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The last day I took Keira to Pre-School 6/2

2009-06-02T15:32:00.000-07:00

For the second to last day of Pre-School they had a "Donuts with Dad" gathering. All the Dads came in and we sat on the tiny chairs and enjoyed some milk and donuts with our kids. Mrs Fran read story about sitting on your Dad's shoulders to us. After the snack we were invited to play with them and have the kids show us their favorite things to do at school. As Keira walked me around and gave me a tour it hit me. "I'm not going to bring her to this classroom ever again". Just when Christie and I got used to her being in Pre-School it's time for more change to take place, and then more changes after that. It's both a sad and a happy moment. Before I left I managed to pull off what I think is a great shot of her and her best friend at school Emma.

Ferris Bueller was right "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "

OPERATION PIXIE DUST

2009-05-30T07:29:00.000-07:00

Coming this fall Exclusively to the XboX 360.

Keira's Pre-School Graduation 5/28/09

2009-05-28T18:01:00.000-07:00

Keira had her gradation ceremony today from Pre-School. She's been attending Jack & Jill Nursery School since September of 08. It's amazing what she's been learning and how social she's become in the last several months. She has a few more classes and will be out in early June for Summer. She'll be attending Kindergarten at Patton Elementary school around the corner from our house this fall. Here's a shot of her today with her teacher Mrs. Fran and her school picture from earlier this year along with a brief video. Enjoy!

Memorial Day Weekend - Pool Vid 5/24/09

2009-05-24T12:00:00.000-07:00

Here's a clip of Keira in her new little pool.

Memorial Day Weekend 5/24/09

2009-05-24T11:57:00.000-07:00

Well after spending most of yesterday setting the pool up we finally took a little dip today. Although it being 70 out and since we don't have a solar cover yet the water was just a bit on the cool side. Still I got some great shots while it lasted. Hope your Memorial Day finds you in good health and having fun.

Motor City Comic Con 2009 - 5/16/09

2009-05-18T15:59:00.000-07:00

So a couple of weeks ago we took Keira out to Novi (the city where I work about 30 miles away) for Free Comic Book Day 09. The main reason (not just for the free comic books) was for her to see one of my co-workers in costume. You see last June I interviewed a guy for an opening we had in our engineering department. At the end of the interview I learned he was a member of the 501st legion. A Star Wars costuming group which dresses up as characters from the Empire and raises money for charity. Needless to say I hired him!

So after that day she's been asking when she's going to see Clone Troopers again, and Darth Vader etc. Enter the Motor City Comic Con. An annual convention here in the Detroit area, basically heaven on earth if you are a comic book and or anime geek (in my case, both). We attended on Saturday and Keira was amazed at all the people in costumes. Not just 501st members but all walks of fan. She wanted her picture taken with just about all of them and we spent a better part of the time stalking storm troopers as all she wanted to do was follow them around. A short while after we got there Keira got her face painted and wanted Queen Amidala's face paint job from Episode I because "that's Cali Girls Mommy" she tells us.

We were able to hang out quite a bit with the 501st and Keira won a prize in their "Droid Hunt" game. She also got to meet one of the artists that illustrates Dora the Explorer books, so we got her a couple of new ones and he illustrated custom drawings in each book for her. Her first celebrity encounter!
It was a great time and a great way to spend my Birthday. I couldn't ask for more.
The main collage is of Keira and all her new 501st friends. The lower image is my co-worker Jason in his newest costume, "Wild Weasel" the Cobra Rattler Pilot from the old G.I. Joe toys.

Keira hanging out with Fraser's Finest

2009-05-18T15:53:00.000-07:00

Every now and then Uncle John likes to give the neighbors something to gossip about by rolling up in the driveway with the police lights flashing and the sirens blazing while I'm mowing the lawn. This past Friday was one of those days. This time though I asked Christie to grab the camera and we got a couple of great shots. Thanks Uncle John! Stay safe out there Law Dog!

Yay Spring is here! 5/3/09

2009-05-18T15:50:00.000-07:00

So it's been a while since I gave the blog some love. These are some shots from earlier this month. See it can get above freezing here in Michigan :) This is Keira enjoying her new princess bike and showing off her art skills with the sidewalk chalks.

