Gavin in the dirt

Jessica and Addison

Stephanie and I took Jessica and Ray to lunch on Saturday. I was able to snap a few shots while they were playing.

B & W /Color Projects

Gavin Laughing

Miscellaneous New Pictures

100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know

Came across this and thought it was interesting. How many of these words do you know ?
(no Googling)

The editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries have compiled a list of 100 words they recommend every High School Graduate should know.

“The words we suggest,” says senior editor Steven Kleinedler, “are not meant to be exhaustive but are a benchmark against which graduates and their parents can measure themselves. If you are able to use these words correctly, you are likely to have a superior command of the language.”

The following is the entire list of 100 words
abjure
abrogate
abstemious
acumen
antebellum
auspicious
belie
bellicose
bowdlerize
chicanery
chromosome
churlish
circumlocution
circumnavigate
deciduous
deleterious
diffident
enervate
enfranchise
epiphany
equinox
euro
evanescent
expurgate
facetious
fatuous
feckless
fiduciary
filibuster
gamete
gauche
gerrymander
hegemony
hemoglobin
homogeneous
hubris
hypotenuse
impeach
incognito
incontrovertible
inculcate
infrastructure
interpolate
irony
jejune
kinetic
kowtow
laissez faire
lexicon
loquacious
lugubrious
metamorphosis
mitosis
moiety
nanotechnology
nihilism
nomenclature
nonsectarian
notarize
obsequious
oligarchy
omnipotent
orthography
oxidize
parabola
paradigm
parameter
pecuniary
photosynthesis
plagiarize
plasma
polymer
precipitous
quasar
quotidian
recapitulate
reciprocal
reparation
respiration
sanguine
soliloquy
subjugate
suffragist
supercilious
tautology
taxonomy
tectonic
tempestuous
thermodynamics
totalitarian
unctuous
usurp
vacuous
vehement
vortex
winnow
wrought
xenophobe
yeoman
ziggurat

Barn II

Gavin's 1st Haircut

Gavin in his big back yard

Barn

I took this photo today, The weather was great 65 and sunny with a little wind.
Guess where I found this barn to photograph at?

Corey @ 3 and a few of Remey

Walking in the snow

Gavin and I went out for a walk in the snow. Can you guess where we ended up at ;-)

It's great living downtown.

Waiting at the Airport

Going to the Fire Academy for the week
Missing Stephanie,and the kids already

Saturday Walk

Gavin goes in for ear tubes tomorrow Tuesday the 5th. It will be much better for him with out the pressure on his ears.

Sign of too much Coffee

Does this image move for you?

Curl

We are in the new house unpacking every day. Cable internet is working but airport is not seeing it :-(

5 dangerous things you should let your kids do

1. Play with fire
2. Own a pocket knife
3. Throw a spear
4. De construct an appliance
5. Break the DMCA
or
Drive a Car
See TED Talks for explanation.

Corey

Gavin helping with wrapping for packing

Ryan and Remedy