Here We Go

Okay, so we have finally decided to take the plunge and start a blog. Several factors contributed to this decision. One of them is peer pressure. Several of our friends have started them and it is actually a pretty neat way to stay caught up with them and see what is going on in their lives. The second is our two boys. Ben and Collin are growing up so fast and it is hard to keep all of our friends and relatives caught up on their progress w/o cloggin up e-mail accounts with pictures. So..., we are going to give this a shot and see what transpires. We'll stick mainly to keeping everyone posted on the progress of the boys and every once in awhile Carrie or I will let you know what is going on with us. I am not making any promises but I will try and post a least a couple of times each week even if they are just pics. My days start much earlier than they did in Illinois and I am finding that I have less free time to play on the computer after getting home, eating dinner, spending time with the boys and getting them to bed, catching up with Carrie, and getting a bath/shower all before 10 or so in order to be in bed by 10:30. Whew, that makes me tired just thinking about it.

On Monday we took Ben to the aquarium here in New Orleans for an early birthday present. It was okay but we are kind of biased after going to the one in Chicago a couple of years ago. They just don't even compare. But we had fun and Ben wore us out.

In addition to that, as most of you know Ben started pre-school this week and the first day went really well. He goes on MWF from 9am to 1pm and so far, so good. Here are some pictures of him getting ready to leave and some of Collin for no particular reason.