Updates

I really need to remember to update this more often.

It looks like my last weight update was back in march.  As of today I have lost 24 lbs.  They are becoming more and more difficult to lose but I keep going, would like to do another 5 lbs and then I think I will be content.  In July I have joined a "Calorie Burning Challenge" with Dave and a few other people so that should help motivate me for the next month.

I really haven't done much development lately.  Netflix has recently gave notice that they will soon stop provided rental history via the API that that pretty much makes stalkflicks.com pointless.  I do have the rotten tomatoes API integrated now so I will most likely continue to just provide info, ratings and reviews for movies.  I have also decided to move the whatson2night stuff over to stalkflicks so it will turn into movies and TV shows with notification for both.

I have actually done some golfing this year, 4 or 5 times already which is more then the last couple of years combined.  I may look into relaunching my golf stats website.

Makynzie just complete her first season of softball.  They lost every game but one, but they went out with a win so that was fun.  She improved greatly over the weeks and it was fun to watch.  Izzy hasn't been to the hospital in almost a year I think so for her that's doing well.

Jumping in the Leaves

Photo spot

Monkey Bars

The Girls

The Girls

The girls playing outside

The Girls

Christmas Program

Last night we attended Makynzie’s Christmas concert or program.  She did very good but we did not have the best seats to view her so the video is kinda bad.  Aside from the terrible audio problems it was over all a good show.

Half day

Makynzie and I had a half day today.

Treasure Hunt

Last Saturday Makynzie and I along with Dave and his girls went Geo-Caching for the first time.  Dave was in charge of getting the list of caches to find and I was in charge of documenting the day.  After lunch we headed over to the park and started in on the first object.  This first was was classified as a micro-cache so it was very small and very difficult to fine.  Needles to say we didn't find it.  The second one was a large cache and after about 20 mins of looking we found it.  In it were some toys, a book and a log to write down your name and the date you found it.  It was interesting to see that someone had already found it that same day.

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Ready for the day

Quick picture of the girls... don't remember where we were getting ready to go

Mini Golf

Video of the recent round of Mini Golf.  First time I really used the flip cam I have and I'm not really impressed with the HD and being able to edit it.

Easter - Coloring the Eggs

Here is some video of the girls coloring the Easter Eggs.  They did pretty good, I will try and get some good Final Pictures of them and post soon.

Christmas 2009

Christmas has come and gone once again, the girls loved all their presents and the toy room which was already packed is busting at the seams.

Here are some more pictures

Video will be coming soon

Vacation at the Dells

A few weeks ago we took a vacation to Wisconsin Dells.  We had a very good time and both Makynzie and Izzy had a blast swimming every day.  Most of the 221 photos were at the Deer place...

Here are some pictures of the trip: http://picasaweb.google.com/ikmyer/VacationAug2009Dells

Here is a video of Makynzie driving Go-Karts for the first time by herself: http://www.vimeo.com/6439639

Makynzie's New Bike

Makynzie got a new bike last Sunday...  Its was still a little to tall for her confort level.  We lowered the seat about another inch and she was able to actually ride it.

4th of July

Another 4th of July has come and gone.  This year we didn't do much which was kinda relaxing.  On Friday I was home with the girls and we played outside for a bit.  Saturday we had a busy scheduled which turned out to pretty much nothing.  We had the Kids Fun Run downtown followed by the Parade but both were canceled due to the rain (not really canceled, but we did not attend).  After that we were supposed to attend a picnic at a friends house which really was canceled (rain).  Saturday night Makynzie was at Grandma and Grandpas and they did attend the fireworks at Kirkwood and Makynzie said they were awesome and that the Finale was the best part.  Brooke and I were home with Izzy, we tried to see the fireworks from our back yard but failed.

Here are a few pictures of the girls dressed up in their 4th of July gear

Makynzie's Pre-School Graduation

Last Friday (June 5th 2009) we attended Makynzie's Pre-School Graduation Ceremony. They preformed a number of songs and received their diploma's. Afterwords we enjoyed some delicious cookies and some punch.
A few days later Makynzie informed me that since she has graduated pre-school she can do anything, in the sence that she is the boss...

Pictures can be found here

Video can be found here

Family Picnic

Today we had a little get together over at my parents house. As always I ate way to much food. The kids played in the water even though it wasn't really that warm out, and other then chasing Buster (the dog) for 3 blocks it was a good day. Pictures are here.

Family Picnic from Matthew

Warm Weather

We have had some really nice warm weather the last few days and of course the girls just love being outside. So it was time to get out the slip-in-slide...

Makynzie Playing Outside - 5/19/2009 from Matthew E

Pictures can be found here