...Just practicing the smile that gets the girls.

Only a mother could convince a kid to dress up in a bow tie like this.

Okay, so I was a little chubby early on...

...because I like the cake.

I hate poison oak and the bummer is I get it bad.

Okay, so I never was The Karate Kid.

Usually I like dressing up for stage plays, but this time I feel sorta lame.

Scout trips are cool.

My brothers try to look tough in their uniforms 'cuz we're all Eagle scouts.

Geez, look at proud dad & mom while I get my Eagle.

The bad thing about skiing is you have to wake up early.

...but you get to catch up on your sleep later, which I'm good at.

The wake up call is the cornice at Kirkwood.

Don't laugh; it's a lot scarier than it looks...

But I survived anyway (this time).

Cool family, huh?