and the photo's give an idea of what it will look like when it had all grown in!) The swing set will be moved into the yard once the grass is growing strong. If you look up close at the one zoomed picture of the side of our yard you can see some of my rock borders I have made to deliniate yard and "natural habitat" yard. Things are coming along well, y'all need to come over'n see it, ya hear!

Squirly

I couldn't resist this pic. This squirl was out on our porch enjoying the spring weather and a pile of sunflower seeds. Man, this is the life...

Painful Internet

Sorry about our lack of posts this year. Since our move, our internet here is Painfully slow!!! Until we get DSL (which I -Lance- am hoping to get soon), it may that our posts will be few and far between. We are doing well, all things considered. Shiree's mother has cancer, a fact that has shocked us all. Shiree is due in may with our next baby boy. I am working two jobs and rolling in gobs of money... We love our new home. We will post some pics soon. We have a driveway and gutters now. We have about 50 blades of greass growing in our yard. Shiree is an amazing, beautiful woman that I am so blessed to have in my life, who just turned 30. More to come...

We are getting things cleaned up here. The following are pics of our family room, from varying angles. This is the sitting room/computer room angle. We will post more pics as things continue to get in order.

This is our sitting room/computer room/kids library/playroom (and part of our family room).

Getting cleaner!

Fuzzy picture of our cleaner family room (our "Media room"). Notice the kids Library on the far right of the picture.

Some progress made (this was taken on the 15th).