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September 30, 2010 in Da Fam., Da wife., Found FUN with 5 Comments

10 years ago I married my love, Stacey Renee.
The day was gorgeous – 70′s and sunny. We took over Logan Square and made it our own, using homes and St. John Berchmans to facilitate our nuptials. Hundreds gathered from around the country to celebrate our union, and we partied on the Near North Side well into the night.

10 years ago we started a journey.
On that day the world became our oyster. We had no idea where we we heading – there was no Texas in our plans, and the idea of twins wasn’t even a possibility. We built a foundation of friendship between us, and opened that to others.

10 years is a long time.
Feels like an eternity… (isn’t that the joke?) To be honest, 10 years have flown by. It seems like that wonderful Fall day was just a couple of years ago. That’s part of what makes 10 years so special.

10 years is a start.
Every day brings us back to day one, to a place where we created a life together. Every day brings us back to our wedding song, Teach Me About Love, because we can never stop learning about each other.

Stacey, I love you. Thank you for 10 great years.

Three-year check up for the twins

May 13, 2010 in Austin, Texas, Da Fam., Da wife., Katie, Patrick, Twins! with Comments Off

Katie and Patrick made their way to Dr. G’s office today for their three-year check up. They are getting so big!

As you can see it was fun for them. That is until the needles came out. Ouch!

But they are set for a whole year and we are happy they got a clean bill of health. Vision and hearing were a couple of the tests this time around and it turns out the kids are both sitting at 20/30 vision.

Patrick
38.5″ tall – 75% percentile
35.2 lbs – 75% percentile

Katherine
36″ tall – 25% percentile
27.9 lbs – 10% percentile

I paid $8 for snow two weeks ago.

March 5, 2010 in Austin, Texas, Katie, Patrick, Twins! with 2 Comments

It’s true – two weeks ago there was snow day at the day care.

I never actually thought I’d pay for snow. That top-layer of ice from Chapparel probably melted in a few hours – it was 40º out.

Then last week the famous Austin Snowstorm of 2010 rolled through and my kids were able to play in the real deal. PJ seemed to love it (you can see a little of Katie in one shot).

Tomorrow we pay for even more snow via a trip to CO. Vail Mountain is calling our names, but the two that will cross our minds the most will be Katie and Patrick.

I miss them already.

Rock rockin it. Rock rockin it.

November 16, 2009 in Family and friends, Katie, Patrick with 2 Comments

Katie and Patrick plucked away on a ukulele at Jay Kennedy’s 40th Birthday Party this weekend. It was a sweet shindig, complete with Lone Star keg, BBQ, scotch whiskey, and a bunch of talented musician grads from University of North Texas who wanted to play.

Also a few not-so-musician-type grads who played just the same.

Two videos for Tuesday

November 25, 2008 in Austin, Texas, Friends, Katie, Patrick, Ridin', Twins! with 1 Comment

First up is a video of the twins getting their hairs cut. It was kind of lackluster – I guess I was expecting a lot of crying and fits. The cuts were relatively easy on us, but not the pocketbook. Need to find a new place – The Hair’s Lair charges more than Birds Barbershop on Burnet.

My favorite parts of the video are PJ’s face when he gets sprayed with water and Katie starting to chair dance near the very end.

Twins first haircut from joe doyle on Vimeo.

Second video is of my friend, Rebecca Much. I knew her when she was a junior racing on xXx in Chicago. She’s U.S. National champion (several times over) and won silver in the Worlds competition for time trial. In other words, she’s a hammer.

And a super nice person.

She needs our help, so please watch this video below and go to this website to rate her video five stars. She’s doing her part and telling her story on why the 2016 Olympics should be in Chicago. And as an Olympic-level athlete, I think she makes the most sense to be the winner.

Happy Thanksgiving, friends.

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