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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
The Last Day of Summer
With school starting tomorrow, I thought I'd throw a couple of summer pictures up on the blog, to say 'buh-bye' to Summer 2010!
Far Far, Jacob Jennie and Mor Mor this summer in Oregon.
They may bicker...but they do love each other.
Far Far, Jacob Jennie and Mor Mor this summer in Oregon.
The ball never stood a chance!
I'm not sure who these young adults are sitting in my pool, but I'd like to have my 11 year old an 9 year old back please!
It's all about the hang time!
New hair, new braces, new glasses...look out 4th grade!
They may bicker...but they do love each other.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Locks of Love
When you are around your kids all the time, you sometimes forget that they are growing up. Sure, when you look at old pictures you can get wistful for when they were little and cute, and sometimes you long for the days when they were small enough to carry to bed when they fell asleep on your lap. But mostly, they just grow up and you are unaware of how much until they do something amazing.
I've always known that both Jacob and Jennie were caring souls. Jennie is a friend to all and Jacob is the first one to be there when anyone is sad or in pain. Even with that knowledge, they still surprise and astound me
Jennie has been blessed with beautiful long hair - definitely from her Mom! She has been growing it out since she was about 6 years old, and not a day goes by that someone makes a comment about how lovely and long her hair is. Much of the credit for how it looks goes to Ann, as she is the one who helps Jennie comb it out and style it - sometime in braids, sometime in little pig tails, and sometime just long and straight (my favorite!)
After some convincing on her part, Jennie talked Ann and I into letting her cut her hair. Part of Jennie's reasoning for shorter hair was practical - it does take a lot of time to keep her hair looking nice. Part of it was self empowereing - Jennie wanted to be known as more than just the girl with the long blond hair. But here biggest reason was that she wanted to help others.
Locks of Love is an organization that " provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. We meet a unique need for children by using donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics. Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure. The prostheses we provide help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers."
When Jennie found out that she could donate her hair to help kids who had lost their's, she declared that when her hair was long enough, that is what she wanted to do.
Yesterday, her hair was long enough.
Before
Always cool...
Getting ready...
'Snip!!!'
I've always known that both Jacob and Jennie were caring souls. Jennie is a friend to all and Jacob is the first one to be there when anyone is sad or in pain. Even with that knowledge, they still surprise and astound me
Jennie has been blessed with beautiful long hair - definitely from her Mom! She has been growing it out since she was about 6 years old, and not a day goes by that someone makes a comment about how lovely and long her hair is. Much of the credit for how it looks goes to Ann, as she is the one who helps Jennie comb it out and style it - sometime in braids, sometime in little pig tails, and sometime just long and straight (my favorite!)
After some convincing on her part, Jennie talked Ann and I into letting her cut her hair. Part of Jennie's reasoning for shorter hair was practical - it does take a lot of time to keep her hair looking nice. Part of it was self empowereing - Jennie wanted to be known as more than just the girl with the long blond hair. But here biggest reason was that she wanted to help others.
Locks of Love is an organization that " provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. We meet a unique need for children by using donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics. Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure. The prostheses we provide help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers."
When Jennie found out that she could donate her hair to help kids who had lost their's, she declared that when her hair was long enough, that is what she wanted to do.
Yesterday, her hair was long enough.
Before
Always cool...
Getting ready...
'Snip!!!'
Kinda weird, ain't it?
12" of hair
Our little girl is growing up.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Crown Fire
Well, it has been a pretty scary 30 hours. About 3:00pm on Thursday afternoon, fires broke out around our house. By 7:30pm Thursday night, a manditory evacuation was called, and we packed up the car with documents, hard drives and a ton of pictures. We spent a fitful night at our friend Jamie and Greg's house, and I took the pictures you see below:
This was the view from our friend Jamie's house, about a mile from our house, 2 miles from the fire.
Here was the moon at 11:00pm Thursday night.
Here was the moon about 10 minutes ago....quite a big improvement!
From this shot, our house is in line with the red tail lights on the right hand side of the screen.
The fire is less than a mile from our house.
The fire is less than a mile from our house.
This was the view from our friend Jamie's house, about a mile from our house, 2 miles from the fire.