Keira's 1st Shark's Game 3/28/09

2009-04-02T14:25:00.000-07:00

After Nolan's Birthday party we took Keira to her 1st ever NHL game. First sporting event for that matter. Of course it would be a Shark's game! They faced off against the Phoenix Coyotes and won the game 3-2. Keira was really into it in the 1st period, but with no scoring she got bored quickly. By the 2nd period she fell asleep as 4 goals were scored, 2 by each team. Somehow she managed to sleep right through it. I think she had fun, just the time change set in from flying in the afternoon before. It was fun seeing all of our friends from the row behind us and teaching Keira how to do a proper chomp on the power play.

Nolan's 2nd Birthday - 3/28/09

2009-04-02T14:20:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday we were fortunate enough to get some time off of work to fly into California and celebrate Nolan's 2nd Birthday! We had really great weather this year and were able to take advantage of it. His theme was Cars and I must give credit to my Sister and Jeff as they went all out with the decor and the cake! Great food as well!

Keira's 5th Birthday - 3/10/09

2009-04-02T14:15:00.000-07:00

Hard to believe 5 years have gone by already, but they have. Keira celebrated her 5th Birthday on the 10th of March. We had both sides of the family over for celebrations. This year her theme of choice was Bolt. Complete with a bolt cake and decorations and a wonderful banner by her talented dad and his friends at PPC :) Among the gifts she got her first big power wheels car which mom & dad can't wait to get upstairs and out of the basement as soon as the warm weather arrives!

Whole Foods Santa Cruz Now Open!

2009-03-19T07:16:00.000-07:00

I'm proud to report that the Whole Foods Market in Santa Cruz, CA had it's grand opening yesterday morning. While I was not in attendance I will be checking out the store in our visit at the end of the month. As many of you know this project has been ongoing for sometime. I originally started work on it in 2007. Many changes and new ideas later here we are. If you find yourself heading over 17 go checkout the work we did on the store! Also, many thanks to all the support you have shown.

The store is at:

911 Soquel Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Events: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/santacruz/storecalendar.php

The BACON EXPLOSION!

2009-01-31T11:23:00.001-08:00

Do you like Bacon? I mean REALLY like Bacon?? Then check this out!

http://www.bbqaddicts.com/bacon-explosion.html

My daughter the rock star...

2009-01-19T17:41:00.000-08:00

If you've never witnessed it in person Keira loves to dance! If there is a song on TV or on the radio that she likes she'll stop anything she's doing and start dancing. One of her favorite songs still is a short clip they play on Boomerang. Boomerang is a sister station to Cartoon Network that plays all of the old cartoons that we grew up with Scooby Doo, Tom & Jerry etc. The clip is a newer piece of animation that I think is great! It's a version of the Josie & The Pussycats (or Josies & the Pussycats as Keira calls them) theme song where they travel through music history, the song changes with each era of music. The top vid is Keira dancing to it with her favorite guitar, the lower is the actual television clip. Give em both a spin!

Growing fast...

2009-01-04T17:14:00.000-08:00

I haven't updated this collage since 2005. I figured I blow the dust off of this little project and update it. My Grandpa Rudy had sent this Christmas decoration to us back in 2004. When I got it put together it worked out that Keira was sitting next to it so I took a picture. Almost every year since I have been taking her picture next to this decor every Christmas. For some reason I missed 2006. I think my Grandpa would've liked seeing Keira next to it every year, so I'm going to do my best to continue to take this shot. We'll see how it goes. Any way here it is updated with the 2008 photo going back to 2004.

Bringing in the New Year

2008-12-31T19:24:00.000-08:00

We're having a quiet one this year. Just playing some Xbox 360 and Wii games with Keira until midnight. Here's a clip of her getting a strike bowling on the Wii and me rocking out on Guitar Hero World Tour! Happy New Year to all of you! Hope 2009 brings some positive change our way! Go out and spend some money at Safeway & Whole Foods so I can stay busy :)

Christmas Gathering 12/27

2008-12-28T10:26:00.000-08:00

Trying to get your friends together I have always compared to launching the space shuttle, timing is everything. Well last night we were able to get the Glinski and Hilgendorf families all together at our place for dinner and gifts. Here's a nice group photo I talked them all into taking. I think it came out pretty good of I do say so myself. From left to right: me, Christie , Jerry G., Keira, Stephen G., Joshua G., Jill G., Johnny G., Harvey Jr H., Heather H., Chelsea G. (back), Lori H., Ashley H. Harvey H. Now there is a good chance that I got Heather and Ashley's name reversed but in my defense they're twins! :)

Christmas Day 2008

2008-12-28T10:18:00.000-08:00

Well turns out Keira made the "good" list this Christmas. Santa hooked her up! The cookies and milk left out for Santa were eaten up and the apple slices for his reindeer were gone as well. Keira was amazed to see this and it was the first thing she went to look at when she got up. Hope your Christmas was great as well!

