Ocotillo 2009 Science Olympiad

Here are some pictures and a video from this weekend's Science Olympiad.

Ocotillo's 2009 Gold Medal Winning Science Olympiad Team

Jacob and his Can Racer


Miles and James building with straws.

Molly and Gabby at the Tennis Ball Launch.

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter! We spent the afternoon over at the Jensen's, eating and having fun with friends. Here are a couple of pictures from the day.

(left to right) Jacob, Austin, Jacpot, Ethan and Jennie after a successful egg hunt.

Wanda, Cindy, Janet and Judy waiting for dinner.

Cindy watches Steph, Wanda and Janet enjoying good conversation.

Ethan, Hunter and Warren enjoy the April weather.

Jennie, Rich and Jacob.

At church, an old friend of Jacob's stopped by. Danniel Pyle used to baby sit Jacob, and she was always special to him.

A bit of class and culture from my son.

More Pictures from 'Down Under'

The only koala I've seen so far :(

A close up

David's Trip Down Under

It's Tuesday afternoon here in beautiful Brisbane Australia. Here are a few photos:

This is the view from my hotel room


Hungry Jacks = Burger King
(this is mostly for Ann!)


This is what ordering Bacon and Eggs gets you in Australia. No I didn't eat all of the bacon, only two of the 7 slabs. It still was about 1000% of my yearly sodium intake!

Too....Many....GAMES!!!!!!

As a parent, I'm ashamed. As a gamer/developer/publisher...WooooHoooo!!!

BBQ with Friends

The weather was so nice, that we went to a BBQ this weekend at Steve and Teresa's and caught up with some old (ish) friends, Frank and Kim.

Frank aka 'Flounder'

Kim and Teresa

As always, Jennie jumping!


Jennie and Jacpot

Nice form!

Academy Awards - Kids not interested!

While Ann and I watched the 81st Academy Awards, Jennie and Jacob had better things to do.

Quick Catch Up

It has been pointed out to me the the blog had not been updated in almost a month (thanks Christo!), so here's a quick note:

• Kids are doing great in school - progress reports were both outstanding.
• Ann is staying strong at school with both good and challenging kids.
• I've been traveling with the new job (Chicago, Boston) with more on the horizon.

We went to Disneyland last weekend and met up with our friends Brandon and Joe. The weather was great and we were glad we went before the rains. Here are a few pictures:

Joe, Jacob, Brandon, Ann and a squinty Jennie.


Oh, no! Brandon is missing a leg!


The two faces of Jacob.


Jennie in her natural habitat - climbing!

The Death Star

Santa was VERY kind to Jacob this year...

Happy New Year

Hard to believe that only 2 weeks ago, we had over a foot of snow. Welcome to sunny SoCal!