I went and traded in the Chevy for a Dodge. ya ya, whyd you buy a dodge, blah blah. We all love it. Its bigger in the back, 4wd, 50k miles, and easier to clean on the inside, no carpet, all vinyl. Our note is much cheaper, too.

We had a lot of snow this year, with more coming today, apparently


Luke is a performer. He loves to make people laugh


Jack had a legendary birthday. I'll post pics of his party when we get them developed. They are on a waterproof camera. His interest in toys is awesome. He likes toys that are puzzles, magnets, blocks, magic, and things that make you think.

Here is Jack looking up Vat19.com. If you have kids, go there to find the most awesome toys in the world. Luke does everything Jack does. He is so tired here, but he won't quit until Jack does



Here is one of Jack's buildings. He builds probably 30 structures a day. He likes to set them up as domino runs, too.



Bucky balls! If you don't know what they are, you haven't looked up Vat19 yet!

Grace did a really good presentation for school. They let her record her speech, so she could just push play when people came by, instead of repeating it. I thought the idea was weird, but she practiced and practiced, then recorded, edited, clipped, etc. She learned about recording and it came out very good. Her reading was very good, it sounded awesome. Im glad she had the experience with the recorder and am impressed with her ear for speach

Been busy

Theres the new floor in the back bathroom



Ive been taking classical guitar lessons for a month. This guy is the man at the top of the mountain, and Im lucky to be able to work with him. He started the knoxville guitar society, and has been at UT for many years.

Shot of the ceiling and cabinets

Check out all that molding! I had help with a few things in there, but the molding is MINE


We are turning the tile room into a studio. We put up 5/8 sheetrock over the existing walls, and will have 6 1/2 inches of that fire blanket/sound insulation in between the two walls. Everything is sealed in with sound caulk. Those metal tracks and studs are floating on it, not touching the ceiling, walls, or floor, to stop vibration.

Before shot. Ive been picking up old couch cushions on the side of the road for their foam. I filled in these windows with it, stuffed it in good, and 7/8 plywood over the top, then the sheetrock

The fireplace is no more. The hole is filled with foam, and capped, then rocked

MMMMMMMM

Eating lean

First time deer hunting. Beginners luck. They put me in a really good spot. More to come.

This old house

Imagine getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and forgetting about this.

This is the old floor in the back bathroom. Notice the ghost in the picture. It is in every one I tried to take, moving around, but always there.

How is that for buildup. No wonder the sinks wouldn't drain.

This is with the new plumbing and tile installed. I got my buddy Tex helping. We put down subfloor, then mortar and backerboard, then tile. It is solid and looks and feels much better than the old mushy saggy mess. We redid the rock over the walls, and now have wainscotting up, getting it all ready to paint.

Jack's team made it to the City Championship game. They did really good this season. We are all very proud of how hard they worked. Jack is celebrating no more practice here. The game was really good to watch. It was the best one all season. Both teams did really good. The final was 8-0, Powell won. They won all their other games by 30-0 at least. Our defense was awesome. Our offense was good too, things just didn't work out 100pct. We will get them next year. I was waterboy again.
He finally got a trophy. He's been wanting to win a trophy all his life. 2nd place sucks, but it is better than a participation trophy. He knows the difference

There is our Bobcats

We went to Disneyworld with Mimi, aunt Makenzie, uncle Jay, Ethan, and Lawson. It was a marathon, but we made some good memories. This was the best ride in my opinion


Grace took pictures of everything. She documented the trip in great detail

We took a riverboat ride to downtown disney

The hotel pool area was awesome

This place rocks. The 3d muppet show is the best Ive seen

Grace got lost here. She was wandering around looking through the camera lens at all the buildings, and passed us up by a block. It's easy to lose a kid here

This is the walk to breakfast. That building in the back is the restaurant and everything else for our area

There is the boat dock. They did a good job of creating a Louisiana feel

There is our room over there

The kids were cutting up, so we had them detained