Alas poor Frosty we knew him well...

2008-12-28T10:15:00.000-08:00

Days 6 & 8 saw the end of our frozen friend. By Day 6 Christmas Morning Frosty had lost his head from the rain and rising temps. Day 7 I missed taking a shot of him for some reason. Day 8 (yesterday, shown in the lower right) he is now all but gone. This was taken pretty early as well since it hit 60 degrees yesterday. All that remains now are his arms laying on the lawn. Out of respect for Frosty I chose not to take that picture. He had a nice run. Crazy to think that on the 19th we got dumped on with 10+" of snow and by yesterday its all gone.

Christmas Eve 2008

2008-12-28T10:08:00.000-08:00

First stop was Christie's Mother's side of the family. Where we learned that her cousin Johnny is now engaged to long time girlfriend Theresa, congrats! Keira was excited to open a few gifts and then we were off to Christie's Father's side of the family.

There we had some dessert and laughs. Brooke was celebrating her first Christmas ever and many a wrapping paper projectiles were launched!

The Chronicles of Frosty - Day 05

2008-12-24T10:13:00.000-08:00

Well today was going to be trouble for Frosty and sure enough he needed an emergency head transplant! It's in the 40's right now and raining. Which is bad news for snowmen. I couldn't exactly let my daughter see this mess. So he was fixed and re-packed with some new ice.

Keira's gift to Mom & Dad

2008-12-23T15:42:00.000-08:00

Keira made this for us today at pre-school. How come when I was growing up the only artwork we made with our hands was a turkey? Hope you like it, enjoy!

The Chronicles of Frosty - Days 03 & 04

2008-12-23T12:31:00.000-08:00

So not much happened to our boy Frosty yesterday. This shot (above) was taken off of my camera phone. It was too cold to run in and get the real camera out. I think Frosty will get over it.

So today Frosty is getting some new hair courtesy of Mother Nature. 1-3" of new snow is coming down as we speak. Well, we're not really speaking to each other, but as I type! I think it may be rough waters ahead for our boy. Tomorrow's forecast calls for 45 and some freezing rain!

The Chronicles of Frosty - Day 02

2008-12-21T21:47:00.000-08:00

After watching Frosty the Snowman last night Keira became very concerned about the well being of the frozen friend she created in the front yard. So I thought hey, let's see how long this guy actually lasts. Well Day 02 finds Frosty in good shape! He received an 1" of new snow overnight. Also the freezing temperatures were to his liking. A base temperature of 4 degrees at the time of this post with a wind chill factor of -30 degrees has our white powder friend looking good. Stay tuned...

Winter Wonderland

2008-12-20T20:48:00.000-08:00

So now that we have significant snow on the ground there was no way we would be able to keep Keira out of it. She made her first snow angel today (3 actually). She also added another snowman to her list. She named this one "Frosty" since we watched the cartoon this evening. She's worried about him melting, but with temps in the 20's and more snow on the way I think he'll be around for a while.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...

2008-12-20T20:40:00.000-08:00

Ok so maybe I wasn't dreaming of it but we got it anyway! 10" of snow came down on us yesterday, easily the most we've seen since we moved back here now 8 years ago today. Apparently we going to be getting more up until Christmas.

Picture with Santa, check!

2008-12-18T20:06:00.000-08:00

Finally! Coming up on Keira's 5th Christmas and we finally get her to take a picture with Santa Claus! This year we kept it much closer to home at Macomb Mall in the 586. No appointments needed to see this Santa and the line went pretty quickly. I think Keira was still a bit doubtful about this whole Santa thing. Although she didn't hesitate to tell him she wants a brand new Barbie Jeep for Christmas (the Power Wheels type) ha ha. Merry Christmas to all!

