Saturday, September 29, 2007

Muddin



The boys (Caleb, Ethan, Reed, Trevor, and today Garrett Decuir was visiting) wanted to go to the woods and play. Of course it would be Caleb and Ethan that didn't want to leave any of the mud in the woods. So they did their best to bring as much back. The other boys somehow magically came back relatively clean compared to Ethan and Caleb. Trevor was a close third, but couldn't compare to the mud brothers.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Ethan's first book

(if the video doesn't work, click here)

Ethan 'wrote' this book, and every time he 'reads' it to us it is a different story. So I pulled out my cell phone and recorded him reading it, scanned the pictures and here you go. Ethan's first book is now 'published' to the web.

hope you enjoy.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Fun with a scanner

Ethan and I were playing around with the scanner tonight, and I thought I would share the results. Click the pic to see the rest.

Caleb's Got Runnin' skills


Caleb had his 2nd Cross Country meet today. He came in 12th. I had to help make sure the kids didn't take the wrong path, so I got to see Caleb around halfway through his race. His flat feet are hurting him, so we will be talking to some doctors to find out what to do. Jill said Caleb was saying "ouch" as he cross the finish.
I am so proud of Caleb running so hard, even when it hurt.


(If the video doesn't work, click here)

Friday, September 21, 2007

Convertin'

Alright, so I recorded some audio of Ethan making up a story. The problem was I used my cell phone to record the audio. I wanted to do some simple editing and when I pulled up the file on my computer I discovered it was recorded in this .qcp file format (totally new to me) and my audio software didn't recognize this at all. Well with a few seconds on google I found this site.
http://media-convert.com/
I was very leary at first, but it is an ad supported website and it simply converted my files for me. Very simple. Just thought I needed to share.

So stay tuned for, you may get to hear Ethan read his story to you.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Ethan is trying out Soccer


Check out Ethan and his soccer skills, and Jill helping out Coach James.

Friday, September 14, 2007

The Exposure Experiemnt


I am trying to learn how to use my camera, and I needed some test subjects. Kids work great for this kind of thing. We had a great deal of fun making these ghostly photos.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Wess' Painting An Art Show!


So if any of you are in the Covington, LA area. Go check out the

Mayfield's Artist Expo, "Visions in Art"
Saturday, September 22, 2007
10am - 5pm
inside the Holiday Inn in Covington, LA

Check out http://wessf.com/gallery to see some of his work.

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Caleb's First Cross Country Meet


Caleb came in 9th place in the 3rd and 4th grader Cross Country meet. I am so proud of him. He did so good!

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Robot Graveyard


Well, Wess foreman is at it again with his creative writing skills! This time he has included me in the creative process of writing this episodic story. The first episodes are here for your reading. I am looking forward to contributing ideas and seeing how Wess works it all out.