Family Blog

2016

The Two of Us

Sep 11, 2016

I found this picture of Jan and I when I was looking for something to put in a family photo frame for our living room. This photo was taken of us in our back yard just before going to the Luke Bryan c…

Labor Day visit with Sam

Sep 10, 2016

We had a wonderful time visiting Sam over the long weekend. We will be heading back again on the 23rd for family weekend. ~image~ 117:400:shadow~/image~

Moving Sam to ASU

Aug 10, 2016

Well we are moving Sam to ASU to start her college education!

Sam's teeth

Jul 23, 2016

Sam had all four wisdom teeth pulled yesterday. She has been on the couch all day. Her jaw is still pretty sore.

Forging the river

Jul 3, 2016

This is Jan forging a river on horseback in Montana. I don't know about you, but I am impressed!!! ~image~ 85:800:shadow~/image~

Schwabacher Landing and Mormon Barn

Jun 28, 2016

Sara and I got up real early to get some sunrise photos. The one of Schwabacher Landing was taken with my iPhone. The one of the barn with my Canon 60D. It is so beautiful here. ~image~ 87:800:shado…

Rodeo Time!

Jun 26, 2016

Heading out to the stampede rodeo in Cody Wyoming ~image~ 86:600:shadow~/image~

Father's Day

Jun 19, 2016

I have been having a wonderful Father's Day so far. We went to Schooner or Later for breakfast (2hr wait!!!) we then came home and I opened my gifts (lots of great clothes for our upcoming trip to Mon…

Tracy's wedding

Jun 4, 2016

We had a really good time at Jan's boss' daughter's wedding in Solvang this last weekend. We finished off our stay with a tour and wine tasting at Firestone Vineyards. The landscapes are very pretty t…

Sam's prom

Apr 22, 2016

Sam had a wonderful time at her senior prom. She looks so pretty - I'm sure she was the prettiest girl there, but I'm her dad and I'm a little biased. (one could say Too biased) ~image~ 82:400:shado…

Back in LA

Apr 3, 2016

We are back from our college roundup in Arizona. So far it's looking like Arizona State might be the winner with Sam. I think it is too cold for her in Flagstaff. &#x2603

Adam and Tucker

Apr 1, 2016

We are having Adam stay at the house and watch the dogs while we go to Arizona to look at colleges for Sam. We are looking at both Arizona State in Phoenix and Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff…

German dining at Alpine Village

Apr 1, 2016

We are at the Steinhaus restaurant in Alpine Village. I'm having bratwurst - yum! We went to the village market and bought a bunch of German food for Sam to do a report on Germany at school.

Happy Easter!!

Mar 27, 2016

I hope everyone is having a very happy Easter. I hope you are spending your day with loved ones and enjoying a good meal and good times. &#x1f430

Finished stage 1

Mar 11, 2016

I finally finished the CRUD pages (Create, Read, Update, Delete). Now I can more easily update the blog.

We be database driven!

Mar 9, 2016

Well, I have gotten the blog page to be driven by a mysql database. I'm still inputing the posts using the db admin tool until I can create a proper post page. This is fun - I must be a nerd.

Programming

Mar 4, 2016

I've been listening to a podcast by Allison Sheridan and Bart Busschots which is called "Programming By Stealth (PBS)". So far it has been teaching CSS and I have learned quite a bit. On my own I have…

My Photography

Mar 3, 2016

I am considering documenting my progress toward getting better at photography. I'm trying to do it in an organized way by focusing on specific areas of photography, one at a time. It's a little ne…

First Contact

Feb 1, 2016

This is going to be a compilation of my meanderings. As well as the meanderings of the rest of my family.