Virtually Made It

The other day we took the kids to the park. Earlier in the day I watched my four year old son, Reid, perform amazing feats on the game cube game "Mario Dance Party". It was a real blow to my pride to be bested by a four year old.

At the park I was pushing the kids on the swing and I saw Reid trying to time the swing so he could run behind it. I watched him bolt for it just in time to have the swing and child nail him in the head and send him flying. I ran to make sure he was alright, but then had to fight back the urge to laugh about the whole situation.

Earlier in the day I was so impressed with my son's timing and ability to perform in a video game. But when it came to a real world situation he wasn't as impressive. I guess we better hit the gym together.

Tech Support

Here are some pictures of India, the place you call for tech support. It all makes perfect sense now doesn't it :)?! A friend sent these to me and I had to share them. Click the pictures to see a bigger version.

Pracitcal Joke

My boss has been in Asia for the past 3 weeks on a study abroad program. Due to construction in our building we've lost the use of the bathroom on our floor. As a joke we thought it would be amusing to convert my boss' office into a bathroom. I thought I'd share some pictures of the finished product. He gets back tomorrow, I can't wait!








For the big reveal we got the new Dean to surprise him. It was priceless.

Kids vs Happiness

I've been terrible at blogging lately. I don't have a good excuse. But I have been commuting to work 7 hours each way each week and being away from my family has really cut my writing material down. Honestly, the most interesting things that happen to me each week are related to my role as a husband and father.

Case and point: last week when I was leaving home to make my drive back to work my wife prayed that I'd be safe and not have an accident. Lynlee as soon as the prayer was over looked puzzled and said, "Dad are you worried about having a pee accident on the drive or a car accident?" I promptly answered "yes!" You know how men are on the open road, they can't be bothered to stop for anything!

I had an interesting experience driving home this weekend, I stopped in to SubWay for a foot long sub. All the sitting in the car really works up an appetite! While I was enjoying my Spicy Italian (the sub people!), a news study came on the radio about family life. Some Harvard geniuses (I'm using a sarcastic tone in my mind) found that a married couple's happiness drops significantly when they have a child. They also found that the couple's happiness continues to drop with each additional child.

If this study is true, and if you know anything about studies that is a big if, I think it is very sad. I admit my life was simpler when it was just me and my lovely wife. I only had one other birthday to remember and I was fortune to marry someone born on the same day as myself. That took a lot of work and planning let me tell you! But seriously, there is no greater joy than a loving family life.

Now that I am away from my family during the week, I realize how much joy they do bring me. I really miss each of them and long to be with them. I wonder if that Harvard study was run by a team of happily married researchers with lots of well taught children? Hmmm, probably not! Sounds like a case of ever learning and never coming to a knowledge of the truth.