Doing the Hoky Poky

Put head in...

Put your left foot in... 

Put your right foot in... 

and you shake it all about.

How Does This Thing Work

Pearce has Daddy's phone again.

Test Run On The New Table

The kids had to check out which side of the table they wanted. Of course, Pearce chose the side where he could see the TV. Claire was oblivious, she was just enjoying the new table.

New Old Stuff

Robert delivered GMs dining room set this afternoon. It looks phenomenal for having survived a fire and trekking all over the southeast.

Breakfast With My Buddy

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Andrew Elkins

Baby's Got Braids

Kristi braided Claire's hair for the first time this morning. My baby girl's braid is to cute.

A Lot of Rain, A Lot of Lightning, No Soccer

Well, we have had our first cancellation. The weather is so bad they called off the matches for today. Usually we just take it inside, but not today.
Hey, Mom and Dad y'all aren't missing the game. It is pouring buckets and we've got a real light show going on. Good foresight. The match be rescheduled for a DTD.

My Favorite Day

Look at this poor guy. I'd look like that, too, if I had to stand up to play my cello. Thank the good Lord someone got tired enough to sit down. Also, kind of happy Bach wrote his six solo cello suites.

Elton Claire

Pearce's First Real Live Game

Now That's a Real Breakfast

Homemade red eye, biscuits, and fresh coffee. YUMMMMM. I'm proud of how my gravy turned out first time ever.

Spring Cleaning

As usual I forgot to take before picture. However, most of y'all have been here and remember the mess it was. I took out all the "weed" trees popping up in there and pruned the crepe myrtle down to bush size. It needs a new layer of landscape fabric and mulch but we'll deal with that later.
The tea olive on your left is going to disappear or move. Thinking by the basement door or the lower corner down past the garage window.
The landscape is finally a work in progress not just dreams and thoughts.

This Would Be A Good Birthday Present

From Cremona to New York and everywhere in between. A biography of a cello. Awesome.

My How They Grow

Clockwise from the bottom; Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Winter 2013

Talk About Lazy

Just Had to Share

Quite Seussical

Mommy and Daddy Got New Toys

Our new washer and dryer arrived to day. I have installed them and Kristi has already washed a load of clothes. I also switched how the door opens so it'll be easier to load the dryer straight from the washer.

Fighter Pilot Pearce

A Little B-Ball

These are the kids I work with playing basketball against the Georgia School for the Deaf. We're the team in gold jerseys.

Ready for Soccer

Dad, do you have to take pictures of everything.

Comfy Watching Veggie Tales

I just crawled up here and wedged myself in.

The New Set Up for the Music Room

Five hymn books, a book of composer biographies, a song book, and binders full of cello music. An "ordinary" clock, and two cellists "nail" it.

Soccer Clinic to Get Going

I think Pearce was the smallest kid in his group, but he held his own. Running against kids with is always tough to do. His ball skill were as good or better than most of the bigger kids. He had a blast at the clinic today. The team divisions are going to be made next Saturday, then the season will start the next Saturday. 

Updating a Classic

Laundry Day

Laundry Day means a little something different here on Keown Rd. and finally the littlest laundress is taller than 10 gallons of detergent.

John Deere Yogurt Maker

How cool is this. Not really. It's actually kind of warm.

Practice, Practice, Practice

Hey Look at Me!

Tormato "Drill" at School Today

We just had a one hour tornado drill. We took our class into the living skills bathroom and waited out the warning. The kids were awesome. They thought it was like camping out.

Andrew Elkins

Big Girl Bed

Well, we tried it. She liked it so much she couldn't wait to go to bed. Then the wheels came off. Actually, it was the rails. She had been asleep for half an hour and bang the rail by her head hit the floor. She didn't fall out and was just sitting there in the bed when I came in. No crying, just a what happened look on her face.
Pearce was already in there by the time I got there. He is such an awesome brother.
I went and got the crib rail and did a quick change. We'll try again when we can get a mesh thingy like Pearce has on his bed.

What a Difference a Day Can Make

It's a Good Saturday

"Cheeeeeezzzz" and Pearce's Pizza Frosty.

... And They're Back!

The kids return to school today. The staff went back Friday to "get ready". It's going to be a completely new day with my student. New room arrangement, new schedule, new everything. Including start time for me.

"This is the day The Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it."

Talent Runs Deep In Our Family

This is something my cousin Luke just "whipped up" because he was bored.

First Pics of the New Year

Another New Year Has Begun

Yesterday we rang in the new year with a good solid bit of cleaning. Kristi and the kids started back to work and school today. I worked on certification for Applied Behavior Analysis studies trying to make myself ready for a possible teaching position. I also defrosted the basement freezer, figured out how to start the gas fireplace, washed a few loads of clothes (more to do tomorrow), and started to set up my bike for riding in the mornings (have a flat and no working pump). I'll finish the video course tomorrow and look into the online certification test. Oh, yeah, it rained all day yesterday and was wet all day today. Tomorrow will be the day for removing the window unit from the basement window. I'm going to sleep now to good Petrushka like music.