These pictures come from Melissa's newnikon cool pix s3, a Mother's day gift from her really cool husband. We needed a second camera for spur of the moment photos. Our Cannon Digital Rebel is great, but makes Dave look like a tourist carrying it.

Grandpa and Grammy French came to visit us in Kansas the 2nd week in May. Unfortunately Tyler, Melissa and I were all sick for a good chunk of it. Ellie seemed to make it through fine. At least the grand parents got to spend lots of time with the kids :)

We did manage to make it out to the Johnson County Arboretum. The Spring flowers we in full bloom. Tyler and Ellie had lots of fun smelling the flowers & running in
the prarie grass.

Wrap up of Tyler's Soccer

Ty's last couple of soccer games this weekend - with two games today and one yesterday. Busy! You can see Tyler's team in the first photo, minus two kids who could make it. The team did great, finishing with 4 wins and only 2 losses. I know, we aren't suppose to keep score, but what are proud parent's to do?

I also included a couple of action shots of Tyler. He played really well in the first game, never wanted to come out. Photo 2 was taken just before he scored his first goal - YEAH! I would show you a picture of it, but unfortunately, I only got his legs. He also had a real nice assist and started a couple of fast breaks.

No more soccer games for this year. It looks like T-ball is next. Hopefully he will have the same coach and many of the same teammates. The kids sure had a lot of fun and got along very well

Couple of photos of the kids

Just a quick update - tomorrow's will be longer.
First picture is Eliana hamming it up. Do you think she knows how cute she is? Melissa didn't even have to get her to pose - Eliana just does this when the camera comes out. I think we are gonna be in trouble when she gets older.

Here's Tyler showing off the loss of his second tooth. His is still very excited to show his friends and teachers at school, but isn't telling complete strangers like he did with the first tooth.

Saturday was Ty's second soccer game. He is having lots of fun and doing pretty good as well. He has an advantage being left footed, and is not afraid to mix it up. If he keeps it up, he get a goal sooner or later. Even though they don't keep score, his whole team knows they have won their first two games!

If you have never had a chance to watch a bunch of 5 year olds play soccer, you are missing out. 90% of the time they're all crowded around the ball, with the remaining 10% being when someone gets lucky by kicking it clear to start a fast break.

Ellie enjoys going to the games too, and often gets involved during warm-ups. During the game, she proudly tells everyone 'that's my brother'

Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

Went to our neighbor- hood Easter Egg Hunt last Friday. Unfortun- ately, we were either a few minutes late or they started early.

Either way, Melissa flashed some East Coast attitude, until she realized the kids didn't really care and were having fun regardless. At least it made it a lot easier for us to get some good pictures!

Last one for today. First picture is Tyler showing off his missing tooth. He was very excited about losing it - he told everyone all about it, even strangers. He was especially excited to get a gold one dollar coin.


The second photo is from this weekend. Ty and Ellie went with Melissa to a charity concert. Several business where on hand to help out. Ellie got a free hair styling courtesy of a local salon. She was very patient, sitting through the whole process. She really liked the sparkles in her hair.

A couple more post, mainly about Ty and Ellie playing baseball.

Tyler is getting real good at throwing, and pretty good at catching. Of course, he will tell you it is your fault he didn't catch it if you don't throw the ball right to his glove. Always wanting to do what big brother does, Ellie makes sure she is not left out. She has a pretty good arm.


Aside from baseball, Ty will be starting soccer this weekend. Once a week, they practice for 1/2 hour, then play a game for 1/2 hour. Both kids are taking swim classes as well and love it. Should be fun once the pool opens for the summer.

Getting ready for the superbowl

Family shot of the family before the superbowl. Melissa, who is taking the picture, had a Roethlis- berger jersey on. Even Aspen got into the act, with a Steelers bandana.

Trying out this a way to keep folks up-to-date on our family. Mainly, you will see lots of pictures of the kids, so I expect the grandparents will probably see this site more than anyone else.

I used to have a website, but this seems a little less maintenance, so we will try it out. Maybe I will actually update it more than once every 3 months.