Drew & Alecia's Blog

360 panorama after

2012-01-28T22:21:00.001-06:00

This is after painting the front room and buying new lamps. Not all the decorations are up yet, but it looks sooooooo much better.

360 panorama before

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Asleep amongst the mess

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Can't tell what she's doing???

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Cute

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It's about time

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It only took 15 months to get my name in plastic.

Happy Burfday!!

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Birthday Cake

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Driving through the Eisenhower Tunnel

2012-01-06T11:06:00.003-06:00

The Highest Elevated Tunnel, over a mile long in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Boring Kansas

2012-01-06T09:52:00.000-06:00

So I'm sure everyone loves an entertaining drive, try this lovely state out for size! This is all we ever see when driving through Kansas. If you ever come to see us and you drive, take the southern route through Albuquerque and Amarillo!

Laney's first real food

2012-01-06T09:49:00.001-06:00

5 Pukers Puking

2012-01-05T08:24:00.002-06:00

A different spin from 5 drummers drumming. In the last few days all 5 of us have puked, some more than others.

It started either Thursday or Friday, Laney puked, not spit up, puked. Then on our wonderfully fantastic way home from Utah, we stayed in Denver January 1st, when we got up to leave way early in the morning, alecia and i were both puking. 6 hours after we got up, putting us waaaayyyy behind schedule, we left just after 10 am. Denver to Tulsa is not a short Drive, nor is it a fun one. We hate driving through Kansas. It is worse than I-80 in Wyoming if you think that road is bad.

So we get home that night, never been so happy to be in Tulsa in my life! We've been in bed for maybe a half hour and Noah starts puking. He pukes a few times throughout the night is fine by morning, we think we're done. DEAD WRONG!

Last night, Alecia is asleep, i'm laying in bed playing a game on my phone when i hear what sounds like a weird cough, and then.....

Jonas.

When this kid pukes, you'd think his arm had been ripped off by hungry wolves or something. This one freaks out, way beyond the point anyone should freak out.

When i get to him, i see that his face, his right shoulder are covered and dripping down his shirt is vomit, it is everywhere!! He's crying, freaking out, and he starts screaming like he's going to die! That is our warning sign that we must huury to the toilet. So I yell for Alecia, she hurries and helps him to the toilet, he pukes, she has to give him a shower at 10:30 at night because it is all over him.

I start cleaning up the mess in his room. There is a trail of vomit from his pillow, down the bed, on the floor by the head of the bed, then in a semi-circular path from the head of the bed, to the foot of the bed, all on the floor, the white carpet I should add, all the way into the doorway where I found Jonas covered and screaming.

So i start picking up the throw up, i'm using words intentionally, because i'm describing what i actually did. I picked up throw up, after that, used the resolve carpet cleaner to try and get out the pink/orange color left by my first born on the white carpet. Needless to say, we need to clean the carpets now more than ever before.

Repeat Jonas puking at least 5 more times (lost count) throughout the night with all the same fanfare for every instance, except it all made it in the puke bowl or the toilet, yea!

There were two highlights from our drive home from Denver. We got to see Alecia's old roommate from Rick's college, Jaymie, her husband Tyler and their 5 boys who just moved there the day before from Star Valley. That is really the only reason we went that route. The second Highlight was, I stopped at King Soopers and bought 2 packages of Cherry Chip Cookies from their bakery. Some of the best cookies in the world! They are pink, Jonas is my son, you do the Math.

Fiesta Bowl Champs!

2012-01-04T20:47:00.002-06:00

I chose a great time to work for OSU, and go to school there too. Last time i was in school at the u of u, they went to the Fiesta Bowl and won, Coincidence???

Christmas Morning

2012-01-04T20:43:00.002-06:00

Christmas morning

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Noah again

2011-12-30T17:51:00.001-06:00

Noah sitting

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Boys on train thingy

2011-12-29T17:37:00.002-06:00

Boys playing with trains

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Noah on train thingy

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Boys on Train

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Laney

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Laney and all her cuteness.

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Most enthused shepard ever

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Christmas Jammies

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Noah sulking

Smiley Laney

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Cutest sleeping baby EVER!

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Sleeping Boys

2011-12-25T23:08:00.001-06:00

Went to check on the boys before we went to bed at grandpa and grandma Roach's and this is what we saw.

Vanishing Point

2011-12-23T23:04:00.001-06:00

One thing i learned in art class in elementary school was "vanishing points". This is a prime example of that on our drive to Utah. This is north of Farmington, NM, and South of Cortez, CO.

Driving

2011-12-23T22:58:00.001-06:00

It might be hard to read, but the yelliw sign says leaving new mexico, and the brown one further back says welcome to colorful colorado, one of my most favorite signs anywhere! Not bad for holding your phone and the steering wheel going 70 mph and having to hit a button to take the picture.

Somewhere just south of Colorado

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The Boys and Santa

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Laney and Santa

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View from my office

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This is a 180 degree view from my office. Click the photo for larger version.

Fall and Winter

2011-12-10T14:47:00.001-06:00

So we've had some colder weather lately, at least for Oklahoma. Highs have been in the high 40's lower 50's, which feels cold, but really isn't. Our heater started acting weird the other day, i had to mess around with the thermostat to get the heat to come on, then eventually it just didn't come on any more, great. It went out on the coldest night we've had so far, it got down to 21, but with the wind chill, 15. Luckily we have a really nice heater we have in Laney's room, so she was fine, and we doubled up blankets for us and the boys. Alecia called the hvac guy, since the furnace is only 7 months old, the guy didn't know what it was and said to call a different company. So the second day with no heat, and the second and even colder night later, the other company comes and spends 5 hours trying to figure it out. The guy even called in someone else to help figure it out. So merry christmas to us, we had to spend $500 for a $125 thermostat. I'm glad it took him 5 hours to figure it out. The furnace is only 7 months old, what could possibly go wrong with it? Nothing, it was the 20 year old dial thermostat, real genius there. Anyway, heat works better than ever now, you can actually feel heat now.

