this summer is FRESH!

At the behest of my youngest brother, a quick recap of the last month:
*a new phone (thanks Jon and Amber) - but I still haven't figured out how to send pictures to my email with it yet.... dumb me dummy.
*a new driveway (thanks folks and grandfolks)
*a new laptop (thanks me for being a teacher)
*a new, and first, nephew - Levi Nicholas Lemiere (my middle brother's first). He will henceforth be referred to as "Leviculas" (kind of like the book in the Pentateuch). He was born about 12 days ago, is very cute, and will be donning the Little Slugger outfit very soon (inside joke for the fam).
*a new half-brother for Dash
*a new 6-week tour with the band THEFT, playing lead guitar, opening for CREED - for Eric.
*back to Mayfield with Calvary Community Church's Summer Camp. I loved being back up there. Haven't done it since before Dash was born. Missed it. There will be youtube videos I will share with you as soon as they're up. This is what I'd do for a living if it were possible.
*a new sport for Kaed - football
*and lastly, a new saying of Dash's: "Howy Cow" (holy cow). For example, "Howy cow dad! That wuth totawee cool!"

That's the real quick version of what's up. Stay tuned for youtube keyword search ideas. For now, here's a couple you should see: double rainbow, death metal rooster.

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The new rankings just came in, and I don't know if you guys knew this but . . .

Thanks Dash.

If you haven't seen The Book of Eli yet, go do it. Or come up to my house tonight at 7:00. Very good and even a little thought-provoking.

Dash, Kaed and I ate at Stuffy's for breakfast the other day and they're having a contest for new kid's menu items. If they like your idea, they'll name it after you. I made 2 submissions: DashHash - scrambled eggs mixed with hashbrowns, topped with country gravy; The Kaedster - waffles and peanutbutter (tastes like a maple bar!) topped with fresh strawberries. We'll see... This was the quickest I've ever seen Dash fall asleep after doing some sort of activity. We'd woken up just about an hour and a half prior to the shower too. Amazing.

Up around the house there are many wild bunnies. Last weekend Kaed and I were walking in the field above my house and I saw a couple rabbits playing a very spirited game of what looked like "tag". I said, "Oh Kaed, look at those rabbits playing over there!" and sure enough, as soon as Kaed looked, the bigger rabbit mounted the smaller one and started going to town... Thanks nature.

School's out today and I've just completed my 10.3rd year. Crazy.