Halloween 2008

2008-11-02T09:23:00.000-08:00

This Halloween was a lot of fun. Christie and I both had half days from work. In the early afternoon we took Keira in costume to a parade at Toys 'R Us where they did a lap around the store and handed out goodies to the kids. Although, Keira wanted nothing to do with Geoffery the Giraffe in costume. In the evening I put up the finishing touches to our Halloween decor and handed out candy. Christie and Keira went out Trick Or Treating and she came back with a full bucket of candy. Good times! Hope you all had a great Halloween!

Carving Pumpkins 10/30

2008-11-02T09:17:00.000-08:00

Is there anything better than carving pumpkins? If you answered yes, then please comment and tell me what's better! Anyways, Thursday evening Keira and I carved pumpkins for Halloween. This year Keira got a bit more confident with the process wanting to finally clean out her own pumpkin. She loves going crazy on them with a sharpie although we tend to not use that art for the final cuts. The final results are in the bottom right of the collage, she made the small one and I did the large Oogie Boogie.

Keira's Pre-School Halloween Party 10/30

2008-11-02T09:07:00.000-08:00

This past Thursday October 30th Keira's Pre-School held their Halloween party. Christie was able to work from home and get some great pictures of the events. Keira's costume this year was Princess Jasmine (are we running out of princess' yet?). Christie sewed the cape with the help of my Mom earlier in the month when they were here. At school they had a little parade and sang songs. The shot of Keira and the little witch is classic. The shot of Keira with her new friend Emma as Princess Aurora I like as well.

Take your daughter to stores you've designed day.

2008-11-02T09:02:00.000-08:00

OK, so it's not a real day on the calendar. I remember when I was a kid around Christmas time my Mom would load up my sister and I and we would drive up to my Dad's work for their Christmas party. My Dad was always happy to have us there and introduce us to everyone.

Well, now that I'm a Dad its a little tougher to explain to Keira what I do at my job. Its easier to now show her the stores I've worked on. Since every WFM has a stellar prepared foods area we always wind up eating at these stores when we go. So given that she refers to these stores as "Daddy's restaurants".

The best feeling in the world was giving her a tour of Rochester one day after the install crews had ended their shift. The store was still under construction as I walked her through it she asked "wow Dad you built this store??" I explained to her that no, Daddy was only responsible for working on what the store would look like.

The upper shot is of her at Rochester October 5th when my Mom & Dad were here as well. It was cool to show them what I do as well! The lower shot if of her having lunch with me in the dining area at West Bloomfield. She loves their hearth oven pizza!

Keira's 1st Day of Pre-School

2008-09-09T19:17:00.000-07:00

Today Keira had her first day of pre-school. I was able to work from home and Christie had the day off. Keira was really excited to go, she had already been to the classrooms before when Christie went for registration. She couldn't wait to get dressed and get all cleaned up to go to school. Pretty crazy, she's growing up really fast. You couldn't ask for a better fall day as far as the weather goes. We took a couple of pictures outside and then we went in and met with her teachers, then dropped her off. We picked her up in the afternoon and she showed us her new fishy tattoo. Her first day at school and she's already getting ink done.

Sometimes you just need the batteries charged...

2008-08-25T18:07:00.000-07:00

Over five months since my last post. Seems like Summer just got here and now Fall is on our doorstep. Who knew three letters could take up so much of your time and attention. RCH. Those three letters had been a consuming focus of mine up until August 6th. A lot of late nights at work and later nights working from home. I'm lucky to work with a patient client. Even more so to have a wife and daughter with the patience to put up with it all.

Taking ownership of a project is never easy. Regardless of it's size. You have to be committed, you have to stay focused on the goal. When it was all over, exhaustion set in. Just then my employer sent me off to Los Angeles for a week to attend to Siggraph. It was like a conference for a job well done, at least the timing of it seemed that way. Having never been to Siggraph, I didn't really know what I was in for. Wow, "blown away" wouldn't even do it justice. I'll be taking in what I saw and learned at that show for some time. Surrounded by Lucasfilm, Pixar, Dreamworks, Disney Animation the list just keeps going.

The first full day I was there set the tone for the whole week. I attended a roundtable discussion titled "Great Failed Ideas In Production". It was a panel of people that have worked on just about every movie I've ever loved. People that can make you believe in worlds that don't exist. The discussion went to each person and they discussed in a very candid fashion ideas that didn't work out in feature films they were working on and what they learned from the process. When they got to John Knoll from ILM he discussed the ending sequence with the maelstrom of At World's End. The quote he threw out was not only funny but it was one of those things I know I'll never forget. They had to tackle how to create the water for this scene, breaking new ground for making it work. He said "Its like jumping off a cliff with the materials that you plan on making a parachute with on your way down".