We hung Christmas lights outside the last two weekends, i'll have to take a picture so y'all can see our work. Our goal is to get more lights every year.

So my place of employment and the school I attend has a pretty good football team this year if I may say so. Stupid Iowa State is all I can say. Although, for those who watched on ABC, OSU kicked the trash out of OU. That was an awesome game! Bring on the Cardinal.

I mowed the lawn this morning. Yes it is December and I mowed the lawn. This is by far the latest i've ever mowed in the year. Got all the leaves off, and our yard is one of the best in the neighborhood!

I had a 20 page paper for my health care administration law class, got 97 out of 100, boo-ya! Lets just hope i can do that on the final on Wednesday.

Pistol Pete and Me.

2011-12-09T12:20:00.001-06:00

Laney and lights part deux

2011-11-30T20:53:00.001-06:00

Laney and lights

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Laney sitting up on her own

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She can do it now, yea!

Stuff

2011-11-22T22:19:00.001-06:00

So here is an update o'sorts. Jonas is in all day pre-k, and he is learning all sorts of things, some good some bad. The bad is really annoying, like bad words. What kind of parents allow their 4 year old to swear? Honestly?

I went to Denver at the end of October for training and certification related to work and my new position as the HIPAA Compliance Officer for all of OSU. So now i get to put all sorts of letters behind my name at work like CHP and CSCS. They stand for Certified HIPAA Professional and Certified Security Compliance Specialist. Working for a University you are surrounded by people with all sorts of letters behind their name, and some people seem like they like to get as many as they can. So i'm going to try it too. Just under 2 years and I get to add MHA as well, that is about the only one I really care about, because I'm paying for that one!

We put up christmas lights outside about 10 days ago, can't wait to turn them on, on Friday! I'll have to take a pic and post it so y'all can see, it isn't much just so you know.

We had over 30 earthquakes, yes earthquakes a week or two ago. Including the largest on record, a 5.7. We only felt 3 of them. Most people would freak out, we were looking out the window, not like we could see much in the middle of the night anyway.

I had to have a root canal last week. Worst part is it was on my tooth that has a crown and a root canal. Stupid dentist in Utah didn't do a good job. The dentist here actually ripped the dentist who did it a new hole! I was laughing at all the stuff he was saying. So beware of Sierra Dental in Spanish Fork, apparently they do shoddy root canal's. My mouth still hurts from all the poking and prodding with all those drills and whatever else dentists use.

I think that is about it. I already posted recent pictures, so, Happy Thanksgiving, eat lots of yummy pie, forget the turkey.

Squirrel Hunting

2011-11-14T09:07:00.000-06:00

So with fall in finally in full swing, and since we have 2 Oak trees in our front yard, and our neighbor to the north has Oak trees as well, the squirrels are all over the place getting their acorns and digging in our yards. So, I decided to film the boys chasing the squirrels. Noah didn't really get into it much. I missed the best part when Jonas is yelling at the squirrel "Squirrel!" and he's only about 3 feet away, and the squirrel didn't even flinch, it was too worried about it's acorns.

Jonas Pre-k school picture

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One of my favorite TV moments

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Watching a movie

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Sleeping Baby

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Laney and Noah

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Laney and Noah

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Batman

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Pink Skeleton

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Cute boys

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Laney

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New jammies

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Cute!

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Smiley Laney

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Captain America

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Halloween

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Laney Smiling at Noah

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Cute Laney

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Noah

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Not missing a beat

2011-10-22T21:13:00.001-05:00

Today I had to put both Jonas and Noah in timeout. Jonas didn't do as he was supposed to, but Noah Did, so Jonas' timeout got extended. As I was talking to Jonas about why he was in timeout I said "even Noah did as he was asked." Instantly, Noah, who was playing on the stairs pulls a Nelson Muntz and says "Ha, Ha!" I really tried not to laugh, but it was perfect timing, gotta give the little dude props, seeing how he's never seen the Simpsons ever.

2011-10-18T21:43:00.001-05:00

That's the way to nap!

The Great Debate

2011-10-12T06:13:00.000-05:00

So the obvious answer is B, and if you say A, you are wrong for so many reasons.
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Laney Smiling

2011-10-03T12:12:00.000-05:00

Laney is smiling at Jonas.

Which baby is this?

2011-09-27T14:12:00.000-05:00

Just a quick question, see who knows what.

Which baby of ours is this?

Noah sleeping

2011-09-22T14:22:00.001-05:00

Laney and All her Cuteness

2011-09-12T14:29:00.001-05:00

Just some video I shot on Saturday. The boys being weird, but it is all Laney, and by the way, she is happy, that is her normal talking voice. It is great when she does it all through the sacrament. I think it is kind of funny when she gets a little upset when she can't roll over. (change your video settings to 720P, much better quality)

Jonasism

2011-08-30T08:20:00.000-05:00

So I'm driving Jonas to school this morning, and I'm driving what he thought was fast, even though it was 25 mph in a 25 zone. So he asked me "why are you driving so fast?" I said "I'm not, I'm just driving." Then Jonas said "When you drive fast do you honk and call people Dill Hole? Is that what grown-ups do?" I laughed.

Something that made me laugh

2011-08-22T08:48:00.000-05:00

This morning on my way out the door to go to work, I was telling the Boys that I wouldn't be home till almost bedtime because I had to go to school (today is the first day of school for me). Jonas asked me what I was going to school for and I told him to learn about health care. Immediately and without delay, he said "sounds boring".

Life Happens

2011-08-12T21:48:00.002-05:00

So, it is funny, not haha funny, but what life throws at you when you least expect it. Moving to Oklahoma is a major thing that popped up out if nowhere. Buying the house we bought, that was something that was meant to happen whether we realized it or not. The tree falling down the other day, our car breaking down the very next day(yesterday), and today, my admission to Graduate School.

