As you can see, I have to work for a living. The Ford Modeling Agency isn't beating down my door to offer me fame and riches quite yet. However, a friend recently advised me that I might have a future in a beer advertisement. Hmmmm....
Yes, I'm a baseball fan...a big one...guess which team?
Colin having some fun at a company picnic he went to with a friend.
The big man, Colin, having a bit of a one man party during Portland's New Years Eve celebrations.
Here is Trevor with his Aunt Jeanette dancing...I suppose I still have to claim both of them. Afterall he is my son and she is my kid sister...
Here's our grand old man, "Blaze's MVP Ted Williams" (or Teddy for short). He's the best dog a family could have!
Trevor trying to catch a fish at a private pond with other Cub Scouts...no luck this day for him.
Colin with his line in the water at a Cub Scout day...no luck with the catch for him either.
Here I am...look for the white box over my head...during our Gumby Suit Drill for new crewmembers in June '03. All new crewmembers have to put them on and then jump into the ocean. It's great fun, the Pacific Ocean off of the Oregon Coast is so nice and balmy!
I guess you could say Colin wasn't real pleased about getting his picture taken this day. So we needled him and he started to crack a smile. Now I'm posting it on the web for EVERYBODY to see.
The boys with a reporter from the Daily Astorian on a "Dependants Cruise" on the Steadfast. As you can tell she had quite the fun time with the clowns.
Yes, these are my two. If I could pawn them off on someone else I would, but I have to claim them. :-)
A USCG HH-60J "JayHawk" helicopter circling the ship for the enjoyment of the families we had on board.
Again, on the Dependants Cruise on the Steadfast...Colin taking a turn on one of the ships firefighting hoses. Yes, he pulled it straight up and crop dusted the families behind him on the fan tail....that's my boy!
Here's Trevor taking his turn on the firefighting hose during the dependants cruise also. No, he pulled no crop dusting stunts...
The boys with both Grand mothers...and well, me, during the Dependants Cruise.
Here are the boys near the forward gun mount on the Steadfast. You'll note Colin flexing his "guns" in front of the gun.
Which child do you think was overly interested in the 25MM cannon the Steadfast sports?
Here's is the lovely burg of Gulfito, Costa Rica. This is where we stopped for a few days rest during our drug interdiction patrol in '03. Fun Fun Fun place...not.
Here's Colin playing basketball. What, you ask, is he doing out there...alone...?? Well, er...um...he's boxing out...no...umm...yeah, he's the outlet in case his team gets the rebound. Yeah, that's it. It's all by design.
Here is Trevor playing basketball. Yeah, that's him trying to rebound a made free throw. Duke University won't be calling my house inquiring about their college eligibility any time soon.
Here's Colin learning some basic deep sea diving techniques from the Adventure Scouts at the 2003 Scoutrageous event.
Trevor with the SCUBA gear on during Scoutrageous. They had a lot of fun doing this stuff this year. Especially since the "pool" was a plastic lined dumpster. They gleefully told everyone that they "dumpster dove". Greeeaaat.
Here's Colin on the Jousting mount at Scoutrageous. No, he's not going to apply to a Knights Guild any time soon.
Here I am with Colin during the '03 Rose Parade. Can't you tell how excited he is? I could hardly hold him down....
Trevor, Colin, Dad and Grammy watching some of the floats go by.
The boys had their play house set up in the back yard and Teddy decided to crash the party...with the usual graceful results.
Here's Trevor cooling his riding horse down. He attended Horse Camp as part of his summer activities this year. He really enjoyed learning how to ride.
During this winter's snow storm the boys finally got to break out their inflatable snow sled and here they are climbing up the hill. Yes, they survived in case you're one of my overly cautious family members. You Chickens.
The boys on their sled. Colin is naturally advising the best trackline to take as they careen to their doom.
Here's our back deck after the snow storm and freezing rain this year. My warm Alabaman and Californian family members can giggle now.
Here's one of the backyard flower gardens all frozen over. Fun times.
The beginnings of a snow man. Teddy "the best dog in the world" is standing guard over the two chuckleheads as they build their snowman.
