the sky

lately the sky has been looking really cool. so i took some pictures. here they are for your enjoyment.

my back yard

over the past couple weeks the train company has been replacing the railroad tracks in my back yard. it hasnt been a problem at all, they are no louder than the trains that pass through all the time. when they replaced all the wooded rail ties they just piled them up in my back yard. i thought it looked kind of cool, so i took a picture.

ronnie and me

not the best of quality pic, but this is ronnie martin, the man who is 'joy electric'

the cutest girls in the world

word up

my nephew jackson, the original gangsta.

oops!

poor matt, he fall down go boom!

school stuff

here are a few pictures from the past few weeks at school. this first one was from the annual auction that the school holds. each year it is a huge success and regularly collects more than 100,000 bucks! this year there was a really great deal that i tried to bid on, but the auctioneer stopped the bidding too early- i would have gotten a really nice 7.1 megapixel camera for only $225! oh well, theres always next year...
this second picture was from our service day that we started this year. i went out with about 4 guys and we cleaned up a local park. it was a lot of fun and a great way to spend a day away from class!

friday night

a fun night of hanging out and playing the wii with the guys

the other two...

i feel like ive been putting on alot of pictures of my new niece, and i dont want to have her brother and sister feel left out, so here are some cute pictures of them too!

avery's baptism

mother and daughter, ready for the baptism

even more snow

here are a few more snow pics from the great blizzard of aught seven

avery

my beautiful new niece!

fro man

adams new hairdo totally rocks!

ford memorial

the front enterance to the gerald r ford museum.

christmas pics

tim and jills kids opening their prizes
mom with her new toy
jackson excited by his gift from uncle chad, all the was from new mexico!
jill opening her big gift

WII!!!!!!!!!!!! part 2

here are a few shots of me playing the wii. we only played it for about a half hour that night because we were so exhausted from waiting in line for 24 hours before with very little sleep. so, after a short session of fun, we totally crashed out and slept the following 11 hours...

WII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! part 1

after we got back from buying a wii, the guys and i figured we should document this monumentous event. what follows are the pictures of the purchase of the wii: she's a beauty, huh?
needless to say, i am fairly excited...
this was the number i was in line. there were only eight available, so i got pretty lucky
the contents layed out

superheroes

i finally figured out how to get pictures from my old digital camera onto my computer (thanks a ton to jeffry lee), so i figured i should post what ive got.

each year i decorate my classroom. i try to do something that i think is cool, after all, im going to be looking at it for the rest of the year... a couple years ago i put up characters from the comic book 'bone', last year i put up all kinds of video game characters (needless to say, they were all nintendo based...). this year i decided to go for superheros. here are a few pictures of what i made.
superman with a huge cape.
superfast flash
captain america keeps a close watch over the clock...

updates coming soon

my parents got a new digital camera about a year ago. when they got it they asked me if i would like the old one. i said yes, even though i didnt have anything to load then onto (no computer at the time...). this weekend when i went home i decided to take them up on that offer, so now i have an old digital camera! im not sure yet if this computer will read it because my dad lost the program disk that came with it. so, maybe i wont have new pictures... but if it does work i will be able to put up some more current pics! heres to hoping!

sports summer camp shirt

i dont get to do much drawing these days. actually, let me rephrase that. i dont like to do much drawing these days, but when i get the inspiration it sometimes turns out fairly well. matt asked me to make a design for the school's sports summer camp shirt. so i did. heres what i came up with. its pretty busy and full, but i kind of like it. the camp is for soccer, basketball, volleyball, and track. so i put the three balls near the bottom, and i put a running track around the words like a saturn ring. the school name became a banner at the top, and the school mascot was put at the bottom. it will be a royal blue shirt with the design in black and white. not my best, but a my first real attempt at shirt design since i left art behind.

electric joy!

my hero and me. this is a picture of the joy electric show i went to with aaron, rex, and jeffry lee way back in november (im a little slow in developing my pictures...). it was an awesome concert, and it was even cooler because i got there way too early. i was early enough to see ronnie martin and a couple other guys just hanging around out front of the building before the show. i went over there and actually got to chill and chat with him for about a half hour! it was totally awesome!!!

the whole family

this is a photo from a while back. its from the last time chad came home, right around moms birthday. for her birthday we celebrated by going out to a nice restaurant with everybody. i like this shot because we are hardly ever able to all get together lately.

a great shot

this is my esteemed colleque and friend matt. well, at least until he sees that i posted this picture...

my bro

here is a picture of my brother, fresh off the plane from mississippi, holding my dear sweet nephew. its not a very good photo, but its the only one ive got lying around. this is an older shot, i think its from the first time he came home after he was done with training. after a few weeks at home, he headed off to the great country of germany.

sleepy mouse

i have no idea what this is, but i love it. this would probably fit better in bob's blog, but i figured id use it anyway...

rad!

awesome! aaron had this stored away on his computer from all the way back in 1999! dang... this is a picture i took back in college of a totally rad statue i made of Nibble Bob. if you are wondering who Nibble Bob is, then you dont belong here looking at these pictures. if you do know who he is, then you are welcome here any time!

photo album time! ugh...

let me introduce you to a few of my buddies. most of them have been friends for a very long time. sure, weve all had our ups and downs. many times we have moved away and returned (and moved away again) but through it all we have been a great group of chums. let me tell you whats going on in the pics... actually, ill just let the photos speak for themselves.

my attempt at kids tv

a buddy of mine asked me to make a few sketches for this kids show hes working on. i figured i would give it a try. some i am happier with than others...

this first one is an image of a club house, or something like that.
this one is for some kind of strange plant guy that he wanted me to try my hand at. he wasnt sure if he wanted the character to be a hanging plant, or the whole body thing. so i tried them both. heres the basket one, the full body one is at the end of the post.

i guess the main character of this kids show is a strange girl camel who is supposed to look like a librarian. not so sure what my buddy was smokin... but i think the sketch looks kinda cool.
anyway, i hope my buddy likes the pics...