It is Snowtime!!

It doesn't snow that much here and it is very unusual to snow in December. Well guess, what, we have about an inch of snow. While it is very unexpected, as you can see, the kids are loving it.

Jay Feather and Tinkerbell pose for the camera.

It is never too cold for some B-Ball!

It is a Snow Princess

Here is the entire gang.

Lights on the Bushes

Tinkerbell wanted to reprise her Christmas classic. Hope that you enjoy the video.

Catch Up - Tinkerbell's birthday

5th Birthday

Sonic is a cool dude.

Yes, I'm the queen

Blowing out the candle.

Catch Up - Grandma Carol's

Here we all met at Grandma Carol's.

Water balloon city

The gang's all here.

The three beauties

Catch Up - Carowinds

We went to Carowinds with the Barrier South clan.

Here's the entire gang!

It is the Red Baron!

I'm so beautiful.

Mom, Sonic and Tinkerbell get ready for a ride.

It is Dad's turn.

Catch Up - End of School

Here are a few pictures from various end of school parties.

Jay Feather can jump!

Sonic is testing gravity.

Tinkerbell says Hi!

Catch Up

As you can see it has been several months since I've updated the blog. I thought that I'd try and catch up with several photos. 

I'll start with a few family photos from Christmas.

Barrier Family Christmas!! The movie rights are available.

If only they were always this happy.

Looks like white girls can't jump either!

Patrolling for Santa.

Here are my ladies. Aren't they beautiful?

Trout Fishing

Normally this blog is limited to the kids, recently my buddy Jon took my trout fishing in northern NC. We caught 13 trout. Great day all the way around!

 

Here I'm catching the big one with a nice assist from Jon.

I caught the big one on the right. Jon caught 2 that were almost as big.

Jay Feather's Birthday

Yesterday we celebrated Jay Feather's 11th birthday. He wanted a bowling party, so that is what we gave him. He had many friends celebrate with him.

Jay Feather checks his score. He won this round.

Jay Feather is a cool dude!

Jay Feather and Clark (Dad).

One of his many, many presents.

Blowing out the birthday candles.

On the Prowl

This afternoon we went to the park after church for lunch. He is a quick picture of Sonic and friend "on the prowl".

 

Sunny Weekend

It has been awhile that we've had a nice sunny weekend day that isn't cold. Today wasn't to cold (57 deg), but was beautiful outside, not a cloud in the sky. I took the kids to the park and as you can see, I think that they enjoyed it.

 

Sonic prepares to karate kick the playground equipment. I guess it offended him.

Requisite animal photo. My new lens sure is sharp!

Sonic asks, "Is anyone home?"

Tinkerbell just hanging out.

Jay Feather says, "Where is my DS?"

Believe it or not, but we didn't teach her to pose like this. It comes naturally!

Snow Day

Today was a snow day. It started snowing around lunch and has snowed quite hard for quite some time. I don't think that anyone was expecting it. The kids were happy when they got home from school. They hope that it snows enough that they'll be out tomorrow.

Mr Ed says, "Gimme an apple!"

Tinkerbell played Dora on our adventure.

Sonic is a cool dude!

The gang is all here!

Tinkerbell

Can't have a day of posting without a new Tinkerbell picture.

 

Sonic in Action

Sonic decided that he didn't want to play spring baseball and that he'd like to try tennis again (he went to tennis camp last summer). I think that he is really enjoying it, but not as much as football.

Jay Feather's new favorite sport

As promised, here is the first of several planned posts. Jay Feather is really enjoying tennis. More than he ever did soccer, baseball or karate. However, it doesn't come close to beating Nintendo (be reasonable, what could beat Nintendo?).


I purchased a new "L" series lens and it arrived today. All of these shots were taken with it. I'm very happy with it so far and look forward to mastering it.

I'm Back

For all of you who have been wondering why I've not updated in 2 months, all I can say is that 60+ hour work weeks don't allow for frequent blogging. If you've missed the pics of the kids, sorry I'll try and do better. Expect some updates shortly.