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Finally, another blog post! And this one with pics from several months ago. Yes, I know… I’m lame…

We went to Angie’s good friend’s wedding in mid-May in Lexington. Spent a lovely weekend there and shared a nice room with our good friends Joel and Lee-Anne Fenwick. Joel’s buddy worked for the hotel chain and was able to supersize our room at no cost to us. Suh-weet.

Andrea and Kevin got married on a horse farm in a renovated barn next to a country house with several barns and horses nearby, a beautiful area known as Agnus Dei Farm). The storms mostly held off except for some crazy wind. Angie and Lee-Anne both played in the wedding (piano and violin respectively) and did a great job despite the hurricane wind. You can see from the pics that, while some sun was out, the storms lurked in the background.

I didn’t take any pics of the event since the pros were there and I didn’t want to be in their way. Ironically, I don’t have any of Kevin and Andrea, they were running around rehearsing, taking care of things, and such. So, here are some shots of us hanging out, getting ready, some horses, barn cats, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera…

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It all started with an idea I had. Reagan — my 5yr old — loves to dance and she loves to sing. And she loves to hear herself on tape (or, hmm… a digital medium I suppose, we don’t use tape anymore.) Anyway, we went downstairs to my office/studio room with the mission of recording a song she could dance to.

First, I thought it’d be funny to have her rap or something but remembering the lines and saying them in time was a little much for her 5 year old mind. So instead I came up with an electronica style tune with her singing in various layers. So we got to work. I recorded her parts multiple times, and spliced them together. Then created the music. What started out as a couple hour project took a whole lot longer. A whole lot longer. I think I knew going in that’d be the case. I “finished” it then realized “Hey, I’m a guitar player and there’s no guitars” so I went back to work and “finished” it again. This happened a few times. A lot of work for a 2 minute and 30 second tune.

Anyway, what you’re about to hear is the end result. Now, don’t expect too much as I’m not a professional. This is all in fun. But it’s original and our work.

Oh, a little backstory. Angie nicknamed Regs “dooby dos” [pronounced: doo-bee dew-z] when she was just a toddler. No real meaning, just something cute. So, there’s that explanation.

So here you go, the hot off the press (umm… Mac Pro) world wide premiere of “Breakin’ Down the Digital (Dooby Dos Dance Track)”. And be sure to crank up the volume so you hear everything.

I hope you get as much a kick out of it as I did making it.

Breakin’ Down the Digital (Dooby Dos Dance Track)

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Easter is here! And grateful we are.

It’s not often that we’re all this dressed up so I took a few family photos before we headed out to church. And the girls were happy to oblige. If you let them make silly faces from time-to-time and promise them some gummies as a reward for patronizing Daddy’s photography passion, they’ll pose again and again and again. That, my friends, is the power of gummies.

Happy Easter!

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The sun was out, it was warm, and it felt like spring was finally here. Until the snow was supposed come anyway. So, after a delightful breakfast at Wild Eggs, we headed to the park to enjoy the 68 degree weather and to let the girls expend some energy. And since I just got my camera back from being serviced by Canon, I wanted to take some pictures.

So, here they are. The fam, the sun, and a little bit of “plumbers rear”.

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Well, I can’t believe it’s come and gone already… Christmas 2008 is now behind us. And those close to me know that I’m already geared up for Fripp 2009 then Christmas 2009! (What can I say, I love Fripp and Christmas!)

We had a wonderful Christmas time! We spent Christmas Eve with Angie’s side of the family. On Christmas day, we do our own little family Christmas in the morning, then head to my parents house in the evening. We got the girls up at 6:30, said our prayers of thanksgiving, then opened presents, drank coffee (no, not the girls… they had hot chocolate), ate cinnamon rolls, and made the morning last until noon… That evening we headed to my folks house to catch up with them and my brothers, sister-in-laws, nieces and nephews. A wonderful time.

We have lots to be grateful this Christmas, for the past year, and in the new year. We are blessed beyond words.

Here’s a few songs from the girls.

Macy (3) singing “Away In A Manger”
Reagan (5) singing “Away In A Manger”

Here are a few pics. Note that if you click on the 1st thumbnail picture below, all you need to do from that point on is mouse-over the upper-right portion of the picture, and you’ll see “Next” appear (the left-side says “Previous”) and you can click through to the next picture. Simple stuff.

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Hard to believe she’s already 3. I remember the day she was born quite vivedly along with the months of worry over a necessary surgery she’d be having at 3 months old. And I remember being grateful for all those moments with Macer before her surgery and being a bit uneasy about what could happen in the surgery room. The Lord answered our prayers and little Macy’s surgery was quite successful. Fast forward three years and here we are.

It’s hard to put into words the joy my little girl brings into my life and into Angie’s. Reagan’s life too has been enriched by having this little, crazy destructive, smiley, and genuinely sweet girl as her little sister. God is good. Thank you Lord for our little Macy.

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