family tradition

Last family photograph taken in October, 2007.

Saturday, I was listening to The Beaver, which is some radio station in the hinterlands and I was having a good time because they were playing songs I have no compunction about singing at the top of my lungs, even in front of strangers–”Family Tradition,” “Shut Up and Kiss Me,” “Forever and Ever, Amen,” and so on.

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When Dawn did it recently, I found out about this:

So today I’m going to join in, because I freakin’ love me some food and some face-hole fillin’.

Last week, Sheryl and I took the kids down to Centennial Park for a Wilson family tradition: feeding the ducks. It's something that I did when I was a little boy, so it was cool to be able to do it with my kids. Here are the pics.

Me and my boy.

Good throw by Kinsey.

Good action shot by Sheryl.

My dear family.

I had to climb over the wall to get this shot with the Parthenon behind them,

I am truly lucky to be a part of a family of all-star athletes and performing artist/ teachers. It was good to visit home for the holiday and see my family, despite the depressing upstate NY weather. Allow me to brag a bit ...

I got a chance to see my brother's son Kris practice polevaulting at SUNY Binghamton. Here he is going over 16 feet.

Mediaverse and Mr.