The Gadget Guy!

This is my husband, Jeff, also know as "the Gadget-Guy". Jeff recently took the wedding photos for my niece's wedding. The wedding took less than 2 hours to photograph, but 6 months to order and buy all the gadgets and equipment. At the church that Saturday, there were two digital cameras, 2 fancy camera bags, two tripods, flashes, extra batteries, various lenses and extra memory cards. Enough equipment to photograph a celebrity wedding!

This is the Gadget-Guy's office! Really! We have every electronic gadget and boy toy known to man, usually in multiples.
remote control cars gas & electric

remote control helicopters gas & electric

scanners


copiers/printers

computers

shredders

cables

phones

enough paint-ball guns for twenty players along with masks & shirts

Scuba equipment - tanks, buoyancy vests, fins, & bags to hold it all.

The good thing about all this is that Gadget Guy can fix/build/repair about anything! He is great to have around the house! Gadget Guy is the complete opposite of me. The most complicated gadget I can successfully function with is a can-opener. Gadget Guy, You complete me!

Trucks! Trucks! Trucks!

Living in a house full of boys of all ages, we have always owned trucks and SUV's! We have owned almost every make and model of truck and/or SUV.

1. Mazda B2000
2. Dodge Dakota
3. Chevy 1500 4x4
4. Ford Explorer Sport Trac
5. Ford F150
6. Ford Explorer SUV
7. Ford Expedition SUV

Black is my husband's favorite color for vehicles. At one time we owned 3 black vehicles. Our driveway was like a Goth parking lot.

Now we have a truck in my backyard. This was once my son's truck that he used for a landscaping business. This bad boy has a new transmission but no working motor! This truck is also missing a tailgate. (Apparently there is a weight limit for tailgates- a pallet full of field stone exceeds the limit)

One day some friends needed to get into my house while I was unavailable. They called me asking about a key. I called Adam to ask about the spare house key. Apparently Adam had left a house key in the seat of his truck in the backyard with the doors unlocked. My friends scaled the fence, got the key, and got into the house. I'm sure there is a red-neck joke in there somewhere!

Reflections in the Rear View Mirror

As I look back over my life at the age of 50, it seems like ten minutes ag0 that my boys were young. I try not to dwell on the bad times that every family has, but on the funny, family moments we shared. In my unique position as the only female in a household full of testosterone, (even the dog was male) I wonder how I did not go completely insane. I use this excuse for any idiosyncrasies I now have. My friends sometimes don't get it! Especially those with only daughters. I want to record some of my family's journey. Someday my children may need this to help them as they raise their children.

Noah, Aaron, Adam


Jeff & Christi