I was able to attend the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert with my daughter and came away quite impressed. You can see some pictures here in my .mac account gallery.

These photos are from her concert at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, where the Jonas Brothers were the opening act. We had some amazing seats just 16 rows from the stage, thanks to advance ticket sales through mileyworld.com

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My brother Scot and I traveled to the College World Series in Omaha June 25-28 to watch our Texas Longhorns play in the Championship Series against the Florida Gators. Click to see a larger version and view more photos from our trip.

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Our friends the Crutchfield’s have a ranch near Florence and every spring the bluebonnets blanket the ground in glorious color. Our families have an annual ritual of taking pictures when the flowers are at their peak. Afterwards we enjoy a meal cooked over an open campfire followed by a dessert of S’mores.

Is the digital lifestyle overwhelming us? When my parents took us on vacation they probably shot two rolls of film with the family Instamatic (remember flashcubes?) When we returned home we wouldn’t see the pictures for over a week after we dropped the film off at the drugstore for processing.

I finally finished copying the last of the digital pictures from the compact flash cards I used in our Canon digital camera during our Disney spring break trip. Grand total of digital photos: 916.
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