The cheapest and still the best.......

A good old box.

Summer time and the living is easy.........

Haircuts !




Swimming with Grandma & John

Shake, Rattle & Roll

Well we survived the Earthquake (heheheheheheh) ! Unlike what the media likes to portray the whole of California did not shake off into the ocean. We were driving in the car and I thought Emma was kicking my seat. Michael got several hours of overtime, most elevators shut-off during an earthquake, for safety reasons, and have to be reset by hand. Hopefully, John's daughter and her family are not scared away ( they are driving cross-country to move here to SCV.).

I'm Three and I Ski

Emma Jean got up on the training ski !!!! It is shaped like an upside down U, and it is the first step in skiing for small kids. Michael got in the water to help hold her steady until she got up. And after a few tries she was skiing away.

At the Lake

More fun at the lake.

Lake Nacimiento

We rented a house at Lake Nacimiento, with our good friends. There were 6 adults and 6 kids.

We're Back !

We have returned from a short trip, so I will fill you in ASAP.
(Patriotic as ever , Michael has added a new flag to the boat. )

Just One Man's Opinion

Letter to the Editor printed in the Signal.

Slip 'N Slide

What is summer without a Slip 'n Slide????

Working Hard ??

Riding the Forklift with Grandpa Stump.
Working hard at Grandpa Stump's shop.

Mr. Smooch- A- Roo at the Aquatic Center

Isn't he so darling!

Little Grandma Dorothy

Grandma Dorothy, approximately age 5.
(Michael's Grandma)

Michael has been doing some investigating on Ancestry.com, and he was contacted by a distant cousin, who emailed us this picture of Grandma Dorothy.

I see sassy runs in the family.

(That explains a lot about our Emma Jean.)

Aquatic Center

Gina, Kayla and Sean came up from Huntington Beach to meet for lunch and go to the Aquatic Center.

We had a large group, me, Lauren, Emma, Hunter, Wayne, Kristin, My Mom, John, and Gina's parents Doug and Maggie.










Sean & Grandpa Doug













Uncle Wayne being used as floatation device.



















































Emma & Kayla .

Great Site

I added a new website to my reading section at right. http://www.parenthacks.com/ It has some great idea for many different things submitted from readers.

Housekeeping Monthly 1955

Give it a try, let me know how it goes...

If it is on the Internet, it must be True ...Right

Check out the site below before you forward another email. You will be amazed at how much disinformation is being spread via email. Snopes.com is an full of fun information regarding urban legends. This is the list of the top 25 emails making the rounds. http://www.snopes.com/info/top25uls.asp

Neal Pumpkin Patch

We fancy ourselves farmers around here. Our veggie garden is not going so great this year, mostly we are growing cherry tomatoes. Nothing else made it to harvest this year, but we are growing "Big Mac " pumpkins. And we have a contender. It is pretty big now, so we are hopeful. It has started turning orange and that may be a sign it will not get much bigger, but we will keep you updated.

The second picture is a "Big Mac" we purchased at Lombardi Ranch two years ago.

Swimming Lessons

All our swimming friends!
































Lauren & Aubrey !