One thing I love about Oakley is that she just decides to do stuff. It’s not because she’s asked, or she feels she has to, she just decides to do something. This birthday card is a perfect example.
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inside… sorry about your age, Aspen
Happy Birthday from “Academic”
24 Feb 10 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 42 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, birthday, oakley, tim, words
It hasn’t melted yet!
30 Jan 10 by Tim Martin | 1 Comment | 105 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, lindy, oakley, snow
Remarkably, the snow we got last night hasn’t melted yet. In fact, we totaled something between 4 and 6 inches of snow. There are few things that are as much fun as snow, especially when you see it so rarely.
So, back out into the snow we went this morning. The conditions were very different. The precipitation got wet last night… and so we found a crusty layer on top of the snow. Not ideal, but not enough to dissuade us from sledding either. So back out we went… And we found what are undoubtedly some of my favorite family pictures this year…
Blizzard, Sledding, and Missing Teeth!!!
29 Jan 10 by Tim Martin | 1 Comment | 79 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, lindy, oakley, snow, teeth, video
It doesn’t snow very often here in Nashville; it just doesn’t. Threats are commonplace… actual snow, not so much. I heard someone say today that there’s a “Nashville Snow Effect”. You take the forecasts, divide them by 10, and you get reality. It’s not far off.
So, last night when they cancelled school for today, I was dubious. On this fine occasion, though, they were right. We got actual snow.
And snow is just. plain. fun. I have no better way of sharing that with you than a bit of video. We cruised over to the hill at our next door neighbor’s house and had at it… All the girls feature nicely in the video, as do I in a first person attempt at recording the raw adrenaline that is small hill sledding. But do you know who steals the show? None other than Miss Oakley.
Aspen’s a Baller, Too
19 Jan 10 by Tim Martin | 1 Comment | 20 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, basketball, video
Well, this isn’t Aspen’s first time on a basketball court, but it is her first game in 2010. Her Black Ninjas team got off to a slow start, but made a valiant comeback in the end.
Christmas Memories
27 Dec 09 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 57 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, christmas, lindy, memories, oakley
This post is one of those that’s really about good ol’ Tim. Later, when I want to remember what Christmas 2009 was like, I’ll come looking for this post, and these pictures. Feel free to join me in that memory if you like.
How do you stop your daughters from sneaking down to see if Santa came in a house as open ours?
The handbell laden booby trap
The well-confined kids, but one’s missing?!
Still sleeping sweetly… at 8am
And really, what better day is there to risk taking a picture of a sleeping child? I mean, we wanted her to wakeup, already!
Christmas Gifts Extraordinaire
27 Dec 09 by Tim Martin | 3 Comments | 90 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, christmas, jenni, karen, lindy, oakley, video
Hand crafted, homemade Christmas gifts have long been a tradition in the Martin family. This year was no exception… Check these out…
A handmade wreath from the Martin-Kellers, complete with pinecones from their new cabin
Christmas Songs & Carols
10 Dec 09 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 26 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, church, video
We are very lucky to have such a great teacher for Aspen… her choir director at church. Mr. James is all sorts of awesome.
Last night, we got to watch Aspen’s Christmas performance, complete with percussion and singing… a pretty cool experience.
If you’d like to watch it, you can do so right now (in an abbreviated form…)
Target. Mah-tah.
28 Nov 09 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 6 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, funny, words
Aspen and Jenn were hanging out this week, and Aspen happened to notice a bag with a logo much like the one above.
Aspen: Now I get it!
Jenn: What?
Aspen: Now I get why a Target bag has that shape on it. It’s a target.
Jenn: Yes.
Aspen: That must be their mah-tah!
Jenn: What?!
Aspen: Their mah-tah.
Jenn: Do you mean their “motto”?
Aspen: Yes. Sorry.
Jenn: Yeah, well, it’s OK. That’s their logo…
(Note: Aspen finds stuff like this funny, too! We still laugh about the way she first pronounced “dev-ah-stuh-ted”…)
Purple Pandas Soccer, November 14, 2009
15 Nov 09 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 6 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, soccer, video
For those who love to watch some soccer, I present Aspen’s game from earlier today…
Soccer Video – November 7, 2009
8 Nov 09 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 9 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, oakley, soccer, video
There’s nothing particularly monumental about these two soccer games, but if you’re way into the soccer videos, enjoy. Aspen’s team, the Purple Pandas, took a bit of a beating from one of the Brentwood Soccer Club teams. Aside from our inability to get out of goal kicks and goalie pickups, things were relatively even.
As for Oakley’s game, the Smashing Dolphins looked pretty good. Strangely enough, they were playing a team called the “Blue Dolphins”. Ironically, the Blue Dolphins were navy, and the Smashing Dolphins, blue.