The new summer blockbuster superhero movie:

"Naked Batman With Woman's Sandals" (sorry that you can't see his mask, but this is the only PG picture of the bunch).

Pillow Fight!

Sometimes as a parent you know what you're doing is wrong, but it's just too good to pass up. It's kind of like the time when I rode in a dryer in college. Nothing good was going to come out of it, but I was having too much fun to care.

Such was also the case with this idea.

Because all of us are high school heroes in some way, shape or form, we attended our first ever adult prom thanks to some friends who set it up. There was even a prom king and queen (which was actually won by two guys...don't ask).

Out of respect to everyone else there, we won't post their photos without written consent. However, we don't care if we look stupid.



Me putting on Nichole's "corsage." Mackenzie is taking the pictures. Isn't that ironic! I think we should show these to Mackenie on her prom night. She would be so proud!


Nichole's dress was purchased from a $20 and under prom dress store in Grand Island. My jacket was my grandpa Weller's, and the bow tie was Nichole's grandpa's. Everything else (including the white women's dress pants) was a Goodwill special.


I went with the spiked hair look. Notice the backdrop in the background. Nice touch by the hosts!

Chapman Tornado Update-Day 275

Here's the latest video on the Chapman rebuilding process after the June 11 tornado. It's about six minutes long. By the way, I do plan on putting all of these videos together on one DVD when the schools are finished.

Be Tough!

First Rule On Parenting:

Don't teach your kids any new words of wisdom unless you plan on abiding by those words yourself. Case in point: this video.

Mackenzie & Jace's Concert

Not a lot of posts recently, mainly because we've had a busy (and largely unsuccessful) basketball season after Christmas. Some makeup games from before break meant we played six games in 11 days...and lost all of them. Uggh. Our JV team didn't fair much better, but at least we got a win on Friday.

We decided to brighten our spirits by having Mackenzie and Jace put on a concert for us. It included a change of wardrobe, some crazy songs, and even Jace with pom-pons (sigh). Don't try to recognize any of the songs, because they didn't know them either.

KSU Basketball

We usually try to make it to at least one KSU basketball game, and usually the only time I have to do it is during Christmas Break. Last Tuesday we went to their game against Wagner. The game was a blowout, but thanks to some great seats we got to see the action up close, and we heard from about 10 people that Mackenzie and Jace got on TV. You might not be able to tell from these pictures, but it was a lot of fun. Since the football team is home once again for the holidays it is good to see the basketball team picking up the slack.


This is as close to the court as we're going to get! Great seats!



This was taken right after Willie had passed Mackenzie by for a T-shirt after she had been yelling for one. How could he do such a thing? :)



And this was taken after Jace had had enough basketball. Can you tell he was upset?



Karmen and Jeremy Girard and their two boys went with us to the game. Thanks for the tickets, guys!