Saddle up your horses, we've got a trail to blaze...

I'm NOT too big!

Not too sure about aviation.

More from Anna

Dad, don't read Promise and Elizabeth! [Deliverance]

Dad, my little toe is sword. [sore]

Dad, who is that man with the bat?
That's Jim Edmonds.
Jim kldfjfsklj? [garbled approximation of Edmonds]
That's close.
..... [a few minutes pass]
Dad, I don't like Jim kldfjfsklj.
Why not?
He throws the ball at me and hurts me.
Oh.

Climby Climberton

This seemed a little unusual.

Grampy with the Tooks in the hottub for the weekend.

89er day parade firefighters (with pom pons?)

See it?

How she was born

My parents are in town. On the way home from dinner and swimming, Anna had this conversation with us:
"I don't like Frosted Mini Wheats."
"Oh really, Anna. Why not?"
"I used to like Frosted Mini Wheats but now I don't like Frosted Mini Wheats."
"Okay," I said.

For some reason, I said, "Anna, do you like Norman, Oklahoma? You have only lived here you know."
"What dad?"
"You were born here in Norman, Anna. Do you like it?"
"Dad, I decided to come out of mommy's tummy."
"That's right. Why did you come out?"
"I hopped out."
"Hopped out."
"Like a bunny."
"Was it dark in the there?"
"No, it wasn't."
"Why did you decide to hop out?"
"Russ was there and he said, 'Come out, come out,' so I did. Then I went back in."

(We have some work to do still, it appears).

tulip girl

make way for ducklings

some are exploring

Balancing near Bromide Hill.

Sat morn when we went "to camping."

Russ and I took the Tookies camping in Sulpher on Friday night. Chickasaw National Park.

The campfire conversation was absolutely stimilating, if you must know. Anna was telling us stories about when she had gone camping in the past. There were dogs in the story. And she would say, "When I went 'to camping.'" She's never been camping before. And she wet her pants twice. Grrrr. Russ didn't like the story (as you can see).

look out.

The catch.

All about bees.

The hostess very well may eat off your plate, but it's still a quaint place.

Happy Rainy Day Cafe customers from their NotaDate Match Madness finals. (can we say SCORE!).

Voila! The Rainy Day Cafe is open for business.

It's a pink shirt. For Easter.

I said...

crazy baby up close

Wrestlemania

Julie meets an Ent at the medieval fair.

Pine Cove for PCPC

St. Louis was grand, and I accomplished all my missions. Huge props to Craig for coming down from Griggsville to spend the day with me. Crazy Bowls and Wraps didn't live up to my memory.

Today I go to Pine Cove in Tyler, Texas to speak for the PCPC 20+ Community retreat. I'll be speaking on the book of James, somehow in only four messages. Pray.

just me and my shadows.

St. Louis

Today I (Doug) am in St. Louis speaking at Covenant Seminary's ministry lunch. Craig Dunham will pick me up and we'll hang out for awhile (I plan on showing him my old writing spots), and then I'll say something about something. I hope to eat at Crazy Bowls and Wraps for lunch and Growlers for an early dinner. Then back home to see the tooks.

More doughnut royalty on our normal Saturday morning.

Doughnut Queen at Donut King

I pledge my virture, honor and three jelly beans...

Brothers - best friends

Can you do this?

virtuoso in kimono

Too sunny