August Update

Hey all:

Here are some new pictures of Clara. She's growing up so quick and is getting pretty chunky. Lesli and I are working on putting our landscape in and I start taking the CPA Exam this month. Hopefully, I'll have it all finished by the end of November. I hope all is well with everyone. When are we going to hold our first annual WSM reunion?

Harris B. Robinson

And here he is. Shannon's friend came over and took some pictures of our little guy so I thought I'd share some with you. Bennett and Max adore him and are anxious to help. Mom is tired but can't get enough of him and me...well, I'm tired but we're all surviving. Keep the pictures coming of all of your little ones too!!

Cleopatra comin atcha

Congratulations Marc on the new little one. Our twins are 4 months old today and they are getting nice and chunky(Courtney on the top and Callie on the bottom). We hope everyone is doing okay. I've got a couple of weeks off school, so we are enjoying spending more time together as a family. How's the going back to school coming Marc--that's exciting.

Well...number three arrived 9:26 CST Saturday night.

Our little Harris B. Robinson was born last night and we are quite blessed to have another healthy baby in our home. Mommy and baby will come home tomorrow, and we will post more then.

Let the boating times begin!

First of all congrats to B and Leslie. Your poor little girl doesn't stand a chance, Bennett and Max (and Harris) already want to go out on a date with her! I'm sure you two will be great parents...we're excited for you.

Now back to ME....got the boat out last week and we went for a little drive. The boys were cold but I told them to "man up" and they got over it. Anyways, this is an open invitation to any WSM to come go wakeboarding in the BM. By the way we think we're going to name our 3rd little boy Harris. What do you think?

Exciting news in our life is I'm unemployed. The hot new job turned out to be less then hot. The company we sold insurance for was purchased by United Health Care about four weeks ago. So now I'm the Ward Handy Man. And I'm starting to think it's actually a calling. I get a call about once a week from a ward member who wants work done. Luckily this isn't a lay calling.

Actually if you'll believe this... Josh I know you won't, I'm going to start taking classes and apply for optometry school next year. What do you think about that? Small change from debits and credits.

Thats all for now. Good luck to the rest of the WSM who are expecting in the next couple of months.

Our new little lady

Hey fellow WSMs:
We have a new addition to our family, Clara Belle John was born on April 14th at 5:15 p.m. She weighed 7 lbs 13 oz and is 21 inches long. She kind of had a rough time coming out, so once her cone head dies down a little, she might not be quite 21 inches. She is sooooo cute! Or at least I think so. It's quite a sudden change being a daddy for the first time, but I think Lesli and I will get the hang of parenting before too long. If you'd like to view some pictures of her, here is a link you can visit:
http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/BandLes/Clara%20Belle%20John/

My turn, my turn, pick me, pick me.

In high school fashion i am going to tag along on this WSM adventure. I appreciate that you are including we WSM honorys (or is that ornery's) since the band was so elite some of us could only look from the sidelines.

Anyway, enough about you lets talk about me.

We live in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, about 30 miles south of Nashville. We have a little house. We were trying to fit in by having broken down cars in the back yard all the time but we finally decided that there are some traditions that need to die. Oh and on that tangent, the South will rise again!! I am not sure from what, but there are so many people waiting for it that something has to happen.

(this is Charity and Haela and Charity's dad at the zoo monkey exhibit)

I work in Nashville (45 minute commutes stink, i wish I had some WSM music to listen to on the way). I am working for a general contractor building schools and condos and all sorts of other fun things. In fact we built the Monkey exhibit at the Zoo so when the WSM rises again and we need a home for Whitey, give me a call.
Charity is gorgeous as ever. We are expecting #2 at the end of May. It is going to be a boy. i tried to convince Charity to let us name him Markandon but she wants biblical names so we are going with Enoch.

Haela is 2 1\2 and crazy. She inherited red hair from some recessive ancestors and now she has the attitude to prove it. She has been to the emergency room 10 times in 4 states due to her allergies and ahsma. I think that just makes her tougher.

We are loving life out here and hope to get an invite to the WSM reunion, though I think we should have it here in TN so you guys can kick off the rest of your careers in Nashville.