Kaboom for Windows XP has been uploaded and is available for download in the Games section.

Less than a week, and here I am posting again. Miracles never cease.

We got a croquet set this weekend, and have been playing that some. For what is touted as a simple game, it sure does have a lot of rules that can get very complicated, very fast. I found a nice variation on it though, called Poison, that seems like more fun than the traditional way where you keep points. The only downside to all of this is that I have yet to win. Kim has won every game so far. Its pretty fun though, and if you have never played, I highly recommend giving it a try. It is worth it.

I have decided to keep my blog look the same for now. I started to make some changes, but decided that I still like it for the most part, so Simpsonized it stays. At least for now. I have put the links back to my original games (for Mac only). I do have a re-vamped version of Kaboom that I have posted as well. I'll post the Windows version sometime in the near future.

Lots of new photos are going to be added in the coming days. There has been a lot going on since I last posted any photos, and so I have a lot to post.

We went to the Amish Country (Sugarcreek, Ohio area) this past weekend with a group from my sister-in-law's church. We had a great time. Awesome food as always, and Kim picked up a few things that she wanetd to get for decorating the house. We saw quite a few Amish folk out and about doing business and such while we were there. They have such an interesting lifestyle. I think it would be quite interesting to learn more about theur lifestyle. I would like to try it sometime, but definitely could never do that full-time now having known all the luxuries we enjoy. But they seem quite content, and they definitely know how to enjoy the simple things. Hannah really liked seeing all the horses all over the place. She loves horses, so it was like a dream come true for her to be around so many. She got to pet one of the ones pulling an Amish buggy. I thought that was really nice of hte gentleman to answer such a simple request from a little girl. I took a few photos while we were there, and I have posted those in the photo albums area.

One final note: the Kaboom game is finally done, and I will be posting it to the site here really soon. Be on the lookout.

I'm sure man of you who used to read this blog, I have all but given up on me. Probably most have given up on me. Well, I am back, and I hope to get this thing going again. It has been quite a few months since I have devoted any time to this. I think I had just lost interest in maintaining it, and I got involved in some outside activities.

I have completely re-done the site. All the old content is gone, and has been replaced. I simply want to start fresh. If I try to maintain old stuff, I'll probably get tired of converting it, and will fall back into a lazy mode, so I am opting to start fresh.

As for news and such, a lot has happened since I last posted many moons ago. We have taken a few trips, and you can check those out in the photo albums. We have been busy around our house doing maintenance and the like, and the kids have been enjoying the summer. Our church just finished up our VBS a few weeks ago, and you can see some videos from that in the home movies section. Man, that week really wore me out. I created videos for each day's activities, and had those ready to be played for the kids the following night. But since I didn't take any time off from work, and VBS didn't let out until 9:30 PM or so each evening, I was up late putting these things together. Still, it was a lot of fun, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I have finally got around to working on re-writes of my games. Mainly, I am doing this for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, I want to make them available to more folks, so I a re-writing with portability in mind. The new games will be provided for Mac and Windows. They will have a better game engine behind the scenes which should enable these games to run smoothly on a wide range of hardware. IN fact, I am developing them using an old 500MHz G3 iBook with 320MB RAM. For the techies among us, they will realize that this is paltry specs for a development machine. Doing this allows me to ensure the game will work for those who have not upgraded to the latest and greatest (this includes me, obviously. The first game that is being ported is my all-time-favorite, Kaboom. It is nearing completion, and should be available in the next few weeks. Maybe sooner if my schedule allows.

We are planning a couple more trips before school starts up, so I will get photos from those trips posted as well. It has been quite a summer, and I am sure fall will not disappoint. I am glad to be back, and I hope I still have a few readers left. Maybe I'll get some new ones. IN any case, readers or no, I am going to do my best to post more regular. Take care!