McTee Photo Archive

Ileah is 4 now, and it shows!

2010-11-20T20:33:00.000-08:00

The kids had Ileah's picture taken a couple of weeks after her fourth birthday. I know I am biased, but all I can say is "Wow, just wow!"

Enjoy! Also put her school pic on the page.

Ileah 4th Year Pix

My flight with Kristen

2010-05-31T12:05:00.000-07:00

I finally got the chance to go flying with Kristen last weekend. It was totally amazing! It is one thing to hear how great she did and another to experience it first hand. It was obvious that she knew her stuff. She got to demonstrate her skillz, putting the plane into stalls and doing some sharp turns.

You can view the movie online or download here, Video (high bandwidth).

There is lower quality version designed for lower bandwidth here, Video (low bandwidth).

Enjoy!

Ileah Playing in the Snow

2009-11-15T11:13:00.001-08:00

We missed the first snowfall of the year (yeah, we were in Hawaii :-). Made up for it today!

Snow Day (all pix)

The Big Jump (video)

Enjoy!

Pix of Kristen

2009-06-11T20:27:00.000-07:00

OK, I'm biased, but my baby girl is beautiful!

Kristen, May 2009

Touristing with Renee and Bill

2009-05-28T23:14:00.001-07:00

Linda's sister visited and we played tourist for a couple of days.

The Visit

Eric and his Family

2009-05-28T23:11:00.000-07:00

What a great looking family... Yeah, I am biased, but I'm also convinced!

family pix

Halloween 2008

2008-10-31T19:14:00.000-07:00

It has been a fun week. Little poot really got into the spirit... the big poots did too! The first two pumpkin pix were sent to us by Kristen, who carved them in Prescott.

If you have the bandwidth, the videos are fun, but be warned, they are large.

Enjoy...

Halloween 2008

Ileah's 2nd Year Pix

2008-10-28T20:29:00.000-07:00

OK, I am biased, but all I can say is wow and OMG!!! Little poot is amazing! See for yourself...

The Pix

Props to Mom and Dad for getting her to pose. I don't know how they got her to stay still long enough to photograph. She is definitely a force of nature.

I labeled each photo with a number. If you want prints, let me know the numbers, sizes and quantities.

Enjoy!

Ileah hosts a sleepover and goes swimming

2008-07-27T14:30:00.001-07:00

Some friends asked Linda and I to watch their 17 month old son, Ryder, last week. We drafted Ileah to serve as hostess for the evening.

The last time these two were together (this was a while ago), Ileah was a little jealous and didn't play well with Ryder. This time around, she was a gracious hostess and even tried to do some mothering when Ryder realized Mom and Dad were gone. They played very well together and we had a great time. Lots of videos in this one...

Ileah And Ryder

Prior to Ryder arriving, we spent some time with Eric, Yolanda, and Ileah at the pool in their apartment complex...

Ileah Swimming

Ileah and the Sprinkler...

2008-07-13T19:52:00.000-07:00

Wow, I have been really bad about putting photos up lately. Gotta do something about that.

Here's a start...

We spent some time playing with Ileah in the backyard today. I put together a little video with both stills and movies from our morning (about 13 minutes long). Enjoy!

Ileah's morning in the backyard

Grandma Freda's 80th Birthday Memories Video

2008-05-18T17:12:00.000-07:00

My Grandmother, Freda Walker, turned 80 this year and we celebrated this on Mother's Day weekend with a party in her honor. It was attended by family and friends. We had a a great turnout, which is not surprising, since she is such a great person!

To help set the tone for the celebration, we put together a video review of her life. It was very well received and we got some requests to make it available on the net, so I have posted it to youtube. Because of the limits on what can be posted, it is in 6 parts, but they are part of a playlist, so they can be reviewed as one video by pressing "play all".

Freda Walker's Memories Video

I will be posting a website with pictures of the party in the near future.

Enjoy!

Ileah in Grandma Sue's Dress

2008-03-14T17:28:00.000-07:00

I just posted pictures of Ileah taken on March 1st, 2008.

The pictures are beautiful in their own right, but there is also some very cool history involved. Some of the people reading this pictures don't know our family, so I am going into a bit of detail. I just hope I have all the details correct.

The dress Ileah is wearing was her Great Grandma Sue's (Sue is Joe's Mom, Eric's Grandmother). It was hand-crocheted, circa 1946, by Ileah's 4th Great Aunt, Mary Redjack nee Noble (the sister of Ileah's Great-Great Grandpa Red Walker's mother, Doris Walker-Schlacter nee Noble). Unfortunately, we cannot find a picture of Sue wearing the dress. We know she wore it at age 13 months at the wedding of Chick and Ann Walker (Ileah's 3rd Great Uncle and Aunt). We are still searching for a picture.

Prior to Ileah receiving the dress from her Great-Great Grandmother Freda Walker (Red's wife), it was repaired by Freda's sister, Betty Burney (who is Ileah's 3rd Great Aunt). The blue slip under the dress was made by Ileah's 2nd Great Aunt, Jo Lynn Mahaffey (Freda's daughter, Sue's sister) in 2007. Evidently, Sue had used the original slip for her dolls when she was a child and it was in tatters from use.

Ileah in Grandma Sue's Dress

Ileah's 1st BD + Her New Dance

2007-10-21T20:01:00.000-07:00

I just uploaded pix from the past month, including some from Ileah's BD party. Follow the video link to see a cool dance she has picked up.

