Our dog Dylan (named after singer songwriter Bob Dylan).

Me, with daugther Catherine while on vacation.

Me, with my best friend EVER, Rebecca.

Daughter Kimberly surfing the waves and having fun while on the family vacation.

This was taken while on vacation in Ponte Vedra Beach in June. My mother was there, along with two neices from Minnesota, our grown daughter, preschool age daughter and little granddaughter...all girls! --- my poor husband!

(he took the picture and I'm forever grateful that he captured this moment in time for us)

Our daughter Catherine with granddaughter Mya.

Our cat, Kimmie

I like this picture of Richard. We were celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary April 3rd and we were staying at the Elizabeth Pointe Lodge on Amelia Island. We walked the beach that evening as the sun went down.

Family vacation picture

This was a photo taken of us in June while we were on vacation. That's Richard, myself and Catherine.

Well here I am at about day 7 of the blog and I still haven't figured out how to download a picture, which is what I really want to do in the first place! Give me time, I've had a new iPod for 2 or 3 weeks and still haven't figured that either. I guess this is a sure sign of growing old when I wish I was a teenager again, they seem to be able to master technology a lot better than people older than them. I used to be one of them! But that was in the days really before computers. When I was in high school, I was taught typing on an IBM selectric. We used white out then. What's that, the youmnger set will ask. Can't believe I'm half way to 90, experiencing menapause (just the start), have two grandchildren, getting AARP junk in our mailbox, wondering how many more years I need to work to feed our 401(k)...yes, I'm getting older. Not old yet, but definetely older. Old enough now to know better, go to bed earlier, call home more often, obey the rules, do what I should instead of doing what I want to. I didn't know that people acted like children until one day, all of a sudden, they started acting like old people. No space in between, just WHAM and you were there. When did that happen to me? I don't recall. Another sign of "it", that's all!

Well, I'll see if I can't figure out this photo thing. Get back to you soon, just as soon as i figure out how to HTML my post editor and find that darn toolbox!

Life has somewhat returned to normal after our 2 week vacation at our Ponte Vedra beach house (rental). I had a little time to discover the in's and out's of my new Nikon D50 Digital SLR camera. I love him for that--for providing me with the tools to be creative and have fun so I can explore hidden talent in this field! I will post some of the photos I took on vacation and since we've been back. I enjoy photography of family of friends, particularly candid shots, but my favorite has always been nature and wildlife photography. Please feel free to post your comments!

Welcome to The Vatt House Blog!

Hello! Welcome the the blog of Richard and Lori Prevatt, "The Vatt House". Here we will post family photos, recent happenings, future plans and notes to other family members. We welcome your comments and hope that you will enjoy our blog!

Richard and Lori