Good wknd...

I think this was the first weekend in 7 (or maybe 8) weekends that I was home all weekend without any major plans.  It was nice, for sure.  Em had a little birthday party at the "Little House of Art" on Saturday.  Good times. 

pondering the next steps

working on her masterpiece

loving some sequiens

Picasso

We also had told Emilie that when we moved back to our house (from Gramu and PePa's) that we'd get her some fish.  She'd been very excited about an empty fish bowl at their house, and we are by no means ready to pony up on a dog at this point.  Gotta break into the animail caring slowly!   So, we're now the proud owners of a Red Mickey Mouse Platy (Em's fish - which she named Thomas), a Glofish (AM's fish - named Bingo), and a Buenos Aires Tetra (Pete and my fish - named CJ, after Calvin Johnson of course).

Sample pics from Sarah Esther Photography

We met at Stone Mountain last Thursday for some professional photos.  Of course it was raining, but I think that actually turned out better, as we went down to the covered bridge there.  Here are just a few of the sample pics.  Pretty cute!



Em reading Mother Goose to Pete

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Somebody's getting hungry...

Phish!

Last Tuesday night, we headed to Alpharetta, to check out the boys.  My first live show in 10 years or so, and AM had never been.  Awesome time...



Tuesday, 06/14/2011
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA

Set 1: Dinner and a Movie, The Moma Dance > Possum, Cities > Fluffhead, Ocelot, Ginseng Sullivan, Kill Devil Falls > Bathtub Gin, Light Up Or Leave Me Alone > Cavern

Set 2: Carini > Sand > Down with Disease[1] -> Maze, Meatstick > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Bug > A Day in the Life > Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Quinn the Eskimo

[1] Unfinished.
Notes: This was the first of two Pay Per view performances. Disease was unfinished.

Our view from near the back of the seats, before the lawn

Lights!

Little lady after a "brownie"

Her first "heady" T (thanks for the lingo Ben!)

I'm not so sure how real this is, but interesting nonetheless...

Father's Day...

We had a great week this past week.  AM surprised me with little notes and gifts all week long.  Emilie made me some pictures, and a handprint mold...and Pete gave me an awesome pic with a really nice note on the back. 

Ann Marie and I are extremely fortunate to have had two rather easy (at least to me!) pregnancies, and, the result of that, two healthy children.  I look at these two kids each day, and I often have to remind myself at how they look at me.  They look at me the same way I looked at my dad 30+ years ago.  I'm really the only consistent male figure in their lives right now, and it's up to me to mold them into the best persons that they can be.  To teach them respect, manners, honor, patience, character, and fun! 

We were in Greenville a few weeks ago for Connor's first sacrament.  Their priest told the congregation, and specifically them, that they are simply here on the earth to Know the Lord, to Serve the Lord, and to Love the Lord - so that they may enjoy eternal life with him in Heaven.  I thought that was a great saying to those children, and hope that I can teach my kids (and, for that matter, myself) those same things as they grow into the person that God has planned for them.

So, as time moves on, and these little ones keep growing up on us (I can't believe that Em is almost 3!), I hope that my wife, and someday my kids, realize that Father's Day is not really about them thanking me...it's more about me thanking them.  I don't need gifts, I don't need a day alone on the couch, I don't need to get to sleep in (well, maybe that wouldn't be so bad)...I just need them to know that I love them so, and will Always be there.  I will never be the world's best dad, but I'll keep trying every day to be better...and enjoying the ride along the way.  AM, Em, and Pete, you're the best. 

Happy Father's Day, indeed...

Good weekend!

We had a great weekend this past weekend. 

Friday night - dinner at Muss & Turner's with Jen and Lee King.  Place never disappoints
Saturday - Phi Delt golf tourney for Matt...birthday party for Emilie and Pete
Sunday - to WP for Anna's christening.  All 14 Edwards/Wrights were in attendance, as well as Robert, Patty, and Justin.  Anna did great in the service, needless to say.

I don't think that I have hardly any pics from the weekend, other than this one as I was leaving to go on Saturday morning. 

Emster rockin' the beads and daddy's shoes, on backwards of course.
You'd think they'd get them on the proper feet around 50% of the time...
not even close.

Pete's also considering the idea of taking off...

Randoms...

Been a bit since I've posted.  All is well at the new house.  I've been meaning to take some pics of the "finished" product...but it's still not quite finished yet!  David has to come back and do a couple of little things, then I'll put some pics up.

In the meantime, there's some misc. pics from recently that AM took that I wanted to get up here...

our first dinner in the new digs! 

Emilie and her good friend Avery Podraza in Avery's
dress up clothes

Girl loves her a pair of shades...and loves to break
them too!

lil' Pete is a bit smiler

just a typical evening at our house.  Em and Pete
barking at each other.  Lots o' fun, until the dude
gets a wad of her hair!

hanging out in Em's room

something's funny!