Dylan and the Koi

A Brandon Sadler original painting. A David Lavender original photo.

I met Brandon when he was painting the mural below on Irwin Street. It's over 60 feet long, so this is just a small portion of it. I've always been fascinated by koi fish, so the mural immediately caught my eye.

Dylan Buildin'

Snow! (kind of)

Typical Atlanta snow today - about .5" and a ton of ice. The kids had fun though!

The Avett Brothers at the Fox

Sarah and I made it out last night to see the Avett Brothers. We had a great meal at ecco with the Clarkes and then walked on down to the Fox Theater for the show. Thanks to Mom and Dad for babysitting!

New Year's With the Lavenders!

coming soon ...

Christmas Time!

Stella, happy about her new ballerina dolls ...

Love Stella's face in this one - pure joy ...

Dylan demonstrates the slow motion present unwrap ...

Stella demonstrates the super-fast present unwrap ...

Dylan running the dinosaur train ...

Engineer Dylan ...

A little bit better than last year ...

Win 2,000 (first college basketball team to reach this milestone) ...

Against UNC ...

Against UCONN ...

9-0, baby!

Best Thanksgiving ever?

Still full, ate way too much - talk about some all-star cooks, wow!!! What a great family I have, love each and everyone of them so much. Thanks to the Lindseth's for hosting this rowdy crew!

Mr. Serious

Kennesaw Mountain

Family trip out to Kennesaw Mountain today - beautiful weather, picnic lunch and a little hiking. A perfect day.

Chomp and Stomp

Good times yesterday with great friends. The children had a blast listening and dancing to bluegrass music. The adults enjoyed the music, Pallookaville corndogs, Kentucky moonshine chili, Sweetwater beer and perfect weather.

Stella-ism

Stella told me that this is what she would look like if she ate all of her Halloween candy at once. I told her she was probably right.

Happy Halloween!!!

A mixed bag of photos from me and Nicole. A big thanks to Nicole for taking her camera out on the rainy night ...

Halloween day

A couple shots before we all got into costume ...

Where the Wild Things Are ...

I often feel like I'm looking at myself when I look at my son ...

Lake weekend with the Plavacs

Tough to beat a weekend like this. Despite the rain, great friends can always outshine any sun...
Chillin', lake style ...

Dave and I kept the fire blazing all day long ...

Stella's Birthday Party

Stella celebrated turning four today. Thanks to our wonderful parents and friends for making it so special ...
Stella and friends...

Stella and Queen Glitter...

Greatest cake ever??? Thanks Mom!

Steely Snake Roundup

Caught these two snakes this morning in the Annual Steely Snake Roundup. I'm hoping to catch a six-footer next year...

Dylan caught one as well ...