I will be attending, where else, Oklahoma State University. I will be getting my masters in Healthcare Administration. Since Graduation 5 years ago, I've often thought about getting a master's. I looked into a masters of audio engineering at Middlesex University in London, Middle Tennessee State University, and Denver University, but it didn't seem right, so I just dropped it. Then I saw something on facebook for a master's in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) from the University of Southern California, but again, it didn't seem right, so I dropped the idea. Since I've been working for a University for almost a year now, I looked into what was offered here in Tulsa rather than Stillwater(OSU's main campus). I looked at OU's degree's (OU has a Big Tulsa campus too) and OSU's program was a perfect fit. It finally felt right, so I'm doing it. It is a 2-3 year program depending on how fast I can do it. And since we are going to be here awhile, why not? Plus I get half Tuition since I'm an Employee, can't beat that. Actually you can, if I worked for Tulsa University, me and my entire family could go to school for free.

Anyway, that is the story on that. I can finally be done with that feeling of I need to do more schooling that I've had since May 3, 2006 (graduation day from the U).

Sent from Drew's iPhone

More Fallen Tree

2011-08-11T09:41:00.001-05:00

So, yesterday (Wednesday) was a bit weird, for me anyway. We woke up to a tree that had blown over in the storm the night before. Speaking of which, from 2-3 the only one sleeping was Laney, we were all down stairs watching the never ending lighting and listening to the constant rumbling thunder. We never heard the tree snap, I've heard tree's snap like that, and I never heard it. When I first looked out the window, for some reason I thought that it was our neighbor's tree, but Alecia knew better and said it was our tree.
Side note time. When we were in the process of buying the house, I noticed that tree for one reason. At some point in time there was a big branch that was cut off for whatever reason. And when it was cut off, they took a nice section of the trunk with it. So when I noticed that tree several months ago, I thought, one day, that tree is either going to split right at that spot, or just crack and fall over. Little did I know it would be within 3 months of that moment in time. You can actually still see part of it starting at :18 seconds on the video. You are looking for an L shape on the top left of the remaining stump, if you can't see it, trust me, it's there. And guess what, I was right, it snapped at that exact spot where they took to much from the tree. So, here are a few more pictures in video form. I had started cutting the tree up (borrowed a chainsaw). Didn't get very far, because it was so hot and humid, I was dieing. We were eating lunch and I see out the front window (you can see out the front window from my seat at the table in the kitchen) and I see 3 City trucks drive up, and 3 guys hop out and get to work. Within 20 minutes the tree and everything else was gone. They don't normally do that apparently, but since it was in the road, they did. They even let me throw on a bunch of limbs I had just sitting in the backyard from when I'd cut them down weeks ago, so that was nice to clean it all up. Now we just have to remove the stump and plant some nice grass.

Our Fallen Tree

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Miss Laney

2011-08-08T13:02:00.000-05:00

So here is about 2 minutes 30 seconds or so of Miss Laney and all her cuteness. It isn't much, just some stuff I shot with my iPhone and edited right on my iPhone. I thought since only 3 people from both mine and Alecia's family, well, Alecia's family, are the only ones to have actually seen Laney and hold her and stuff, this might help let you see her and what she does (which isn't much). Anyway, change the settings to HD, much better quality than the default.
Enjoy the cutest baby ever!

Rockin' Out

2011-08-03T12:29:00.001-05:00

So here are two videos of the boys doing a "rock on show" as they like to call them. I thought they were hilarious because I didn't have to tell them to do anything, they did it all on their own.

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This is a test from my phone

A Picture of Laney

2011-07-12T10:34:00.003-05:00

Took this on my phone on Sunday. Thought it was really cute, with a smile and all.

A few various random pictures

2011-06-28T10:06:00.005-05:00

Here are some random pics, just for fun. If anyone asks for more pictures of Laney, I'm going to do the exact opposite and not post any! I know you all want more pictures of her, don't worry, be patient!

Jonas at a local splash park. Arkansas River is in the background.

Our pet bunny. There are actually 3 bunny's and 3 squirrels that live in our neck of the neighborhood and roam about.

I thought this was funny.

We all have our goggles on!

Notice where his left hand is, isn't that a grown up thing to do?

the boys at the splash pad

Jonas again

the boys playing

us laying on the floor taking self portraits with my phone

Cute Miss Laney

Still cute

This is picture 1 of a 2 sequence picture. Notice Noah and what he is doing. Because the next picture is priceless.

Do I need to say anything more?

Her Name

2011-06-03T21:27:00.004-05:00

So we finally decided on a name. We had a few floating around, but the ones we "thought were it" weren't it. We have been pretty indecisive when it comes to naming our kids. Jonas (from the Weezer song "my name is Jonas" (not the bible) was 10 hours old when we decided on his, Noah (because we just liked the name, we didn't choose it because of Noah from the bible) was over a day old before we decided on his after throwing out our original 4 names we had floating around, and little miss Laney Denise Williamsen (nothing remotely close to a bible name) was nearly a day old when we decided on hers. It was down to Laney and one other name, that came in based on the blog post of where I asked people to give their 2 cents, but that name didn't quite make the cut, sorry Loni, it's a good name, just not for her I guess. For those who might not know, Denise is Alecia's mom's name, and all of the Roach's that have a girl, have used Denise as the middle name of the first girl in their family, Addyson Denise, Hannah Denise and now Laney Denise.

She had a bit O'trouble this morning coughing and choking on some fluids in her stomach from the big move that didn't quite make it out, so she and Alecia are having to stay another night in the hospital, but all is good, nothing to worry about.

Took the boys over last night and tonight, and tonight, wow. Jonas was fine, but Noah, he was going to smother her with hugs and kisses, and wanted to touch her on her eyes, and mouth and wow! We thought he'd resent her and want to hit her, but Nope! He loves his baby sister and wants to hold her and love her, almost a little too much! But it sure is cute to watch those two interact with her, well, as much as she "interacts" anyway.

She's Here!!

