Had to add one more picture of Kellon enjoying Charleston Lake...priceless!

Here's some pictures from our camping trip at Charleston Lake in Ontario with Lisa's family. We were truly "roughing it" in a tent, and enjoyed the beautiful scenery and good family times.

Enjoying some Cheerios a little too early in the morning!

July 4th Parade in Norwood! It was Kellon's first parade and at first he wasn't quite sure what to think. But he enjoyed it and especially loved the marching bands and the loud drums! Too bad it was so cold and rainy...

This video is several weeks old now, but I love how Allie shows off her new skills in it: playing ball with Kellon, crawling, and standing holding on to furniture. Kellon is so proud of his little sister!!

Allie Grace...

Allie Grace is now 5 months old. She's grown so much and we thought we might share some pictures...Lisa and I would like to thank our professional-camera-toting family: thanks Cheryl, Ryan, Kevin, Chad, and the rest of you who make Allie feel like a celebrity. I thought I would just post these pics in the blog instead of in a slideshow...

















Reading at a young age...
















Hanging out in the Jolly Jumper...

















Bring on the food!















Brother and Sister...

Kellonisms

Kellon said a few things over the last couple days that has wowed me, so I thought I would share them with you...

On Thursday night, I had my Winter Choral Concert at the high school. Kellon was excellent through the whole thing and Lisa - who braved into the concert with 2 kids by herself! - brought the little to my room after the concert was done. Everyone had left and it was just us in the room. Kellon walks toward me and says: "Good job teaching the kids Daddy." I looked at Lisa and the look on her face told me that she had not prompted him to say this. A few moments later we were walking hand-in-hand through the auditorium after shutting things off. As we walked he looked up at me and said "Good job on your concert Daddy." I was floored. These were completely unsolicited and unprompted comments that he was coming up with! All I could do is say "Thank You", give him a big hug, and try to gather my jaw from the ground. Now, he is our first child...but is that normal for a 3yr. old to say such things?

On a funnier note, I was shaving on Saturday and Kellon wanted to watch. He was watching everything. After, I put all the shaving cream on, I looked over at Kellon. He declares: "Daddy...you look like Jesus."

Kellonisms...funny, enlightening, and down right cute.

Kellon's "Lightning McQueen" Cake

Lisa made a super-cool "Lightning McQueen" (from the Disney movie "Cars") cake. Here's a video of Kellon discovering that it is a cake of "Lightning McQueen." (just click to play.)