Parents thread.

ben62670

Well pretty much all the regulars know I have two girls. A lot of the time I want to post things about funny or cute things they do, but I start enough threads as it is. I do love when JD posts pics, or Steve shows a new member, but I would like to have a PF thread opposed to a CP thread. It really is Polk Family here, and I do love to hear from many of the friends/members here about our family. I think that Club Polk is way above being just another forum on the internet. I also think it would be beneficial to new members to understand this. Prayer requests or just showing off in one thread would be very nice IMHO.
Thanks
Ben

lightman1

I can dig it! I've made several new friends on this here forum. It is nice to see and hear how other members families are doing. New babies on the way, vacations, got a new car, stuff like that.
I'm all for it.
Russ

nooshinjohn

...+1

ben62670

OK I'll get the ball rolling. The other day I found a box turtle. I figured I would show it to Ashley and let it go. Well 6 or so days latter she thinks we are going to keep it. Guess what. Daddy is studying on how to keep said turtle. I tried to explain the turtle would be happier running free, but Ash thinks it would be happy with us. It is a friendly turtle. It does love to have it's head petted, but I wish I could just let it go. I want to teach her about nature and animals, but it is hard.

F1nut

Tell her that it's mommy wanted it to come home.

ben62670

F1nut wrote: »

Tell her that it's mommy wanted it to come home.

Thanks. Ash was wanting me to build an outside cage for "Great Turtle Blue", and I was thinking of telling her that "Great Turtle Blue" jumped the fence;)
As much as I am into eating wild life I do feel wild animals should not be kept.
Ben

jdwmap

I just went through the turtle thing with my two girls earlier in the week. They found one at Lincoln park and decided to bring it home. Note to others, "90% of turtles have Salmonella." Wash up real good and keep fingers away from noses/mouths or you may have more problems. There are apparently two types of food, one for veg eaters and one for meat eaters.

BigMac

A few pics of my family and a little about us. My wife and I met when we were teenagers (12 & 14) through mutual friends. We hung out a few times then we did not see each other again until we were in our early 20's. I was a manager at a deli and she bought some food. We have been together since 1992 and the rest is history. My son is 14 and my daughter is 12 and are both very outgoing. My daughter is a vegetarian and is a very active young lady. She enjoys cheerleading,photography, and hanging out with her friends. She is an animal lover and she wants to save the world. My son was a page for the General Assembly this year and enojoyed it alot (plus he got to see his Grandfather every day there). He also likes almost any physical outdoor activity as well as video games. My son is in 8th grade but all the classes he takes are at 10th grade level or higher. He was chosen at his school by the Principal and Apple to do a tech demo with a movie he made. The Apple store set him up with all kinds of goodies after he was finished. My wife works at a doctors office. She went to school to be a paralegal but hated it. Now she works helping people which is a perfect fit for her. She has a very special quality that draws others to her when they need help,advice, or a shoulder to cry on. She has the patience of a Saint. I am a very physical guy and I am in the fitness and security fields. I do personal training (for free mostly these days.....just trying to help others help themselves), and security. I do security for the music venues around Richmond,VIPs,and private functions. We are a very close family that comes together at the end of the day and shares about that days events and happenings. Imo, nothing beats sitting down to a home cooked meal with your loved ones and sharing good conversation. Well, I could go on and on but this little peak into our lives should suffice.



My son,wife,daughter


My son,me,wife,father in law


My wife's nephew,his girlfriend Lydia, and my son cracking up in the background


My daughter taking self pics as it began to snow earlier this year


A pic my daughter took inside our car as I was driving. It began snowing earlier in the day and this is one of a gazillion pics she took that day.

ben62670

Awesome BigMac. Some day you gotta get down here and hang with the boys. Nice family you got there. Nurses have always have done it for me. Something about women that care about others is something to be cherished:)
Congrats.
Ben

zombie boy 2000

I'm the seventh son of a seventh son. Born in darkness and raised in fire. My mother was a jackyl who lactated olive juice every St Hallow's Eve. My father, The Nameless, devours the harvest moon each millenium - only to return for each of my little league games. We're close like that.

reeltrouble1

uhmmmmmm,,Mac, your FIL is definetly NOT smiling..............:eek: those crossed arms are holding something in..........you messed up.........confess son, say your sorry and it was all your fault, that you were wrong and he was right.;)

guys ok and I do not want to put a damper on things, just your local LEO disclaimer advice, its the internet, there are bad people everywhere.

RT1

BigMac

reeltrouble1 wrote: »

uhmmmmmm,,Mac, your FIL is definetly NOT smiling..............:eek: those crossed arms are holding something in..........you messed up.........confess son, say your sorry and it was all your fault, that you were wrong and he was right.;)

guys ok and I do not want to put a damper on things, just your local LEO disclaimer advice, its the internet, there are bad people everywhere.

RT1

Forgive me father for I have sinned. I'm at fault and I should go straight to hell. But on the way can I stop and get some SPF-2,000,000; I'm a little worried I may get skin cancer or something? Seriously though, my son was trying to get my FIL to laugh by tickling him. Right after the pic he busted out laughing. Then my son was going around getting everyone. In the pic where he is cracking up he just finished trying to get Wayne but little did he know that he's not even a little ticklish. That day was Thanksgiving and there were around 25 of us total. I think my son got bored with the whole tickling idea after about the 5th person though.

