Izaac with new front (top) teeth.

If you click on the picture I think you can see them a little. I got to see them when he was laying down (for a 'change'). You can see three all the way through on top, plus the edge of the fourth one in the middle in front.

That's his Aunt Michelle, whom he LOVES, because she's so fun. He spent the night at 'aunt' Samantha's Saturday night just so they could 'hang' for the day and evening.

The trip to Des Moines was literally a 'breath of fresh air', because they had the windows open and it got to 62 degrees. By 4pm, it had dropped 10 degrees, and the rain started about 5pm. I drove through heavy rain more than half-way, then slush for about last 10 miles. The wind was gusty, too. It was 32 when I drove into my driveway.

Now everything is covered in ice this morning--big crunchy ice.

Yes, it's my Birthday!

It's a 'milestone' number, but I don't think of it as 'over the hill'. I don't feel any older than yesterday!

This is one my favorite webcam views (or in-person view, but I can't be there ALL the time...) of Chicago. It's Michigan Avenue, over the Chicago River. I LOVE to take the touring boat rides (or any boat ride, for that matter). This moment I froze from 2/22/08 at 3:10 in the afternoon. Thanks for the memories, Chicago. "I'll BE BACK!"

What's a 'Brad Paisley'?

That's the gag line we've been answering the phone with (only to our daughter, Samantha) since she sent me a text message telling me she had tickets to the concert. Her dad thought it would be funny to text her back, and that's what he wrote.

Samantha got this great picture last week at the concert. She got really close! I like Brad's new song, "Letter to Me", about writing a letter to himself when he was 17, knowing what he knows now.