Last Sunday was gorgeous. We spent a few hours in the afternoon at a friend’s house celebrating their son’s 1st birthday party. They had baby pools setup and everything, which was great fun in the hot sun. You can view the album here.

They even had a wet t-shirt contest:

I decided to again take on a co-worker in a head-to-head eating contest (here’s the first, if you missed it). The playing field this time was breadsticks, and, well, just watch the video:

I got taken to school. Next time it’s slow-and-steady… maybe that’ll help.

Alison and Matt just had their first baby: Ethan John Hunt. He’s a beautiful boy who came out a little bit ahead of schedule. Mother, father, and son are all doing well:

Turns out that my post two days ago about newly discovered blogs was a bit prescient: another friend had just made her first blog post on that exact same day!

The new blogger, Janice, also went to high school with me. Her nickname was “Froggy”, hence the clever title of her blog: “A Frog and her Blog“.

Thanks to Kristin, I just discovered that two friends from high school have active blogs that I haven’t been subscribed to. It’s a good thing I found them too - one of them just had a baby, and the other just got married!

Here they are (just in case there are others out there who know these people but didn’t know they have blogs):

Lisa and Andy

Jennifer and Nate

We were originally introduced to Joel Peigh by Tiffany about a year ago - we were looking for a good contractor for our front porch. He came highly recommended not only because he is a high quality craftsman, but also because he is an honest, hard-working, high quality man. After finishing construction on our front porch (ahead of schedule and under budget) we could not agree more.

Joel was recently diagnosed with an advanced stage 4 esophageal cancer (median survival rate of 8 months). It is a shock - he is young and seems so healthy. Peigh It Forward has been created to chronicle the journey he and his family have embarked upon.

Please bookmark Peigh It Forward so that you can share this journey with Joel and his family. I’m not a very religious man, but I am keeping Joel and his family in my prayers and daily thoughts - please join me in doing so.

This past Saturday was the perfect day - we went to our babysitter and good friend Lauren’s house to celebrate her high school graduation. The weather was gorgeous: light breeze and a bright sun.

The graduation party was very nice and fully stocked with food and drink. In back they even had a pond and terraced yard - it was just one of those days that I wished never ended:

Pucci and Julia got married over Memorial Day weekend on a beautiful Florida beach. Shannon and I are so happy for both of them - they are such a wonderful couple.

Here are a few pictures I scalped from Deanna and Pat’s blog:

Congratulations Ben and Julia!!

We had a wonderful bar-b-que over at Jeff and Caroline’s house on Saturday. Reese and Libby played very well together (they are only a few months apart), we ate tasty food, and as always had a great time with Jeff and Caroline.

Here are Reese and Libby playing in Reese’s crib:

This past weekend Betsy and her daughters Hailey and Brianna stayed with us a couple nights. Gretchen also joined us with Claire, the newest addition to her family.

For those of you keeping count that’s 7 women and me. Yeah, that’s right: I’m quite the ladies man.

Here they all are (left to right): Libby, Claire, Hailey, and Brianna.

Needless to say it was a fun and busy weekend.