Ventura County Fair

We headed down to Ventura for the county fair a couple weekends ago. Braedyn really like fairs and rides and the nasty food there. We spent a few hours there checking out the exhibits (especially the model train exhibit) and riding rides. He was certainly tired out by the time we left.

 
 
 
 

windy day

We had a little spat of bad weather there for awhile, but that brought wind which means we got to fly our kite!

 
 
 

Animoto

Free Pictures

Last weekend at our church, Reality, a young man by the name of Justin Miller came up to Talisha and asked if he could take some pictures of Braedyn for his portfollio he was putting together for a class at Brooks Insitute. A rather well know photography school around the country which is located here in Santa Barbara, CA. Of course she agreed and we got several free prints and a fun morning at the all too favorite location of Braedyn, the beach. This was quite a surprising blessing because we had just been discussing finding a photographer to do an outside location for us of Braedyn since we hadn't done so since he was a baby. But with the big upcoming life changes in our future we decided our budget could really do without. It's not like we dont' take a lot of picture of him anyway. This was a pleasant surprise and reminder that God even looks out for the little things of our hearts desire.

Nite Moves

Michael has been running the Santa Barbara Nite Moves weekly race series for most of the summer. It is a Wednesday night 5k timed run. The series is coming to a close in the next few weeks and with that they have begun posting the series rankings. I was quite surprised to find my name in first place in my age category. I guess getting older is finally paying off for me...

Braedyn loves a good book about the beach so much that he memorizes them. Amazing that he can pull this off when I can't seem to remeber the next line without looking. Their little three year old minds can really store a lot of info! We hope this love for reading continues into his school years.

Happy Anniversary

11 years ago today I married the woman of my dreams! We've done so much together and I am the luckiest guy on the face of the earth to have such an awesome wife. I thank God for her every day. My life has been so filled with joy since I met her and I am sure that it is only going to get better. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with my best friend and love of my life.

Here are a few shots from our special day in 1998.

 
 
 
 

Trail A Bike

Braedyn has just about outgrown his front bike seat to the point where we were worried that it was going to break off as we ride along. To replace it we got a trailer bike that attaches to one of our bikes. THis allows Braedyn to pedal and hold on and feel like he's riding along with us, but without all the work of taking his little bike into town and not being able to make it back. He's really been loving this thing and proudly goes around telling everyone that he has a trailer bike.

 

Rope Swing

We finally got around to hanging up a rope swing in Braedyn's room!

 

Train Day

It was Santa Barbara county Train Day, so Daddy and Braedyn headed down to the Carpineria train station to catch the 9:37 train to Santa Barbara. There were lots of officials there to ride with us, even the mayor of SB. It was quite fun riding up there and we even got an interview with some person from Amtrak along with getting lots of pictures taken of us with all the officials by the local newspapers. unfortunately we didn't make the cut for printing so the stories in the paper weren't worth reading.... Once we got to SB there was a press conference and lots of free goodies to be had. Mommy picked us up there and we headed to the pool for some swimming.

 
 
 
 

Kinderkirk campout

Braedyn's pre-school had a little camp out at the school. We didn't stay the night, but came over for the BBQ and the singing around the fire.

 
 
 

Rasberries

Colorado brings nice, big, fat, juicy rasberries growing in Grandma and Grandpa's garden. Braedyn made sure that no ripe ones got left for the birds.

 
 

Mommy & Mema

Just a nice picture of Braedyn, Mommy and Mema