Robotech, The Motion Picture.

It looks like another movie for Dad/Scott day out!

Luke sent me this. I hope they do a good job. Toby as Rick Hunter? Maybe he can pull it off. But the real questions is (and maybe Trena already knows the answer) WHO will play Minmei?

Fathers Day

Fathers day was great. The kids, with a little help from Jill, made me breakfast and I even got to eat it in bed. Scott got to cut the onions himself, he was pretty proud of that. Jill made sure that the food was perfectly salted (I like salt a lot).

I got cards, two packs of Necco wafers, the greatest candy on the planet, and a new Koonz book. Plus, lots of hugs and smiles.

I got up at 5am in morning to throw a rack of ribs on the smoker. I had a pretty good rub on them, although I could have added some more salt. Turns out Scott and I prefer not to have a sauce on them but Jill loves the sauce. Caitlyn is ambivalent about it. She does like the "crunchy parts though".

At night Jill made her first pineapple upside down cake. It was pretty dang good too.

We got to talk with Grandad Bob on the phone and my brother Luke and his family called in to talk for a while also...

The only down side was the fact that I promised Jill I would hang a few towel racks on the kids bathroom wall the day before and it wasn't till 10pm that I got around to it. I think Caitlyn yanked the old one out of the wall a few months ago.

It was a good Fathers day.

Help Name the NEW Kid!

6 week count down and nothing solid yet!

We've got:
Logan
Oberon
Anthony
Sharkey

I've been taking names out there and thinking on names that are similar or associated with them. You can get some really cool name. I thought of these:

Lance- could also be Mace, Hammer, Dagger. (Dagger Hickman... cool)
Tony- could also be Tiger, Frosted, GRRReat.
Pierce- could also be Slash, Hack, Critical. (Hack Hickman!)
Dakota- could also be State, Colorado, or even South

I'm also pushing for another Robotech name but Jill ain't having it.

As for middle names I'm trying to push Arlynn, an old family name. Jill is pushing back. It's actually a girls name I just found out... crazy. So how did my great grandfather get it? How'd I get it?!?! I don't care. I'm still pushing it! Reminds me of 'A boy named Sue'. It'll tuff'n him up.

AWOL

Ouch, I haven't touched this thing in two months. Bad, bad, bad, Carl.

Just some quick updates,

• Jill is six weeks from delivery.
• Summer school is going well.
• Scott and Caitlyn are enrolled in a 'tumbling' class and are having fun there.
• Scott and Caitlyn are also doing a summer reading contest put on by the library. It is amazing how much Scott can read already.
• I got my concealed permit.