2011-06-02T22:20:00.003-05:00

So we went to OSU Medical Center today to have Alecia induced. Got there at 9, she was in a bed and a nurse attending to her, getting her set right away. At about 12:30 or 12:50 (time varies by who you ask) the resident came in and broke Alecia's water. Contractions immediately increased and were pretty much non-stop at that point. Not long after that Alecia asked for the Miracle Drug, but had to wait because all the docs were in with C-sections, so we waited. Roughly 1:45-2:00 the Anesthesiologists came in and ministered the drug. Her right side started going numb real quick, but couldn't say the same for the left. So they decided to wait a bit (wrong call). So just after the Anesthesiologists left, the nurse asks Alecia how she's doing, her left side is in severe pain because of the ever increasing pain and frequency of the contractions. Moments later Alecia says she feels a lot of pressure. Remember I told you that ALL the doctors were in doing C-sections?? Well, the nurse goes into the hall and tells someone "I need a Doctor in here!" Not, I need Dr. Johnson (our doc) in here. A doctor, ANY doctor! Baby is coming and our resident isn't here, our regular doctor isn't here, I'm a bit nervous thinking me and the nurse will be doing this. Within about 30 seconds the room fills with about 7-10 people, none of which is our doctor. So the nearest Resident starts telling people to get the bed ready and get this and that and blah blah blah, I'm seeing the baby's head, I'm thinking, forget the bed, get the baby! At this point, because there wasn't much time for the anesthesia to kick in, Alecia is in the most pain I've ever seen ANYONE in my life, and all I could do was hold her hand, didn't seem quite fair. Anyway, about one big push and "voila" out comes whatever her name is (still no name, can't break the trend now can we?) About a minute after she is born, so 2:26 at this point, in walks our resident and our attending and a few other people who I have no idea who they are, so including the baby there were at least 12 people in the room, and nowhere to go because it was pretty cramped at this point. Baby is good, they cleaned her off, Alecia did fantastic even with the pain. It went real quick once they broke the water. This is compared to Jonas, which took 18 hours, Noah took nearly 6, and Girl took about an hour and a half. So, here are some pictures of the cutest little baby girl ever! Just need to give her a name now.

As you can see, she is 8 lbs 3oz. She is 20 inches and cute as anything ever.

Here is a picture of her foot, Jonas and Noah have my feet, while Girl has Roach feet, long toes that seem to come out of the top of the foot and come down rather than straight out. That is the best I can describe it anyway, Roach's know what I'm talking about.

Both Alecia and I think she looks a lot like Noah, but she has a lot more hair than the other two. I think she has more hair now than Noah does now and he's two and a bit!

When Brandi and Thong brought the boys over, they were so excited to see the baby, but even more excited to see Mom! They kept hugging her and could now sit on her. That was really cute to see, but it soon ended once they saw that Aunt Ashley and Uncle Dan and Cousin Lincoln sent some Balloons (thanks by the way). I had to pry the balloons out of screaming Noah's hand, baby what baby, I want balloons! I even told Alecia earlier in the day once Noah saw those that is what he'd think and I was right! Jonas was entertained, because out the window you could see this bridge that has a big neon Route 66 sign on it and he kept saying "Route 66, it is still here" like on the movie "Cars". OSUMC is right on Route 66 and you can see the original bridge that goes over the Arkansas River that connects the east to the west on Route 66, kind of like the "golden spike" of the Motherroad. So how many people can say that their kid was born on Route 66?

Anywho, there is our day in a nutshell, oh wait. Brandi and Thong watched the boys all day and said that they did so good and never whined or anything and Noah even took a nap not in his own bed! So guess what?? They waited till I took them to let out all their pent up whining and crying and frustration! It was a nightmare driving home, Noah was screaming bloody murder nearly the whole way home, Jonas wanted me to take his leftover chicken he wasn't going to eat, then once Noah somewhat calmed down he would only listen to "steady as she goes" by The Raconteurs, otherwise he start crying again. Then trying to get the boys inside and get jammies on and in bed and not screaming, I really wanted to run out of the house screaming and bang my head on the sidewalk, it was really frustrating. So the moral of the story is, Alecia can never leave the boys at night ever again, she has to sleep in the same house as them! She might not like that idea so much, but it was all because they wanted Mom, and since I ain't mom, they misbehaved.

I'll post some more pics soon, because honestly, how many pics can you post of the exact same thing, with her in the same position and looking exactly the same???

Just a few things

2011-05-25T12:52:00.003-05:00

So, we are just plugging along here in Rainy and Tornadoey Oklahoma. Alecia is due end of next week, boys are boys, work is work. I came down stairs this morning to eat breakfast after showering and stuff, and this is what I found on the top step, Jonas had taken Weezy and his stuffed bear and his Monkey (behind weezy) and tucked them in with his blanket. Alecia tells me they were camping. I just thought it was really cute and funny.

Alecia texted this picture of Noah to me, I laughed pretty hard when I saw it, so I had to post it. I don't think it needs any explanation, do You?

Noah Being Silly

2011-05-20T15:39:00.002-05:00

So, here is a video of Noah I shot during dinner the other night. He's just being weird, which is normal, but not many get to see it. Jonas is in there a bit. It isn't hilarious or anything just a side you don't see much.

We need a Name

2011-05-18T13:12:00.002-05:00

So, we are getting down to it (having a baby) and we still don't have a name for our soon to be little girl. Last night Alecia was unpacking some clothes that Daishan had sent (thanks a million by the way Daishan!) and along with that were some girl clothes that we had got from a baby shower that some ladies in the ward threw for Alecia and I couldn't help but notice all the little fringy stuff and "girly" clothes. All we know are boys, we've had boys for nearly 4 years, we know boys and can handle boys, girls, different story. This will take some getting used to on my part I think. Anyway, we have maybe one or two names we are thinking about, but none that we are just thinking are "it". So if you have a suggestion or two, please feel free to comment. Please, serious names only, no sillyness like when I did the same post with Noah.

Oklahoma

2011-05-13T14:28:00.002-05:00

So, I saw this on another person's blog and thought it might be interesting for people (including me) to learn a little bit about Oklahoma. Seeing how most people know nothing (including me). But since we are going to be spending a long time here, thought people should know something about the state in which we live:

Here Are Some Little Known But Very Interesting Facts About Oklahoma.

