Here's my baby ballerina Chloe Violet, on her way to ballet class each Tuesday. She loves to dance, and the teacher said Chloe is the most attentive little girl in the whole class, and has a lot of potential. Makes me proud... :)


Chloe and Connnor. That boy needs a haircut.
Chloe with Caleb, who looks a little thick in this picture, but actually, he has a pretty good little physique for a 2 year-old. He's stout though, and I think he's gonna make a good football player...

Chloe started preschool on Monday. She was so excited, and happy to have two of Connor's former teachers at the Silversprings preschool.




Annette and Connor and I went to see the Las Vegas 51's the other night, and had terrific seats- second row directly over the dugout. It was jersey night; Connor was given a PCL (Pacific Coast League) official ball by one of the first base coaches; Annette caught a t-shirt; and it was only about a thousand degress with 100% humidity (I was proud of Annette for even going at all). It was a fun night. I think Chloe will be able to go next year (she is a STRONG-willed little girl)...


Here's a recent photo of our church worship taken by our friend Leslie Nemec. I like the way she shoots, and the deep colors she brings out... Thank you Leslie!

Today is Connor's first official day of school- he is a first grader at Lake Mead Christian Academy in Henderson, Nevada. Here's my good looking number-one son on the momentous occassion, by himself and with his mom....

Just got back from a week at Family Camp in the California mountains outside Redlands. We had a ball and hope to get to go next year! I will post more about it soon...

My wife Annette and the kids are spending the month of June with her family in Texas, so this was the first (and hopefully last) Father's Day spent away from the kids. It was a complete drag, but I did get phone calls throughout the day, and these photos of my beautiful children Connor, 6; Chloe, 3; and Caleb, 2.

Last Saturday I was in Texas on my way back to Vegas, ans sho this video fo Chloe & Caleb in the back yard at their Nanna and Pawpaw's house. Sure is green there in he summertime!

While in DC, we had the chance to see several friends. We stayed with Annette's cousin Trey (picture in previous post) and were able to visit with him and see him in his office at Capitol Hill. We were able to have lunch with one of our dear friends from Green Valley, Pat Norman. Pat works in DC a good part of the year during the week, then flies back to Henderson on the weekends. I traveled with Pat and her huband Ellis on a missionary trip to Thailand about three years ago. They both think Connor is something else, and make it a point to see him and talk with on Sundays.
We spent Thursday night with Andrianna and Kelly Dunbar. Andrianna is a dear friend who was in my church in Tucson. She met her husband Kelly at Baylor, and they have been married for five years. It was an added treat that her mom and dad, Jon and Renee, came into town, and I was able to visit with them. Connor played Guitar Hero for Kelly half the night, and Kelly was great to encourage Connor while I talked with the Heidens. It's a great blessing to have friends and family in different cities, and to be able to visit while on vacation.

Last Thursday Connor and I went to the Capitol building to meet our Nevada Senators, Harry Reid and John Ensign. Each Thursday when the Senate is in session, our Senators have a meeting time/ breakfast with Nevada residents. Annette's cousin Trey Hicks, who we stayed with during the week, works for Senator Coburn of Oklahoma, so he took us to our meeting.
It was packed in the LBJ room of the senate, and so Connor and I tried to find a corner of the room where he could eat his donut in peace. We went to the far corner of the room, and it just happened to be where Senator Reid was. He came over, chatted with us, asked about our church, and Connor let him know he was a volunteer greeter at the church, meaning he wasn't paid. Senator Reid thought that was pretty good, and when we went to get an official picture with the Senators, he relayed Connor's comments to Senator Ensign.
Afterwards, we left Capitol Hill and traveled to the White House for a tour. We saw the East Wing, and really enjoyed it.
We then went back to the Capitol (I needed to get my camera, which you can't take to the White House, from Trey). We went to Trey's office, and Connor struck up a long conversation with one of the office managers, Mary, who has worked for as number of different senators in her career. COnnor and I explored the capitol building some more,and spent a little time riding the underground trains. We had passes, but I don't know for sure if we should have been riding the train reserved for the Senators, but nobody kicked us out or anything. :) We had a great day.