Family Photos

I keep my family on my desk at work, but not with the typical photos. Below are my family photos that I keep on my desk.

1st of all we have Mallory:

These awesome bedazzled animal stickers were my birthday present from Mallory. She picked them out herself and was so excited to give them to me, and they are absolutely amazing! They now adorn my computer screen, but I have a bunch left so I need to figure out what else to put them on! Everytime I look at them they remind me of my beautiful daughter!

Second we have Manda:

About a month or so ago it was insanely crazy busy at work, and I wasn't able to take lunch several days in a row. It was a bit stressful. So Manda went and picked me up lunch, Happy Meals to make me happy, and included with the Happy Meals, of course, were these awesome superhero toys! So now I have Spiderman, Captain America, and the Silver Surfer adorning my desk. Cpt. America throws his shield, it's quite fun to play with! I now look at these, or play with them, and it makes me happy, and reminds me of my incredible wife and all of the amazing things she does!

Finally, my mom:

 Now I'm not trying to say this is a representation of my mom... On Father's Day she bought me a Mr. Potato Head, because I was saying how much I love them and wanted one. So now I have a Mr. Potato Head who resides on my desk, and is played with by everyone in the office. My mom also bought me parts for a Mr. Potato Headesque Pirate Pumpkin, they are a bit bigger, but still fit on my Mr. Potato Head as well. So right now I have a Punk Pirate Potato, my mom. :)

MVD :\

Yesterday I attempted to go re-register my car, which has been expired for over a year. Yes I know. I should have registered my car a year ago when I was supposed to, but it's a whole long convuluted story of why I didn't. Anyways, I finally got everything in place that I needed to register my car so I went over to the MVD for the worst part of the whole process. I had forgotten how much I really despise the MVD. First of all, you have to wait for hours, literally. And why do you have to wait so long? Because there are hundreds of people there and the MVD only decides to open 5 of the 12 windows they have. That makes sense, right? Then, after you wait for over an hour and finally have them call your number, which they tell you when you get a number that they don't call in order, you go up the window, have them ask you what you are there for, and then they tell you to go sit back down and they will call your number again. This will take another hour or more.

It was so frustrating! I spent over an hour there, was late getting back to work, didn't eat lunch, and still wasn't able to get my car registered because I had to go back to work. Then, on top of it all, they close at 4 so there is no way for me to go during the week. I would do it online, but I let it go too long so I can't. Grrr

Anyways, I guess I will attempt this again on Saturday, but until then I will continue to be a driver with expired registration...

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Goals

Yesterday was Manda and my 4th Anniversary. We didn't do anything huge or go on some trip across the country as we have done in the past. I took the day off work and we were able to spend the day together, just basically living life. It was great! Last night we got a babysitter for Mallory for a couple of hours, and Manda and I went out to dinner and got to talk for a long time. One of the things that we talked about was what each of our goals are.

Here are some of my goals that I came up with.

1. Learn Web Design: HTML, Java, Flash, CSS, whatever else. I want to be able to build and design webpages, and do it well.
2. Write a Book: This has sort of been a goal of mine since I was a little kid. I used to want to be an author. Now, with Manda's encouragement, my goal is simply to write a book. However, to that end, I am curious what type of book you like to read.
• What genre?
• Fast or slow paced?
• What is more important? Plot, Characters, Dialouge, Setting?
• What is inticing to you? Give me your thoughts.
3. Landscape our front/back yard. I have been slowly getting this done, we have planted a peach tree, and Manda bought me a Dogwood tree and Blueberry bush, which I planted yesterday, and we have been working on weeding and getting everything ready. My goal, however, is to have everything set-up, grass seed planted, a few more fruit trees, etc... in our backyard by the end of September. Eventually I want to have sections of bark and plants along the walls, grass and rock in the middle, a nice back porch with ceiling fans and lights and nice area for our grill, garden area for Manda, and I want to fix and make really nice the sandbox for Mallory, and get a swingset for her. After that I want to get the front yard looking really nice, picket fence, grass, bushes, flowers, and probably tear out our "mostly dead" tree and replace it. It's a lot, but I'm really motivated to get it all done and looking great for next summer!
4. Finish the laundry room project we have been working on for almost a year now. We have hit a setback in that we recently discovered we have a leak, which has resulted in a puddle on the floor with all the recent rain we have received, but I am still set on getting this thing done in the next month, and then finishing up all of the small projects I have left unfinished for the last year and a half.

At the moment that is all of my primary goals, except for one. I have a goal to continue making and reaching for goals, to continue growing and learning and accomplishing things! I will post again when I have met some of these goals, which should hopefully be soon!

A Daddy's Love for His Kid

As I write this Mallory is sleeping totally peacefully in her bed. She is so amazing and beautiful! I do think, however, that my skin secretes some sort of potion that puts her to sleep because every time I hold her she falls asleep almost instantly.

Anyways, tonight Manda went to Bible Study so Mallory stayed home with me, which was great! This is the first time, I think that I was able to have some just me and her time, not that time with Mommy isn't great as well, but it was nice to be able to spend some time with Mallory since I have to be at work so much and don't get that much time to spend with her. We did some laundry, watched some TV, listened to the radio, talked, and played. I even got some videos of her kicking her ball, which was pretty cool. I will have to put that up later, but it takes too long to upload at the moment.

I am just so amazed at how incredible this little girl is! She is so great, and she is such a perfect example of pure, innocent love and absolute joy! When she smiles you can't help to feel thrilled, and I don't know how anyone could keep from getting the biggest grin on their faces when she looks at you and laughs.

When she cries it is so devestating because all I want to do is make her feel better and bring the smile to her face again. It somehow seems so much more wrong for her to be upset because of the joy that eminates from her most of the time.

I guess I'm just basically saying that I absolutely love this little girl! She lights up my whole world, and I cannot imagine life without her. If she is crying and fussy at 2 in the morning or smiling and laughing in the middle of the afternoon, it doesn't matter. I love her all the same, she's my kid, and I am so amazed to realize that the intense burning love I have for her regardless of the fact that she has pooped in my face and kept me up for the past 3 months is absolutely, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in comparison to the love that God, my daddy, has for me, and has for every one of His kids, which means YOU too. I am blown away by that love!

It is SO Amazing!
Mallory is SO Amazing!
God is SO Incredibly Blow-you-away Awesome!

Goodnight!