Up North Vacation 2008

Here's footage of the kids playing in the water at Loon's Landing near St. Germain where we stay for a week every summer.

Vacation Prep

We're all getting ready for our annual Up North vacation and Amanda drew this picture for me. I guess she was looking into her crystal ball to see what I'll be doing all next week ;-) I'll try to do some audio blogging from Up North.

Jaydon's Birthday!

Jaydon had a great birthday party this past weekend. He got an X-Box game from me and his dad and a couple Play Station II games from his Grandma Donna and Uncle Steve. It should be interesting to see how the limited playing time goes :) Anyway, it was a good day!

Pigeon Creek Camping

We took a little camping trip this past weekend as a preview for our upcoming Up North vacation. We chose Pigeon Creek campground in the Black River Forest because it's a place where Diane camped with her family growing up and it's only about an hour drive. The sites are nice and woodsy and there's a nice beach for the kids, a nice old logging road for a nature hike, and lots of good fishing from shore spots for me. We had a really good time and I hope we'll be able to fit in another trip before school starts.

Winner!

Bob Lindner got the right answer in the comments of the other post. It's Van Halen Sunday Afternoon in the Park from the Fair Warning album. For those of you who may not know Bob, he's a programmer that I worked with at the AVS Group back in the day. Way to go Bob!

Another Try

Is it Ozzy Ozbourne? Not sure if I spelled it right though.

Godspeed Tony Snow

I learned early this morning that Tony Snow passed away at the age of 53. He's had cancer for some time now and I guess it finally caught up with him. For those of you who don't know, Tony Snow is a conservative talk show host who also served as press secretary for President Bush. He was also the host of Fox's Sunday morning political show before Chris Wallace took over that post. Though I never met the man I learned a lot from watching and listening to him. I always got a sense of his deep faith in God and the American Spirit and he helped me learn about disagreeing with people without being disagreeable. This world will miss you Tony. See you in the next.