But it was fun Daddy!

Recently Taylor thought it would be fun to literally cover her bathroom in toothpaste. She squeezed the tube and then shook it violently as the blue bubble gum flavored ooze slowly covered everything in the bathroom from the floor to the ceiling. The first time I noticed it was on some shorts I had on that evidently had rubbed up against some of it on the wall before I noticed the predicament.

I asked her why she would do something like that and her answer was of course "because it was fun Daddy." What do you say to that? I tried to explain that while I agreed that I'm sure it was fun, just because its fun doens't make it the right thing to do. Not an easy concept to try and explain to a 5 year old.

I thought that all of it had been cleaned up, but as I found out the next day it wasn't. I was brushing my hair and soon realized as the brush wasn't smoothly moving through my locks as it normally does that there had been some in my brush that was on the counter where she created her toothpaste masterpiece. I soon found out that I now had bubble gum flavored blue toothpaste in my hair! NICE!

She thought it was funny so I asked her if she would like some in her hair. She of course said no, so I quickly quipped, "but it would be FUN!" So she said, "but that doesn't make it right Daddy" I guess after all she did get the concept. Let's hope so.

Oh the joy of kids!!!

Katie

New entry on Taylor's page.

Hit and Run

Today we went to The Woodlands Mall to seek out some Mommy Day material. As we were leaving the Mall we discovered upon returning to the truck that someone had run into the back of our Ford Expedition and did not leave a note or anything. It was a pretty decent lick too. Previous experience tells us that this bumper cover cost around $2000 dollars to replace.

I got in touch with mall security to find out if they had cameras on the parking area. I was sure they did. The first security person I ran into was a horse mount patrolman. Taylor wouldn't quit trying to talk as well as pet the horse, while Will was just scared out of his mind as he kept putting his hands over his face.

An actual security truck finally pulled up and told me that the video equipment belonged to the mall, and that in order for me to see it (or for them to look at it) I would have to procure a lawyer and get a subpoena for it. I asked them what is the use in having security cameras to protect your consumers if your not going to use them. They had no answer for me other than that is mall policy.

So here we are now with over $2000 dollars worth of damage to the truck. We will have to file with our own insurance company which as you know is sure to make our premiums go up. Wooopeee!

So know that if you go to The Woodlands Mall, anyone that wants to just nail your car while you are parked and then drive off, their identity will be protected.

So what da ya say? Lets go to the mall and play demolishon derby. Yeah, I think that sounds like fun. We wont even have to worry about being caught.

Seriously though, can you tell I'm just a little bit miffed about this deal? This blogging thing is very therapuetic though. I feel better already. Sorry if I got a bit carried away. Hope my mom doens't read this. Sorry Mom:0)

Spreading The Word

I finally was able to get the email address and blog site for my cousin Trent. He is doing mission work in the country of Bahrain. He is over there with some other fellow Aggies spreading the word of God to all who will hear it, so please keep him in your prayers as he follows God's will.

He has been to so many amazing places already all of which you can read about on his blog. There is a link on this site under favorite links. It is the one that says Da Dez. It's slang for the desert. It will take you directly to his page.

He has learned so much in the short time he has been there, so much in fact that I dont even know. I do know that he learned to speak Arabic in less than 9 months. Thats pretty incredible if you ask me. I've heard it's a very difficult language to master.

So again, please lift him up in your prayers as well as all the others who have accepted this calling to do the work of God. They can make such a big impact on the lives of people who have never heard the word of God.

Trent, we love you and pray for you daily.

God Bless

T-ball Practice, Rock Climbing, and Swimming at YMCA

Today we went to the Y and met some of the kids that have been on our teams in the past as well as a new one. They are all signed up to be on Coach Jeff and I's T-ball team. This was just a little informal practice to introduce some of the kids to the sport, but most importantly for them just to have fun playing together. We had Tyler, Taylor, Caroline, Katie, and Caleb all there and all got to have a bunch of fun together. We practiced throwing, catching, and hitting the ball both off the tee and from a pitch in the air. All the kids did such a great job executing these things especially as this was very knew to all of them. T-ball requires alot more hand eye coordination than does soccer, so it will be a bit more challenging and at the same time be better in the development of their motor skills. Throwing at this age is usually not to much of a problem, however catching is something that they really have to work on as mastery of this usually comes at a later age. I was very pleased as was Coach Jeff to see how well they all did this early in their introduction to the sport. It will be very important that their parents work with them at home on these skills and fortunately it is something that they will enjoy doing.

We forgot the camera today so we apologize for not having any pictures. We will for sure get some for you the next time we play. Hopefully this time we can even post some video to the site.

Looks like we will have at least 6 to 8 kids returning from soccer to play T-ball so we are very excited about that. That was the team that won The Core Values Team of the Month. We hope to win it again, however we aren't really sure they will give it to the same team again. But you know we know we deserve it every time :o)

Keep watching the site and Taylor's page for more info and pictures of T-ball!

Wonka, Wonka, Wonka, Wonka

You guessed it. My beloved Cowboys have agreed at least in principle to trade away their 4th round draft pick For Adam "Pac Man" Jones. They will also give up another 6th round pick in 2009 if he is able to get his suspension lifted and plays the entire season. This would mean either being on the field or on injured reserve. They are in desperate need of a corner and he can return kicks also which is another need they have. So while I'm hopeful that another Jerry Jones charity case yields major production, I also fear that this guy is destined for jail. However, if he can turn players like Terrell Owens and Tank Johnson into almost productive members of society, then maybe he can help Pac Man do the same. This is a huge role of the dice in my opinion, but it has the possibility of being a lottery win as well since they wont have to pay him much. More on this later I'm sure.

Go Cowboys!!