Samantha hanging out

A friend's birthday party

Samantha eyeing a ball, along with another child

Gabby, the birthday girl

Sam's friend, Kayla, giving me "the look".

Samantha and I went to one of Sam's friend's 1st birthday parties this weekend. Sam was in heaven watching the older children. Gabby's (the child) parents did a great job putting the party together.

Broken Dish and missing Squash and zuccini

Bailey with our neighbor, Christine

Bailey enjoying the sunshine with Christine

I left the kitchen tonight for less than 2 minutes. Upon my return I found a broken bowl on the floor, which previously contained sauteed squash and zuccini. Bailey, the "counter-surfer" jumped up onto the counter while i was gone and ate the vegetables, breaking the bowl in the process. Joseph was mad about the dish and I was mad about the food. I had sauteed the veggies in hopes of adding them to a homemade pizza. My dinner consisted of a bowl of cereal instead. Bailey is such a great dog but she needs to stop counter surfing.

New Camera, New Pics

Jedi and Gracie

Sam reading a book

Sam playing

Joseph purchased a new camera several weeks ago and has taken over a thousand new pictures. I still love my point and shoot, but the Nikon that Joseph bought really does take great photos. Joseph's photo shooting skills have also improved and the pictures just get better and better. Here are a few.

10-months old

Ella hiking

Ella fetching a ball in our yard

Samantha turned 10-months old today. She is doing great. We were going to take her camping two weekends ago, but the weather was too cold (low was 49) and then Ella (our dog) got sick. Ella broke a tooth, had diarrhea, and had an ear infection. Ella had to have a root canal on her bottom canine because her root was exposed. We chose to try to preserve what was left of the tooth rather than extract it. Hopefully the root canal is successful. Other than the ear infection Ella seems to be back to normal. For awhile she wouldn't drink water because of her tooth pain. We were told (by the vet) her teeth are weak and she is a ticking time bomb for future broken teeth. No ice cubes or nylon bones for her.

Ray Supply Honors

If you don't know, my family has a consumer electronic business in NY state. Part of the business is the installation of electronic products in home and on on a commercial level, as well. This year CE Pro magazine ranked Ray Supply (the family business) # 56 out of the top 100 costom installers in the country. Check out www.raysupply.com for all your home or commercial entertainment needs and read the article about the top 100 installers in CE Pro Magazine, the industry's top publication. Greg's face even made the magazine. Go to Page 52 for the article. http://cepro-pwf.texterity.com/cepro/201005?sub_id=jOJlOqJoz7MB#pg2

Go Greg!

2nd Anniversary

Today Joseph and I are celebrating our 2nd wedding anniversary. We are both excited to have made it through two years of marriage and to have brought a new McGowin into this world. Samantha is excited about our anniversary, too.