Family Blog
2019
Proud of our Sami girl
Mar 19, 2019
Sami was initiated into the National Honor Society Tau Sigma at LMU today. We are so very proud of our little girl. It is so exciting to see her live her dreams. ~image~ 1289:500:shadow~/image~
Happy St. Paddy’s Day
Mar 17, 2019
Hope you all are having a fun and safe St. Patrick's Day. We enjoyed some Irish stew and Guiness oatmeal bread all made by me! I had no idea I could cook. I think I will surrender the kitchen when J…
Pi day
Mar 14, 2019
Well, I made my first pie on pi day. I made a blueberry pie from a recipe I found (probably should have made a Raspberry pi, but then I would have had to have it do something). It turned out a little …
Rain day
Mar 6, 2019
Another rainy day. I opened the window so they could look out at the rain. ~image~ 1284:600:shadow~/image~
Our little girl is grown up!!!
Jan 28, 2019
Our little Sami girl turned 21 today. Where the heck did all the time go. It seems like just yesterday that she was four years old and pretending to be a teacher. Now she's twenty one and still wants …
Our Smart Little Girl
Jan 10, 2019
Our smart little girl Sami made dean's list at LMU with straight A's on her first semester there. We couldn't be more proud of her! ~image~ 1233:500:shadow~/image~
2018
SpaceX launch
Oct 7, 2018
We went to the beach tonight to watch the SpaceX launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It was really cool and the first stage actually landed back at a spot near the launching pad. This is a shot Jan…
Disneyland times two
Sep 30, 2018
We went to Disneyland this weekend. We spent two days - the first day we went to the Disneyland resort and the second day we went to California adventure. We spent the night at a local Holiday Inn so …
I got my Apple Watch
Sep 21, 2018
Well I finally got an Apple Watch. I know what you're thinking. Why would a Apple fanboy like me wait so long to get the watch? Well I wasn't able to wear it at work and it didn't make sense to buy on…
Learning to Improvise
Sep 19, 2018
I decided to replace the tiny old range hood we had over the stove. I got the biggest one I could find that still fit in the space over the stove. My main problem was that the cooking area is all br…
Water lily
Aug 29, 2018
I took this picture of our water lily flowering today isn’t it gorgeous? ~image~ 1137:800:shadow~/image~
Automation is sublime
Aug 28, 2018
I had created a php script to batch upload photos. I use it to upload vacation pics after I have had a chance to ?Bart? them. The script looks at files in a directory called ?load? where I have moved…
Sara Villalpando
Aug 27, 2018
Well I finally changed my daughter's last name in my contacts. Man that was really hard!
H2O Taxis
Aug 8, 2018
I love these little water taxis here in Victoria BC. We rode one to Fisherman's Wharf and it was fun. I want to get a job piloting one of these all day ~image~ 1026:500:shadow~/image~
Crossing the bridge
Aug 1, 2018
We are in Vancouver on vacation. Our house sitter is guarding the dogs (I'm sure they aren't guarding her). We went to Capilano Suspension Bridge today. It was lots of fun. Jan got stung by a bee and…
My web server
Jul 29, 2018
I mentioned my web server before but I have never posted a picture of it. The little white box is the web server. It is a raspberry pi and the black and blue box is a solid-state drive out of a laptop…
Eberle Winery
Jul 18, 2018
We did a tour of the Eberle Winery today. They store their wine barrels in tunnels underneath the winery to keep them cool. It's a really good winery and tasting's are free and the wine taste really …
The Wedding
Jul 14, 2018
~image~ 995:800:shadow~/image~ Sara & Brandon's wedding was amazing!!! More to come on a special page soon.
Sara & Brandon
Jul 14, 2018
~image~ 996:300:float-right shadow mx-3~/image~ Sara and Brandon were married on July 14th, and the wedding turned out fantastic. It was an amazing wedding and the bride looked amazingly beaut…