neglected due to myspace

Cameron getting ready to cheer!!

figured i should add a couple photos. I been spending to much time on myspace rather than posting here.

This is Larry getting "In the spirit"

Lindsey Pictures

I got and E-Mail from Leanne a few days ago. She sent a couple pics of your daughter. Get on yer Phone and give us a call, or, I presume you have e-mail again. send us a note. I have been TheGrabber @yahoo.com forever. It does not cost anything to maintain one of these e-mails.


Lindsey on her 15th birthday. 03/03/2008

Lindsey and her cat.

I might as well put this on here, too. Even though it was this page where I found it. At least then if Lindsey looks at the BLOG, it will be right on top.

Larry, Allison, Cameron and Kendall at Pa-Pa's Wedding.

Moving Max Cheer

Started Makeing a new sign for the new building

The girls are painting the shelves

The Sign is almost Done !!

Cozumel Vacation Cruise

ok so this is a shot from the Cozumel coast
(the Northwest tip) This is near a small bar and resteraunt that we stopped at.

And here I am relaxing on the deck of the Inspiration with the daily Drink
(some fruity concoction) The family flew in to Tampa, Florida and then we stayed the day at Allisons brothers and just relaxed a little bit. The next morning we boarded the Ship. Cameron, and Kendall stayed in Tampa with there cousins and Aunt Angela, and Uncle Kevin.

We spent our time at sea doing everything possible from putt putt tournaments to slots tournaments. I was able to see my very first SHOWTIME style show a very wonderful dance with a Latin beat and a bit rock and roll. There was also so many other things to do like swimming pools, hot tubs, dancing, comedy clubs and various other shows like the dateing game etc.

Once we got to Cozumel we had actually gotten very dehydrated and spent a couple hours of that day sleeping and drinking water to recover. we did manage to do a little shopping in the flea market style shops along the side streets.

and one last photo,

JW and Nancy at the Coconuts Bar in Cozumel

Cheer Compitition

Before the competition the girls are excited and mostly dressed for action :)

We Win First place in our Division !! Yah Max Cheer !!

Wolf Lodge

This weekend we all stayed at the great wolf lodge in Williamsburg, Va. It is a very interesting place, basically an indoor Waterpark with lots of slides and rides, pools and ponds.

Kendall swimming in the pool

Cameron and Kendall dancing in hula skirts.
We stayed for the last summer weekend before school starts up next week. This is our Labor day weekend getaway. Daddy got here Friday after work and Mommy and the girls got here Friday afternoon about 2pm we stayed for the whole weekend. Surfing, swimming, watching animated shows, and competing in the hula skirt fashion show.

papas wedding

Larry, Allison, Cameron, and Kendall

May 12th,2007

Kendall, Cameron, and cousins Maggie, and Abby

Today we Bowled for fun!!

Kendall retrieves her ball

Camerons ball is Off !!

So today we went bowling in Grafton, Va for fun and Mommy whooped Daddy's butt.
After, we went out to dinner at UNO's resteraunt for the BIG COOKIE dessert

Dad I didnt know

This is prolly going to get much criticism, but hey, I have always sorta been one to step outside the box. I don't get to see or talk to you much Lindsey so here goes.

First off sorry,
Again....

I can daily justify all my actions and have gotten pretty good at it. Well her mom doesn't always let you get your email. Or I am to busy to to get involved actively, but when the dust clears and the hammer meets the nail, well they are just excuses. I am a very busy person however, seems that I never have the time to get the stuff I want and need to do done. I get up at 4am to go to work, then work from 6am to 6pm not getting home till 7:30 - 8:00pm. But I still have my weekends off right? Usually Me and Allison do our talking at night on the porch smoking. Or rather that is when we talk the most. Saturday and Sunday's I end up getting up usually around 5am and mess around online till everyone else wakes up. So the mornings have usually always been my "quiet time" My dad was much the same so I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree ;) Anyhow the weekends we have always tried to do at least one thing "for the girls" like go to watercountry or a cookout at Allison's dad's house or whatever. then there is the routine of cleaning the house usually sunday morning that takes about 3 hours to finish. There is always the chores like cutting grass and trash to the dump. Our routine is pretty norm i suppose, most people set themselves up a routine of daily and weekly activity's to get done and the expectation is that the routines we do grounds us. Problem is that the grounding tends to be our heads shoved in the ground. What i mean is we forget to look around at the world and our selves for what might be right around the corner, lurking in the shadows or just standing there waiting to be acknowledged. So we a. don't see danger coming and have to react to it without warning (sorta like the way the world is ignoring the simple fact that we are destroying our planet 1 degree at a time with our CO2 emissions or ignoring that I have a daughter I rarely speak to or see) It isn't that I or we don't care, we just don't want to accept it, as acknowledging it means we have to react and compensate somehow. It upsets our grounding to have to make adjustments in our daily routines to fix the problems in our lives. Lindsey will probably be just fine, lol what a crack up no more likely she will grow up distrusting authority and Men in general. She will resent me for not making more of an effort to communicate with her and end up bitter for it. But for what's it worth, I don't suppose any of us can help the destructive paths we set for ourselves. Call it nature or more biblical it started when we sinned. We are not perfect, our lives were meant to be a struggle and I do try to make the best decisions. I cant help that I fail miserably at times, or that the decision to please one person hurts someone else. so don't to be to hard on me, I am just trying to get by the best I can. And I do love you Lindsey, from the bottom of my heart. Even if I am not there.

