Passport

Og couldn't go to Scandinavia without a passport, so we decided to save some money by doing it ourself, using http://www.epassportphoto.com/. Here's a collage of the photo shoot, along with the winning photo.

Memorial Day

We headed down to Tatum, NM for Memorial Day. Og had a great time hanging out with Nana, Beverta, Clinton and Daniel. Og kept busy tearing into Nana's awesome pile of toys, learning a cool new card game that they play down at Senior Citizens, and playing cowboy on a real-life cattle ranch.

Best Buds

Ogden offered to host his buddy Ezekiel on a play-date so that E's folks could take a day on the town.

"Back East"

Og headed "back East" to visit Dad's oldest brother and his family. Og got to check out NYC with Mom and Dad; got a thorough psychological evaluation from Aunt Mer; helped Uncle Nate install a zip-line for the kids; learned a couple Hannah Montana songs from Caroline; got his first baseball lesson from Ethan; and got introduced to Lyle Lovett via Susanna ("that's right, you're not from Texas...").

Click below for the web album:

"Back East"

Baptized!

Og decided to pass on this year's Easter Vigil, so he just sent Mom and Dad. He had to rest up, after all, for his baptism on Easter Sunday morning. We had a little bit of a scare during the service, however. Apparently Og got a little case of cold feet, and decided to hide from the standing-room only crowd. Mom was able to track him down and calm his stage-fright. Below are pics of the event, plus Og with Mom and Dad and his new Godparents, Shane and Christie. (Thanks to Sebastian for the action shot.)

 
 
 

Egg hunting

Well, Easter came and went. But luckily I got some shots of Og, Uncle Paul, and the Great Easter Egg Hunt of 2009.

 
 
 
 

Spring time gardening

Og has been putting in some long hours at the community garden getting his plot ready for Spring. Here are a couple pics from a recent "Open Garden" event.