For me it clicked. It fit. For years I was responsible for making designs work. Now, I'm the one making the designs. There's conflict that takes place inside of my head. The creative side that doesn't care about boundaries. The precise, pre-press, shop detail side that keeps telling me to play within what I know, what I think can be done versus what I have yet to test. I learned that a lot of us have this going on in our heads. The ones that pioneer new things, that move forward. They know how to tell the rule minded side of their head to sit down and shut up. Thanks Mr. Knoll.

The Clone Wars... finally, a reason to wait in line again!

2008-03-16T09:54:00.000-07:00

If you know Christie and I at all then you know we're gonna be all over this like Oprah on a box of twinkies! Like this should even surprise you. How many times have you been shaking your heads when we tell of the lines at Celebration II & III down in Indy. Star Wars fans know patience (well, except for me) because of their time spent line waiting for movies, exclusives, etc. The only real downside is that out here in Michigan the movie scene isn't nearly as crazy as in California. Still you know my obsession with the clone troopers, so this is right up my dark little alley! This is going to be a running TV series with the kick off being a movie in August. Check out the cleaner version of this trailer on the official site here: http://www.starwars.com/video/view/000478.html

Keira's 4th Birthday

2008-03-09T18:58:00.000-07:00

Believe it or not Keira turns 4 tomorrow afternoon. Her Birthday was celebrated over the weekend here at our house. I thought I'd post this year's pictures a little bit sooner than the ones I posted last year :) So here are a few of them. Keira helped out in decorating the cake and we have the candy all over the kitchen floor to prove it! She was also pleased to hear that the Sharks won their franchise record 9th straight game today in Minnesota. OK, Daddy was happy to hear that but still. It was a good time and we thank everyone that braved the snow and came over to help us celebrate!

Benefit #33 of living in the Midwest

2008-03-09T18:04:00.000-07:00

In the Midwest during the winter months your garage doubles as a second refrigerator / freezer. If you want to keep something cold and your fridge is full simply put it out in your garage. The freezing cold will see to it that your garage is colder than the temperature in your fridge. Problem solved! An example you ask? This bag of ice in the garage was purchased more than 24 hours ago. No melting!

Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer Gooooo!

2007-12-08T08:07:00.000-08:00

The movie! WooHoo! Look at Racer X!

Newest trailer! Man look at the fricken Mach 5!!!! I want it!!!

The original flavor for my parents. Maybe I'll sing it all the way down I-5 in a week or so :)

Keira's 1st Snowman!

2007-12-02T17:26:00.000-08:00

Over the past couple of winters it seems that Keira's always sick everytime we get a decent amount of snow. So getting her out to play in it has been a problem. So now that she's 3 1/2 and really understanding things more and more she's been asking when its going to snow so that we can make a snowman. Well today was the day. Last night we went out to dinner with Harvey & Lori and the kids around the corner at Red Robin. About that time we started to get some real snow coming down, Keira was elated. She couldn't wait to walk from the Jeep to the restaurant so that she could catch snowflakes on her tongue. By the time we left the restaurant around 8pm we already had a good amount so it looked promising for some overnight accumulation. This morning we showed Keira the backyard and she flipped out! If she had the strength to do so she would've opened the sliding door and headed into the snow in her pajamas. Luckily we convinced her to put on all her snow gear and we would go out before breakfast. So we all got bundled up and headed out into the front yard. The snow was very wet and heavy (after living here now for almost 7 years you begin to learn the different types of snow), so it made for great packing and snowballs that could put you in the hospital. Even though it was only a couple inches deep Keira jumped right in, before you know she was throwing snowballs at the camera man (me) and we were able to build her first snowman. Although we didnt have a carrot for his nose I thinked he turned out ok.

Swiper the sneaky fox... he stole my kidney!

