Andy, David, and Their Babies

Andy, David and Belle welcome the newest additions to their family. Welcome to Lacey (soon to be renamed) and Hope (Snow). What a tremendous day for us all!
 

Lacy and Hope

Well our new family members arrived from Salt Lake City. I just wanted to do a quick post and get the pictures up. Lacy is on the left, she is Andy's new baby and Hope is Davids. We are real excited for them both! 

The meaning of life?

"The meaning of life is that your life has meaning".

Ian Punnett

 

Toys!

Here are some new toys I have ordered. Firstly, I'm replacing my old "Happy Hacker" with a new one. If you look closely you will notice it has arrow keys! That's the only thing I missed on my old one. These keyboards are Unix keyboards and have a small footprint. They also have the best feeling keys of any keyboard I have ever typed on. Plus no dang annoying Windows key. Because remember, "Windows Sucks". I can't wait to get it!

Secondly, yesterday I bought us a big old HP kick ass photo printer from J&R. $240.00 retail. Black Friday price, $69.00. I just couldn't pass it up. ;-)

Last but not least, my new MP3 player. All I can say is "WOW". It sounds awesome. 2 gig flash, 20 hour rechargable battery. Small, lightweight, plays MP3's, WMA's, Oggs, Jpg images and Mp4 video. Works as a UMS device so just plug, drag and drop. So far I have owned an iPod, Sony, iRiver and a Sansa and I got to say that this U3 "eats their lunch". I highly recommend this device. *****

More to come, Mark

David and Andy

This is David and Andy, Erica and Bell's parents. They are so cool. They love Chihuahuas as much as we do and this week has been real hard on them too. We are so lucky to have the great friends that we have and we give God all the glory for them.

 

Love of our lives, Erica

We lost our precious Erica Monday morning. She had a heart defect since birth. Her parents, David and Andy were trying to get her into UT for heart surgery. She just didn't have enough time to make the waiting list before The Lord called her home. It's hard sometimes but I know we must always trust in him. It's been a rough week for all of us here. Erica is gone to heaven but she will live on in our hearts until we can see her again. Below is a picture of her little grave next to Barny's. A stone has been ordered and I will post a picture as soon as we get it set.

Trip to Del Rio!

Well, I know it's been a while since I updated the Blogg. There has been a lot going on with personal stuff and the "Holidays". This are some pics i took at our friends house in Del Rio, Mike and Tina. While I was there I took a picture of a big old Hornets nest and I don't know what it is about the picture but I like it. I thought I would post it and get your reactions. More to come, Mark

 

Donna's Birthday Present!

Well, Donna got a new car for her birthday this year. I ain't gonna say how old she is. Let's just say that I hope the car lasts as long as she has. ;-)

Ohio Linuxfest

Well, Donna and I went to Columbus for the "Ohio Linuxfest" this weekend. We had to drive up Saturday morning since Donna had to work. I will never try anything like that again. We were so tired when we arrived that it was just impossible to enjoy the show.

We saw Chris DiBona of "Google" give his presentation. Then we went around to the booths, picked up some "swag" and met a few people.

I particilarly wanted to meet my buddies from "The Linux Link Tech Show" That was very cool. Below is a picture of me and Pat. We also got to meet Bob Whitinger and Don Parris of "LXer.com".

We got so tired we decided to go back to the hotel, take a nap and return later for the "after conference" party at the Holiday Inn, which BTW, we couldn't get a room at becaues it was full. We were refered to the "Midwest Hotel" by the Linuxfest people. NEVER stay there! The room was filthy and old. We took a nap in our clothes and drove back last night. Man, were we tired.

To sum it up, the trip was pretty much a disaster. Lessons learned? Make damn sure you know in advance your hotel is not a "#^*@ - hole". And give yourself enough enough time to get there so you can be well rested. I think this is our last Linuxfest until someone has one a little closer to Tennessee.

 

Erica and Belle came to stay the weekend!

This is Erica, Lucy's daughter. Her friend Belle came to stay with us for the weekend. 

Donna Blue and Pixie

This one was taken at Tina Stowe's house by Mike and it's awesome. Every now and then you get one that's perfect. 

Eli! Came all the way from Bonn Germany to see us. What an AWESOME! suprise!

Nail Clipping Night!

Mr. Boo Boo was not too happy so I took some pictures to distract him.

Stan's New Grandchild!

Details to come later. 

Granny Taylor

We also visited granny Taylors today. She is cool. Saw my Aunts and Uncles. You can see more pics from Grannys and the Repass Reunion by clicking on the Flickr link on the right.


 

Repass Family Reunion

We went to "Taylor Town" in Virginia for the Repass family reunion today. We always have it at Rayford's cabin. Here are some pics.