Timber !!!!

We have been doing some work around our little church here in San Berdo. Tim Phillips and I worked at chopping two of the trees down to get ready for some new landscaping. Pretty fun to watch those come crashing down.

Midway, Seaport Village

A little retrospect here. This is a little trip we took down to San Diego when David and Jamie were here. We Spent some time in Sea Port Village. Nice little shopping area. Down the boardwalk a way, the Midway Aircraft Carrier was there. We were there to late to actually tour it, but it was put on our to-do-list. Alyssa would rather go shopping with her Mom, than to walk around on "a big boat". Fine. Marissa, Trae and I will have a lot of fun. Thats the benefits of having more than 1 kid.

Ouch...ewwww

This may be somewhat gross, but thought it might be cool for some. Monday, I caught my finger in a machine while at work, and mangled it up pretty bad. Regina came straight over from helping paint Sonya's house (note the clothes) to help change the dressing for me after I got home from work, so we took the opportunity to take some pictures. It's more painful than it looks. I could have easily lost it all together, but God saw fit to just give me an owie.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

A first in Twenty-plus years. There I was on a Friday morning, doing the usual routine before leaving for work, waiting for the coffee to finish, and frantically looking for the keys I set down the night before. This particular morning, Alyssa had gotten up to help me, as she so often does. You know, searching for my shoes, grabbing my sweater, finding my wallet, and starting the coffee. ( I am a high maintainance dad ! ) But I enjoy the help as it allows me to sit or wait a loiter a little while longer. It was time to go, and as I opened the door, WOW. Alyssa was standing there and asked surprised, "Is it snowing ?" It was. It was actually snowing. My car was layered with fresh snow. I woke Marissa and Trae up to see the phenomenom, even if it was 5:20 in the morning. Later, the kids had a snow ball fight in our back yard. It lasted awhile since it was so cold. The kids, (They have been raised in sunshine), went out and had a snowball fight in their flip flops, and pajamas. Of course, we had to take pictures. It hasn't snowed here in twenty some years, as some have told us, and never this much. Ahhhh, Southern Cal, you gotta love it.

Paintball Fun

While David was here, we wanted to go out and shoot him up with paintballs. So a group of us went out and shot at each other like a bunch of insane teenagers. All of us had our fair share of paintball ringworm.