Cute Kid

 

A Great Shot With Our New Camera!

Can you help Nathaniel find his pacifier?

We spent a while looking for it in all the normal places ...

Come Let Us Rejoice

Please spread the word about the annual Interfaith Nativity Exhibit being held from November 30th to December 2nd from 1pm - 8pm at the Carter Hill Stake Center. It is well worth the trip!

Families of the Year Nominee: My In-laws

A family living Christ-centered lives.

Halloween 2007 "They are just giving me candy?!"

Nathaniel loved Halloween. He started getting it and would reach out for the candy and just hold on to it. He held the same snickers bar for three or four houses. He actually wondered right into a stranger's house, no doubt look for the super sugar stash. We rarely give him any candy, so he was clutching onto that lollipop tightly! Even when we was finished, he wouldn't let me take the stick away. He was getting the sweet flavor from the paper!




Happy Puppy finishing up Halloween! See that pencil in his hand. He was digging through the bucket of pencils to pick out the cool ones where the lead colors are different and can rotate through the pencil. He was not to be separated from the pencil.

After the kids went to bed, we all watched Spider-man 3. Didn't feel it. It didn't help that I was 'dog' tired and my 'bedroom' was the living room where everyone was watching the movie.

Finding Nemo Up in Your Grill

Two SCUBA dudes and one incompetent photographer.



I am a nice moray eel, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food!



Climb aboard kids!




Extras from the movie. They are forming a union to demand fair wages.

Cannon the Auburn High School Robot

I helped mentor the Auburn High School students as they built this remote controlled robot for the BEST competition. The videos are from the last round of the playoffs and we had to score to clinch a spot in regionals. We got the two bottles and another robot was waiting for us at the bottom of the platform. We just plowed through it and made our way to the scoring bin. We took second place overall and we are going to play again in 6 weeks at the regionals.

Watermelon Junkie

Nathaniel was given his own piece of watermelon and allowed to wear it, I mean eat it at his own leisure. The results are chimpmunk cheeks and a sticky body with seeds stuck to his chest. He got his second bath of the day. His first came unfortunately when his upset tummy decided it was through trying to disgest the pears he ate from last night.

Dry Tub

Wet or dry, Nathaniel loves getting into his tub. Which is a good thing. He doesn't get fussy anymore about when its time to get out. I love THIS kid.

Reach. TV. Smile.

On the Move

Nathaniel went mobile July 22nd. Very fitting present.

The Real Burger King

 

Birthday Boy

 

Harry Potter Drawings

I thought I would throw this up on my blog in light of the current Harry Potter fervor. I will tactly refrain from mentioning anything besides I finished the last book in the hopes that my readers won't be upset at me.

Deja Vu

This place looks familiar ... have I slobbered here before? While Nathaniel was displeased about the blue dress gown he had to wear, the surgery went well and he recovered quickly by eating tons of whip cream topped IHOP pancakes. He was nursing a sugar rush all the way home.

Hidden Cost of War

Can You Pass the U.S. Citizen Test

You Passed the US Citizenship Test

Congratulations - you got 10 out of 10 correct!

Could You Pass the US Citizenship Test?

Tractor Ride

First ride around the lawn. Nathaniel wanted to drive.

Airport Avarice

The Atlanta airport confiscated my tootpaste and hair gel. Thought this was a fitting caption.

Sketch Generator

Here's a neat website to generate sketches from pictures:

http://www.dumpr.net/sketch.php

You fed a baby chili?!

And I paid for it the entire week!

About Time

After losing to this guy seven times in a row, this was a timely victory, with 0.8 seconds remaining on my clock!!!!

AT-AT Driver

Happy Baby

Oh Really?

 

"Nathaniel, there is a cow standing behind you."
"I wake up way too early in the morning to get fooled by that one"
"You certainly do!"

61 Distinct Green Bean Spots

Nathaniel loves his green beans to wear his green beans. How does he know that that facial expression and smile will melt his parent's hearts?

Pascua Posse Pose

New Records

 

We were bowling strikes left and right!

Downtown Old Faithful

Bath Time Reveals the Loden Belly

Carrot Mustache and Sweet Dreams

As I had just finished scraping the last morsel of dinner out of the glass jar, I looked up to see Nathaniel in la-la land. Dreaming of large carrots and piles of books.

