Ryan and Debi

Travel, Tech, Thoughts…

  • Cragun male in training

    If you know Cragun males, you know we love to read while on the throne.  In fact, I’d dare say that the average Cragun male reads more on the toilet every year than the average American reads in total. Toren must have received the “read while you do your business gene”:

  • don’t feed the animals at the zoo… except this one

    Debi took Toren to the zoo with some friends who have a daughter that’s about 8 months older than Toren.  She decided to feed the animals at the zoo:

  • 4th of July at beach

    Debi came down with pinkeye on the 3rd of July, so we opted to stay away from people as much as possible.  We opted for the beach on the 4th, which Toren always enjoys.  We went to Fort de Soto, which is always beautiful and rarely busy, but it filled up pretty quick on the…

  • faceplants for fun

    This is footage from our Jacksonville trip.  Toren started falling onto his face on the bed, for fun: Readers out there with kids, do your kids do this?

  • Toren as future mad scientist

    Mad scientists wear rubber gloves, right?  We had some on the counter one day while Toren was watching me make cookies.  He insisted we put them on.  The end result: Mad Scientist Toren:

  • batting practice

    Toren is a very physically active little kid.  If he’s not diving off couches, he’s running around with a baseball bat.  To make things a little easier, I rigged up a way to suspend a tennis ball in our ultra-small lanai so Toren can swing to his heart’s content:

  • Toren and pasta

    When he likes food, watch out:

  • Toren vs the toybox

    Apparently toyboxes require spring cleaning too:

  • Jacksonville trip day 2

    We got up somewhat early on our second full day in Jacksonville and headed to the pool, but it was short-lived as Toren was still tired and needed a nap.  He and Debi napped all morning while I read the news.  We then went for lunch where Toren showed off his new spell-casting abilities: Toren…

  • Jacksonville weekend getaway

    With Debi taking classes most of the summer and me trying to get some research done, we decided to not take any big vacations and instead do a couple of weekend getaways.  We had previously used Priceline.com to book nice hotels in Miami for cheap, so we figured we’d try the same website with different…