Pictures of Ileah, Posted 10/21/2007

Enjoy!

Vote for Eric in ShowTime's Homegrown Humor Video Sweepstakes!

2007-09-14T10:55:00.000-07:00

As most of you know, Eric is studying to work in TV and Radio at the Ohio Center for Broadcasting. He will graduate at the end of October. He is also working as an (unpaid) intern for the Enable Agency and hopes to work for them in a paid position after graduation.

He appears to really enjoy his field of study and if his latest creation is any indication, is poised to be very successful.

There is a program on ShowTime called "Weeds". I haven't seen it, but from what I understand, it centers on a single mom in the suburbs who makes money by growing and selling marijuana. The show opens with a somewhat unusual and surprisingly catchy tune called "Little Boxes".

ShowTime has a contest in which they have asked viewers to re-imagine the song. You are supposed to use the same lyrics and melody, but add your own style and personality to it.

Eric has done just that. I know I am biased, but I think his video truly kicks ass.

Here is the original show opening:

ShowTime's Weeds - Opening Song

And here is Eric's video:

Little Boxes - Homegrown Remix, By Eric McTee

One of the things I am proud of in Eric's video is his understated but powerful political message. Agree with him or not, that is what America and Free Speech is all about.

In the interest of full disclosure, the topic of the show and of Eric's video is marijuana. If this is a politically sensitive topic for you, please ignore the links and this post.

But if you have the time and interest, please view Eric's video, leave him a comment, and give his video a rating. There is $10K riding on first place and I think he has a shot (but also has some excellent competition).

Thanks in advance for helping him.

Ileah is walking!!!

2007-08-19T10:04:00.000-07:00

...and we have the videos!

Ileah Walking and Talking

These aren't her first steps. She has been working up to this for about a week and a half, but this is the first time we managed to get video of it.

I have posted both the full size videos and some reduced size videos. If you aren't on broadband, use the low res versions.

Enjoy!

Good Ol' Fashion Fun...

2007-08-13T20:44:00.000-07:00

We spent Sunday morning with some friends at a gun range near Idaho Springs. It has been many years (too long actually) since I had broken out the arsenal for some practice. The kids (that would be all of us) had a great time.

Shooting

Beware... The videos are large and will take some time to download.

Eric's latest creation...

2007-08-03T20:28:00.000-07:00

As many of you know, Eric is studying to work in Television and Radio, with a strong desire to work in audio production.

As part of the requirments for these studies, he has to amass 300 hours of intern work. He is currently working (for free) at the Enable Agency.

The follow advertisement for EA was written, acted, and produced by Eric.

Eric's Commercial

Enjoy!

Eric's Commercial

2007-06-07T20:58:00.000-07:00

As you probably know, Eric is studying TV and radio broadcasting at the Ohio Center for Broadcast. Here is a project he worked on with two fellow students...

Skittles Commercial

Ileah Enjoying Her First Spring

2007-06-03T20:29:00.000-07:00

We have had Ileah for a couple of nights during the past two weekends. Here are the pix.

Spring Pix

Ileah Really enjoys the outdoors.

Latest Pictures of Ileah / Kristen Gets Krazy

2007-05-27T23:16:00.000-07:00

The latest pix of Ileah can be viewed at the following two links:

Ileah in May 1
Ileah in May 2

Kristen and her friends let their hairdown and had a little fun at the end of the semester...

Kristen and Friends

New pictures of Ileah

2007-04-29T19:12:00.000-07:00

Three new sets of photos have been uploaded...

Eric and Yolanda had Ileah's 6 month pix taken:

6 and 1/2 months old

We took a trip to Santa Fe to visit Ileah's maternal grandfather, John and his wife Lisa. They were very gracious hosts and we had a great weekend.

Ileah visits Grandpa John

We got to watch Ileah this weekend. Of course we took pictures. The weather was great, so we went outside for a bit.

Ileah

It was sitting on my lap!!!

2007-04-29T18:59:00.000-07:00

So we are driving to Wyoming on a Friday night a couple of weeks ago. As usual, Linda is driving. I get my laptop out, boot it up, start working and BAM, it shuts down. I turn the computer over to check the battery level. It is at this point that I notice something is amiss...

Sick Battery

The bulge kept growing through the weekend. By the time we got back to Denver and visited the Apple Store on Sunday, the corner bulge had popped so that the sheet metal was no longer connected on that corner (I am still kicking myself for not getting pictures of it). I wonder if it was ready to explode. Guess I have been watching too much youtube!

BTW, Aple did replace the battery for free.

Family Pix

2007-04-16T20:59:00.000-07:00

I have been meaning to post these pix for quite a while. We took them in November and made them into an Apple Photo Album for my Mom and Grandmother.

Someone, (you know who you are), asked me for a copy of one, which got me off my butt and I posted them...

McTee Family Pictures, November 2006

Ileah's Baptismal Pictures

2007-04-08T17:06:00.000-07:00

Pictures posted here.

Pictures of Ileah posted

2007-04-03T19:52:00.000-07:00

Latest batch of photos cover the past three months. Linda has been creative. She says it is easy when you work with the talent she does.

Photos

Note: the funny looking pictures were made by Eric and Yolanda playing with PhotoBooth on my Mac

There are also some videos posted at

Videos

I don't recommend the videos unless you have broadband.