HUGS

Cameron is "graduating" to kindergarden

Both Cameron and Kendall go to a Christian based daycare called Little lights. during the school year it is a school curreculum teaching them basic preschool, bible lesson's etc.

They have a ceremony every spring for the kids that will be graduating to big kids school

Gloucester County Fairgrounds

We got the girls registered with the Gloucester County Child recovery team.
They get fingerprints, DNA, photo's, and detailed info on the child to assist them should they
have to find a missing child, or direct child to his or her home.

It is a sorry state that this is important to do these days, but well predators are everywhere.

Easter Snowstorm

This easter brought four inches of snow that was soon melted away as the sun rose and warmed us back up. The snow arrived friday night and during the morning of saterday (day before easter) we spent the afternoon four wheeling in the snow, makeing a snow dude, and snowangels.
Polo the dog was trying to find something to chew on ;)

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Home features
Hardwood flooring, Ceramic tileing, covered porch with ceiling fans, Custom kitchen cabinets and island, 12 X 12 Deck, His and Hers sink in master bath, upstairs office and bonus room w/knee wall storage, and lots of outside lighting.

More christmas time photo's

The girls are checking out there stockings
kendall got a spongbob topper and Cameron
has a patrick (from spongebob) topper.

Larry got a little something for christmas as well

It is not a brand new motorcycle, but it might as well be. This Honda Shadow growls like a
Harley Davidson, and has a great deal of chrome
I can't wait for the warmer days to show up.

December pictures

The girls christmas eve at Pa Pa Thomas, and Susan's home.
They are naturally all dressed up for Christmas dinner.











Cameron happily open Princess Dress up. This is the one item they play with almost everyday.

Also pictured is Allison on left and Susan's mother to camerons right.

SC trip

These were both taken while we were in Sc for thanksgiveing...Yeah it has been that long without posting

....one more really nice one...

I really like the details on a couple of these we have in so many of the old school actors and of course marilynn ;)

Need i really explain who this is? LOL ok so it is from the wax meuseum again :)

As is Angelina Jolie and Larry

LA Trip

ok well I suppose I really really should get off my butt and get these sites right ;)

been really busy with all the graphics, Allison going to LA, etc etc etc we have also been painting and cleaning up the house as we might decide to sell and rebuild a new place...LOL I know we have been here only 2 years but ...we will see.

ok so a couple photo's from the La trip then.

This first one is Allsion and Hugh Heffner at the Wax meuseum in LA.And here we have Larry and an actor playing the role of "Pirates of the Caribean's : Capt Jack"

A couple of photo's from Kendall's Birthday party today

The girls riding the new motorized car.
and Pa-Pa and susan dress up for the occaision!!

Happy Birthday KENDALL !!

Ernesto photos's

We had minor problems that were for the most part fixable.

out of power for three days due to the tree falling on the line, and now no satelite reception
as the dish has been apparently knocked out of the line of sight. I fixed the tramopline that did the most damage to our house as the winds threw it at the house. the AC unit is fine just got knocked over. the only real damage was from flooding in the lower room. Yep the carpet in the New addition is trashed...

Kendall feeds grass to a goat at the county fairgrounds

Emailing: HPIM0239, HPIM0240, HPIM0242

This is the weekend project allmost completed. An Island for Allison's Kitchen ;) We now need to grout, and finish about three trim pieces as well as add the final blank drawer cover.

Cameron try's to keep up

Cameron on her new Four wheeler

Allison cutting the grass. yep, she loves to cut the grass. But of course dad all ready knows this ;)

This is from the Norfolk Harbourfest event That did NOT happen in May
but rather uhh June something (I am so forgetfull) The Harbourfest is the one weekend event
That Allison and me have attended every year as it is our weekend
away from the girls. This is the Workboat that we party on every year, it docks pierside along with about 100 other workboats, sailboats, ships etc.

