Family Blog

2020

Happy Easter

Apr 12, 2020

I pray that all of you are safe, healthy, and full of love on this Easter. May the Lord watch over all of us. ✝

Corona tree

Apr 6, 2020

This branch from a coronavirus tree fell from the sky and landed next to our pond. I know there’s no such thing but the little nodules on it sure looks like a coronavirus ~image~ 1422:-000114:card~/i

Corona virus has us staying home

Mar 21, 2020

Thank God, all of us are currently healthy. We are staying in our home in order to stay that way. It is really hard, especially since all of our loved ones are not in one place. Jan, Sam and I are hun…

Keeping busy

Feb 12, 2020

I’ve been interested in getting into woodworking lately. I find pleasure in making things and this seemed like something that could keep me busy in my retirement. At least in those days between our tr

Playing in my workshop

Jan 6, 2020

Just putting' on my shop apron and grabbing my router and having a good ole time building my own workbench. ~image~ 1527:800:shadow~/image~

2019

Happy New Year

Dec 31, 2019

Hope all of you are having a very happy new year's eve. And wishing you a happy and healthy 2020!!!

Fun at Christmas Dinner with the Julianna's

Dec 25, 2019

We had fun with the Julianna's after Christmas dinner. We had a Reddi Wip launching contest. ~video~4808:-000111:card~/video~

Merry Christmas

Dec 25, 2019

We hope all of you are having a very Merry Christmas today and spending quality time with everyone you love

Heading toward Christmas

Nov 30, 2019

Well it's that time of year again. This year I am going to shake off all the holiday stress and embrace all that is Christmas. I might even catch a Hallmark movie or two just to make sure (but not on …

Wet day after

Nov 29, 2019

We had a very rainy Thanksgiving this year. The Sun came out the next morning and heated up our fence which was soaked the night before. It created a very steamy look. ~video~4400:100:border~/vide…

Happy Thanksgiving

Nov 28, 2019

I hope all of you are having a great Thanksgiving this year. Unfortunately Jan and I came down with a bad cough and have been really sick. We had to postpone Thanksgiving until Sunday since it's going…

Daddy - Daughter Angel's Game

Sep 15, 2019

Sam had gotten some free tickets to the Angel's game from her work. Sam, Sara and I went to the game and had a really great time. Unfortunately Jan had to stay home because of her recent foot surgery.…

OC Fair 2019

Jul 14, 2019

We did our annual visit to the Orange County Fair. I was expecting it to be really hot but the weather was quite nice. We looked at the farm animals, I took a picture of a pig's butt (just something …

Happy Anniversary

Jul 12, 2019

So happy to celebrate our 33rd anniversary with my beautiful bride. We had dinner at Admiral Risty's in PV. It is an iconic restaurant with really good food which, unfortunately, is closing its doors …

Smart Sprinkler

Jun 12, 2019

We have been having trouble with our landscaping not getting properly watered. We had a 15 year old sprinkler controller, and I was afraid it would quit working while we are gone on vacation. I justif…

Ovens and drawers

Jun 8, 2019

I took over some of the cooking in the kitchen while Jan was down with her foot surgery. I had always hated the fact that our oven would not heat to the set temperature and it was impossible to read t…

Out with the old ...

Jun 1, 2019

Another page turns in auto ownership. I have sold my Honda Ridgeline and bought a Ford F-150. The Ridgeline served me well, and I did love a lot of its storage features (that awesome trunk under the b…

Setting up camp

May 4, 2019

We are setting up camp after arriving at Joshua Tree. We stayed at Sheep Pass campground. I had a hotel in town which was ok but I wish I had camped out with the rest of the group. I didn't really kno…

I'm tinkering again

Apr 10, 2019

I've been tinkering again. I am preparing for a weekend photo shoot in Joshua Tree at the beginning of May. I've signed up for a class through Creative Photo Academy which is associated (and located …

Finally a break in the rain

Mar 26, 2019

Today is a warm sunny day in So Cal. It sounds strange but this has been rare of late. We have had a very rainy winter this year, and it probably isn't over yet. This is what it looked like last wee…