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Red rocks and wedding bells…

Okay, so in the middle of our camping trip to Quartzsite, Arizona, my wife and I had to leave to drive to Sedona, Arizona. This is because Jason, our older daughter Jessica’s boyfriend, took her to Sedona to propose to … Continue reading

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Oh, and I petted 68 dogs the other day, and broke my previous record…

And my older daughter got engaged… so… I have some stories to tell…

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I am back!!!

Back from Christmas in the Bay Area at my mom’s house. And our computer is hooked back up… Awww… there is a picture of an ornament I made for my mom years ago. Anyway, I have a bunch of photos … Continue reading

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Gettin’ all Christmassy… part 10… a Christmas story… with Conan the barbarian…

When my daughter Jessica was about 5 or 6, she had a Christmas where she got a lot of gifts that seemed a little too bent on defining her and her role in society… by which I mean she got … Continue reading

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My new babysitting gig…part 4… Drum solo!!!

You can’t go wrong with the classics… and a metal pot and a big wooden spoon is always going to be a hit… ha… see what I did there?  Day two of my babysitting adventure with Olivia, the daughter of … Continue reading

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My new babysitting gig… part 1…

I forgot how much fun it was being a stay-at-home-dad… way back before it was cool… and the other dads used to make fun of me. I get to do this for at least 4 more days… YAY! Me and … Continue reading

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How to make a kid’s first birthday party all about me… I mean, not the actual party, but this blog post about the party… because this blog is my party… and… so… uh… oh, just read the post, it has pictures of a cute kid in it…

So that’s Olivia, and she turned one, and I was at her party… what? No… not the hairy one, that is my friend, Joey, Olivia’s dad… who was my wife’s friend back in high school… and her and him… oh, … Continue reading

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One last Thanksgiving treat…

Look who stopped by our house after we got back from our camping trip. It is little Olivia! Some of you probably remember her. She is the daughter of a friend of my wife from back in the day. That … Continue reading

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We had a real Thanksgiving too, just so you know…

I feel like maybe some of you were worried about the fact that we were camping over the holiday week, and that you thought we might have missed out on a real meal. Let me assure you… we had a … Continue reading

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Oh, and my youngest kid is learning how to drive…

There she is, in the moments before she first made a car move all on her own… I know, she looks just like me, right? And she doesn’t even look nervous. And there she goes. We were at the campground … Continue reading

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