My Pal Paxton

Pax Loves Riding His Bike

2017-05-20T18:10:53Z

Now that Pax learned to ride his bike, he is constantly asking to go ride. So I took him to the park and had a little fun with my GoPro. Enjoy!

Cadillac Ranch

2017-01-04T21:48:50Z

We had a great time visiting Cadillac Ranch while celebrating Christmas in Amarillo with the inlaws. It's a very unique roadside attraction that draws many visitors every year.

Check it out!

Happy Birthday Pax!

2016-11-02T17:00:01Z

It hard to believe he is 8 yrs old already.

For his birthday we bought him a Daisy BB gun. He listened to the safety lecture and I taught him how to load it. Then he was ready to start shooting some pumpkins we had laying around the backyard. As you can see, he is going to be a good shot just like his father. :-)

SeaWorld San Antonio

2016-11-02T00:00:24Z

We were invited to SeaWorld San Antonio by our friends Steve, Esther, and Sammy for Labor Day. It was a quick trip for us but we had a great time seeing old friends. Presley had been to SeaWorld before when she was little but this was a first for Paxton.

Of course, he had a ton of fun! Enjoy the video.

Typhoon Texas!!!

2016-08-12T22:39:41Z

Mini Ninja Training

2016-07-01T21:42:07Z

Paxton is obsessed with American Ninja Warrior on television. We watch every week and he always says "Dad, I want to do that." I had heard a while back that a competitor from the show had a gym in Houston and trained many of the athletes from the show. So I googled it and found that he even has a Mini Ninja program for kids. This was Pax's first session and he is addicted. He can't wait to go back.

Banff 2016

2016-06-29T19:36:57Z

We had a great time in Banff. It is definitely one of the most beautiful places we have ever been and are already thinking about going back.

Here are some of the highlights of our trip in a short compilation video. ENJOY!

Rafting the Kananaskis River

2016-06-28T22:06:28Z

Paxton takes "The Widowmaker" head on!

Dinner with Paxton

2016-04-30T17:59:25Z

Fun with Bubbles

2016-04-11T21:09:09Z

Spring Break

2016-04-05T01:48:19Z

We spent the last weekend of Spring Break camping with some longtime friends and met some new friends. For three days we camped, pushed through the wind and rain, rode ATVs, cooked over the campfire and had a blast. And even burned a Christmas that was saved just for this weekend. This was Paxtons first time to ride the ATV with me other than slowly around the neighborhood. So naturally we spent a lot of our time our riding the trails. If we are lucky maybe this will become an annual trip.

We also had a epic snowball fight with fake snowballs. Here is a small clip where Paxton nails my GoPro camera dead on. So much fun!

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Fun with Cousins

2015-12-02T21:22:44Z

The kids had a fun time playing with their cousins at Jump Street in Dallas to work off some Post Thanksgiving energy.

Family Fun at Texas Renaissance Festival

2015-10-22T20:17:02Z

We had a great time on Opening Day of Texas Renaissance Festival 2015.

Paxton learns Taekwondo

2015-07-08T20:14:17Z

Paxton started Taekwondo classes in March and has been progressing nicely. He really likes it and has been doing a great job learning his form and moves.

He had the opportunity to take pictures in his uniform and had fun posing and choosing the background and weapon. It turned out very nice.

He also agreed to take part in a in class tournament to learn how to spar and see if he would like to enter others later on. He ended up doing very well and came home with two 2nd place medals. He beat out a couple of kids who had higher ranked belts than him which really boosted his confidence.

Most recently he officially tested to move up in rank and earned his orange belt. We are looking forward to many more achievements in his Taekwondo class. Full videos of his testing are below.

Big Wheel

2015-04-18T01:25:25Z

Fun with my new GoPro Hero 4.

"Cow Friends"

2015-04-13T03:23:34Z

Paxton loves to moo at the cows when we go to the deer lease. He calls them his "cow friends".

Paxton Plays!

2015-04-12T00:45:09Z

Ice Cream & Cake!

2014-12-03T04:48:06Z

Hacked by Pax

2014-09-02T21:07:02Z

Paxton grabbed my phone without me knowing and recorded this great little video.

Happy 4th!!!!

2014-07-05T05:36:32Z

Memorial Day Weekend 2014!

2014-05-29T22:13:21Z

We had a great Memorial Day Weekend 2014. It's hard to believe that Summer is here already.

First thing Saturday morning Paxton had the last game of his soccer season. His team, the Rocket Ninja Snakes, lost every game but still had lots of fun learning and playing soccer. Paxton ended the season with 3 goals and 7 blocked shots. He was also selected by his coach as Most Valuable Player.

Later on Saturday afternoon we ventured out to Katy Mills Mall for some family shopping and got into this. Kinda creepy to me but Pax had fun riding it.

On Sunday, Paxton and I made a day trip to Brazos Bend State Park to visit with our friends Jamie, Lisa, and Maxx, who were camping for the weekend. We had been here before for a day trip back in 2012 to visit out friends Steve, Esther and Sammy while they were camping also.

We had lots of fun! Highlights were seeing lots of gators while hiking and even getting to touch a baby gator at the Nature Center. And of course the play area with a huge slide and swings was fun too. Notice the "big kids" (aka Jamie and Lisa) going down the slide also.

Maxx even showed Paxton how to play lacrosse and corn hole while we sat around the camp fire cooking and enjoying a few beers.

Overall a great day outdoors with good friends. I'm tired just thinking about all of the fun we had.

Day Trip to Sam Houston National Forest

2014-05-11T04:46:53Z

On short notice Pax and I decided to make a quick run up to Sam Houston National Forest to spend the day with some friends who were camping.

We had a fun day hiking, picking and eating a few fresh dewberries, cooking on the campfire, and just hanging out at the camp.

The highlight of our hike was when found a long fallen tree and had lots of fun balancing on it while walking.

Let It Go!

2014-04-29T00:44:22Z

Like everyone else, Pax really like the movie "Frozen". Can you tell?

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 2014

2014-03-14T21:07:28Z

We took the kids for our annual trip to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo yesterday. Overall a great time as always but this year seemed a little more crowded than in past years. Lots of waiting in lines for rides, food, petting zoo and everything else. This year Paxton wanted to do the Mutton Bustin' and he did a great job. He almost won but his sheep didn't come out of the gate very fast and was kinda slow compared to others.

That moment when you try to take a pic of Paxton

2014-03-10T20:47:48Z

No Pictures....Please!

2014-02-12T23:17:42Z

Paxton earned his first trip to the emergency room a few days ago after smashing his head on the bathroom sink. He did a great job of being a big boy while getting two staples in his head but afterwards he didn't want any pictures taken. :-)

Radioactive

2013-12-30T00:26:38Z

Paxton's Birthday

2013-10-28T04:17:54Z

Paxton requested Rainforest Cafe for his Birthday. Mainly because he knew they had a ice cream & cake volcano. He had a great time!

Galveston Summer 2013

2013-08-05T04:46:03Z

We had a great time at the beach in Galveston with the brother-in-law and his family. Paxton loved playing in waves and wasn't out of the water for more than 10 mins the whole time we were on the beach.

Bubbles

2013-05-13T00:22:52Z

Paxton enjoying a beautiful Mothers Day afternoon playing with his bubbles.