Thats my Boy!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Life has been very busy lately. Between work, watching my son grow and working on my photography skills I have not had much time to post much. It is amazing to me just how time goes by so fast. Caleb is 8 weeks old now and it seems like just yesterday he was born (though I do not remember life without him). He makes me smile every day. It does not matter what else I have going on, when I see a smile on his face it erases anything else that I have on my mind and just makes me happy.

I have also enjoyed taking some Christmas card pictures for some of my family. I hope they like them. I wish I was as good as some people I see pictures from, but maybe one day...

Sara and Davis

A few pictures from today with Elizabeth, Sarah and Jeremy

A few family pictures

Random photo shoot

Jennifer and I took Caleb up to The Vines today to try and take a few pictures that may end up being used for our Christmas Card. While we were there, a lady Jennifer knows was there trying to take some pictures for their Christmas card. She is 35 weeks pregnant and had her two kids and wanted a picture with a bow around her belly. Here are a few pictures that I took and edited....hopefully she will like them...

After a month of fatherhood.....

If I could sum it up in just one word, I would use the word awesome! It sounds like a simple word, but I think that it is the simplicity of fatherhood that makes "awesome" such a perfect choice. Why in the world would I think fatherhood is simple? Fatherhood is simple because loving a child of your own is simple. It is the easiest type of love I have ever experienced. Don't get me wrong. I love my wife and my family. But there is nothing like loving your child. It is easy, simple and pure.

Some thoughts on football this year....

1 - Texas Tech is the most exciting team to watch. Graham Harrell may be the most accurate QB I have ever seen and his offensive line is amazing. On top of that, Michael Crabtree is the best WR I have ever seen in college. He reminds me of a bigger Peter Warrick.

2 - Florida is ridiculously fast.

3 - I think the Big 12 is the best conference in the nation. Even with some good defenses, the SEC has been replaced.

4 - The ACC is not as bad as everyone thinks.

5 - The Big East is awful.

6 - Could Mike Slive cancel the SEC Championship game if Texas Tech loses to Oklahoma so Florida and Alabama could play for the national title? No, but that would be a huge story.

7 - Georgia's defense may be the largest disappointment this year. A close second would be the entire Clemson team.

8 - This years group of freshman WR (AJ Green, Julio Jones, Michael Floyd, DeAndre Brown) may be the best group of WR to ever come into college at the same time. They have all put up great numbers.

Just a couple thoughts

This may make some people angry and it may not. But, here are my thoughts 1 day after Election Day. First, for all of the people who voted for Barack Obama because you believe in his character and you believe he is going to do great things, good for you. I am happy that you voted for him for those reasons. For those of you that voted for him because he is black, well Martin Luther King, Jr. would not be proud. The "I have a dream" speech was a speech on equality, an equality for all humans regardless of race. If you voted for Barack Obama because he was black, you are not doing what Dr. King dreamed of. He talked about a day where someone like Barack Obama could win an election and it be 100% based on character and not on race. Dr. King was not talking about his dream of having a black man in office because he is race. He talked about his dream of his children living in a country that is colorless, where someone like Barack Obama would be elected based on merit and just so happens to be black not because of it. So, if you voted for Barack Obama because of his race, I truly think you have done not only yourself, but also this entire country a disservice.

I also hope people realize that whether John McCain or Barack Obama won the election, either one would still just be another politician until proven otherwise. I hope that Obama can bring change to the country. I hope he can deliver on some of the promises that he made. I have heard a lot of people saying that they now have someone to make their hopes and dreams come true. To be blunt, I think it is a mistake to rest your hopes and dreams on the lap of a politician. Rest your hopes and dreams on your own lap after a hard days work. Rest them on the lap of your spouse and your kids. But do not let your hopes and dreams be made reality or destroyed by putting them onto the lap of one person, unless that person is you. We all have a chance to make it in this world regardless of who is sitting in the Oval Office, not because of who is sitting there.

Last night Barack Obama's victory speech was very moving. He talked about being the President for everyone and not just those who voted for him and who have supported him for months. I think it is only fair that we all stand behind President Elect Obama and give him a chance. His famous line is "Yes we can." Well, "Yes we can" give him a chance to bring change to the country. What I hope we will all do is pray that we can all come together as a country and make things better for everyone. I may not agree with all of his political philosophies or even his stance on what I believe to be moral issues, but I do agree that this country is in dire need of change. My hope is that the change that is coming is a change that we can all be proud of.

The last thing on my mind has been simple. God is and always will be in control of each and every little thing that goes on. God has an ultimate plan for everyone, including this great nation. I believe part of that plan is for us to all put aside so much of the garbage that separates us. Doing that would allow us to realize that we all have the best interest of the country at heart.

Good night.

So the election is over....now what?

Ever since last night when Obama was declared the next President, there has been something that has been bothering me. I did not know exactly how to put it into words until I heard what someone else said about all of the people on TV and in newspapers who keep saying, "now we have a chance." I feel for those people who put all their hopes and dreams into promises made by a politician. I will be happy to give President Elect Obama a chance, but I will not hope for my future and my family's future to be "made" on promises that he, or any politician for that matter, has made.

For everyone that voted for Obama, I hope that one day I look back and say that you are right and that I was wrong. But my one recommendation to you is that you do not do as many people I have listened to and read articles from have done, and that is to base all of your hopes and dreams on the promises made by a politician.