A few days before Christmas, Roark took his first steps, by which I mean, he started walking. When Edie was learning to walk, she took a couple of steps one day, and then didn’t try again for weeks. Roarkie, on the other hand, decided one day that he was ready to walk, stood up, and started walking. He’s a determined little guy and has been practicing every day since. He’s to the point now that he rarely crawls anymore.
He reminds me of Maggie Simpson, and even though he falls about every tenth step or so, he gets right back up and keeps going. He is so proud of himself that as he walks towards me he’ll giggle and clap. It really is one of the most adorable things I’ve ever seen, and I can’t help but kneel down and cheer him on with every clumsy step.
To celebrate Roark’s new skill, Ken made a new video. Enjoy!
During our cross-country trip this past summer, we stopped over in Ocean City, Maryland. You can’t go to Ocean City without walking down the boardwalk. So that’s pretty much what we did one evening. This is Ken’s video of that night.
Before you watch, you should know that Edie’s dancing was completely spontaneous and on her own. As she passed by a body piercing stand, there was music blaring, and she just couldn’t help herself. She BECAME the music, and she just had to dance. Lucky for us, Ken just happened to have the camera already rolling. Enjoy!
Ever since Leigh and I met Les back in April, we’ve been doing all we can to support him in his run for US Congress. He’s an ordinary person just like you and me, who heard the call to service and answered not just with words, but with real action.
The world desperately needs men of action who will step up and put their money where their mouth is. I thank God for Les Phillip’s courage, and I pray for more people like him to step forward in the days to come.
Last night was a BIG night in our house. It finally happened. After a year and a half, Ken finally finished the Italy video! I know if he were writing this he would apologize for the quality of it because it was shot with our old camera, but to most people like you and me, we wouldn’t have a clue as to what he was talking about.
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Several pickles were harmed in the making of this video.
This weekend was the first Saturday in about a month that it hasn’t rained here. This is how we celebrated the beautiful weather.
Every once in a while some of the pilots at the Shelby County Airport give free rides to children in an effort to get them interested in flying. The program is called Young Eagles and is generally intended for children a bit older than Edie, but through a friend she was able to participate.
The pilot in the video, Jim Cawthon, is a long time friend of our family and is the sole person responsible for Ken’s desire to one day own a plane. Until that day comes, he is sweet enough to let us mooch off of him. Thanks Jim for a great day that Edie will be talking about for quite a while!
The family took a trip to the zoo on a cold winter day. Surprisingly, the animals were very animated. It was probably the most active I’ve ever seen them.
Ken put together a little video that we shot the other night of the little squirt doing the Hokey Pokey. She will dance to this song as long as I sing will sing it. It’s pretty cute… Enjoy!
