Well, I am now LITERALLY as well as metaphorically a Great Uncle.

My oldest niece gave birth to a little girl Monday night at around 8pm.  She's six pounds, nine ounces (dunno what that would be grams, sorry friends from Europe!), and about 18 1/2 inches tall.  Both mother and child are doing fine.

Anyway, I present to you: Braelyn Faith.


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Several months ago, I took a picture of my niece sticking her tongue out and that gave me an idea for this pic.  Enjoy!


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So, there's this trend on the internet where people take pictures and create posters similar to those motivational pieces you see a lot in business and in schools stuff.  The name may not ring a bell, but I'm sure you'll recognize the style when you see it, picture in the center of a black background, one word in a large font, an explanation below ( Read more... )

Thinking of having a kid sometime in the future?  Well, here's some handy dandy pictures that'll give you some tips on the proper care and feeding of your child.  Enjoy!

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So, apparently there's this small town in Japan that was facing bankruptcy and a huge economic slowdown when the people at the train station got this idea to promote a cat as the Station Master, and suddenly, BOOM, people came from miles and miles around to see this cat with a small conductors hat, and buy the various merchandise that bears it's ( Read more... )

Thought I'd take a quick second or two and post some more pictures I took. As you can tell by the title, ducks and geese are today's theme. I have several dozen pics of these guys on my computer, many I still need to rename and sort. You may ask why I have so many pictures of these and well, pretty much because they're closest thing to "wild" ( Read more... )

Okay, finally got some of the pictures from the trip to my sister's house edited, uploaded and ready to be posted!

NOTE: You can click on ANY of these pictures to see a LARGER version!


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I kept meaning to post a journal about this, but for some reason, it kept slipping my mind..

Anyway, way back in March of last year (damn, been nearly a year), when I went to my cousins wedding, part of festivities was all the dancing.  Well, here's some pics of two people who were undeniably the cutest couple on the dance floor.


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So, when we had our Christmas get together I took a ton of pictures (as usual) with my digital camera.  After I did some editing and sent out all the pictures I'd take (or, more accurately, those that turned out okay), I went back and did a series of pics called "Christmas That Didn't Happen", which was basically the pics with funny captions and ( Read more... )