My Lil Man.

I finally had a chance to go outside with Taylor for a while and take some photos while the sun was out. He took his little football and had so much fun throwing it...or at least trying...and then running after it down the street. He's not an easy one to get pictures of, & I think I got as much of a workout just trying to stay in front of him and take a few shots. He's shown some promising moves, I'm thinking he'll be an Oregon Duck in no time...now he just needs a b-ball hoop!

Published!

Some of you know, but quite a few may not know, I have somewhat of a passion for photography alongside my obvious design addiction. Recently I was excited to learn that the above photo (on the right), "disymmetry", was published in issue 14 of JPG Magazine...they even sent me money! It's a photography magazine created from user submitted photos on their website. It's in the latest issue and supposedly it can be found at Borders or Barnes & Noble. My photo was chosen out of almost 11,000 others. It's a shot I took in Las Vegas, while leaning out over our balcony at the MGM Signature Towers. This is a link to the actual photo at JPG Magazine online: disymmetry

Getting ready for our lil girl!

Wow! 1st of all, I still can't believe we're going to be a family of 5, but it's going to be reality soon enough. Shelly's more than ready right now, and swears the doctors have the wrong due date (April 12th). We're getting excited to see who baby Rayana's (our lil girl's name) gonna look like, and if she'll have Taylor's wild energy or Kayla's more mellow personality.

Kayla was a big help today and decided on her own, to organize and hang all of Rayana's clothes. She's been helping a lot around the house and can't wait to be a big sister!

We've been trying to get Rayana's area of our room ready and just need a few more things. We're also trying to figure out among other things how to get 3 young kids from here to there. We literally can't fit 3 car seats across in Shell's car, so we're gonna be looking for a new one...no we're not gonna get a mini-van...maybe a Hummer...lol! We also need a double stroller and are amazed at the 50+ different options and seating configurations they've come up with in the new strollers. Maybe I'll just carry all of them if they can't walk.

That's it for now!

Once again...

Moving again? Sounds a little crazy after being in our current home for less than a year, but we've purchased a lot for our next adventure. We're really excited though and the plan is to be in the new home by the summer of 2009. I'm probably more excited than Shelly, because this will be my 1st "Tour Home". Meaning I'll be placing it on the 2009 Home Builders Tour of Homes to publicize my company and continue to get more involved in other design/build projects.

It's in East Eugene and around the corner from Hendrick's Park & legendary Pre's Rock. This is a photo of the lot from the street. I'll definitely post progress when we get started in September/October of this year!