Smartie-pants!

So my daughter is brilliant! She is starting to read! She sounds out the words and it is so cute! If you ask her what a word starts with she can tell you, any word, try it! We also went outside Sunday and looked at the daffodils and tulips that are going to bloom soon. And then we played some basketball. Sydney is learning to dribble, the shooting takes a bit more, but she's going to be awsome! However, the ball bounced into her face a few times, she laughed quite a bit, but decided that she was going to shy away from it instead of catching it. So if we can just get her over being afraid of the ball, she'll be unstoppable! Peyton sat and watched for a little bit and then I held him and played "P-I-G" against Jason and beat him! Yes, while holding my 19 pound blue boy!

Sydney made me a cake for my birthday, it was fun to make it with her and have her decorate it. She would put one candy decoration on the cake and one in her mouth :).

Peyton is getting bigger every day. He gains about a pound a week, literally!

If you have forgotten what Sydney looked like at this age, just take a look at Peyton! Peyton is really coming into himself these days, but it's amazing how much the two look like each other. Here are a couple pictures of them at about the same age.

Hope you all are having as much fun as us! :)

Official Santana iPhone App

The Santana iPhone application we (WebSight Design) built just got approved by Apple. Yippee! If any of you have an iPhone or an iTouch, download the app and check it out. It's free!

Be sure to click on the "i" icon on the home page to view the credits and see my name in lights.

http://itunes.com/app/Santana

Cool video... it's backwards!

The FridgeFrame® Rides Again

It's pretty much rained nonstop all weekend, sabatoging my plans of refinishing that piano bench. So intead, I made the FridgeFrame®!



This is going to be a perpetual calendar. It has a layer of batting sandwiched in there, so the number dates can poke in. I'll post another picture when it's done:

Everyone... sing along!

(To the tune of The Inventor Song:)

Oh, it was...
Dad who first played (*whop!*) My Foe,
And it was Steph who made the elephant noise.
Well, it was Jenn's cougar! roaming the cliffs, the cliffs,
And Ryan's generator made from Tinker Toys.
A ball popped and Shair became Miss Crunchy Meat Pie,
On the piano Mom played John Denver songs.
So when you're spelling the word F-A-M-I-L-Y,
Don't forget the L's for the Longs (Thanks the big one!)
Don't forget the L's for the Longs!

A Project...

I found this cute piano bench at the Goodwill thrift store downtown. It's time for a little fixer-upper! Here are the 'before' photos... 'After' photos to come, when I've completely revamped it into the world's greatest single piece of furniture.



I'm going to turn it into an entry bench. I don't really have an entry in my apartment, but you get the idea. Wish me luck!

Fitting for it being Valentine's Day in a couple days.......

So, yesterday, as Jason helped Sydney get ready for school, she sighs and says "Me and Landon are in love."