Conservative Papa

Opal Grace, originally uploaded by Michael Sallmen.

Born 7:57 am, 8.06 lbs. Red hair!

Climber, originally uploaded by Michael Sallmen.

Isaac climbed from the little blue chair to the big chair to his high chair. He was so proud of himself!

Jury Duty, originally uploaded by Michael Sallmen.

Monday I waited in a jury selection pool. At 9:30, they told us to come back in an hour because the judge was still knocking out cases. At 11:40, they told us to eat lunch and be back at 12:45. How efficiently they waste so many people’s time! By 1:00, the judge came and apologized for the long wait, but they cleared 41 cases with guity or no contest pleas. They let me go by 2:45 without selecting me.

Langley Park, originally uploaded by Michael Sallmen.

Kids play after Christmas shopping for Mama.

X-Ray pictures, originally uploaded by Michael Sallmen.

Esther Joy is pretending to take X-ray pictures of Andrew.

Pumpkin cans, originally uploaded by Michael Sallmen.

It’s almost time for pumpkin pie! Isaac was playing with these pumpkin cans a few weeks ago. Since then, some already found its way into a pumpkin roll.

Clean and not so much, originally uploaded by Michael Sallmen.

My rental house now has a tenant, so I spent a lot of time painting and cleaning carpet. Here you can see where I stopped running the cleaner for the night.

Don’t mess with the fire sprinkler, originally uploaded by Michael Sallmen.

The hotel where Carolyn and I stayed last weekend posted this notice by every fire sprinkler in our suite.

Escorting the ladies, originally uploaded by Michael Sallmen.

Andrew escorting Mama and Esther to the van after church.