SuperSize TV

Robert L. can not harrass me any longer about my 19 inch TVs. He always said I could afford to spurlge and get at least a 32 incher from Walmart. Well, Bob, I did a little better and got a projector which casts a narly 120 inch picture. Playing the Wii on this is sick! Pictured is my cool nephew Andrew, who while only three, manages to bowls strike with his Mii that is bigger than him!

Growing Up and Packing Out

That glowing white spot in his mouth is his first tooth.



Nathaniel is ready and willing to ask the tough questions and get in your face. Like "what does this electronic device taste like" ...



He's ready to see the world ... if only he knew the correct postage for such a big package!!!

What Was Lost, Now is Found ...

The occasional beauty of forgetting where you put stuff is that marvellous moment when you find it again. I found my camera after 2 months MIA. If you must ask, it was in the pocket of my bag cooler in my trunk.

To Those About To Rock, We Salute You

Well, I thought Nathaniel was going to be a classical violinist. Guess he wants to follow in his Uncle Josh's footsteps. Go Third Margin!

By the way, these are some of Nathaniel's Easter pictures!

I Caught You a Delicious Bass.

Josh invited me to a private lake to fish.

Josh caught a gorgeous 5.03 pound large mouth bass. I know it weighs exactly that because we swung by a Winn Dixie and had it weighed on the digital scale!

I caught a fish that would be considered bait to Josh's fish! Its inside Josh's fish!

Josh'd fish was so tasty!!! Best tasting fish I've ever had!

Hello World Here I Come

FLASHING NEWS ALERT: Nathaniel Loden on the verge of crawling. News at 11.

We'll Miss You Grandpa B

All the Loden's went up to Michigan for the funeral. It was an amazing trip and more photos and videos are forthcoming.

Call off the Search

Call off the dogs. I haven't gone missing in real life ... just my blog life. I had a pretty hectic start to this whole new year thing. Having to write 2007 on everything messes me up until March ... With pinkeye, road trip to Florida, two diet competitions starting, a stake volleyball tournament (which the Loden's dominated), and another trip to Buford, GA, I've been running around like crazy. Sprinkle in a lost cell phone (which did NOT get stolen), a new cell phone to replace it, over my limit in minutes this month and still got 4 more days to go ( so don't expect me to answer your incessant pleas for autographs, money, love life advice, etc unless your pleas come via email or blog comments then its $20 for the autograph, $20 for a shiny new $10 bill (or two fives if you please) and my love life advice is free ... its "love life".

Raquelle's Rampage

See how that big dent in our Murano's fender matches the size and shape of my melon. That's not a coincidence. I was just minding my own business, hanging out under the front of the Murano, when Raquelle throws the car in gear, slams on the gas, and pins my head between the fender and the garage door. In a great battle of wits, the fender bent its will to mine under the excuriating pressure.

Now you can believe that story, or the one that Raquelle tells everyone. It's about how she was shopping in Target for two hours (I swear she could miss the Apolycalypse and the Second Coming in Target), and some car pulled a parking lot "hit and run". Bummer of a birthmark, Hal.

Adorable Nathaniel

 

We have never seen Nathaniel smile for the camera like this. He loves his excersaucer from Myra and McRae, great friends of the family. While his toes just barely touch the bottom, he grabbed for all the toys and pressed all the buttons. Thanks ya'll!

Wii Sports Golf Hole in One Part Two

I didn't like the video quality of the last hole in one I made. So what did I do about it? No I didn't cry like a little school boy who got force-feed grass by a girl ... why are you looking at me like that? Anyway, I made another hole in one while ReplayTV captured the action. A side efffect of using the Replay was a four second lag between when I swung my club and when I saw my club swinging on TV. Its not only disorientating, the mind-bogglinglyness of it ... well ... blows your mind.

Wii Golf Hole in One

My mad skills in full swing (no pun intended but its welcomed).

Over the Hedge: Fans Create Verm Tech Commercial

Raquelle and I loved this movie. Her favorite line was: "Oh yeah, well do you have a Associate's degree from Verm Tech?"

Annual Loden Showdown: Who's your Daddy

And also ... Happy Birthday Joey!