1. The bread twist tie was invented in Maysville.

2. The shopping cart was invented in Ardmore in 1936.

3. The nation's first parking meter was intalled in Oklahoma City in 1935.

4. The first Girl Scout Cookie was sold in Muskogee in 1917.

5. Cimarron County, located in the Oklahoma Panhandle, is the only county in the U.S. bordered by 4 separate states...Texas, New Mexico, Colorado & Kansas.

6. The Oklahoma State Capital is the only capital in the U.S. with working oil wells on its grounds.

7. Boise City, Oklahoma was the only city in the Continental United States to be bombed during World War II. On Monday night, July 5, 1943, at 12:30 a.m., a B-17 Bomber based at Dalhart Army Air Base, Texas, dropped six practice bombs on the sleeping town, mistaking the city lights as target lights.

8. WKY Radio in Oklahoma City was the first radio station transmitting west of the Mississippi River.

9. The nation's first 'Tornado Warning' was issued on March 25, 1948 in Oklahoma City minutes before a devastating tornado. Because of the warning, no lives were lost.

10. Oklahoma has the largest Native American population of any state in the U.S.

11. The name 'Oklahoma' comes from two Choctaw words...okla meaning 'people' andhumma meaning 'red'. So the name means, 'Red People.' The name was approved in 1890.

12. Oklahoma produced more astronauts than any other state.

13. Oklahoma has more man made lakes than any other state.

14. During the 'Land Rush', Oklahoma City went from a vast, open prairie to a city of over 10,000 in a single day.

15. The nation's first traffic 'Yield' sign was erected in Tulsa on a trial basis.

16. Pensacola Dam is the longest multi-arched dam in the world at 6,565 feet.

17. The 'Port of Catoosa' (just north of Tulsa) is the largest inland port in America.

18. The aerosol can was invented in Bartlesville.

19. Per square mile, Oklahoma has more tornadoes than any other place in the world.

20. The highest wind speed ever recorded on earth was in Moore, Oklahoma on May 3rd. 1999 during the Oklahoma City F-5 tornado. Wind speed was clocked at 318 mph.

21. The 'Will Rogers World Airport' and the 'Wiley Post Airport' are both named after two famous Okies....both killed in an airplane crash!!!

We Bought A House

2011-04-29T22:10:00.006-05:00

So we went and bought ourselves a nice house. It was built in 1974 and we are the 3rd owners of the house. Every family to have owned the house, their last name starts with a "W". Kind of strange, but it must have been fate or something that we get this house. Alecia is at a baby shower for our little girl, so I took the boys to Burger King, and we ate dinner on the kitchen floor of our new home. Jonas was wondering where the table and chairs were, then all the other furniture as we looked around our empty abode. Last time he saw it, it was full of furniture. So I took these on my phone tonight. I didn't get any inside, because we have nothing in it yet. Here is the front, looking west, hence the low sun light. Notice how everything is already green. It has been green for a few months now, love the weather here! Our neighbor has a palm tree in his backyard, I think I'll have to get me one here one day. I saw a nursery filled with them the other day as i drove by. I never knew Oklahoma could have Palm trees.

This is the back of the house. You can't see it in this picture, but there is a fan on the ceiling of the porch, so we'll never sweat while we hang out back!

This is the backyard from the south of the house. You can seen Noah off in the distance. The yard looks bigger than it really is because our yard and the neighbor to the North do not have a fence separating them. Noah is still in our yard in this picture. The boundry is the other side of the tree that Noah is almost at.

back yard again with both boys this time. If you look closely, you can see the ceiling fan on the porch. Can't wait to buy a BBQ. I'm fixin' to get grillin'!

This is our side yard, I literally just turned 90 degrees from the picture above and snapped this one. Our side yard is bigger than our back yard. We went and talked to the neighbor's whose fence you can see. he has a little dog that Noah was trying to pet and feed a stick to. Jonas was too scared of the older man and his dog. I just wish I could remember what the guy's name is!

Backyard again, at sunset. I really like the yard, can't wait to start trimming bushes and mowing, once we buy a lawnmower and a trimmer of course.

Anywho, when we move in and get our old furniture in and get all settled, I'll post some pictures of the inside. It will still look bare because we have nothing to fill the house, but it is ours and it was a heck of a lot cheaper than anything in Utah! The neighborhood is really nice. I think I like the neighborhood as much as the house. Ours isn't even the nicest one on the street and I think ours looks fantastic. We really got a steal if you are wanting my honest opinion. 2500 square feet, and we can move in now. We are going to move stuff over the next 7 days and move all the big stuff next Saturday, so the 7th. I'm dreading moving the Piano, but as far as I'm concerned, this is the last time it will be moved in my life time! (knock on wood).

Noah's 2nd Birthday and other stuff

2011-03-20T15:53:00.008-05:00

Well, It has been a long while since I've done a quality post, so here we go. The pictures aren't in order of actual order of events. Noah's birthday is mixed in here somewhere. The caption goes with the picture above, not below.

This is sometime before the move, got one with his finger up his nose, the other wearing a headband from an 80's workout video.

This is about the only family picture we have. If I would have known just how boring the rest of the state would have been, I would have turned around.

Me, getting into the truck at a truck stop somewhere in Kansas.

Noah trying to pickup a pumpkin at a pumpkin patch.

Here he comes!

Mom pulling Jonas, notice the wind,

Mom pulling the boys at the pumpkin patch.

The boys were more interested in this little toy house than anything else!

This is Jonas running back to the toy house, because the pile of straw wasn't fun enough.

Noah contemplating the Goat

Petting the goat.

On our way to thanksgiving dinner.

Random shot of Noah sleeping, comfy eh?

If there was ever a doubt that he wasn't my son, this proves he is. Eating frosting right out of the can, yummmmmmy!

I just thought this was cute.

Laughing for some reason with Christmas jammy's on.

Noah being Noah with his Birthday cake and Ice Cream.

Noah likes Ice Cream Cones, but we didn't have a cone, so....

Notice that he took the decoration off the cake before anything else happened.

This one should be before the picture above, about 2 seconds after this, Thomas was off the cake. Mom and Jonas actually blew out the candles, Noah was too busy playing with the toy.

