Jonathan's 7th Birthday

Jonathan's 7th birthday was last Saturday. And man, it gets CRAZY with eight 7 year olds running around a house! Next year, Incredible Pizza gets my vote!

Anyway, here are some pix.

Wisdom from the Rainman

So tonight I had a chance to watch some television. There was a program that I caught at the tail end about the 'real' rainman, the man about whom the movie was made. He was a very interesting fellow, full of facts and figures. But occassionally he blurted out with grunts, laughs, and out of context words and comments.

This man has no capability to dress himself, shave, shower, etc. His 80 year old father continues to care for his son 24 hours a day. It was toward the end of the show that this man who could barely carry on a conversation or care for himself said something very profound...

"My dad and I share the same shadow"

What a great testament to this father's dedication and love for his son. And what a great example for the rest of us fathers!

Everyone have a great and safe Memorial Day weekend...

Apple Switch - Real Life!

I was at the Apple store on Friday, and the girl in front of me had a Dell badge on. The clerk asked if she worked at Dell and she said. That she works in the OKC Dell Service Center. The girl quickly became flush and responded: "Yeah, I do. Sorry about that..." and quickly removed her tag and put it in her purse. She was buying a new Macbook and iPod!!

I fairly certain she would receive some type of employee discount on a new Dell? So I think it speaks volumes that she was willing to lay down a few G's on an Apple!

Living for the Weekend

we had a great mother's day weekend! saturday was busy as ever, with two soccer games and two birthday parties. then we had to get the house ready for family on sunday. tim came over saturday night and cleaned the carpets in the main rooms (thanks tim!).

sunday mark & katrina's parents came over, as well as uncle marcus aunt anne and aunt carol. we cooked the ham a little too long and ended up with grilled chicken (which turned out great). had a great visit with everyone and the kids got to play with nathan, ashlynn, and lauren.

so i've been making some dvds lately for church. using imovie hd and idisk hd on my powerbook. its amazing that it takes about 3 hrs. to render and only about 20 minutes to do the actual composing and editing. apple sure has made it easy to get professional results. we're doing some video shoots at work as well to start posting video podcasts. should be interesting...

well, that's all my thoughts for now. can't wait to see mike and carrisa this weekend when they come for jonathans birthday!