Elizabeth Rosemary

Born at 12:52pm - 7lbs. 10oz. 20in.

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It's time!

We are at the hospital, and about an hour away from four becoming five.

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Thanks Carson

The friend of mine, Carson, who you might have read helped me start rebuilding the treehouse told me about Axe Cop!  It is a hilarious online comic created from the mind of a five year old boy and put on paper by his 28 year old brother.  It is funny how our humor as guys really doesn't evolve much from the age of 5.

New/Old Treehouse

I had to condemn the treehouse I built a couple of years ago due to one of its foundation trees dying of some strange tree disease attacking my woods.  What took me two or three weeks to build took a whole forty five minutes to tear completely apart.  If I had not been concerned about preserving the boards (which were formally garden planter boxes and prior to that found in the woods) it probably could have been wrecked in about ten.  I was, however, able to save almost all of the wood, and with the help of my La Porte buddy, Carson, I selected a new build sight and got to work. Carson's timely visit allowed us to slap up the foundation pretty quick.  Since Carson took this picture much progress has been made:  a 9 ft log was split and used to make new stairs, railings were constructed, and the search for a cheap 8 ft slide has begun.  After the monsoon outside lets up, I will try to take some new pictures to share.

And yes I know I need to mow...so shut up about it.

Fun

My Beautiful Favorite People

Photos were taken by Nocona's very talented friend: Nicole Lucas {B.Photography}!

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Cardboard City

 Most of my weekend (Wed/Thu) plans were blown up by two straight days of drizzly rain.  So, instead of yard work I decided to prolong my graphic book procrastination, and make this super lame cardboard city to go on top of my sons book shelf. The only thing I liked in the end was this Spidey I drew and cut out of a cereal box. He has an awesome white thread web shooting to the top of the tallest building.

Welcome Back Spring

There is no better place to be this time of year than deep in woods - camping, hiking, and exploring all the newness of a fresh Spring.

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TP Roll Flower Bed

I swiped the basics of this idea from Family Fun magazine.  To do it I just cut the end of some tp tubes with pinking scissors and painted the tubes in and out (I had to run a stick through the middle of mine while painting because it was crazy windy outside).  I also painted several wooden skewers. Next, I cut several slits around the edges of both ends of the tubes (leaving about an inch in the middle), folded the little tabs back, wadded up sheets of colored tissue paper and stuffed one in the middle of each tube.  Finally, I poked one end of each skewer into the middle of a tube and the other end into a pre-drilled hole in a long skinny board.  TaaDaa...flowers.

Board + Pipe = A Grass Surfing Good Time