Oklahoma Aquarium

The Cutest Dog in The World!

Meet Truman. He's a bichon mix, so we're told and he is the newest member to our family. He's also the first dog we've ever had as a family. We were told about Truman from a friend of my wife's cousin and during Thanksgiving we went over to take a look at the pup to see if he was what we had in mind. This is the photo I snapped that day.He's what we call an early Christmas present. We've been watching episodes of the The Dog Whisperer and are doing fairly well on getting him trained. He likes to play fetch and he's good about going to his crate when I ask nicely. He still will piddle in the house if we don't watch him close so if you have any good advice on how to get your pup to let you know when it's time to go out I'd really like to hear from you.

Silver Dollar City, Branson MO. November 2008

We finally took a trip to SDC to see the Christmas lights and boy was it worth it. I suggest you do the same and while you're there be sure to order up some apple dumplings with cinnamon vanilla ice cream. You can thank me later.

More Halloween Party Pics

BACKYARD HAUNTING, Halloween Party

We had a little Halloween party for the neighborhood kids this year. Our oldest son who is almost 6 had been urging us to do so ever since last Halloween. We had lots of treats and a few ghosts hanging in the trees but the best part for me was the cemetary which I lit and staged with a fog machine. Here are a few photos along with our Jack Skeelington pumpkin. See you next year!

#8 Werewolf

#7 Dracula

#6 Little Mummy

#5 Ghosts

#4 Wanda the Witch

I named her Wanda just because it sounds good. I have an aunt Wanda who is in no way a witch. (In case she reads this.)

#3 Zombies

#2 The Bat

What a weird creature! The bat is as much an icon of Halloween as witches & pumpkins.

HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN- #1 Frank

I've been itching to do one of these countdown posts where I'll be forced to do a drawing a day. I've decided to do it on Halloween and my theme will be Halloween characters and icons. Some may be scary and some may be funny but they will all be Halloweenish in some shape or form. I hope you enjoy.

Caricatures in the Park

I was recently asked if I'd be interested in doing some caricatures of kids for a local arts & crafts day in the park that our city sponsors. My first reaction was no since I hadn't done it in a long time but when they mentioned I'd be getting paid I became very interested all of a sudden. I took a job at Worlds of Fun in KC many years ago to learn the tricks and I have to give credit to Javier Gonzales and Linn Hernandez for trying to teach me . I have much respect for those guys and gals who do this full time. It's a tough job but what fun when you actually get the caricature right, which for me is not as often as I'd like. These are a few that turned out well and all the kids were so cute and fun! (I promise...I'll get better.)