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So I have been neglecting the journal lately because there is so much going on. I have been adding content to the civil engineering website. I have a lot of content to add to a tire chain site. I am on a race with time to get an authentication plugin working with [...]

I ran into the grocery store to grab some milk and hot French bread from Albertsons. 12 year old Desiree and 7 year old Luke agreed to stay in the car – 5 minutes max.
I get back and this is on the parking lot next to my car with the Desiree just finishing up.

I really did not know where to take the kids to watch fireworks last night. A year ago, we went to the top of Pacific Island Drive and saw three simultaneous shows, but they all seemed distant. So we chose to try another place. Two years ago, we went to Dana Wharf [...]

My sister Melanie came into town from New Mexico. The reason for her visit was not really good news as her good friend Natalie passed away. Natalie had been rather sick for many years and had mentioned about two years ago that she did not expect to last much longer. The funeral [...]

Today is Desiree’s 12th Birthday. We celebrated it yesterday. We had cake at her mom’s home, then Desiree, Luke and I went to Knott’s Berry Farm.
Today, she moved sang in the primary program for the last time, and then was moved into the young women’s program. She has waited all [...]

Desiree’s 12th birthday is this Sunday and so she moves into the Young Women’s program. Right now she can’t wait for her birthday to come so that she can join the young women. Well, tonight, she had a surprise visit. Four girls that will be in her beehive class came and gave [...]

Late last year, an Amatuer Radio Class was offered for free at our church. We just had to pay for the book and a small fee to take the test. Totally oblivious I was to what amateur radio was, I took the class. About a month later, I bought myself a Christmas [...]

Use to play Monopoly all the time as a kid. Had no idea how my kids would receive it. So on Saturday night, we break open the new Monopoly game and set it up. After about 30 minutes, Desiree and Luke are both raving about the game. Three hours later, I had [...]

About a year ago, a friend of mine had me check out this application where I was to add a bunch of pictures and create a slide show. On my old blog, I put them in the footer of the blog. This time, they will go in as one post.
We have pictures of [...]