Jonas (in white) trying to give Chuck E Cheese a high 5. About a millisecond after I snapped this, the kid in the lighter blue shirt fell off right on to his head, it is about a 4-5 food drop from where he is at, and I'm the only one who saw him biff it. I couldn't help but laugh a little, he isn't my kid.

This is how we do this in Oklahoma, just walk right up and put it in the hole!

This is Noah with a balloon on his 2nd birthday.

So that is about it. I've tried filling in a bit from other things, the move, thanksgiving, christmas, etc, but life is just like it was in Utah except we are 1200 miles away and it is much warmer, 85 as I type, and no mountains and no family nearby. Other than that, everything is normal. People keep asking what it is like. It is like normal, what else can I say. Come visit and see for yourself if you doubt me. We are looking for a house, that is kind of fun, but kind of a pain in the butt. People do weird things to houses, stuff I'd never imagine doing. Anyway, once we get one, I'll post some pictures of our new digs.

Last post in February

2011-02-27T20:39:00.002-06:00

So, a few posts in one month, who would have guessed. It is 9:00PM on Sunday and all the windows are open and we are sweating. We did have the A/C on earlier but it wasn't doing any good. It is still in the 70's. Loving the nice weather. Spring is already here in Tulsa, it is strange since we're used to Utah weather and there usually is still another 6 weeks or so before you start to see this kind of heat.

So, let me tell you about our nightmarish ultrasound visit this past week. Just to put everyone at ease, the ultrasound went fine, baby is fine, it is a girl. Let me back up to January 3rd Ultrasound, when we were supposed to find out the baby's gender. The US tech "couldn't" determine the sex, although after having 2 kids one thinks they are an expert, I saw two legs, like we were looking down on someone sitting and nothing between them like the last two kids we've had, so I knew then it was a girl, but the tech couldn't say for whatever reason, so we had to wait 6 weeks, don't ask me why. So back to this most recent visit. We show up right on time at 8:30, both boys in tow. Alecia checks in, a couple of minutes later they take us back to the room. A minute or two later the tech walks in, and start the head banging against the wall. She starts asking questions that she shouldn't be asking someone in our position, she looks a bit closer at the chart and says "ohh, I've got the wrong chart." MAJOR HIPAA VIOLATION! So, she leaves, Jonas has to go pee, great timing kid! So I take him out and find the bathroom, we hurry and get back and by the time we get back, the tech has Alecia all ready to go with Noah almost sitting on Alecia's head to see the US machine screen. Within seconds she asks, "do you want to know what it is?" We say yes, she says girl, she checks a few other things and we're done, or so we thought. So, she asks do you have an appointment to see the doctor? We say no, she says, hold on and leaves the room. Within moments she is back and says that she has worked us in and a nurse will be by in a minute to take us to another room. We get to the other room and start "the wait". Time goes by and more time goes by and even more time goes by. About an HOUR later, yes I typed AN HOUR! I stick my head out the door to see if I can see anything, I actually see Alecia's doctor walking down the hall away from us. A second later a nurse comes around the corner and gives me a look like, "who is this and why are they in an exam room?" When I saw her I thought, who is this and why is she looking at me like I shouldn't be here? A minute or two later she comes back and asks us what we are doing there and I tell her that the US tech said she'd worked us in to see the doctor (which we never asked to do by the way) and that we've just been waiting. She said that we weren't on the schedule and we were free to go. My first thought involved a swearword and other ill thoughts to the incompetent people of the OB/GYN department of OSU. So upon checkout the boys are running wild at this point because they were confined to a little room for an hour, more than that if you add in the US room. And the person doing checkout with Alecia is asking stupid questions like "why didn't you see the doctor?" and other such idiotic questions. I don't know what Alecia said, I was trying to keep the boys from going where they shouldn't be going. I've never had high regards for OSU's OB department and this just confirms that fact. If it wasn't for stupid insurance paying better at OSU than other Tulsa area hospitals, we'd be somewhere else.

On a brighter note, we've got Tuesday afternoon all booked to go look at houses with our realtor, yea!!!!! We are tired of this little apartment and I think it is getting to ALL 4 of us. We drove around the neighborhoods on Saturday to see if we liked them, crossed a few off the list and added a few. We've got a few we really like and a few we'd be stupid to not look at based on price alone. All I can say is, if we were still in Utah, and looking for a house in the same price range, we'd be getting a shack, literally. Houses are soooo much cheaper here. Every house we are going to go look at is cheaper than my parents house cost, and not one of them is a split level! So hopefully that all goes well, I'll let you know when we've inked the paper, but no sooner. I don't want to jinx anything.

Our boys like you've never seen

2011-02-17T13:05:00.003-06:00

So, here is a video I took on my iPhone (aren't iPhone's great?) of the boys Sunday. Alecia made Valentimes pupcakes as Jonas likes to call them. I don't think anyone has ever seen them act like this. When people are around they never do this kind of thing, so this is a rarity. This is just 2 minutes of the boys eating the said "Valentimes Pupcakes." I tried really hard to not laugh while recording them. Enjoy. (You can watch it here, but head over to youtube to watch it in HD, much better quality.)

oh wow

2011-02-15T15:47:00.002-06:00

So here i sit, in day 2 of 3 of demonstrations from Electronic Medical Records vendors, and am starting to realize just what I got myself into by taking this job at OSU and moving 1200 miles from what I'm used to (although after last summer, I'm used to OK). I'm not regretting it by any means, quite enjoying in fact, it is just finally coming, the management part of the job and being in charge of a multi-million dollar piece of software for 80+ physicians and hundreds of thousands of patients. I think I've got job security locked up real good for a long time!

