Ella and Friends Sledding
Some good friends of ours came over and went sledding with us. Linley also crashed and ate it, but I didn’t put it in here. Will probably post another soon. Good times!
We are in the big MN - Pictures from our last weekend in Dallas
Got moved in about a week ago - all is well. It’s a much different environment up here, but we like it. Very green, tons of trees, and about 20 degrees cooler than Dallas (that’s a good thing). We’ll take pictures of our new house, which is fun. We had a party the last weekend we were in Dallas - below are a couple of the pics. More to come, stay tuned!
We’re Moving to Minneapolis!
So that’s the big news around here. Moving to the big MN, cold weather and all. As you all know, I left Speakeasy in mid-March and then shortly thereafter began interviewing with Best Buy corporate. I’m now responsible for Best Buy’s entire Gaming strategy - including both physical and digital. I’ve also got a couple of side things going on as well that I’ll clue you all in on when appropriate. Fun times and I’m sorry for going dark for almost two-months. We’ve got tons of pictures to upload that I’ll be handling.
And believe me, we’ll be posting more on the site given that we’ll be distant from every person that we know. Twittering, etc - which will be linked on the site as well.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Picture of Ella sleeping all crazy. Extra points if you can find her bible.
Linley and Ella Together - First Video
Jenn and her mom, Linda, gave Linley her first bath tonight. After that Ella laid down with her for the first time.
Linley & Mommy
Well, she’s here. Linley Kay was born at 9:33am CST on Monday November 17th. She weighs 10Lbs!
Welp, Tomorrow’s the Big Day
We are getting ready to bring Linley Kay into the world. Jenn is going to be giving birth to her tomorrow morning via scheduled surgery. I’ll be sure to post pictures, thoughts, etc on this site.
Stay tuned!
Ok, So I Admit…
I told you that we were back, but deep down in side I just wanted to post for the month of September for keeping my string of posts alive.
We have been so busy since the move - getting the house fixed up, Ella going to gymnastics and various other places, in addition to being slammed with work. Jenn’s doing well, we are 4-weeks away from our new baby girl being born. Lots of other stuff going on as well…
More to come, i’ve got some final pictures of the house I want to post in addition to new videos.
Ella = Cinderella
Ella loves Cinderella, talks about Cinderella, and now she dresses like Cinderella. She’s definitely becoming a girly girl for sure. Proof!
We sold our house!
Yup, it’s official (well, tomorrow anyway). The option period ends tomorrow and then we close August 25th. We’ve also put in an offer on another home as well about 2 miles from where we live. More to come shortly, but wanted to drop the “itsmike” community a note. I’ve got lots of pictures and videos to upload as well!
Sorry I’ve been absent, we’ve just been super busy with the house and all.
Ella’s Swim Survival Lessons
A few months ago Jenn and I signed Ella up for a program that teaches children to survive if they fall into a pool or water. It’s 20-something lessons every single day in a row for 10-minutes each. What’s amazing is that the program teaches children to float on their backs to breathe (even with full clothes on) and then swim under water to safety (or just wait for help by floating on their back). Below is one of Ella’s final lessons.
Longest Day of the Year… No, really long
Yesterday we were driving back from Destin, FL (close to Pensacola) that took about 14 hours. It so happened it was the longest day of the year as well (June 21st). However, it apparently wasn’t as long as the day my parents saw in northern Scotland, which is where they now live as missionaries. Below are pictures taken at 12am (yeah, Midnight) last night - technically June 22nd.
Vacation: First day in Destin, FL
All (or most) of the kids ring-around-the-rosey on the deck in the house we rented.
By the way, remember when I wrote about Nursery Rhymes? Yeah, still do’in it.
Vacation: 2nd Day of Travel in Louisiana
On that big long bridge in Louisiana
Ella asleep
Tall Trees
Crossing the Mississippi in Baton Rouge
