Captain Jack O’ Lantern comes back in the form of a cupcake! Our famous pirate pumpkin continues to surprise us–first, making it onto MAKE magazine’s blog front page and now as a cupcake decoration by Little Miss Cupcake from Paris. We salute you Captain Jack!
The greatest gift my parents bestowed upon me was a love for music. One of my mom’s favorite qualities of my dad is his love for music. My mom once described how she loves music but emphasized that my dad loves it more. Thanks to their love for music, I have a shared interest with my lovely band geek who played trombone and a love for dance–few things are as beautiful as a visual magically choreographed to music.
A few recent photographs of the lovely ladies in my life. The top left portrait of Kadie was from Tracy’s BBQ this past Saturday, Jenni and Violet was from a portrait session, and Jenni and Kadie blowing on a dandelion at my parents’ house for Kevin’s visit.
Happy 30th Birthday Jenni! You have two beautiful daughters who adore you and a husband who can’t live without you. We hope you have a relaxing day and we’ll try to stay out of trouble.
Lately, I’ve been sucked into a video game called Defense Grid. It’s a relatively simple game concept where you build various towers to protect your energy source from a mindless parade of aliens all intent on stealing your energy source. While the concept is simple, some of the clever game mechanics has made it addictive to play. And it doesn’t help being obsessive-compulsive—trying to come up with the perfect strategy can take a few tries.
I’m thankful that God has given me 3 mothers in my life right now. I know that not everyone has that blessing, and what a blessing it is. It’s impossible to thank someone for loving you because it’s an endless gift of life, especially when it’s someone like a mom.
We had a quiet Easter weekend with a Saturday night Easter service at Beaverton Foursquare Church and Easter dinner with Jennilyn’s parents. Kadie is an expert egg finder and future fighter pilot.
I got to relax with some video games, a little Left 4 Dead, Braid demo, HAWX demo, and Defense Grid demo. I was pleasantly surprised by Braid, the platformer had great music and innovative puzzles that played homage to other platformers while introducing a few twists.
We both wished we could have attended the Easter Swing dance convention, but thanks to a tip from Jack, the event was broadcast on the internet, so we got to see some great highlights.
That’s our Easter. We hope everyone had a safe and fun Easter celebrating the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I remember squinting to read the text on a gaming magazine page scan on the web that described an upcoming cooperative zombie game. Cooperative gaming, or “co-op” for short, hadn’t hit the renaissance it has today yet, but from what I read from the scans, Left 4 Dead was a game that made me think, “Why hasn’t this been done before? Fighting a zombie apocalypse with your friends?! Awesome!”
One of my favorite qualities about Jennilyn is her spirit for celebration. While I often get bogged down with the details in preparation, she always looks forward to any opportunity to make a day special—especially if it’s something like a landmark birthday.
Jenni and I had the privilege to hang out with Clark and Tovah on New Year’s Day as part of their marathon trip down the west coast. We introduced them to New Seasons Market and enjoyed a wok lunch.
When we returned to our house, Clark and I geeked out on Google Analytics, WordPress, Macs, Left 4 Dead, and Picasa while Jenni and Tovah caught up on other things.
While they have moved to the other side of the country, we’re still being blessed by their friendship. We miss them much and hope they can move back to Oregon someday.
They continued their tradition in giving the first baby gift (they gave us a onsie for Kadence at Easter Swing). This time, they opted to tap into my geek side.
