Nick climbing on the equipment at Tumbleweed park today. I also put a video up of him climbing on it... how quickly time flies.

Sure are a lot of ducks these days. Guess Nick is a good duck wrangler.

A slightly different meaning from Minnesota but still valid at TGIF.

Hey Apple, how about some auto focus and better ISO on the next iPhone...

My little guys first picture, going for the artistic shot I guess. He took two of this style but this is his original masterpiece. Note how he centered his foot perfectly and gave depth by showing the whole length of leg.

We decided to do a quick trip to Tortilla Flats today. Dinner and walk the board walk for something different.

Nick and Dad enjoying a ice cream at IKEA. Mom generously donated her ice cream to the King so as to avoid a duel to the death (smart move mom).

If anyone outside of AZ reads this blog they are going to understand one of our main methods of survival during 10 straight days above 110F, get WET!

Happy Dad's day to all those Dads out there.

Those would be Daddy's socks, they almost fit.

Today we went to the Tempe Splash park for the first time. It isn't as big as I thought it would be but it is pretty nice. There is a very shallow stream that flows from 2 small waterfalls along with plenty of water shooting up in the air all over the place. Very well done and it had a couple lifeguards on duty, Good job Tempe. Now just open the thing more often / earlier would you.

That's my boy!

This is what happens when you have 1 to many blowouts at daycare. They run out of cloths and you wear what is left.

We are seeing a trend in season's firsts for Nick. Last weekend was Nick's first time in our pool for the year. In fact it went from 1 to 3 in no time (i.e. 2 days). He enjoyed swimming and kicking the most.

He also learned that the bricks get pretty hot. Dad warned him that the bricks were hot and not to go there but he knew better, at least for about 5 seconds then just about any other place on the planet was looking good to him. A quick foot dip in the pool fixed him up right.

He also got his first ticket. Well technically speaking dad got the ticket for speeding but he is giving the credit to Nick, thanks buddy. Traffic school here I come.

Thats about it, till next time.

So this past weekend was our first major road trip with Nick. We drove to Carlsbad CA (suburb of San Diego) on Friday and came back today (Sunday). The goal was to see Legoland and the Ocean. The first picture shows how we got to CA in the first place, Suckers. Actually Nick did great with very minimal issues considering the length of travel. We went to the beach a couple of times, he enjoyed getting wet the first time, not so much the second time. We went to Legoland for a day and a half and he enjoyed it (except for not being allowed on a ride we had already got on twice). All in all a successful trip, glad to be home though.

Nick and Dad on the beach.

Nick at a playground in Legoland.