Posting Brilliance

Ok...so Marne comes up to me and throws a camera in my lap and says, "start blogging." As if I had nothing better to do with my time. In truth, I dont, so here I am, putting up pics of our trip to a friends cabin and then Marne and my trip back east. I had to get a car for work and drive it back, so Marne decided to make it a hubby and wife time......it was fun...so without further crap from the worthless bottomless chasms of my mundane mind...some pics......
The first is me and my unfortunate nerdiness coming out...I just had to put my head in a T-rex's mouth. Next is Marne with a triceratops. I dont know why we got her with it as it is MYYY favorite dino...but I digress...Then me with a woolly mammoth...did I mention we are at the museum of natural history....no naked people though...au natural' get it??...ok its not funny....
Marne made chocolate chex mix and Bekah just had to have the chocolate...I think its cute, then Colby and Caleb at the cabin...we have tons more pics...but being the impatient person I am...I dont want to post anymore.

our vacation

ok everyone, you may have noticed that we haven't posted for a while lately. we have a good reason for that. nathan needed a new car for the postal run, and my dad just happened to have a car in virginia that he was replacing. so, we ended up buying it from him. we flew up to baltimore on sunday, and did the dc thing monday and tuesday. now, we have started on our long journey home. we are currently in a hotel in knoxville tennessee. aren't you jealous that you can't drive 2500 miles in a little metro too?? we'll post some pics when we get home. have fun everyone!!

Change is in the air

I have received so many responses to the statement of me being shy that I thought I should reply in a post.
Contrary to what people think, I have always been VERY shy. Once I get to know a person, then I open up and can relax, and become a bit overbearing, as those close to me know. The problem is that very few people are close to me anymore. I haven't made a real friend, wife excluded, since I left high school, and for some reason the ones I had, excepting Mark Despain and Brian Bowen, wont talk to me. Once I figured out that my friends werent friends anymore, I stopped trying to be one. Sappy and stupid maybe, but thats neither here nor there. The point is, if I havent spoken to you in over a year, I wont take the initiative to go talk to you if our paths cross. In truth, most of me thinks that no one wants to talk to me (that is the depression talking..yet another story). So I stay on the periphery and peep into peoples lives and smile that they are happy and doing good. this way its easy to avoid uncomfy encounters when the other person really doesnt want to talk to you.
My wife thinks me being shy is funny, most of the time. She had to ask me out on our first date. I dont think its funny, I just think its who I am. So if you think of me and have a view of someone other than a quiet reserved man, then I must have thought of you as a friend at one point in our lives, and thats pretty cool to me. Just dont be surprised that I know more of my personality than you do.
Heather thinks Im crazy, my mom is just fed up with it. But whats new...

aren't i cute???

thursday night caleb was bored, so i tore down the september page of our huge calendar. he loves to color, so here he is posing for the camera. doesn't he just look like a model baby, waiting to have his picture taken? he is so photogenic, i love taking his picture.
and a little side note, we are expecting our 4th baby on june 15th. yipee!!!

Peepers but not Toms

I think anyone who reads this knows who is writing simply from the moronic title. I thought that I would have some fun and go around and read everyone else's blogs that I know. Its been fun to peep into the lives of so many people. I already keep up with regular postings of Liz and Adam and their adorable little boy, as well as Heather and her misery for the moment. But it was even more fun to drop into other peoples pages and see what life has been for them. For instance:
I think Shanda is crazy for going to cloth diapers. Thats all they had in Africa and I ruined more than a few pants holding babies. Not to mention, it involves a lot more close contact with poop...and I am so happy to just fling those things in the trash. No offense, but still...insane.
Suzi and Jared seemed to have a blast in Hawaii and that is putting it mild. Jealousy rages as I so want to learn to surf...but there definitely isn't the time.
I also popped in on Sherrie and Doug, Kendra and Barry, Marenda and Sam, and countless others who I thought I might know. Of course, I didnt leave any comments, I'm 30 years old and still have a massive shy complex...My mother berated me the other day for it...but thats who I am. Its great to see that everyone is doing so well...it makes me happy.
On a much better note..the miserable shifts have ended. I finally found 2 employees that are able to cover the shifts and not give me a heart attack at the same time. This means that I will only have to work nights when I cover for them. Oh happy day!!!!!!!