Author: Jason

10 year flashback to WWTBaM

Here’s a short summary that I wrote 10 years ago about my ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ experience: Well, we didn’t come back millionaires, but we had a great time in NYC and we didn’t come back empty-handed. In the morning (last wednesday) we went to the ABC studios for orientation activities, instructions, rehearsal,… Continue reading 10 year flashback to WWTBaM

Sugar

I told Henry that it’s not good for our bodies to eat lots of sugar. He said, “Yeah. It’s good for the mouth.”  Smart boy.

My two new nephews

Simon Dean Joyner, born 1/23/10, son of Sara & David Joyner Rhys Carter Packham, born 2/2/10, son of Seth & Aubrey Packham These two are going to be trouble at future family reunions.

Thomas the Birthday Boy

Thomas turned 9 last week. He is a great kid, always willing to help, even-tempered (mostly), and a lot of fun. We had a fun birthday party with him last week. Thomas and his best friend, Payton. Payton gave Thomas a matching monster sweatshirt. Thomas scoring some cash from Grandma! Thomas asked for pumpkin pie… Continue reading Thomas the Birthday Boy

Reading 2009

I got a Kindle for Christmas last year and my reading has increased significantly. I read 45 books in 2009 compared to 30 in 2008. Of those, 27 were Kindle books. I’m also still a big audio book fan, listening to 17 audio books this year.  I’d like to shoot for a goal of 52… Continue reading Reading 2009

Piano Recital

Grace and Thomas performed in a Christmas Piano recital last Friday night.  The six weeks of listening to Feliz Navidad and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer five times a day finally paid off: Try to ignore Henry’s begging to watch a movie on the camera.

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving with many of Amanda’s family joining us at our house.  Amanda did a great job with the food and setting. Thanksgiving flowers Abby and Lucy enjoying some pie. Thanksgiving place setting Katie, Janice, Allen, Whitney enjoying some good food. Marc, Scott and Cheryl