Really brief blog update

Sorry, this blog seems to be gathering dust. I've been really busy with life, but it's all been pretty boring stuff, so there hasn't been much worth writing about. I was going to do a nice, big blog update this past weekend, but on Tuesday evening, our computer (which we've had since June 2007) finally gave out and died--not sure what the problem is, could be something as simple as a fan going out to the hard drive itself dying; at any rate, we bought a new computer and hopefully we'll be able to retrieve our files off the old computer (we hadn't backed up our photos or many of our documents for a year or more (though I did back up all my freelance/animation projects fairly recently).

Elliott's getting big enough to climb on chairs and reach the kitchen counter, which is endlessly annoying. The other night, he pulled down the bowl of sauce for the chicken we were going to grill. When not in use, the kitchen benches and chairs look something like this:



(No, they were not put that way by "the TV people.")

Now that my workload at work has slowed down a little, I decided to take a couple days off for a much-needed vacation. We didn't do anything spectacular, but it was just nice to be able take some time off, relax and watch some movies, etc.

Amanda bought a pool for the kids to play in--they've been loving it, especially since we've been in the 80's and 90's lately (the temperatures, not the decades, THANKFULLY).



So that's all for my short update--hopefully I'll have a better update with lots more pictures soon!