A Winter Snowstorm

2011-02-07T11:45:00.001-06:00

So The night of January 31st to February 1st, Oklahoma got pounded with up to 20 inches of snow in about 18 hours. This is the biggest snow storm to hit Oklahoma, Tulsa to be more exact, ever! Working for a University has its benefits, one of which, is we close when schools close! So I got Tuesday off, and Wednesday and Thursday and Friday and then of course the weekend, so I had a 6 day weekend. That may sound like fun, but remember, I said up to 20 inches of snow, and remember we live in a little apartment with two young rambunctious boys! So, because the City of Tulsa is so ill prepared for such an event, the streets took forever to get plowed, and their version of plowing is nothing like Utah. For those who live or have lived in Utah and think UDOT sucks, think again. I love UDOT, I would have killed to have them this past week running the show. Tulsa had any and every truck they could muster up along with front loaders and other construction equipment they had, anything that could move snow, was in use and it still wasn't enough. The worst part was of the whole ordeal was the wind. There were drifts as tall as me, and guess what, it was on top of our car! (see the one picture I took below). It took me two days to dig our cars out. I obviously didn't shovel for 8 hours a day for two days, but I shoveled till I was tired, so about 3-4 hours each day). But it gets even better, we are supposed to have another big storm Tuesday, Wednesday of this week, yea!

We ventured out on Saturday, it was sunny, and cold, the snow was actually melting a bit. We just went to Target, which is only a mile away, literally. On the way there we were "bumping along". The roads were soooo NOT plowed that is was real bumpy and the boys in the back were laughing and having a good time, for the first little bit, by the end of the ride, Jonas kept telling me to stop bumping around so much, not a darn thing I could about it! Lucky for us we live off a main road so the road did get somewhat plowed, but driving along if you looked into the residential areas, you could tell a plow had never been down those roads!

This might not look that bad, but the drift of snow on top of the hood stood at least 6 feet high (including the height of the car). The snow behind the car was at least 2 feet. The problem with shoveling is, where do yo put all the snow? The pile in front of the car ended up being as tall as me, over 6 feet of snow from ground to top. We live in a complex, and they never plowed, so I can't toss it in the driving area. I've lived in Colorado and Utah most my life and the last time I saw a storm like this was 1983!

A Sad Day

2011-02-02T19:50:00.002-06:00

It was announced today that the White Stripes are no longer. Makes me want to listen to them even more.

Not much happening right now

2011-01-24T11:43:00.002-06:00

So there isn't much happening right now.
The boys have been sick with the stomach flu, I'm currently dealing with a version of that, not fun for anyone. Alecia is ready to have us all be healthy again. It has been two weeks straight now that one of us boys has been sick. I wasted some money by taking Noah to an afterhours pediatric clinic because he just didn't seem quite right, non-stop screaming and crying, wouldn't eat, nasty diapers, it was nothing. Got him in the car, he settled down just fine, waited for nearly two hours for the doctor to tell me to give him gatorade, which we had already been doing. Glad she went to medical school to tell me crap I already know!

We are still waiting to have another ultrasound to find out what our baby is, my vote is human:) We had one on Jan 3rd, but the tech said it was inconclusive and didn't want to tell us something and be wrong, she couldn't get a good angle, so NO we are not holding out on you, we just don't know! I'm not going to tell you when Alecia's ultrasound has been rescheduled for so we can have somewhat of a surprise when we tell people. The original date in February has been changed.

We are going stir crazy in our 900 sq ft apt. I feel it, Alecia feels, and the boys definitely feel it. With it being so cold lately, and everyone sick, it makes it a million times worse. We can't wait to get our tax return and throw it down for a down payment on a house. Plus the neighbors must have bought a nice stereo system for Christmas, because we can hear thumping all day and all night, don't you love apartments?!

Anyway, that is all, work is keeping me busy, the boys are keeping Alecia busy. Life is normal I guess. Gotta gear up for spring and Tornado's!

Here it is.... U2 Brussels 9/22/2010

2010-12-22T07:47:00.003-06:00

If you have 2 hours, and don't want to go watch YouTube, and stay here on the Blog, here is U2 in Brussels, Belgium from 9/22/2010. Starting with David Bowie's "Space Odyssey" is where I did the Audio, it isn't perfect, but what do expect from a bunch of amateurs. At the end where Elton John's "Rocket Man" starts is where my audio ends. And look for the "Audio" portion in the credits, I'm listed, yea! Anyway, enjoy. It is pretty good if you ask me! Plus there are a few surprises for the normal U2 fan, not like me an obsessed nut. (make sure you change the video setting to 780p for optimal viewing).

One of many pet projects of mine

2010-12-16T07:49:00.002-06:00

This may seem a little silly to some, but to me, I couldn't be more proud of the video that is on this link (it is only 30 seconds). If you know me and my passion for good rock and roll, and the "bootleg" that goes with it, then enjoy this little clip of greater things to come. Yours truly mixed the audio for the Full show, which is Premiering somewhere in Belgium Tomorrow the 17th. Some local U2 fans have rented a theater and are going to sit and watch the full show of this.

(before clicking, turn you speakers up loud)
http://www.youtube.com/user/fransdeb22#p/u/0/0dGvHae5O_Q

For those who don't know yet...

2010-12-09T16:14:00.010-06:00

For those who don't know, and those who did not get our Christmas card (we
only sent it to Immediate Family, (sorry cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. and
everyone else), Alecia is Pregnant. Her due date is June 4, 2011. Based
on the past two, it will be after that date that the kid is born. We won't find out
what it is until next year. I'll let you all do the math on how many weeks she is
because I don't remember. Anywho, we are excited. Jonas wants a brother and
to name the kid mgdisoins, or qhsndfs, or some other made up word. He always
says something in gibberish every time we ask him what the baby's name
should be. Noah doesn't have a clue yet. Maybe as Alecia starts to show
more and more he might notice???

So, an update.