Finnally running again

Well after changeing from IE to Foxfire I am fineally able to work with my blogger pages again
so very soon I should be able to restart posteing the pictures of current events.

I definately need to add acouple of the exterior house shots as all the various stuff planted and put in has really filled in nicely. Here is one of the work out back earlier this spring

And one earlier this morning out front. The hibiscus has been really growing huge this year..the blooms are just about to open.

Mums are going to be big as well ;)

Cameron's Birthday

Cameron looks at the monkey from Pa - Pa and Susan
Kendall is haveing Fun !!
A " Tent " for her bed.

 

Cameron's Birthday Party

Cameron and Kendall in the blow up Trampoline.
Some of the bigger kids enjoy the real Trampoline.
Allison and Candace are discussing important matters.

 

Allison's Sister Angela Sponsers a party

Angela, Abby, Cameron, and Susan eat snacks after the sales are done.
Ganny gets something to eat
Eating and chatting.

 

Allison's sister is in town

Cameron, and cousin Abby are watching a movie.
Kendall plays in the Doll's for the movie
Cousin Quintin and Ryan play the PS2

 

Getting ready for spring

Kendall does not wish to hear that we are almost home.

Cameron is tired of running around for flowers and plants.

After a long days work we finnally have a nice row of small trees, bushes and some pansy's.

A close up of our Pansy's and a begonia bush.

 

Playing Games At the house

Julie is struggleing to get the clue out.

Everyone gets together for one last game together.

Lindsey, Josh, and April check as dad trys to discribe the clue.

Virginia Visit

Allison and Jeana in the Kitchen

April, Donna, Allison, Kendall, Julie, Jeana, and Josh getting ready to play a boardgame.

Daddy's Girls

Larry and Baby Kendall do some bonding on our porch. This is one from a couple months ago when it was still fairly mild 75-85 degree's or so. Larry had just finished cutting the grass with Kendall riding on his knee. 

The Big Game

In this Photo Allison and Cameron get Dinner ready.

Larry and Kevin Enjoy the game; (Atlanta Falcon's Vrs Tampa Bay Buccaneer's). Notice that Larry and Kevin have on Former Vikings player Brad Johnson Jersey's, Larry in the White away and Kevin in the home colors. I might also Add that this was my first ever Live in stadium NFL game ever. God how could I have missed all the fun of a NFL game in stadium? This game also clinched the Buc's place in the playoff's.

Company Party last night

We attended the annual Local 970 Christmas party last night. It was held in downtown Portsmouth, Va In a Very nice hotel. We had a ballroom that the party was in and filled the place to near capacity. Prior to the party I had stopped to spend some time with Lindsey and Give her our christ-mas gifts, a nice mp3 player for her to load her music on. Now Allison is getting food prepped for her party being held right here at our house tommorrow and I am getting stuff ready for the trip to Tampa, Florida Tuesday. Busy Busy Busy. 

Lindsey sent a photo

Your gonna have to ask Lindsey about this photo she sent me via email.

Naturally she is wearing her signature hat. I do not think she will go to bed without her hat on ...LOL

Santa photo's

The girls are all dressed up and ready to go to the mall for pictures with Santa. Cameron say's she wants santa to bring her a dinosaur and Kendall an Octopuss.  

Santa Photo's

Waiting patiently (yeah right) for santa to arrive. 

Cameron and Kendall with santa getting the pictures taken. 

santa photo's

Cameron and Kendall with santa. 

Getting ready for Christ-mas

Got the tree up and several of the small santa's and deco stuff. Still need to get the outside lights up, and the spots but made a lot of headroom just getting the tree done LOL. It is looking so inviting coming up to the house with the room done we are just loving it !!! Can not wait to get the room trimmed out and finished. 

Took the girls to the parade of lights

I took Lindsey, Cameron (in this photo), and Kendall to the Newport News Park Christmas lights in Fort Eustice and Newport News park. 

Thanksgiving fun in the sun

Allison is giving Cameron a ride with cousin Quintin in the background and baby Kendall digging in the dirt. Cousin Maggie is riding the electric 4wheeler in the lower left corner... 

The girls have a blast riding 4 wheeler

Lindsey came over for the weekend and is riding the four wheeler around the trails and yard. She is giving Cameron a ride here coming around the side yard. The tree's have just about lost all the leaves allready, and the summer grass is all dead. Look's like it could use a new re seeding LOL. Today it was about 50 degree's and a little chilly but the sun was warm enough to ride a little. Tonight we were going to go to the Newport News Park light drive (pictures might not show up) which reminds me, I really need a good digital camera for Christmas hint hint. 

The girls having fun

The girls are having a blast riding the 4wheeler around the yard. Lindsey is giving Cameron a ride in the front yard. 

Staining the steps