Another forgotten photo

For those who don't know, our Lauren declared at the age of 6 that she wanted to be a pastry chef and now that she's 13 she has never once changed her mind. She made this pan of brownies:

Independence Day

We had a good ol' time, thanks to Ernesto and Pam's invitation. We met them out at South Lido Park where they had a great spot back off the nature trail.

I guess our food smelled pretty good. This little lady tried to pry the lid off Pam's baked beans dish while nobody was looking. (Credit to Misty for getting this photo)

Must have smelled really good! Look at all the boats that came in:

Ribs:

Self-portrait:

Lauren, left and Devin, right:

Kevin, having trouble with his goggles:

Devin's grapes:

Sea grapes:

I must have had my camera set to video by accident. I inteded to do a little macro shot of the sea grapes, but caught what appears to be an ant chasing off a fly.

Thanks, guys!

The last concert of the year:

Band. Middle School. Lauren. Jazz Band, in this picture:

Lauren's infamous "tapping foot". It doesn't necessarily even keep time, but it keeps on tapping all throughout.

A Musical Week

5-18, Kevin's Band Concert (Drums):



5-22, Lauren's Orchestra Concert (Violin):




And she's got a band concert (Flute) next week, too!

Sarasota Reds vs. Daytona Cubs

A pre-Mothers' day event!


Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get any blog-acceptable pix of Kevin, Misty, or my Mom. You get the two girls, though.

And he was... SAFE!

This was a serious grounder, went all the way to the wall, if I remember correctly.

Funny, as the sun went down and the shadows began to creep onto the grass, I was reminded of...

...Busch Stadium (the elder) and this picture from our return trip from Uncle Steve's funeral.

Lauren, having a generally pleasant time:

Devin, eagerly awaiting a foul ball:

The pitcher, quite noteably not a "belly itcher":

Devin running the bases after the game (it was a 12 and under thing, sorry Lauren):

The final score:

It's Barbecue Time! (again)

So.... let us celebrate spring, the new job, the beautiful weather, Misty's testing and job interviews, and whatever else you can think of.


In attendance were former co-workers, new co-workers, family (parents, wife, and daughters- Kevin was playing in a parade, but we didn't find out about it until we'd already set our date), and a few members of the local homebrewing club H.A.M.S.

I brought about 8 pints of my fresh brown bitter.

I really couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day for it:

Devin made a new friend.

Lauren found my old friend.

I may have figured out why these little guys aren't so shy. What are you doing, Renee?!

Any Given Saturday the 13th of October 2007 (part1)

Siesta Key.

Devin at play:

Lauren at play:

beautiful day:

uhh... I dunno:

The mat I reposed upon:

Self portrait:

"Mermaid-Girl"

Quite the swimmer, she is.