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The 3rd year of the Renaissance Festival in Tampa
Life sure has been busy; I’ve been away from things for quite a while. Going to night school, being a single father, and working fulltime take their toll. I was fortunate enough to be able to take kind of a working vacation recently so I do feel a bit recharged; however, I am ready to be done with my school courses. Last weekend I took my children to the Renaissance Festival here once again (this is our 3rd year in a row). We had a blast. My son found himself (now that he is finally a teenager) ogling the girls, and my daughter and I had fun playing with all the medieval toys and puzzles. We spent almost seven hours there eating, playing, and watching all the amazing shows.
The Knights were awesome, they had full contact jousting, breaking their lances on each other and smashing their swords into their opponent’s full plate mail. We watched as their Clydesdales around the arena also dressed in full plate armor. I was selected by the King and Queen to pose in the “Men in Kilts” calendar, so if I end up making the cut I will post the link to purchase them on my blog here. Overall it was an amazing experience. I love how I am building multi-year traditions with my children; I feel that this will be a cherished memory by both me and my kiddos.
The Gun Range
I took my kids to the gun range. Both of them were excellent shots, my daughter seems to have a knack for my 22 long rifle. They both fired the .9 mm handgun as well. Here are their targets. My son’s were the silhouette and the zombie, my daughter’s were the two standard targets.
My Thanksgiving Trip to see my Father in North Carolina
I decided against my sane mind to ride my Honda 919 up to North Carolina from Sunny Florida to visit my father and younger siblings for Thanksgiving. It was COLD, but I had an amazing time. Here are some of the pics, enjoy:
New Videos of Baby Ducks and the Turtle
My kids and I caught some awesome footage of baby ducks and we saved a turtle, come check out the videos we filmed:
My children
This weekend we saw dragon boats, we made art and we ate delicious food. My children are what keeps me going. I miss them so much when they are with their mother but at the same time I know that she misses them just as much when they are with me. My daughter is every bit as daring as I ever was, hell, she climbed a lamp-post when I had my back turned for a minute. My son is sarcastic and intelligent as I remember being as a young pre-teen. He can keep up with you in a discussion and his wit can often get him into a little trouble 😉
These are my children. I love them, they are every bit a part of me as is my own arm. I am proud of them and grateful to God for allowing someone such as myself to be able to have such wonderful children in my life. I am a proud father, a man who wants to be the best he can be so that his children can one day grow up and remember me as a positive influence in their lives. I love them.
Rough Weeks behind me…
It is odd what the world brings. What life will deliver to you. Odd how hard life can be. Regardless of what you have on your plate as an adult you are never able to shirk your responsibility to your children. Grin and bare it is what I do. When you feel like life has raked you over the coals you don’t let the hurt show in your face as you hold your children. They will learn soon enough on the grand scale that life is not fair, so in the meanwhile you spare them those hardships that keep you awake at night.
You can see broken people everyday, hell, I see one every time I look in the mirror but life goes on and you show your children that you love them every way you can. I have gone through mediation with my ex and I am still alive and ticking, a little worse for wear but still up and walking. On top of all that there will always be the ghosts of Iraq that seem to haunt me from my time in the Army.
I am not trying to bring any of you down, I am just speaking from my heart, telling you where my head is and my priorities. Regardless of all that is said and done, your children are your priorities. I will have mine this coming weekend and we will have a good time, a smile will be on my face and it will come naturally. They will always make me smile, the best I do will never be good enough, but the love I have for my kids is genuine and in that I am content.
From Saturday at the Air Fest
I probably shouldn’t have gone considering how I feel now that it is Sunday night, but here are the pics:
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