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Hawaii- 1, 2007

November 16, 2007 7:47 am / 2 Comments /

Becky and I are in Hawaii right now and we spent most of the day on the beach. But before we even got to the beach, we just HAD to stop by Matsumoto’s to get some shaved ice. This isn’t like the grainy snow-cones that you get at the county fair. This is ice that is shaved so thin it almost melts as soon as it hits your tongue. The last time Becky and I were here was 10 years ago. I’ve been waiting 10 years for my Motsumoto’s fix. Good stuff!

Once we got to the beach, we went in and got tossed around by the surf a bit. We then went to another beach where the waves were too big for swimmers, but just right for surfing. We set some sand chairs down and watch the surfers for awhile. We had a good time relaxing and taking it easy.

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Sixth Birthday Continued

November 5, 2007 10:58 pm / Leave a Comment /

As promised, here are the scans of our daughter’s book. I made them into a slideshow so that you can view it sort of like the book is in front of you. We are very proud to have an author and artist in the family!

The picture to the left is a better picture of the family sitting around our daughter listening to her read her story. Even Kisses, our dog, is interested in hearing the story! (There is a bad dog in the story so she better listen up!)

I’m sure the book will not last forever so I am glad that we were able to capture the images digitally and save them for years to come. Slide is such a cool free program too so there are lots of options to display your pictures. Enjoy the book!

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Happy Sixth Birthday For Our Daughter!

November 4, 2007 4:11 am / Leave a Comment /

Our daughter turned six today. She had a good day and received lots of “princess stuff” as gifts.

One of my favorite moments was when our daughter had a surprise for the whole family. It seems that she and Mommy have been working on a special project for close to five months. Only the two of them knew about it and they did a good job of keeping the secret.

Becky bought a blank “board book” with about 10-12 pages with nothing on them. Our daughter wrote a story about a girl named Rapunzel who had a dog and took a walk with a little boy. Not only did she write the story, she also drew all of the artwork. As a present from her to the family, she wanted to read it to all of us on her birthday. What a neat moment.

It is too late now, but once I get a chance, I will scan the pages of the book and post it here.

Happy Birthday Big Girl! We love you very much!

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Halloween 2007

November 1, 2007 3:46 am / Leave a Comment /

Remember the pumpkins from United University Methodist Church? Last night was the first time we made jack-o-lanterns for the kids. I carved them, the kids dug out all of the gunk, Becky washed the seeds off so that we could cook them and eat them and she also made pumpkin pie.

Tonight we went to University Baptist Church for a “Trunk or Treat”event. Members of the church parked their cars in a line in the parking lot and gave away TONS of candy. If any Church in your area offers a trunk or treat event next year, it is totally the way to go! The kids each got about five pounds of candy in less than a half hour. Less walking and more candy. Works for me!

After the trunk or treat event, we went over to the houses of both of the grand-parents. We all had plenty of candy and have lots left over for months to come. Enjoy this slide show of our first trunk or treat event.

Oh yeah, one more thing. After last night’s pumpkin pie, Becky was putting our daughter to bed and asked, “Is the pumpkin pie nice and warm in your tummy?” Our daughter replied, “No, it’s probably in my large intestines and small intestines by now.”

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My 40th Birthday!

September 27, 2007 3:42 am / 3 Comments /

Monday was my 40th birthday! Although we had the party on Saturday, my actual birthday was Monday the 24th. We had some good friends show up, a number of whom who I did not expect. I was honored that good friends would spend their time with me celebrating this event.

On my actual birthday, Becky and I went out to eat at Red Lobster and I had all you can eat shrimp. MY personal best is more than 100 shrimp, but I took it easy tonight and only ate about 60 because I knew we were going to have cake later on that night.

Speaking of which, check out my birthday cake! I love anything chocolate and usually have chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, but this time Becky had something different for me. It was a chocolate cake, but as you can see, it looks a little different.
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