life, and a little more

Rebekah

Mar 23

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My Bekah

My Bekah turned 12 this weekend and I can not believe who fast those 12 years have gone by.

When she was first born, she was nothing but cheeks and hair.  She would waddle over to you and give plant a big juicy kiss on your face.  As she grew older she literally wrote, colored or scribbled on every wall of our house.  It was at that point we knew she’d be a creative one!

As she grew, so did her vocabulary.   She started writing awesomely descriptive stories and still hasn’t stopped.  My favorite one was written when she was in the 1st or 2nd grade.  She wrote about a beautiful butterfly that loved life but hooked on drugs and ended up dying.  It was so matter of fact!

Now she’s in 6th grade and growing up too fast!  She is still writing and playing piano as well. She loves people, especially little kids.  Most importantly, you can see Jesus shining through her!

Bekah, I’m proud of you!

Bekah's Birthday

Mar 16

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Bekah had a party for her 12th birthday and sure had a blast!  Treasure hunting and picture taking and snacks and loud tweenagers!  She had a blast and so did we!  Happy Birthday my favorite 12 year old!

Day in Monterey

Feb 21

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and you can click here to see a slideshow of pictures at my smugmug account.

Nathan's Basketball Game

Jan 31

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I was blessed to see my son Nathan play basketball this morning and he was awesome!  Below is some footage from the game:

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(after viewing it online, I apologize for the volume levels.  I tried adding some background music but set the volume too high.  I’m such a noob!)

and you can visit my smugmug account to see some photos!

Lucy The Sled Dog

Jan 18

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We spent the nice sunny afternoon outside shootin’ hoops and being pulled by our sled dog, er, wannabe sled dog!  Lucy just has so much energy that I had to see if I could put it to good use.  Doesn’t look like we are moving fast, but she was pulling me a good 10-12 mph! And of course, the kids were too chicken to try!

Nate's 10th Birthday Party

Dec 06

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I can’t believe my little guy is 10 years old!  Seems just like yesterday he was crawling around in diapers!

Coach Ron's video for The Quakes

Nov 20

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Nathan finished up another season of soccer and Coach Ron made this video to remember the season by!  Thanks Ron!

Halloween 2008

Oct 31

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The kids had fun and got a lot of candy!  Click here to go to my flickr page to see the pictures in better detail!

Comedy Comes to Town

Sep 12

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Last night my wife and I had the opportunity to go see Brian Regan at the Bob Hope Theater in Stockton last night.  We sure had a great time.  The material was about 90% new, so the jokes were fresh and funny.

If I could recommend any comedian, I would recommend Brian Regan.  He is clean and the entire family can listen to him.  Below are some clips for your viewing pleasure.

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This clip is one of my favorites.  As an employee for AT&T, I just have to say that Brian’s take on the telephone company is absolutely true!!

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We walk around the house sometimes saying “Happy 8 day” just to be goofy.

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Kermit Apio opened up for Brian and he was pretty funny too.  He kind of reminded me of Ray Romano.

Randomness

Sep 06

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Howdy! I have three things to share today and they are all no way related and I just don’t have the creative juice to tie them together.

The first item: Nathan played his first soccer game of the year. It was darn near 110 degrees outside today, so I give Nate some major kudos!

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The second item: As I lounged in my cool house not wanting to go sit in the heat to watch Nathan play soccer, I went to the dharmawantsyou.com website to take test 3.  Once there, I noticed a new video message, so I recorded it to share with all you fellow Lost obsessed people.

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Third item:  My wife and I are goofy and bought our dog Lucy a halloween costume.  Now, we have bought our other dog, Zorro a costume too, so we are double goofy I guess!

This is Zorro, the bat dog!  Yeah I know, pretty cool, eh?

And this is a dragon named Lucy!  She kept moving too much for me to get a good picture, and she keeps chewing on the arms.