Alexis had her first gymnastics meet on Sunday. She totally ripped it up. Just look at all the precious metal she brought back with her from that other side of the state. I don’t know how she can even stand up! This is how she did: 6th on Floor 3rd… Read More »First Meet
On Sunday I went down to Hy-Vee Hall to help man the Little White Lye Soap booth at The Women’s Life Expo.
My Aunt Linda is renting out her acreage. This has caused her to get rid of some of the things in the acreage. I benefited from this downsizing by getting a sweet new table. Aunt Linda So I got Steve and Jesse together and we drove over to the acreage… Read More »Dear, Beloved, Precious
I made an appearance at the annual Majors Family Reunion on Saturday. I took a few pictures. I guess I did make it to a reunion this year.
Saturday morning I took Brandon’s Senior pictures. I’d like to share some of my favorite pictures from that photo shoot. It is good to take pictures of somebody that doesn’t mind when you need to stop to take some quality frog pictures.
Friday night was the big Jay home cooked meal extravaganza. Willy choose not to join his brothers for this meal. Even though a week earlier he begged me not to go to the Ames on the Half Shell Appreciation Party because he needed a home cooked meal. Although I was… Read More »Shafted
I recently became the Webmaster for the Ames Jaycee websites. Perhaps it is because at times of have been correctly labeled a history nerd (although if you are over the age of 16 and you still feel comfortable using the nerd concept, I feel really bad for you) and improperly… Read More »Nonvoting Position
My website has moved servers yet again. I know anything related to PHP doesn’t work at all and I’m not really sure when it will work again, but I’m told FTP works again, so I’m testing that theory with this entry. Jay is rather uneducated in the nuances of the… Read More »Worst in Ames
In honor of the big game that kicks off in about an hour, I am going o post a few of the logos I kind of like from Cyclone history. Here is hoping for another Cyclone victory. A victory to match the one that the volleyball team earned last night… Read More »Cyclone Logos
A few more pictures from the Kent State game. So now the Cyclones are 2-0. It might be about time to start planning that Independence Bowl road trip.
On Saturday the Cyclones were able to avenge one of their losses from last year. Once again it was a night game, so there are few images, but I’ll share a few. Although Iowa State did right a wrong, their performance was hardly impressive. Well, it was impressive at times… Read More »Retribution (Part 1)
So Willy didn’t actually win 8 events during Pufferbilly Days, but he did finish 2nd with his partner Avril in the Anytime Fitness Amazing Race. He backed this up by winning the Pufferbilly Days 5K for his age group the following morning. Below is a very pixelated video taken by… Read More »The Michael Phelps of Pufferbilly Days
Perhaps you were hoping to see pictures of the Cyclones schizophrenic performance last night, but I haven’t gotten that far yet. The pictures below conclude the pictures from Iowa State’s dismantling of South Dakota State. There aren’t many pictures because a night game isn’t a great environment for photo taking.… Read More »The Long Road Back (Part 3)
This year I took a different route selecting pictures for the Photo Contest. I put together 20 pictures and then had certain people select and name 1 picture from that list. I then entered those pictures. I liked the way this process worked out. I will do it again in… Read More »Selected Pictures
Below are some pictures from the pre-game. Once I got into The Jack I looked around the new concourse on the west side of the stadium. It was nice, as far as those things go.
Last Thursday, the Cyclones began their long return from the abyss. Last year the Cyclones were embarrassed at The Jack in their opening game of the season. This year they took another step towards redemption by routing their opening opponent. The South Dakota State Jackrabbits were not a match for… Read More »The Long Road Back (Part 1)
The final four pictures that were not selected all come from Independence Day. Todd lighting fireworks. Shannon watching. Fireworks from below. Fireworks from below. Shannon observing the fireworks. That concludes the presentation of the 14 pictures that didn’t make it to the photo contest.
More pictures that weren’t selected. This is a picture of June and Dean’s barn. This is a picture of the Basilica in Dyersville. This picture was actually originally selected for entry, but I decided that I didn’t really like the way it looked when it was printed, so it was… Read More »Bereft
A couple more pictures that were not selected. I took this picture last year when Jay went on his first ever trip on the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad. I threw this particular picture into the mix to see if anybody would consider selecting this picture because of the nature… Read More »Estranged
Two more pictures that were not selected. It took me some time to actually find one of these old merry-go-rounds. I searched high and low and only found one in Boone. Perhaps there is another one somewhere, but the only one I could find was at the Trinity playground. The… Read More »Spurned
This is a second picture that was not entered. This picture was created with an in camera zoom special effect. This picture was taken at The Venue when the Inebriated Saints were playing in a Battle of the Bands. Mike contacted me to take pictures of the band. I went… Read More »Jilted