2012-06-30
A subliminal message in my lunch?
No better lunch than Rooster's but what's with the KILL sticker. Haha!
After!
Julie's garden is taking over the yard. ;)
We're already getting to tomatoes and herbs. Peppers to follow shortly!
2012-06-29
2012-06-28
All I am going to say about it...?
So, the question I have… Which is it?
In an interview with ABC, Obama said then that the various provisions of the health care law were intended to create an all-inclusive system, so that penalizing people who refused to join was not a tax.
"For us to say that you've got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase," Obama said, noting that "right now everybody in America, just about, has to get auto insurance. Nobody considers that a tax increase. People say to themselves, that is a fair way to make sure that if you hit my car, that I'm not covering all the costs."
Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, a leading tea party voice against the health care law, complained that the ruling "means now for the first time in the history of the country, Congress can force Americans to purchase any product, any service."
"This is truly a turning point in American history. We'll never be the same way again," Bachmann said, adding that "this is a more far-reaching decision than anyone had expected or imagined."
Roberts, however, wrote in the majority opinion that Congress exercised an authority it held to assess a tax, rather than create any new taxing authority.
2012-06-26
2012-06-25
2012-06-24
We decided to walk over to Navy Pier for dinner.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwbarton/sets/72157630264168946/
Enjoy the trip with me if you would like.
And of course he is up to his usual tricks!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwbarton/sets/72157630003591350/
Check them out if you want to.
2012-06-23
I think they improved their looks!
I posted my pictures from the 2012 Barton family reunion here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwbarton/sets/72157630254098058/
Feel free to take a look if you want.
Fishing success!
You know your kids might be getting the hang of it when you go fishing and they manage to reel in a prize catch that makes you jealous!
Here is Johnny holding onto (barely managing) his latest triumph. This was one big fish!
The boys are entertaining themselves during a recent shopping trip!
The boys are entertaining themselves during a recent shopping trip!, a photo by FlickPics88 on Flickr.
Such goobers!
A new contest...
Andy and I have a new contest to see who can fit (and eat) the most drops of hot sauce in an oyster cracker at Skyline. Julie fed me this one for a new record of 26. There are rules. You can't eat or drink anything for one minute after downing your current little cracker firebomb for it to count!
Meet Cornflower
For any of you that don't know... We have a house full of reptiles, amphibians and arachnids. We recently "lost" Andy's garter snake (Checkers Champion) so we have replaced him with a (hopefully) less escapable version. This is Cornflower. She is an adult corn snake. She has quite beautiful markings.
2012-06-22
This is why my wife is so hard to deal with! :)
She invited me to another game of WordsWithFriends (Scrabble)... She always toast me so I decided the cheat. For this game, I used every cheat I could. I played me, the Internet and all the computing power I could muster against her. I was STILL toast, much to her delight. She's sure got my number on this game. Haha!
Basketball!
Johnny's favorite move was the steal. The boys sure loved their basketball camp, this week.
Moving more dirt
They are supposed to be done, now. I just haven't seen it yet since I was out of town this week.
2012-06-14
What a great thank you for a week of work at VBS
It's just like Liz to go above and beyond!
Some of the staff referred to my safety team as the Air Marshals. That's great. Haha
2012-06-12
Time to give up
The plugs just don't old. A new set of tires, here we come...
At least it was at home this time.
2012-06-11
2012-06-10
Thai Volcano Chicken
You can order it spicy level from one to five. Andy and I ordered SIX. I think we found his limit. He says five is fine next time. ;)
2012-06-09
The bee farm
If you look closely, you can see the bees in flight to the right of the hives. They look like little specs in the sunlight.
It's not too late for a first time
We're enjoying Chic-fila-A. The boys for the first time.
I got a free meal as a reward for my work with Awana. ;)
I come home to find that Johnny has cleaned the whole porch!
He's even figure out how to work the blower all on his own.
2012-06-08
2012-06-07
2012-06-06
What great faces!
Johnny is seriously into the game, tonight. He's about to have a heart attack with each foul ball!