Sitting by the pool

Well, I recently purchased an iPod Touch and I absolutely adore it. I am sitting out by the pool as Becca swims and Grant annoys me. I am using a blog post application for my Touch. It has wi-fi connectivity which I love. This is just a test of this app because Grant's threatening to throw Becca's shirt in the pool and I have to deal with him.

Dear Becca & Grant,
                  It's been almost six months since my last post. People had began to believe that I had given up on the blog. Well, not at all. I don't think I'm gonna keep up with the monthly pictures because I am so far behind it would be kind of silly or maybe I will start the monthly pictures back after birthdays. Becca's was earlier this month and Grant's is later next month. Well, we'll see.
      Okay a lot has happened in the past five months. I hate to admit this but the primary reason I didn't keep up with the blog was because I had an actual honest to goodness girlfriend there for a couple of months. It was my first ex-wife, Christy Hess from Florida. The tale there is long and maybe a little sordid so I'll just say that it didn't work out and leave it at that.
      Becca did get her first trip to the ocean as a result of me seeing Christy. Becca and I visited the Pensacola area of Florida and Becca got to go to Destin Beach. We had a great time collecting sea shells on the beach. The waves were kind of harsh that day and it ended up raining on us but we still had fun. Becca had more fun in the pool at the hotel though. Becca did absolutely fabulous during the drive as well. The drive usually took me about nine hours but with Becca it took more like twelve. I really enjoy driving though so it wasn't too bad. I enjoy driving but I hate stopping and with a then four year old stops become much more frequent than if I had been by my lonesome.
      Let's see, what have we done during my blog hiatus.Becca and I went to see a Disney on Ice show back in March. Just recently while I have been off work for vacation the kids and I went to the Explorium of Lexington and Becca and I went to The Newport Aquarium. We stopped at Cracker Barrel in Georgetown after the aquarium and had chicken and dumplings. Becca loves chicken & dumplings. Becca & I went to the Woodford County Fair twice again this year. Becca won a great big stuffed Spongebob by legitimately popping three balloons with a dart. She rode a few more intense rides than she did last year and absolutely loved it. It may seem that Grant is being left out of a lot of stuff but being a single dad it's hard to entertain a five year old while I have to wrangle a two year old. I'm gonna be laid off a whole lot this year so while Becca is in kindergarten Grant and I will be painting the town red.
      Oh yeah, Becca starts kindergarten in about two weeks. She's had two years of preschool in the building she will be going to so there will be no adjustment like a lot of kids will have to go through.
      It's been a super cool summer and when I say cool I'm not talking in slang. The temperature has been so that there's been many days that it's just been too frigid to get in the pool. Not as much swimming this summer as in the past. Grant is gonna be as good of a swimmer as Becca is already. At first he was kind of scared, or so I thought but I deduced that it was in fact too cold for him. He gets around in his floaty suit as well as Becca did at his age.
      Grant broke my laptop. He spilled tea on it. Either I'm gonna have to get it fixed or purchase another. I'm in the bedroom on the desktop right now. Grant is a one child wrecking crew.
      Okay, there's been a whole lot more to have happened but I don't recall what kinds of stuff that was. I've hit the high points I suppose. Becca had a nice birthday with a Spongebob Squarepants theme, her new favorite cartoon. I might do Grant's in Spongebob as well but if I can find Barney the Dinosaur, Grant's absolute favorite show, party stuff we'll do that but Barney isn't as popular as he once was.
      Okay, sitting in this chair is hurting my back. Oh by the way, I now weigh between 160 and 165 pounds. I had a lot of problems with an ulcer and still don't get in the proper amount of protein and I really need to hit the gym. But I've lost the weight I wanted to lose and I am 100% glad I had the surgery. Even with the problems I would do it again in a second.
      Well, I'm gonna close out now. I certainly hope I can post again before Christmas. Daddy loves Rebecca!