Greetings!  It’s the end of the year and here are some pics from work.   To the team: I suck. I apologize. I had said I’d get a photo album going this year and while it is still technically 2014, it’s the last week before we close down for the year.  On the bright side, this year is not just picture of the Stardock dogs (though Arrow is in a few of these but Bailey and Maggie are not).           Stardock in the evening....

It’s not fair. My wife won’t let me have chickens. Chris Taylor’s wife lets him have chickens so I’m stuck with just my bees and garden. Chris told me awhile back that they’re thinking about getting bees out at their farm.  I wonder if my wife will let me get an Emu.

With my schedule a lot less tight, I’ve finally had the opportunity to spend more time with my kids. Which, today, meant playing dolls with my 3 year old daughter.  Our first two kids were boys and when we had a girl, we encouraged her to play with the boy’s old toys (I’m a cheapskate) but she gravitated towards the remnants of my wife’s old dolls (i.e. the ones the boys hadn’t destroyed).  We still don’t have very many dolls and such but that’s her favorite thing to do.  My...

So I’m sitting here blogging, surfing, etc. from my cumfy chair in our bedroom and I hear the 3 year old singing from the bathtub. She makes up these songs as she goes along.  All 3 of our children have always loved taking long baths and playing with toys and singing.  Love the sound of it.

Going through the camera today and found this great shot of the kids.  My daughter is the little blond on the set and my son is the little boy. Around them are their cousins up at the cottage.  Ah, this is what summer was made for!

Wah.  I'm back from vacation and I don't want to be.  I still ended up working but it was beautiful there. Below are some pictures from the trip. Me on the phone driving the boat away from shore. The boys getting ready to sweep the steps.