Riding the Air Chair with Gavin

We spent some time at the lake over the weekend where Gavin deciding he wanted to ride the Air Chair. Knowing he wasn't big enough to try it by himself we decided to let him ride with me. I was pretty nervous about having another person ride with me especially my own son. But, it was a great experience and Gavin had a blast. Here are a few photos.

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Photos from the Nashville Lego Competition

Gavin has taken a strong interest in Legos since Christmas. A few weeks ago the Nashville Public Library sponsored a Lego building competition grouping entries by age. At the close of the competition the entries were put on display at the downtown library. We took Gavin to see all the creations and I took photos of a bunch of them using my DROID X. The photos aren't great quality, but you can see them all in a Flickr gallery here.

There were a bunch of really cool Star Wars themed creations and some included Woody and Buzz from Toy Story. The most intricate was a giant spaceship perched on a stand. I think it was from Star Wars too but I can't be sure.

 

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Photos from Christmas 2010

Lindy, Gavin, and I had a great Christmas and New Year's and we hope everyone else did too. We put together a photo gallery of select images from our Christmas 2010 holiday and we wanted to share them with the rest of our family. Click here to open the gallery. If you see a photo you would like a copy of just let us know.

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A Snowy Weekend

On Friday it snowed about four inches and we've been enjoying it all weekend. Lindy, Gavin, and I all played in the snow on Saturday for about an hour and today Gavin and I went out again. This time, we made a snowman in the backyard and one in the front yard. Here are some pics!

UPDATE:
I just put a video in this post of various clips from this weekend. So be sure and scroll down to watch it.

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Happy Halloween from the Wests

Yes it has been forever since we've posted anything new. In fact, we've only posted 2 blog entries in 2009 while in 2008 we posted much much more. It's pretty easy for me to post tech content over on that blog, but I find it harder to post stuff here. We'll try and do better. Oh, the "CF" pumpkin below stands for ColdFusion which is an Adobe product I use quite heavily.

Enjoy these Halloween photos.

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My Extreme Haircut

I've had long hair for the better part of 15 years; it's been part of who I am for a long time. But, I decided I needed a change recently so I secretly scheduled an appointment with my stylist. I say secretly because I wanted to surprise my wife with the new cut. The four braids of hair I cut off were just long enough to send to Locks of Love, so they'll be mailed soon. To chronicle the experience I took before and after photos and shot some video. Click any photo thumbnail below to launch a fullscreen photo browser or play the time lapsed video. What do you think of the new "do?!" Note: All photos and video were edited using only Adobe CS4 products.

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Much Needed Warmth and Sunshine

Last Sunday was an awesome day! The high was near 60 and there was plenty of sunshine. Gavin and I needed to get outside and run around. I hate the cold winter so we don't play outside much from December to February. I needed the warmth of the sun shining on my back, so out we went. Macy joined us, and even Pooh came out for a short swing!

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