Let is snow...

The first winter weather has arrived! The schools called this morning at 5:30am notifying us that the kids would get out 3 hours early. Don't know if there were more excited about the snow or getting out of school early. Here are the Tech Family kids along with some of the neighborhood kids.

Snow Princess

Direct hit!!

This coat sure is warm

Taking aim

Neal Family Christmas

Last night we attended our 1st Christmas party of the year, the Neal family Christmas. Neal is Lois' grandmother's maiden name and they get together every year at Christmas. Here are a few photos celebrating the event.

Here are Tinkerbell, Lois and a cousin. As you can see Tinkerbell didn't feel like posing.

Jay Feather is happy it is Christmas.

We have to post a pic of the grandparents eating.

Here is Lois, her sister (right of back row) and several other relatives.

Family Ham

Tinkerbell is the family ham. That shouldn't come as a surprise if you've previously looked at the blog. She begged me to video her, so I did despite the less than ideal conditions.

For God so loved He gave...John 3:16

These words are famous. You see them referenced everywhere from church services to football games. You'll notice that God's love motivated Him to give us the greatest gift (Jesus). As Christians, God's love that lives in us should cause us to give.

This weekend our church held a give away. Members donated clothes, furniture, toys and small appliances.

We then opened the church up to members of the community and allowed people to select whatever they wanted. Ladies from the church even wrapped up some of the items for our guests. Great time all the way around!!

Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving two times this year. Once at Clark's grandmother and that evening at Lois' mother's home. Great times at both celebrations. We have much to be thankful for.

Sonic strikes a pose.

Grandma Carol, Tinkerbell and cousin

Tinkerbell enjoying Thanksgiving

Don't take my picture!!

Taking a spin on the 4-wheeler

The cousins

It is Christmas time...

We started the annual Christmas decorating over the weekend. This year Sonic and Tinkerbell are so excited that they decided to put on an outdoor presentation. Enjoy the video below.

Halloween

I know that I'm a little late posting Halloween pictures. Lois had each of them a pumpkin which they carved in their own unique way

The kids had a great time trick or treating. I took them out while Lois stayed at home and gave out our candy. Tinkerbell got "tired" and I had to carry her bag for most of the night.

Touchdown run

This photo sequence shows Sonic's touchdown run. Notice that he ran past several defenders on the way to the score!!

Be sure and check out additional photos from the game by clicking here.

1 vs 3

In this photo sequence, you'll notice that Sonic is carrying the ball and there are three defenders in front of him. Who will win?

3 defenders. Sonic is in trouble

1 down, 2 to go

On the way!

Eat my dust!!

Cheerleading Cousin

The kids' cousin Victoria is a cheerleader at the local high school. We went to a game recently and here are a few photos.

Push-ups after a TD

Trampoline day

Today Sonic and Tinkerbell were outside playing on the tramploline with Pinkaliscious and another boy from the neighborhood. It was a beautiful day and I managed to snag some photos for your enjoyment.

Here is a short video of the event where you can enjoy Tinkerbell singing and Dad playing with the focus.

Are you ready for some football?

Sonic is playing Upward football again this year. He's had 3 games and scored several touchdowns! He is also a monster on defense, racking up multiple tackles every game!

Ready to play some D!

This picture looks blurry only because he is running so fast!! He scored a TD on this play.

Halloween Party

Tinkerbell attends Pre-K. She had her Halloween party and hay ride today.

Tennis Anyone

Jay Feather has just completed his first set of tennis lessons. He is enjoying it more than any other sport that he has played. He'll be moving up to the next tennis level next week!

Moving Day

This weekend Clark's Mom and Step-Dad relocated to the Charlotte metro area from Northwestern PA. Clark went and helped them to unload the moving truck. Here are a few photos to memorialize the event.

This fell out of the truck when we opened the back. Not really, but there was quite a few things that almost fell out and the truck was jammed full!!

Lunchtime!!! BBQ, hot dogs, chips, cakes and pies. Nobody does it like Nanny.

Here are Nanny and Paw-Paw supervising. Uncle Greg was taking a break. He was a great help!

Nashville

We recently visited Nashville on a business trip. We stayed at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, ate at the Wildhorse Saloon, toured the Country Music Hall of Fame and saw a show at the Grand 'Ole Opry. Yes, there was plenty of work in between all of the "fun" stuff.


Here is a short clip of the show's headlining artist, Carrie Underwood.






Lois and I in front of the Grand 'Ole Opry.


Click here for my Nashville photo gallery.

Blast from the Past

I was looking through some old items and found this video of Jay Feather from a few years ago. Quality isn't great, but wanted to share it.

Delivery

FedEx just made a delivery. I get alot of stuff!!

Actually this plane was going in for a landing. I was outside taking photos of the kids and though that this might make a nice photo op.

Outside Fun

Now that the weather has cooled off some, the kids are spending more and more time outside (Hooray!!). Here are some photos of the kids on their tricycles/scooters. As a bonus, we've included a photo of  Pinkalicious (cousin).

Tinkerbell visits the neighbors.

Pinkalicious was happy to find out that she was going on the blog!

Jay Feather says, "Zoom, zoom!!"

Not outside, but Sonic was a happy camper.

Tennis Practice

This summer Jay Feather and Sonic went to tennis camp. Jay Feather enjoyed it enough that he wanted to continue with tennis lessons. He recently started taking them on Saturday mornings. Here are a couple of photos from a recent Saturday morning. As you can tell from the 2nd photo, he is really enjoying it.

It is a winner!

Think that he is having fun?