2007-12-01T08:16:00.000-08:00

As long as Keira has been fascinated with Dora the Explorer, she has had a love-hate relationship with Swiper the Fox. Swiper (as many of you parents know) is the bad guy on the show. He shows up at different times of each episode to swipe (or steal) key objects in the story. The only way he can be stopped is for Dora (and your child) to yell out "Swiper No Swiping!" three times in a row. That usually does the trick and the fox runs away. Well sometimes Keira has been so afraid of him that she will hide under a pillow or blanket until he goes away on the television. Other times she likes him and tells Christie and I things like "there's swiper Momma" and wants her stuffed Swiper to play with. Well one day while she was watching the show I told Keira "Yes I don't like Swiper either, he stole my kidney, I woke up in a bathtub full of ice and my kidney was gone!". I don't think I have ever seen a more blank, confused look on her face in my life. Christie was floored that I would say such a thing and now Keira tells people when she has the opportunity "Swiper took my Daddy's kidney!". If they made you take a test before becoming a Dad I wonder how I would score... :)

The 2007 Christmas Card That Never Was...

2007-11-27T19:03:00.000-08:00

So over the last 2 years taking Keira to see Santa hasn't really been an option. She didn't really understand the whole thing (other than the part about presents, she gets that). This year though we thought it would be different. We've been explaining to her over the last few weeks how she needs to take a picture with Santa and tell him what she wants for Christmas. She's really getting all of this now, so we're like cool this will be the year. So, we take her over to Somerset Collection (collection wtf is that, its a fancy pinkey in the air word for "mall") in Troy, MI. This "mall" has the mother of all Santa setups, a three story high castle in the center with the works. It really is a crazy setup like nothing I've ever seen. So we roll up on the 18th (yes the weekend before Thanksgiving, Christie isn't messing around this year) to the "mall" and we make an appointment to see Santa, because at this "mall" you don't wait in line, oh no, we wouldn't dream of that lovey. So we're about an hour away from seeing the big man in red. So we take her to build a bear because her poodle she made there needs some new gear, and we manage to kill the time walking around so now its our turn. We get called into the waiting area. There you wait with a few other families and you can see Santa pretty good, Keira is seeing what is going on and she is REALLY excited about it. We're like "this is awesome!" Now it's Keira's turn... You guessed it! She freaks out as soon as Christie puts her on Santa's lap! She's reaching for me, crying etc. So the photographer calmly asks Santa to check on the reindeer and Santa bounces. Keira winds up calming down a little and we then take a picture as a group, not that Christie and I were prepared to take pictures here but at this point I'm just glad there's not an angry mob waiting on Santa behind us (kudos to the appt thing). So we take a group shot and when we get the CD home notice that Santa managed to get in the shot anyway, not too shabby Santa, clever. So, maybe 2008 will be different :)

It's been a while...

2007-11-27T18:56:00.000-08:00

Yes, I've lagged on uploading pictures and stuff, but no longer! I have updated Keira's birthday (from over 8 months ago) :) More updates coming.

It's official Christmas is over! he he he

2007-03-10T11:31:00.000-08:00

With the temperature a scorching 50 out today I was able to finally take down our last remaining Christmas lights on the roof. At least with the cold weather lately I have a reason as to why its taken me over 2 months after the holidays to get them down. In East San Jose they're still up on houses as well but that's just because of laziness :)

1,095 days old

2007-03-10T11:28:00.000-08:00

3 years ago today at 15:45 (3:45pm) our daughter Keira was born. I can't believe it has been 3 years already. We're getting the house ready for her birthday party right now. I'll try to post some pictures as well when I get a chance.

(update) The party was a success (it would be kind of hard to screw up a 3 year old's birthday party don't you think?). Surrounded by family Keira blew out the candles on her cake for the first time! Of course the theme was Disney Princess. She ripped through her presents and actually paused to look at cards. After the presents she went into what had to be the biggest sugar rush I have ever witnessed... On a super high of birthday cake she began shrieking and rambling and making just about no sense, yet at the same time had everyone in the room laughing until they had tears. We got some good video of the event and I'm sure 15 years from now in 2022 she's going to love Dad showing this footage to her boyfriend... After the sugar rush she fell asleep on the couch around 10:30pm when I snapped the last shot of her for the evening.

Die Groundhog Die!

2007-03-02T16:51:00.000-08:00

The groundhog saw his shadow back on the 2nd of February so winter should be over right? WRONG! We got a big batch of freezing rain last night that has turned this state into a giant hockey rink! So much for global warning there Mr. Gore!

Welcome

2006-10-11T19:22:00.000-07:00

Enter the world of a mad man with an overactive imagination.