:::aiden's fishing tournament:::

aiden and i went to a thursday night fishing tournament, her first ever... for awhile she was fishing, but then she found the camera... and that was that...

the photographer laughing at mommy's phone message:

self portrait:

the last fisherman standing (on our boat anyway):

a view from the rod locker (it got "chilly" so aiden found an open compartment):

:::a visit:::

michelle and lauren came over for a visit...

the 5 month old and the 6 month old...

the mothers with the appropriate babies (according to hair color).

a fight ensues...

:::mad monica:::

happy mothers day!

my girl monica got such a wonderful mothers day card from aiden... it said, and i quote: "i love my mother because she is always happy!"... now how do i love thee, i cannot count the ways, but how aiden brought that little gem into the top three i do not know...

here's some monica pictures... oddly enough, she was on the phone with illaria who was complaining about how there are no monica pictures on the blog.

and, i might add, she certainly looks happy.

:::car ride:::

a ride in the car with dad... why do i have problems w/ getting good insurance rates?

henry my man, pain is temporary, wounds heal, and chics dig scars (forehead, cheek, and chin)...

i have no response to that june...

:::kissimmee gator:::

lake kissimmee gator... its that time of year, this gator came straight to the boat and turned about 20ft from the boat to move away...

:::field trippin':::

i went along on aiden's field trip to dinosaur world recently... we had pringles and pizza and asked every guy digging new irrigation lines, "has encontrado huesos del dinosaurio?" well, thats how we would have asked it if we knew spanish... as it was the question "have you found any dinosaur bones?" was never answered...

however, i did issue my first rejection to a boy asking to marry aiden...

:::easter redheads:::

okay, a flurry of posts over 2 days to feed janie and erynn's addictions will appropriately end with a picture of janie and giana...

the redheads of easter!

:::flashback flower girls:::

i was looking at some pictures from uncle stephen and aunt elena's wedding and thought id throw up a picture from the wedding...

are these flower girls serious about their job or what?

elena, were you nervous? if the concern was related to the flower girls it was justified... aiden spread the flowers like a flower girl should and june followed and picked them all up so she could have them for her basket...

(photo published without permission)

:::cammie cake:::

cousin cameron had a birthday cake that consumed the kids involved...

cameron and henry:

june and steven:

:::aiden photographs:::

a couple snaps aiden took waiting on me in the fishing shop today... i thought they were worth looking at... most interesting to me, the five year old rearranging the picture for the best angle and composition, really there were 50 pictures...

:::old dade city road:::

i have started a blog for investors and addicts alike where i will post some of the ongoing projects for team strawbridge...

http://strawbridgyprojects.blogspot.com