Garden Retrospective 2009
28 Oct 09 by Jenn Martin | No Comments | 39 view(s)Categories: family, garden | Tags: aspen, lindy, oakley
Fall Break
21 Oct 09 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 63 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, lindy, oakley
I’m gonna go ahead and take a stand on Fall Break. I’m officially in favor of it. That’s right… no qualifying here… Fall Break is indubitably good.
This year, we found ourselves in Nashville the whole time, but we were none the worse for it.
- Saturday included one soccer game and a nice visit to the farmers’ market.
- Sunday was spent with Uncool Brian and visiting the Delvins’ Farm for a celebration of the closing of the CSA season.
- Monday found us at Edwin Warner Park hiking as a family.
- Tuesday included a little family breakfast before heading back into the working world. Oh well.
Still, I have some nice pictures for you…
Sooo Much Better
2 Oct 09 by Tim Martin | 4 Comments | 180 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: lindy
24 hours ago, my heart hurt. My little baby, Lindy, was hurting, and not just a little bit. Yesterday at about 4:30, Lindy fell down hard… (She said she landed in a “seal stand”, two hands out.) From that point forward, Lindy would not move her arm at all. Any movement, initiated by her or us, resulted in screams.
We built a little sling for Lindy, and tried to help her through the night. Truthfully, she did great with a combination of Aspen’s beanbag chair and some Motrin. She slept in her own bed, woke up about four times, and came down to get me this morning on her own. I was proud of her.
This morning, we headed straight to the pediatrician (with whom we had spoken last night… She wanted us not to go the ER, simply to avoid whatever illnesses we might pick up!). Dr. Rauth sent us along to Radiology at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital.
Waiting for X-Rays
Just A Swingin’
17 Sep 09 by Jenn Martin | 2 Comments | 184 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: lindy
Shorty
15 Sep 09 by Tim Martin | 2 Comments | 146 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, horses, lindy, oakley
Doesn’t everyone have a horse that lives next door? One that’s sweet, and available, tolerant of kids, and loves to eat carrots? Well, I highly recommend it.
An Awesome Lake Weekend
6 Sep 09 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 159 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, lake, lindy, oakley, video
Have we ever had an awesome time on Tennessee’s waterways lately. This weekend, we were treated to a fantastic day on Tims Ford Lake. Our neighbors, the Donahues, invited us to their lake house for a day of playing around in the water.
Even today, as I was putting together the video below, I was shocked at home many cool things we all got to do in a single day. A brief list? Kayak, jet ski, water ski, tube, jump off a 14 foot dock (even Lindy!) It was nothing short of a perfect day.
More than any of that, though, do you know what I came away most amazed by?
Daddy, Come See. Now.
2 Sep 09 by Tim Martin | 1 Comment | 191 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: lindy
I got home a little later than usual tonight, and that meant that Jenn and Aspen were on their way out the door, and Lindy and Oakley were already done eating. In the 10 minutes I sat there eating dinner, Lindy asked me to come see her do something no fewer than 15 times.
In the end, I relented, but I grabbed the camera first. I mean, if your 3 year old daughter is going to jump down the slide, you might as well catch in on film, right?
An Indelible Memory
30 Aug 09 by Tim Martin | 4 Comments | 242 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, canoeing, jenn, lindy, oakley, tim, video
A week ago, we took a recommendation from Jay and Stephanie and headed out to the Harpeth River for a bit of canoeing. We had a great time on the river. Exploring, swimming, eating some lunch, the whole thing was awesome. The girls were great… it was just a great experience.
A Sneezing Contest
2 Aug 09 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 162 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, lindy, oakley
The people I work with claim that I can be competitive about anything. Perhaps I’ve passed that on to my daughters. Today… they had a sneezing contest, and they certainly performed admirably…
Aspen got us off to a solid start
See how the others did…