Systems

On the subject of turtles,while fishing off a dock last summer my 8yr old daughter hooked a rather large snapping turtle.Her and her sisters screaming and hollering as it came to the surface was deafening,I think every cottage within a mile heard them.Thankfully the line broke as its front feet reached the dock.They will always remember the look of that thing.

ben62670

We had some big snappers up north. I popped one with a 30-06. I tried to retrieve it with an oar from the row boat, but while lifting it the oar snapped and we almost took a drink. The turtle sank.
No soup for you is all I heard:)
Snappers scare me. You do not want to test their jaws!

Ricardo

Cool, a parent's thread. Here's my new baby:

NJPOLKER

Ricardo wrote: »

Cool, a parent's thread. Here's my new baby:

Is it a boy or a girl, I can't tell? What ever it is its a beauty.

jacob.simpson

couple of photos of our visit to Niagara Falls, excuse the small camera tried to do my level best with it,
My wife Suma, Daughter Rina Vashni (dont mistake this to be a Indian name this indeed is a pure Hebrew name)
this was taken last year, have a nice tour hope you all enjoy it.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=simpson.suma&target=ALBUM&id=5315650043623636545&authkey=Gv1sRgCMWglKHq7fXK9gE&authkey=Gv1sRgCMWglKHq7fXK9gE&invite=CInB1iM&feat=email

jacob.simpson

:DI have had experience with couple of different forums, and never was able to enjoy or sustain for more than 6 months before giving up, CP is an exception and so family like and decent to the core, except for some times there are some dorks with some crappy ad keeps popping in to the forum.
And this is the first time am sharing my family info so openly.

cnh

Looks like Ricardo is suckling his baby on the entire city's power-grid--Watch that it doesn't get too fat.

cnh

jacob.simpson

cnh wrote: »

Looks like Ricardo is suckling his baby on the entire city's power-grid--Watch that it doesn't get too fat.

cnh

And is there frequent power outages:D

Systems

ben62670 wrote: »

Snappers scare me. You do not want to test their jaws!

Apparently this sbnapper hangs out by that dock often so my girls are leery about swimming and playing around there.I'm not sure if it poses a threat or not.

ben62670

jacob.simpson wrote: »

:DI have had experience with couple of different forums, and never was able to enjoy or sustain for more than 6 months before giving up, CP is an exception and so family like and decent to the core, except for some times there are some dorks with some crappy ad keeps popping in to the forum.
And this is the first time am sharing my family info so openly.

I have probaly welcomed you to CP, but welcome to PF:)

GV#27 wrote: »

Apparently this sbnapper hangs out by that dock often so my girls are leery about swimming and playing around there.I'm not sure if it poses a threat or not.

Low vis water and snappers is scary. I would kill it. I know I kid a lot, but like I said snappers scare me. A milk jug, steel shark leader, serious off shore shark hook, and a piece of chicken will get it.

jacob.simpson

ben62670 wrote: »

I have probaly welcomed you to CP, but welcome to PF:)Low vis water and snappers is scary. I would kill it. I know I kid a lot, but like I said snappers scare me. A milk jug, steel shark leader, serious off shore shark hook, and a piece of chicken will get it.

Thanks Ben, even though i post little less, i spend quality time learning about various aspects in all fields (especially audio) in CP

BigMac

ben62670 wrote: »

Awesome BigMac. Some day you gotta get down here and hang with the boys. Nice family you got there. Nurses have always have done it for me. Something about women that care about others is something to be cherished:)
Congrats.
Ben

Thanks Ben. I just may show up at your door one day with my M10s in hand to do some mods (with notice and approval of course). From what I know you are the goto guy for internal mods and you are handy with making things (reveneering my 10s). Of course it would take more than one day so I would need you to point me in the right direction for a hotel. Maybe by the end of summer I can take a few days and make this happen. Whatever you needed as compensation for helping and showing me what to do would be in order as well. Just let me know.:D

ben62670

Hotel? I have a good size house with plenty of room. I would be offended if someone didn't stay here.
How do you like your eggs:)
Ben

Sami

Can you tell he's a boy?

Kex

A few comments seem appropriate at this time:

ben62670 wrote: »

... I am into eating wild life ...

Would you please eat some of the ... ahem ... newer, noisier members? Please! Just the bad ones ...

Ricardo wrote: »

Cool, a parent's thread. Here's my new baby:

Is that the new Emotiva CD player?! Wow, that company is really kewl! I bet it's awesome, and for the prices they charge, they are even better than the big name brands.

Sami wrote: »

Can you tell he's a boy? ...

Sami, for goodness sake, would you clean those wheels this w.e.? People who leave their rims that dirty shouldn't be allowed to drive a BMW.

That's all.

Sami

Kex wrote: »

Sami, for goodness sake, would you clean those wheels this w.e.? People who leave their rims that dirty shouldn't be allowed to drive a BMW.

It's just a beater, something to drive around. Heavy car, lots of break dust, way too much work to clean them every weekend. They are clean now though, don't worry...