Another Easter has came and gone. Along with Easter this year, we had a new toy, a Kodak Zi8 mini camcorder, that came in rather convenient for the activities.
After our lunch feast, consisting of GIANT steaks, baked potatoes, and a nice house salad, it was time for the egg hunt. What is Easter without an egg hunt? While Delaney was a bit hesitant about doing the egg hunt, once under way she had no problem getting into the fun. Here is the video of the hunt, from a deck perspective. Keep in mind this is really the first video I’ve shot with the new camera, it was rather windy, and was getting glare from the sun, but overall the video turned out pretty well.
So it would appear that, perhaps, Spring may indeed finally be here. That means lots of time outdoors. With that means a first real opportunity to try out the video recording capabilities of the Palm Pre.
I’m not a big fan of YouTube, personally, mainly due to the fact that I try to keep videos, and pictures, private, especially when they relate to my family. I decided, though, as this really wasn’t an overly personal video, and more of just a test, to upload it to YouTube and compare the quality. Course my videos are smaller, to start, but they can be scaled to play full screen.
Good or bad, I wont be using YouTube for more then an occasional upload for those that don’t pertain to my family. Since this site is pretty much all family, I can’t see it being used a lot. But an interesting comparison, regardless.
At least on the Beringer/Nichols/Starbuck/Wynn/Sherer/Mettler side of the fence, here are the pairings:
Theresa - Walter
Mike - Jen
Jen - Theresa
Matt - Celeste
Melinda - Lori
Lori - Kayla
Kayla - Jesse
Chad - Matt
Walter - Mike
Ashley - Chad
Celeste - Danyelle
Neill - Melinda
Jesse - Neill
Danyelle - Ashley
Couple things…
Please be sure to register and add your wish list to the Registry, http://kcpokes.com/giftreg
The limit, I believe, is $50
Please be sure to update your wish list as soon as possible, since Neill is shopping from Afghanistan
It’s been a while, this much I do know. So it’s finally time for an update.
We just got back from Fayetteville, North Carolina to visit Neill before his deployment. He was scheduled to leave on April 17th, which was changed the day we got out there. It changed again while we were out there, with the current date scheduled for April 25th. Whether that remains unchanged is hard to say right now. Celeste was already out there, and Shelly beat us out there by a few hours, so was nice to have other family out there to spend time with. We did as much as we could in our couple days out there; visited a couple museums, ate until we about exploded, played some putt-putt golf, and even went to the carnival! Carnies…..mmm….small hands, smell like cabbage!
What is a trip to the carnival without bumper cars? Well it’s just not a trip, especially when you throw in some ultra competitive personalities.
It was Delaney’s first carnival, of any sort, so we did what we could. She was highly disappointed in not being able to ride most of the rides.
Ugh, after watching that, I think someone should fire that camera man! You could get seasick on dry land by watching that last video.
I’m still working on the other videos from the trip, but it’s a start.
In regards to updates, I’ve also uploaded new pictures to the following albums:
I know its been a while, but you know how things go.
Brief update. There are new pictures available. Rather then link each album that is updated, I’ve gone to the process of reordering the albums such that the updated albums are always the first in the list. That should make it pretty easy to determine what you’ve seen and what you haven’t.
In regards to the site, I’m preparing to do a complete overhaul of the site. I hate the current site and its limitations, thus I want to move to something that is easier to use and opens up things a bit more for you all. Essentially, rather then it being our site, about us and maintained by us, we’re considering going to a site that is about all of our family and friends. Thus I’m leaning more toward a community driven site, or social network if you will. This would provide photos, blogs, and activity for everyone rather then just us. Of course any input and ideas regarding this are always welcome.
