Saturday Morning

I just have to say that there is something magical about a donut shop, a Dad, and a special little girl.  This morning Harper and I went to the barbershop and then to the donut shop.  We had a wonderful time sharing our donuts and Harper finished off breakfast by assembling her donut holes into a snowman.  I really love our daddy and Harper time!

Walk around

Last night we loaded up on the Barlow bus, with Grandma and Boppy and headed to Stillwater for Homecoming walk around.  This is always a very exciting time for me because of my intense love for my Alma mater.  What makes it even better is the fact that I get to share it with Harper.  Truth be told I am trying to cultivate a love for OSU from an early age hoping that it will carry into her teen years and eventually into her becoming a cowboy.  I think so far we have done a great job of cultivating the cult of cowboy in Harper.  Last night I was explaining to Harper that OSU is where Daddy used to go to school, I also explained to her that her mommy and many of her other relatives also attended OSU.  But when she began relating this fact to her mommy and Grandma she said very excitedly, "Mommy this is where Daddy used to go to school."  Her mommy quickly explained to Harper that she also went to school there, but Harper was having none of that.  I think eventually Harper was convinced.  Eventually we made our way to The Strip to begin walk around.  Harper spent most of the night scoping out the house decs from my shoulders and just being amazed by the crowds.  I was pleasantly surprised to run into one of my friends from school, Jason Cornwell.  I haven't seen Jason for like five years, so I was very happy to See him again and very proud to introduce Harper to him.  Overall it was a great evening spent with family in one of my favorite places in the whole world, I love being able to share such a big part of Melissa's and my past with our little angel.

Here goes nothing II.

After spending a lot of time reading Melissa's blog, I have decided to also jump into the blogging world and see how it feels to get my thoughts out there.  I suspect that many of my blogging entries from this point forward will probably sound very similar to Melissa's, so for many of you the information may get repetitive.  But my hope is to provide a different perspective on the goings-on in Barlowville.  I am also hoping for a way to archive many of my thoughts, feelings and experiences to share with my children when they get older.  I am also looking for a place to document the order in the midst of chaos that is my career, the teacher stories can go on forever.  So that sounds like the basics of what will be put up heree on my blog, so let the games begin.