Sunday, June 21, 2009

Hunter's 3rd Birthday

Austin Apartment Association Property of the Year 2009

The Austin Apartment Association held their annual Property of the Year Gala this year on the 17th of June in Austin.

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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Crusin the Caribbean

Jen and I got to spend 7 wonderful days with my in-laws and all their associated nuggets on a cruise celebrating Michele and Mike's 25th anniversary. We went to Jamaica and Cayman out of Galveston on the Carnival Conquest. In all, we had a group of 17: grandma & grandpa Kinney, 4 daughters, 4 husbands, and 7 nuggets.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Austin Apartment Association May Madness

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The Austin Apartment Association held their annual May Madness Party at the Saltlick BBQ in Driftwood Texas May 7, 2009 with more than 600 attendees.









Thursday, May 07, 2009

John Kermit Van Zant (11/5/1915 - 5/1/2009)

Rev. John Kermit Van Zant of Garland passed away Friday, May 1, 2009, in Dallas. The middle of nine children, he was born to John Lee and Essie Trueblood Van Zant on November 5, 1915, on the family farm near Everton, Arkansas.

After working on neighboring farms as a teen to help support his family and continue his education, he felt God’s call to become a Methodist minister. Against the odds, he worked numerous and varied jobs in order to attend college and seminary. He graduated from Hendrix College in 1942 and from Perkins School of Theology at SMU in 1945.

He began his ministry in Huntsville, Arkansas and served churches in the Dallas, Garland, Rowlett and Beaumont areas for many years as a pastor. Later, he taught Texas history for twenty years in Garland at Memorial Junior High School. In his retirement, he loved to garden and produced beautiful tomatoes to share with friends and family. An active member of the Garland Host Lion's Club, he particularly enjoyed their annual BBQ Chicken Day.

Rev. Van Zant was preceded in death by Mary Mildred Simpson Van Zant, his wife of 61 years, his parents, two sisters and five brothers. He is survived by his son Jim Van Zant and his wife Debbie, their children Kerry and Emily Van Zant, and by his daughter Sue Cox, her husband Ralph, their son David Cox and his wife Jennifer. Also surviving him are his sister Merle Phillips, sister-in-law Emeline Thaxton and a large extended family. Rev. Van Zant and his late wife were lovingly cared for during their last years by the staff at C.C. Young Methodist Home. All will remember him for his love of God, service to others and wonderful sense of humor.

Visitation will be Sunday, May 10, from 6-8 p.m. at Restland Memorial Park, 13005 Greenville Ave., Dallas. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday, May 11, at 1 p.m., at Restland's Wildwood Chapel.











Saturday, May 02, 2009

Modern Furniture



I finished building our cabinets for our living room. Click this link for more info and building details.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

From the Portfolio: New Pics - Stone

I was recently digging through and retouching the archives. I thought these images play nicely with each other.


Cemetery, Waco, Texas 1997


Cemetery, Waco, Texas 2004


Cathedral, London, 2003

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Friday, February 13, 2009

A Super Party

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There was apparently a big football game on recently on a Sunday. We took it as an opportunity to have a bunch of people over, set up a photo booth, do some gymnastics, and eat a bacon explosion.

Oh, and Bruce Springsteen has really sold out.

The Bacon Explosion under construction. For those who haven't heard, it consists of 2 pounds of bacon and 2 pounds of sausage. Oh, and it was really good.



The finished Bacon Explosion after being smoked over oak and apple wood and glazed with Stubbs and Honey.









I don't know how the gymnastics started. However, I did have a distinct feeling that it might not end well.



It didn't.





Thursday, February 12, 2009

Austin Apartment Association: Casino Royale 2009

The Austin Apartment Association held their annual casino night at the Norris Conference Center on 2/12/2009.

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