Pig bites

Found this pic of Drew from last fall at the apple farm and just had to post it.

SXSW Day 1

Bob and I are in Austin at SXSW 2009 - an interactive, film and music festival.

Our flight arrive too late to be able to attend any sessions.

But we did get here when there was no wait at registration.

First celeb siting: Kid Rock.

Best band we saw last night: WinoVino at Club Deville

Best drink: Grapefruit Mohito at Lambert's

Great time with Susan and Peter - racing rickshaws

Heading to sessions now for the day including Designing for Wisdom of Crowds, Lessons in Community Management, Twitter for Marketers, Videoblogging. Too many good ones.

I am such a geek!

Spring can't get here fast enough

From Papa with love

I didn't want to write about Pops too much when he was sick.

I didn't want him to read this blog, which he loved, and find it was about how sick he was or how sad we were to think of the world without him in it. About much we'd miss his smile, his walk, his whistling and singing. And those sly grins. And those big hard laughs where he'd shake his head and wipe tears from his eyes.

We all know more than we say, more than we write down.

And that's probably why I never could delete this message left on our voicemail way back in October.

Now, keep in mind, each of his 13 grandchildren and 6 kids and all their husbands and wives have had these messages or calls on each of their birthdays....every one of us, every birthday. That's just the way that Mema and Papa roll.

I can't even begin to say how thankful I am for every birthday message. Every kiss on the cheek. Every conversation in the kitchen while making dinner. Every walk. Every dance. Every laugh.

Every moment Pops will always be there for me, for all of us...singing.