Summer Fun!

It was a fun day today at swim lessons – it was raining a little bit, which was great! We’ll take rain any day here! We started swim lessons on Monday. After the first 3 days, I am thoroughly impressed! Little Lacey has learned how to close her mouth to go under water, then flip over and float by herself on her back, and also to reach for the wall and monkey walk over to the step. Pretty impressive! We’ve got about 5 days left and its great to see the progress she’s already made. She hardly cries – every time when she gets out it seems like she’s pretty proud of the work she’s just done and what she’s learning. I think Geri is a baby whisperer… She’s the best!

Swimming
Floating
Monkey walks to the step to get out
Jackson is a pro. He can move around the water, but is definitely improving his kicks and arms. He hates floating, so they’ve been working on that too. He loves swim lessons! What a good boy!
Jackson can’t get enough of the water!
Last weekend Jackson got to go to his first Father’s and Sons! What a blast! He came home as dirty as ever and just wanted to hang out with Dad the rest of the weekend. He was so happy to go sleep in a tent with Dad!
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Pigtails

Since her ponytail was so popular I thought I would post pictures of Lacey from this morning. She was showered with compliments at church today. If only she would stop taking the bows out.
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The Latest Hair-do

A few weeks ago I decided Lacey had enough hair to actually do something with it. I think its cute, but Micah keeps asking why I do it!

These are our cool sunglasses – we do live in AZ now – everyone should have a good pair!

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How We Cope With the Rising Temp

Here’s Jackson’s best idea:

A few weeks ago we saw the warthogs at the Wildlife World Zoo rolling in the mud…
We told Jackson they did it to keep themselves cool. I’m not sure if that’s where he got the idea, but he was really enjoying it.
Does that first picture remind anybody of someone else we know?
I couldn’t help but think of a certain uncle Jackson has that I can vividly picture doing something similar. I about died when I came out and saw Jackson. He was so relaxed – he didn’t even hear me come out.
We actually went for a nice cool swim about a half hour before these pictures. The pool was about 74* and we thought we’d try it out. Jackson and I jumped in together and his teeth didn’t stop chattering the whole time we were in. I kept trying to convince him to get out and let me wrap him up in a towel, but he wanted to stay in and practice swimming. By the end of this summer he’ll be swimming like a pro!
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Avtech Video Surveillance


I’ve started a business called Avtech Consulting. I’m starting with selling video surveillance systems to businesses. They are from WiLife (my previous employer) but they don’t use power lines to transmit video. They use regular network cables and thus are more reliable and require a professional installation. One of WiLife’s resellers and a former co-worker have created a successful business model where they sell these systems nationwide and hire IT professionals to install them. They are WiLife’s top reseller. Check them out at http://www.addtech.us

They recently sold 13 systems to a Great Clips franchise owner in Ohio. They also have a niche market for mall kiosks

They had contacted me at the end of last year to help them with their website and I have been learning more about how their business and rare success in the down economy. I asked them about how I should go about selling the systems and they are developing a sort of franchise model where they provide the product, services, support and some marketing and I sell the systems for a split of the profit. Since I know the product well and have experience with online marketing I figured it was worth a shot.

I threw a site together this week (it is a good start but there will be many improvements and additions to come) and will begin marketing the site. If you know anyone that is interested in surveillance for their home or business send them the link. This product is perfect for anyone that operates more than one business location or wants to protect against theft, law suits, etc. Some insurance companies will even give discounts if you install surveillance in your business. You can also post a link to it on your blog and that will help. Use “Avtech Surveillance” as the link term. http://www.avtech.us

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