You may be wondering who Chubby is...
Of course, he is our Ragdoll cat, actually named Chubby's Baby Face. He is 13 years old, and still has enough kitten in him to entertain all of us. He has quite a personality. Between him and our son, who needs TV?
Meet the rest of the family...
David, husband & father, is returning to college to earn an AAS Degree in Respiratory Therapy. His favorite subject is old movies, either watching them or reading about them. Some of his favorites are Laurel & Hardy, the Little Rascals, the Bowery Boys, Abbott and Costello, Buster Keaton, and Blondie. He also enjoys keeping up on current events, usually via the Internet. He is an avid reader, and has the library to prove it too! Some of the sports he enjoys are baseball, basketball and ice hockey.
Gayle, wife & mother, is also a homemaker. Add to that homeschooler too! In the pre-homeschooling days, she enjoyed such hobbies as genealogy, journaling and gardening. Now, in the midst of homeschooling, she still finds time to read, and pursue her favorite hobby of photography, especially when Michael is awake and running around. It is Michael who is the most photographed subject around here. Chubby endures it, but he was happy to provide you with an adorable photo or two for this website! About three years ago, she returned to work for her former employer, part time, as a portrait photographer. Life is very busy around here!
And Michael, at 8 years old, is busy being a boy. He really enjoys going to the playground, the swimming pool, or to our congregation. He has a few good friends that he plays with on a regular basis, often at one of the above places. At the playground, he's into learning to jump-rope, using sidewalk chalk, flying kites and just playing games with the neighborhood kids. Though he rarely watches the show anymore, he still likes the characters: 
and even 
. He likes to take the books he owns, and add more Sesame Street characters than the author originally intended, and usually more action to the story also. Over the past year or two, he's developed a fondness for VeggieTales. He's already begun imitating the voices of Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber, as he had for years with the Sesame Street characters. He loves books and videos, making music, and pretend play. Currently he likes to lay train tracks all over the living room floor and then entertain our curious cat with driving trains on the tracks, and sometimes right on the carpet. He enjoys more creative activities too, such as painting and drawing. Just a few years ago, his favorite indoor activity was singing and dancing. On occasion, he will still do this, but it seems to be in spurts. While he was yet 2 years old, he took up photography, and was quite good for his age! Check out some of his first photography in our Photo Album. Occasionally, he gets to use Mommy's digital camera now, but with much supervision.
will be totally ignored.