It's my party and I won't eat cake if I don't want too...

Sunday afternoon we had a small family get together to celebrate Caleb’s birth. It was very similar to another one-year birthday party that I attended. I’m not sure if didn’t I enjoyed this one more than the other.

Enjoy pictures of the first one-year birthday party I ever attended…









Oh wait…that was MY birthday party…

Here are a few pictures of Caleb’s birthday party.

The handsome birthday boy…


The handsome birthday boy, his very handsome father and his beautiful mother…


A picture of one set of grandparents spoiling the birthday boy before the rest of the family arrived…


The birthday cupcakes…




Caleb “blowing out” his birthday cupcake…


Caleb drinking some of his birthday punch…




Caleb and his birthday loot…(he received way too many presents…none of them were PS3 games though)…














…I still think my birthday was better.

We made it ONE YEAR!!!!

Today Caleb turned 1 year old. He was not feeling well today so his picture is a little sad. I told him he needed to cooperate, but you know how they get when they turn 1. There is just no talking to the boy anymore. :)

Enjoy Caleb's 1 year (12 month) picture...


More details and pictures of the birthday party to come.

We wish you a Merry Playstation…

This has been a holiday to remember. We had a white Christmas in Texas and Stephen got a Playstation 3! Both occurrences will be talked about for years to come.

Below is a picture of “the little house in the hood” on Christmas Eve all covered in snow.



I’ve also included a couple of pictures looking up and down our street all covered with snow.





It was bitterly cold, but not cold enough to keep us from getting our picture made in the Texas blizzard. Caleb didn’t really know what to make of the snow. Below is a picture of my brother David, my son Caleb, my beautiful wife Allison and myself.



Allison, Caleb and I ventured out in the arctic winds to go to Grandpa Jeff’s and Grammi-chelle’s house for Christmas Eve dinner. Grandpa made Caleb a rocking horse for Christmas and eventually I bet Caleb will think it is wonderful!





Below is a picture of Grammi-chelle, Grandpa Jeff and Caleb



The Christmas gift exchange was, of course, all about the Playstation…oh I mean Caleb…













Really, I think Caleb was jealous of his father’s gift. Maybe I will let him play my PLAYSTATION 3 when he gets a little older.



I think other people opened gifts as well, but I can’t seem to remember any of those. I just know that their gifts were not PLAYSTATION 3s!

Allison…


Papaw Travis…


Grandma Marilyn


Uncle David…


Aunt Sarah…


In celebration of the PLAYSTATION 3, we all posed for family pictures to remember the day.

The boys (and the dogs)…


The family (and the dogs)…

Party like it's your birthday...

I turned 33 today. Thirty-three years ago, I was welcomed into the world with much fanfare. To this very day, countless people are still celebrating this day. It is amazing how much joy and pure bliss one person (that would be me) can bring to such a planet. I know that many of you feel that your life would not be complete without my presence, my wit, my humility, my courageous spirit and my handsome face. I am writing this to calm your fears. I am STILL here. STILL here after 33 years!

My lovely wife and son showered me with tributes to honor the day of my birth.

Allison made me such a handsome cake and ruined it by putting 33 candles on top of it. When we removed the candles, it looked like the surface of the moon…It was scarred with all those birthday candle craters.



This year my son bought me the 5th season of my favorite TV show. He gave me LOST on BLU-RAY. I will say it again…It was on BLU-RAY. That means I HAVE to get a BLU-RAY Player…eventually…doesn’t it….isn’t that what it means?

My wife also gave me a couple of gifts. She gave me my very own gravy boat and ladle. I had kindly mentioned to her at Thanksgiving that we did not have a gravy boat. How is one supposed to serve gravy if they don’t have a gravy boat? It was just a question. It wasn’t like I used the word “uncivilized” or “vulgar”. I really don’t know how I survived for 33 years without a gravy boat. My life is now complete…except I don’t have a Blu-Ray player yet, but who knows…maybe sometime soon.


Enjoy a picture of my Blu-Ray LOST Season 5…Thank you Caleb…


Enjoy a picture of my gravy boat…Dharma Initiative issued (LOST fans will know what this means)…



Enjoy a picture of my Dharma Initiative issued ladle…



This picture is a bonus…Father and Son (this is the son that got me the LOST Season 5 on Blu-Ray)…