OK, OK. I know it's been much too long since I put anything up here. But I have tried a few times and the system has been down. Here's the big news...



I'm a Candidate of Philosophy! That's right, I defended my proposal on 10/1/2003. I passed and am offically working on my dissertation now. I started data collection on 10/14/2003. So far, so good. I'll keep you posted.



Marcus nearly choked to death! True. While I was defending my proposal, Michelle was trying desperately to get a checker out of his throat. Thank God Matthew was paying attention. Michelle was in the kitchen and Matthew started screaming for her. She ran in and he was pointing at Marcus who was blue in the face and coudln't breathe. She started trying to get the checker out while Matthew called 9-1-1. What an ordeal. It came out shortly after and all is well now.



ICIS Bound I'm offically going to the ICIS Doctoral Consortium. That is very exciting to me because it was one of my goals when I came to IU. It's a pretty selective consortium and many of the leading people in the field have attended it in the past. Including, Brad Wheeler, Brad Crisp, George Marakas.



More to come later. . . .

We had a WONDERFUL time in Chicago this weekend. We saw two sets of fireworks (on the 3rd and the 4th), spent a day at the aquiarium, rode boats, buses, taxis, trolleys and trains, went to the beach, shopped, rode the rides, and ate like pigs at "Taste of Chicago". Check out the pictorial highlights.

Wonderful weekend in Nashville!! We saw the Beck's this weekend in Nasvhille, TN. We had a terrfic time. Highlights include the Parthenon, Baja Fresh, the swimming pool, a super park, Matthew's first rock-climbing adventure (he went 15 feet!) and a wagon ride through downtown. It also happened to be the weekend for the 50th Anniversary of the Corvette. So we saw about a million 'vettes in town. Very cool. Here are some photos.

No news... We've had a great week or two. Nothign exciting is happening. Just tee-ball, VBS, dance recitals and routine end of year stuff. I"m trying to finish my proposal soon and get on with data collection. Wish me luck.

Great photos of the kids! I took some great photos of the family at McDonalds last week. You can see them here.

Indy 500 weekend! I went to the Indy 500 with my friends Jeff and James. What a KICK! You just can't believe how fast and loud those cars are. It was very exciting. You can see the photos here.

Birthday pictures are available for Madison and Matthew's b-days. Take a look!

Going to the races... the kids and I are going to the races in Indy tomorrow. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but I think it may be time trials for the 500. I'll post pictures when we get back.

Donna leaves for Honduras... Our friend Donna left for 11 days in Honduras doing mission work today. Keep her and Phil and the boys in your prayers.