so as you can see i'm really new to this whole blogging thing. but I'm not going to let that stop me. i've decided i have to try this... i'm learning that this will require me to be honest and transparent and not just cute or clever (not that i could do that either). let me just say that i love being a dad. i should have given you a picture of my 3rd daughter (who is 2 weeks old), but i don't have any on my computer right now. so, instead, you get to see me 1/4 hearted attempt at being at being a rockstar. that's me and my tele on the right. i love that guitar, too... not as much as my family, though. well, there was this one time when i jokingly laid the guitar between my wife and me as we were getting ready for bed... i don't recommend anyone trying that, even if it was just to be funny. hey, does anyone get sick of these...? i mean the dot dot dots? i can't stop doing them. they just come out. well, i've officially rambled. when will this blog have a purpose? let me know.

wouldn't that be nice? 

stay-puff marshmellow girls 

smoking pipes with joe and jeremy... it was the end of november and fifty some degrees outside... 

jemstate - some of my best friends in the whole world. i love these guys... i have decided not to play with them anymore, but love to play with them and so I will play with them when they ask, and i can. staying up 'til 2am while your wife and 2.9 kids are at home isn't that fun to do all the time; but, every once in a while, it's definitely a blast. my mom came to this show and that was pretty fun, too... i'm a blogging machine right now. 

I can't believe how big my kids are getting. That comment (among others) I hear from just about any parent, but, man... have you ever seen such cuteness? I'm pretty exicted about Nora (the new girl). If only we had a middle name. Well it's "any day now" and I'm starting to get a glimpse of the chaos that is about to ensue. I never feel ready for this, but I've decided that is just normal for me. Of course, it must be normal for Jess, too... it just takes much more to convince her.