Grand Californian Stay

So, back in March Tiffany and I got to stay in the Grand Californian Hotel-where she works-because she had won a contest. It was awesome! They upgraded us to one of their presidential suites, and treated us like royalty! Besides being huge, having its own kitchen, and three or four bathrooms, an office, a huge TV, a patio with a view of California Adventure, it was awesome in every sense of the word to boot!

Enjoy!

RAM in a thicket

Just thought I'd share....My computer works now, thanks to more RAM, and yes I did it myself! Okay I'm done.

April Already?

So I know April is already half gone, but better late than never. :)Life has been good for us, especially as I realize how good. The good moments in every day are often overlooked, and really dwarf the occasional negative ones. So, life is good, and smile!

Here are some random pictures for your enjoyment.



This is Lake Perris...which we live right in front of. We'd have a lakefront house if it wasn't for the mountains. :)

No, she's not shooting me, this is a birthday present of Tiffany's.

Rachel and Spencer came down, so I met them and Laura and Cody and all the kids at Disneyland one morning. Sadly, I couldn't stay. It was fun to see them though!

And, the everpresent Mugsy. We love her mostly, and tolerate her sometimes, like when she chews cords to electric blankets. :)

All is well is Laneyland, so till we blog again...

Happy St Patrick's Day

So I departed from the traditional dyed green grilled cheese to a lovely meal of corned beef cabbage provided by my lovely wife. It was really good.

Other than that, we haven't been up to much. I'm still looking for a closer job and Tiffany is still with Disney. We love all our friends and family and welcome visits anytime.

Happy St Patrick's Day to everybody!

TV B Gone Part Deux

So, it has been interesting to adjust to the quiet in the house. I admit to a certain longing to plop on the couch and turn on the noise, but then I find a good book or actually sit and talk with my wife. (Shocking I know.) In fact, I now find myself wondering why it took as long as it did. I have even found time to read the scriptures more.

I say found time...but the time was always there. I just wasted it before. I have come to realize more and more that my life is all about perception...which can be a nasty word-just ask Tiffany about Disney perception. But, as I focus more on my Savior and less on myself, I find more peace, I find insights from passages of scripture I have read may times before, and I find a renewed focus on the important things in life. I also find more communion with the Holy Ghost. Of course, that I usually manage to drive away in the next moment of imperfection, but I am finding more and more of those fleeting moments. God is good. He lives and He sent his Son to earth for me. They truly did appear to Joseph Smith to restore Their Church, which is directed under Christ by a living prophet today, Thomas S Monson. The Book of Mormon is true. This I know not of myself, but by the Spirit.

I wax a tad philosophical, but there it is. All from no TV. Who knew?

TV B GONE

Yes, we did it! No longer able to stomach paying lots o moola for cable every month, we canceled it effective Wednesday! There have been some withdrawal moments, but it is amazing what gets done and the extra time we can actually talk to each other! We'll let you know how it goes.

Long time No Blog

So, I have been horrible at updates. In the spirit of being horrible, I will skip the time frame from the last post and simply say the holidays were full of good food, big drama, good family, and more good food.

In more recent news, at the end of January we made good on a CHristmas promise to let our niece spend the weekend and have some quality time with us and the princesses @ Disneyland. ( We made the same promise, minus princesses and Disneyland to her two brothers. ) So here are some pics from our adventures.

We were all monsters.



We got in line for Monsters INC only to have it break down . So we had fun waiting in the queue for it to start again.
One of the many princesses we saw that day.
We had a great time, and Tiffany and our niece Madison even won prizes! Madison got a stuffed duck she promptly names Terence and Tiffany won a stuffed Dumbo. (No. not me. :) )
Madison even got picked to dance in the High School Musical Show! It was a fun day, and a fun weekend.

We have done more like celbrating Tiffany's birthday, but more on that later. Goodnight!