Back to School

What is it about summer that we love,

and that also exhausts us?

Is it the heat? Is it the freedom?

I think we all go a little overboard

because we realize all at once

that summer, and life, are not going to last forever.

So we take those perfectly sunny days and live.

We live so fully in those 3 months

that it'd be impossible not to go just a little nuts.

And in the end,

when the summer fades so suddenly into fall,

we'll be glad we did.

Happy Labor Day!

Grandma and Grandpa Nelson Auction

The end of summer vacation

This summer I took a complete vacation from the blog.

My interest had been fading for awhile (damn you, Facebook)

Our family has so much going on

I felt I shouldn't waste my time writing notes, taking pictures,

and posting comments that no one even reads.

But without excuse of the blog,

the only pictures I snapped were hurried iphone shots.

I also stopped taking time to think about the events and the meaning in each day.

I don't have many hobbies,

but taking pictures is probably at the top of the short list.

I've decided keeping up this blog is hardly a waste of time.

It's my modern day diary.

Without it, life whizzes by with little consequence.

We all need a place to record the significant

(and the mundane)

happenings in our life.

So that when we look back we will have comfort in knowing

all the things that really did happen.

And, that it was amazing.

A Day at the Zoo

Arm Art

Paul's attempt to be like Mike (Tyson)

Cool Dude

Note: These looks were neither staged nor provoked.

Paul's Favorite Song

Feist - "1 2 3 4"

January 17, 2010