Monday, November 2, 2009

Halloween



We rarely do much of anything for Halloween, but for some reason this year we really got into it. All four of these pictures are from another recent Flickr upload, I know hard to believe two in three days. The first picture is of our pumpkins. We hadn't carved any in a few years, and it has been even longer since I tried anything difficult. A recent Food Network Competition got me inspired, and the result is my Darth Vader design. For the first time ever I tried to just remove partial layers of the pumpkin, and I am happy with the result. Jessie did a more simple design, I really like the facial expression.



As far as costumes, we had a few. Sam was a Kangaroo, and very cute. He even had a baby kangaroo in his pouch, and Jessie put a bow on it for it to represent his unborn sister. Then on Friday, we could dress up at school, and Jessie decided I should be Rorschach from Watchmen. I collected all the different clothing items I needed, and then made a mask from a t-shirt and a Sharpie. It turned out better than I could have imagined, and it was pretty fun walking around school without people recognizing who I was. Visibility was fairly good considering I was looking through a shirt.

Then Saturday night Jessie and I went to a costume party. Weeks in advance we knew about it and discussed our options. We were trying to come up with a famous couple that had a lot of kids, and Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were the first people we thought of. I actually dressed as Brad Pitt's character Rusty from the Ocean's movies, and drew on a very detailed tattoo he has on his left arm and hand. Angelina Jolie has lots of tattoos, two of which I drew on Jessie as you can see in the picture. The tattoo(s) on her left arm are the coordinates of the birthplaces of each of her six children. A very fun day!






103109 033, originally uploaded by drenchedecent.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Fall 2009


103009 021, originally uploaded by drenchedecent.

Amazingly, today was my first Flickr upload since July. I narrowed it down to a selection of 30 pictures or so over the last few months. Mostly of Sam of course; as you can see in this picture he loves to read! He is completely obsessed with letters and numbers and that is how he spends his day. We are less than a month away from the birth of his baby sister!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

7+ Months Pregnant

Sorry for the lack of updates, this is the busiest time of year for me, cross country season!

The following pictures are from my Dad. Jessie is now over seven months pregnant, and Sam is over 18 months old!


Sunday, August 9, 2009

It's a girl!


073109 038, originally uploaded by drenchedecent.

Baby girl Parish is due November 27, 2009. This was from an ultrasound about a month ago when we found out the sex. Jessie is feeling great!

To wrap up the events of November:
Nov. 26- Thanksgiving
Nov. 26- My birthday
Nov. 27- Our 5th Wedding Anniversary
Nov. 27- Baby girl is due! Pray that she comes a few days early or late. :)

Samurai Sam


072409 037, originally uploaded by drenchedecent.

Sam found some driftwood on the beach that led to some terrific poses and pictures.

Surfin' Sam


072409 017, originally uploaded by drenchedecent.

Sam was the only one to stand on the board, but Daddy went surfing for the first time in New Jersey!

Friday, July 10, 2009

Watermelon!


070409 007, originally uploaded by drenchedecent.

4th of July, 2009. Sam's first experience with Watermelon, pretty fun!