I'm on a freakin roll...dig it.

Yet another notch in my belt of posting crap a few months consecutively. I find myself on a Saturday afternoon with my wife at work and my children with my visiting mother...i figured i got nothin' else going on and i might as well hit this blog up with some newer images.


Charlie's reaction to discipline...or perhaps Melissa is nagging him about his general lack of priorities...this reaction can apply to both instances.


"Crap...you saw that?....well...in my defense, she just kept talking...."


Me and the boys at the beach from our "family portrait series". As you can see...it was super successful. Me squinting at the camera while the sun blazes behind the photographer, Charlie channeling his Norsk ancestry and screaming as to prepare for battle, and simon lifting his pant legs much like a young victorian girl would humorously lift her skirt as to avoid a mouse. We are the Claters dammit!


Our car was dirty, so we took it to an automated car wash. As you can tell by their expressions, Simon really dug it and Charlie was thankful he was wearing diapers.


This is an older image from the x-mas scavenger hunt we participated in with Melissa's family. We had to take photos of all items on the list with family members in the pictures. We were cheating on this particular find. The objective was to find a clothing item with a chicken on it...we found ducks and melissa is hiding the word "duck". We came in last place and we cheated....so...yea...we suck at scavenger hunts. Aside from images that demonstrate our sucking at various remedial tasks, this image reminds me of a few memorable scenes from "village of the damned". In case you have no idea what i'm talking about here is a link to admire: Beware The Stare!

Hey look...a post the very next month

Im getting better at posting blog entries...i just neglect other things in my life in order to do so....kids, wife, chores...but lets be honest, im not that great at chores and my family is easily distracted by shiny objects or the Noggin Channel.


Over Christmas we went to the beach on a blustery day to take some family photos....and this is one...Here we see charlie soaked up to his waste in sea water after being there about 36 seconds...but to his credit, throwing big rocks into the tide pools was much more enjoyable then smiling at a camera.


Simon smiling for my crappy iphone camera...i swear, for a super over-hyped expensive piece of equipment, the camera really sucks monkey balls. In order to get a semi-decent image, the camera as well as the subject matter must remain perfectly still. then there's the whole push the "button" and wait 5 seconds for it to take. Again, sucks...big...monkey...balls. Simon didnt really notice my frustration as he was checkin' out the ladies and asking me for a copy of the image to make his 5x10 glossy's. He kept asking me if his hair was ok to which i responded.." looks like you just woke up"....his crooked smirk and a slow motion nod was all i needed to know that this was the look he had so delicately manufactured all morning long.



I asked Charlie to give me a kiss...this was the result. I knew immediately that Melissa had not be so truthful to me when i asked her if charlie was awake as she got caught up with her "show"....(Desperate Housewives)...yep....we're learnin' them young....learnin' them young.


Cort, my younger brother, showed me also what he had seen at my house while charlie was awake...his version was bit more disturbing and quite possibly what nightmares are made of.