Here was the moon at 11:00pm Thursday night.
Here was the moon about 10 minutes ago....quite a big improvement!
We're back at home tonight, and the reports from all sources is that the fire is 20% contained, and should be well under control by morning.
Fire is a scary, powerful thing...it is amazing what you deem important when you have to grab what you can when being evacuated. Things just don't seem as necessary when you have your family with you and their safety is all that matters.
Fire is a scary, powerful thing...it is amazing what you deem important when you have to grab what you can when being evacuated. Things just don't seem as necessary when you have your family with you and their safety is all that matters.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Sons of Tuscon
This is a bit late, but Jacob worked on a Fox show called Sons of Tuscon. His episode aired back in June, but I have been a bit laxed getting up the video. I've put a couple of screen grabs so you can see what he looked like in the shot.
Here is the scene.
Family Weekend
Jeff, Jennifer Devin and Alyssa came up for the weekend , so it was time for swimming and a bit of Beatles Rock Band
It's like a little jail!
We getting the band back together
Just too much fun!
Jeff...too cool in the shade
Air Time!
I like making my own bubbles!
It's like a little jail!
We getting the band back together
Just too much fun!
Jeff...too cool in the shade
Air Time!
I like making my own bubbles!
Monday, July 5, 2010
4th of July
We had a little get together for the 4th. Greg, Jamie, Jeremy, Gretchen and Chuck came over for some pool time , BBQ and fireworks.
Ice Cream for everyone!
What?
Cirque du So Jennie-Jeremy
Diet fireworks
The faces of summer - food edition!
Chuck enjoying a tasty treat!
Ice Cream for everyone!
Jennie in the brownies.
What?
Gooch and Greg
Cirque du So Jennie-Jeremy
We're floating!!!!
Diet fireworks
The faces of summer - pool edition.
The faces of summer - food edition!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Been a While....Again!!!
So....I dropped the ball a bit. work has been nutty, and Ann and the kids just finnished school this past Wednesday. I have let the blog suffer....sorry :(
Anyway, we went to the LA Zoo for VBS today, and I took my Father's Day gift...a new camera along and took a few shots.
Anyway, we went to the LA Zoo for VBS today, and I took my Father's Day gift...a new camera along and took a few shots.
The VBS group
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Poppy Festival 2010
The Annual California Poppy Festival was this weekend, and once again, Jennie's dance school was performing. With the weather so nice, we decided to make an afternoon of it.
We went to TASTE OF LANCASTER to sample some of the local restaurants fare, and in the process won a gift basket with cool cupcake making supplies.
We walked a round a bit before Jennie's performance, and met up with Greg, Jamie, Jeremy, Pastor Jim and his wife Nancy. They were all there for Jennie's dance, happy to be waiting in the hot spring sunshine for Jennie to make it to the stage.
Jennie was the big risk taker of the day, as she:
Enjoy the pictures and video below.
Jennie on the camel
Keli, Jennie and Adrianna
Jennie and Adrianna
The ballerina before the big number.
Looks scarier than it actually is.
SNNNNAAAAKKKKKEEEE!!!!
Chameleon (the green one in the front)
Jacob and Jennie got to get in a real plane that was made by 7th and 8th graders back in the 90's.
We went to TASTE OF LANCASTER to sample some of the local restaurants fare, and in the process won a gift basket with cool cupcake making supplies.
We walked a round a bit before Jennie's performance, and met up with Greg, Jamie, Jeremy, Pastor Jim and his wife Nancy. They were all there for Jennie's dance, happy to be waiting in the hot spring sunshine for Jennie to make it to the stage.
Jennie was the big risk taker of the day, as she:
- Touched a Boa Constrictor
- Had a scorpion walk on her arm
- RODE A CAMEL!
Enjoy the pictures and video below.
NASA's Finest
Jennie on the camel
Keli, Jennie and Adrianna
Jennie and Adrianna
The ballerina before the big number.
Looks scarier than it actually is.
It really tickles!
SNNNNAAAAKKKKKEEEE!!!!
Chameleon (the green one in the front)
Jacob and Jennie got to get in a real plane that was made by 7th and 8th graders back in the 90's.
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