Amy is currently attending the TPPA conference in Kerrville. This is the 3rd year she has attended but the first year that she has entered their print competition. This competition is quite difficult because the competitors are all high end professional photographers from all over Texas and surrounding states.

She took 4 prints with her yesterday and all of them scored very well for a first time entrant. This morning she checked on her scores and all of her prints did very well with one earning Honor of Exhibition (a very coveted placement especially for first time entrants).

Congratulations sweetheart. I’m very proud of you.

Update: It turns out that 3 of her 4 entries won the Honor of Exhibition status!

Ben and I are headed to the Davis Mountains in a few weeks. My parents are spending about 2 weeks out there doing a bunch of work around the cabin so Ben and I are going to help out for a few days. We’ll be replacing some decking, fixing and replacing some eaves and rakes, adding flashing to a few exposed exterior walls and several other projects. I can’t believe it’s been over a year since I’ve been out there. That’s way too long for me.

We might even make it to Balmorhea State Park on our way home. Ben has never been out there and it’s going to feel so nice after a couple of days of working hard up in the mountains.

To those readers who aren’t (yet) parents, I apologize. This post is likely to disgust you. This is however precisely what life is like with a 4 year old boy.

As Ben was getting dressed for bed this evening he made me the following offer while standing in his bedroom completely naked:

Ben: “Daddy, smell my finger.”

Me: “Why? What does it smell like?”

Ben: “Like hot peppers, fresh tomatoes and yummy milk.”

Me: “Um, no thanks.”