Been gone - Sorry about that

Hi - Sorry it's been a while. Lots has happened, which hopefully I will get to giving regular updates on soon. In the meantime, I have moved to the Redding, Ca, area for school. Actually living in the little settlement of Bella Vista. Right now,  all I can tell is that it consists of 2 country stores, a gas expensive Chevron station, a fruit stand, doggie daycare, a few churches and a K-8 school.

Mean time, here are some catch-up pics and I promise to do more updates soon. :)

Kraf and I at the March 30th game. We got to watch the team bus leave. 

My one and only booth at the SR Downtown Market. I sold one card.

Sunset at Goat Rock

Celebrating 50 pounds lost!

 Hey - it's Baby Giraffe!

Me and my bro at Aug 27th game - Lower Box Seats = Awesome!

Stretchy Timmy (and Stewart) at the following Saturday's game - Sep 3 - I know - two weeks in a row was great. I felt like I should move in!

Ross is boss!

Miller and Kruk in the booth for the post-game wrap-up.

The bevy of beauties that accompanied me to the game. I just realized I'm the one-non-blond. I should start a rock band...

The lineup of players that shared for Fellowship Night - our own post game show!

Casilla, Belt (Baby Giraffe) and Vogelsong

The Spanish chaplain, Dravecky and Affeldt

I was really there - like my new hat? Represent the Irish, yo...

Mom's 65th Birthday

This weekend we celebrated my mom's 65th with a few surprises! She thought she and Sharon were going to meet me for a movie after I got off work at 3. Surprise #1 - Sharon had a few friends meet up at Kendall-Jackson for the wine and food pairing they have there. Mom was sure surprised! She even stole some of Sharon's home made caramel corn. It was her birthday after all!

Then they came home and waited for me. I got a call from mom about 6:15 asking what I was doing. I said, "Oh, I was just out doing some errands after work - you know shopping and stuff." She asked if I wanted to meet up at El Azteca for dinner. I told her I could meet there about 7 p.m. She checked with Sharon, who I heard in the background saying "Why doesn't she meet us around 7?" Good one.

Little did she know that at that very moment, I was at my brother's girlfriend's house getting the surprise dinner ready! Everything came together and the Lady of Honor showed up at 7 p.m. to Surprise #2! We had all her favorite appetizers and beer, grilled sausage sandwiches, fresh fruit and ice cream cake for dessert. She was amazed that it was all her favorites, including black licorice and her own box of Good-N-Plenty. I said "Mom, of course it's all your favorites. It's your day!"

So, happy birthday mom! I hope you had fun on your day of surprises! I love you!

Here are pics from the evening:

J & B

 C & K

Mom Arrives

Surprise!

B's Mom and Sharon Warm Up

Birthday Girl

The Bros

Um... Those bros are silly...

Mom's Faves

Had to have the shrimp and G&P's

Me and Mom

Time For Presents

Sibs - where's K?   :(

Mom and Sharon

Well, hello... 

C, K, Me, L, B and Mom

Mom's haul for the weekend!

A Tribute To Independence

Here are some pics from Red White and Boom at the fairgrounds on the 4th. I have some video I'll add too. WB5 did a good show. It was fun to see Jeff. I didn't get any pics of the billions of kids that kept getting on stage. You can check out the WonderBread 5 facebook page for more pics of the craziness.

Update 8/2010 - more than a year later! - Here's the video I put on YouTube: