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2009

June 28
May 27
April 25
March 18
January 32

2008

June 32
May 12
April
March
February
January
At my mom’s office, she drew a crowd showing off the...
Sep 30th

(Worth the) Waiting rooms.

We just got done at Benjamin’s followup appointment, and are excited by a good report! We...
Sep 30th
Our dog seems stressed.
Sep 29th
Warch Watch
The first laugh out loud!
Sep 27th
My kind of Saturday afternoon. (self portrait)
Sep 27th
As I visited the Senate’s website to ask them not to...
Sep 26th
How We Can Clean Up A Lot of the Economic...
Sep 25th
Out for a walk.
Sep 24th
Grandma Brooks with the boy.  What a trooper!
Sep 24th
I seriously would have paid 300 bucks for this thing. Note...
Sep 23rd
Setting up the new seat that hopefully will give us a place...
Sep 23rd

Rough days.

Little Ben was doing so good there for a while that all we had was good news.  But if you’ve...
Sep 23rd
This is my favorite.
Sep 22nd
Got some Harley stickers for the helmet!
Sep 22nd
For the trip back to Asheville, we wrapped his head. He...
Sep 22nd
Hanging out. My little man looks 100% better this morning.
Sep 20th
Jethro Tull – Locomotive Breath – Listen free...
Sep 19th
Time to get some stickers for this puppy!
Sep 19th
Sweet Helmet Action. He has to wear this helmet for a while...
Sep 19th
Other than being a lesson in how not to light a picture,...
Sep 19th

GOING HOME!!!

By home, we mean just here in Winston, but it’s a cheaper room to stay in!  We figured that we...
Sep 19th
The view of the hospital from the the free parking that is a...
Sep 19th
Warch Watch
For something a little lighter, My friends Rhett and Link have another hilarious video.
Sep 19th

More Good News

The doctor came in just a little bit ago.  The nurse just took out the last tube!!!!  Now if we want...
Sep 19th

Moving down the hall...

We just got our marching orders, and we don’t have to move far, just down the hall to B-603. ...
Sep 18th
We’ve got eyes open and no crying! The swelling is...
Sep 18th

Milestones

We haven’t traveled anywhere, but we sure have passed some significant milestones in the past...
Sep 18th
The Benjamins snuggle. Also of note in this photo is the...
Sep 18th
Little man had a great night, but when they came in this...
Sep 18th
Our sweet boy. Pray for him to keep recovering!
Sep 18th
Benjamin cried, so we all cried with him. We’re in the...
Sep 17th
Seriously, we should figure out a system that incorporates...
Sep 17th

All done!

Well, they said to expect 4 hours, but it only took 2. Benjamin did fine, and the surgeon said the...
Sep 17th

The surgery has officially started.

We just heard from the nurse, that the surgery just started. It will be 3-4 hours from right now...
Sep 17th
Mom and boy before the surgery.
Sep 17th

Prayer request

Blue Cross is currently denying the spring surgery, stating that it is too new or...
Sep 16th
Little man preparing for pre-op.
Sep 16th

Financial Cuss Words

We just got a phone call from the folks at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, specifically the...
Sep 15th
Warch Watch
Got this from Rich Kao’s blog. Holy cow, Tina Fey IS Sarah Palin.  Pardon a few...
Sep 15th

Sleep-Redecorating.

Some people sleep-walk.  Pretty amateur, if you ask me.  I take it to the next level and icorporate...
Sep 15th
At the Erwin High football game. Bringing back some...
Sep 13th

The latest, as far as we are aware.

Not much LB news (short for Little Ben… our friends Jonny and Sarah have begun calling him LB,...
Sep 12th
Worship time at WCU.
Sep 11th
Randy is signing up at http://www.fallgetaway08.com. You...
Sep 10th
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Check this out.  What a great way to hear and purchase new music.  Matthew went to West Forsyth High...
Sep 9th

Community.

We have a filter system in place for our blog.  I write some posts without using it, and some posts...
Sep 8th

The Short Version.

My friend Mike called me the other day, and said “I went to your blog, but dude, there’s...
Sep 7th
They will have a room like this in heaven.
Sep 5th

Campaign Season

I love the season right before presidential elections.  I start to get some of the funniest/saddest...
Sep 5th

clarification

The surgery was moved up, not because of any problem with the case, but because there was a conflict...
Sep 4th
How Benjamin rides in the car.
Sep 3rd
I wasn’t sure we would get it all out to the car, but...
Sep 3rd
Shopping with mommy!
Sep 3rd

Surgery moved.

The surgery is now going to be on the 17th, with pre-op stuff taking place on the 16th. ...
Sep 3rd

Spring-loaded skull.

We are out of the hospital, and have a date for surgery.  September 24th. Dr. David was very...
Sep 2nd
Little man had to rock a sweet dew-rag to get a scan of his...
Sep 2nd

Waiting rooms

We are going to write a how-to guide for waiting rooms, some day. The first tip will be to avoid...
Sep 2nd

Manual Labor Day.

I just got done operating a John Deere tractor, tilling up the garden at my parents’ house. ...
Sep 1st