Brody Turns Two

Brody Turns One

Jemma Swinging

Get out and Vote

If not for you, then for the little ones that are the future.

It has been a while -- Halloween 08

As you can see, Jemma is maturing into a little girl and losing her baby features. To match this maturity, she has progressed from a bumblebee to a monkey to a Roman Goddess.

OK!

The Wii....

is such a marvelous invention. It has Tennis, it has Guitar Hero, it now has Wii Fit. Soon they will be announcing a new add-on to the controller that will give 360-degree control. What is next? THe Wii Grill?

Jemma is Two

New Art

I used some pictures that my friends took while on a safari in South Africa. I blew out the colors, cropped to a 4x4 square and mounted them on stained wood. Looks pretty good.

Tunnel

Jemma Sings her ABCs

Head of the class

We just received Jemma's first of many class photos that we'll receive over the next 14 years. I can't believe how much she looks like a little girl. Her teeth are coming in slowly and she loves to say her own name. At this point she seems to love her mommy more, since I rejected her by going back to work -- but I think that will change when I say 'yes' to a pony.

Jemma-Cube

The Rubik's Cube has nothing on Jemma

A Day At The Zoo

Jemma Clare is Such a Big Girl

It is hard to believe how big Jemma is getting. She is just such a sassy little girl, having moved beyond the baby stage. Though not able to communicate, she can certainly understand, and can complete a number of 'complicated' tasks. To not bore you with the details, we (her parents) think she is just brilliant.

Outsourced Childcare

Report: Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas

Miss Teen South Carolina

What we strive for Jemma not to be.

She works hard for her mommie

As Jemma now walks, it is time for her to make the decision on what sort of career she'd like. We decided to try a few out.

This is also Jord's first attempt as the camera operator.

New art

Since I am here, I figure I should also post the new art that I created this past week. The first is a brown painted canvas with rectangle felt glued to it. As with most my art, I lean towards geometric patterns.



The second piece was borrowed from an artist's work I saw this weekend. I took nine photographs, printed them on card stock and mounted them to 4x4 plastic squares that I spray painted black. The colors are more vibrant than this photo depicts, but who knows if I would have had time tomorrow to take a picture under better lighting circumstances.