2010-11-08T08:29:00.002-06:00

I'm pretty busy with work, so I probably should be doing "work" rather than this, but this is more fun at the moment. Anyway, on the 30th, we went to trunk or treat at our new ward. We arrived waaaaaay to early, the relief society pres told us one time, but it was wrong. So Jonas was a tiger, just like last year and Noah was a Penguin. They had a lot of fun, Noah is crazy about candy. He would just walk around and get candy from ANYONE who would give it to him. It doesn't help that he can say candy, treat, and snack, his three favorite words. The next day we went to church for the first time. When we put the boys in Nursery, the relief society pres introduced someone to me, but I already knew they guy, I sat next to him in one of my Chinese classes at the U, Jimmy Mason, whom served with Alecia a few times. He's out here going to Med school at OSU. So we talked, he didn't remember me from Adam, but once he found out who I was married to, his reaction was "Sister Roach, is she here?" While looking around vigorously. So he and his wife invited us to dinner that night at their apartment, just down the road from us about 2 miles. So that is nice to have someone in the ward we already kind of know.

Back to the Boys. Well, how can I say this nicely, Jonas has been sent to his room more in the last two weeks than the whole rest of his life combined! He does not sleep in his bed. Last night I don't think he went to bed till we did at 10:00, and by 1 or 2 he was sleeping on our floor, which is typical since we've moved. Noah on the other hand, sleeps like a rock. Alecia and I are thinking, since he doesn't sleep all that well, and certainly doesn't get the sleep he needs, that, that is why he is behaving so poorly, compared to usual. So it is time to take away the naps. He didn't have a nap on Saturday, and he fell asleep on His floor within 5 minutes of going into his room, a first for Oklahoma.

Anywho, that is about it for now, I've got to get back to work.

The Move

2010-10-28T16:28:00.002-05:00

So here I sit at the end of the first day on the new job, with not much to do, thank heavens! We packed up all of our stuff in to the truck on Friday night. We spent the night at Clyde and Marj's, and Saturday morning we were off to Denver. Thankfully Clyde and my sister Amy came along to help. And we could not have done it without them. So thank you very much for helping you two! As we are driving to Denver on I-70 it started snowing around Vail, yes snow, luckily, it wasn't sticking and we were just fine, although we did have to fill up 3 times just to get to Denver, the car, once. Sunday, the longest and most boring/obnoxious drive of my 31 years of life! Once you leave Denver, there is nothing for hundreds of miles! I thought I-80 was bad in Wyoming, nope, I-70 in Kansas is worse! After 13 hours from when we left the hotel to when we arrived at the hotel and countless hours of horrible stupid, not flat roads, we made it to Tulsa. We unpacked on Monday morning with the help of some ward members of the local ward of which I don't know the name or stake we are in. Anywho. That all went well, and we are pretty much unpacked and today was day 1 of a new job. Love my nice big office in Downtown Tulsa. I've got a really nice view of the rest of Downtown. I'll have to take pictures sometime. Anywho, just thought I'd let you all know everything went okay and we are here and made it fine.

Moving

2010-10-11T11:51:00.002-05:00

Well, we are moving. I got a new job, funny thing is, it isn't much different than my current job. We will be moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma. I got a job with Oklahoma State University, College of Health Sciences. My official title is "project manager". But since that doesn't really say what I'm doing, I'll tell you. I'm basically the guy in charge of the practice management system (PCIS, the company I'm leaving) the Electronic Medical records software and the Document imaging software. Anyway, it will be a good change, a bit fast, but what do you do? We will be moving the weekend of Oct 23rd. I start on October 28th, it should be fun, seeing how I just spent the last 3 months at OSU implementing the PCIS software, so now I get to be in charge of what I just did. Anywho, there you have it.

11 years ago today...

2010-09-21T11:42:00.003-05:00

This is what I experienced 11 Years ago today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-Chi_earthquake
Brings back some memories. I remember laying in bed and the erector set bed started shaking. I got nauseated laying on my back, so I rolled onto my side and the nausea was gone. Later that morning there were after shocks and we went out to our balcony to see if we could see the Tallest Building in Taiwan at the time (Tuntex tower, 85 stories) swaying or even fall, which it didn't. It was the day after my 20th birthday. Gotta Love Taiwan!

Sweeeeeeeeeet!

2010-08-25T11:37:00.002-05:00

So one day I get an email from mom (April) asking if I knew who Brandon Flowers is. Of course I do, so I reply to her and tell her all that I know about him. She responds back saying that he is coming into the new Church History Library where she works and he's getting a special tour. For those who don't know, he is the lead singer of "The Killers" and has a solo album coming out real soon. Anyway, she got me an autograph from him, how cool is that? Alecia and I have seen the Killers twice, would love to see them more but there is a severe lack of $$ in my concert fund. So anyway, here is the autograph, can't wait to get my hands on the actual piece of paper. Good reason to go visit the parents I guess, not that I need a good reason, it just makes it a really good reason.

Vacation Pictures

2010-08-12T19:45:00.004-05:00

Holy Crap! Two posts in one day?? What is going on here? I thought I better do it now or I'll never get it done. I still need to post pictures of Jonas' Birthday. But since I'm in Tulsa right now, I don't have access to those pictures at the moment. Just got off the phone with the fam, Jonas is hilarious. He said "My name is Jonas." (after his name sake) then continued to say "Park Williamsen" after a long pause. Stupid me, I forgot to take pictures at Addy's Baptism, the whole reason we went up to Washington, but we got pictures of everything else. We rented a car, drove to Boise, spent the night there, the next day we drove onto Portland. The Columbia River Gorge is Awesome, totally worth the drive! Spent the next day wandering around downtown Portland, hit chinatown obviously. The next day we drove to the coast and played on Cannon beach for a bit, drove onto Astoria, ate lunch, saw a bit of the town and drove onto Aaron and Daishan's house in Eatonville, nice drive. Daishan was wonderfully kind and watched the boys so Alecia and I were able to go explore Seattle with no little ones to worry about, that was a nice break for two days. Then on Thursday We met up with Aaron and Daishan and family and Clyde, Marj and Tiff who brought our boys. We wandered around a bit, went to the childrens museum, rode the Monorail, and then went to a Mariners game (they lost to the Rangers). I had fun, I would totally go to a professional baseball game all the time if I lived in a city with a team. Friday everyone went to Mt. Rainer except me and Noah. Noah was napping when everyone left, I guess we could have woken him up and put him the car, oh well, what's done is done. Saturday was Addy's baptism, that was really neat, it seems just like yesterday we were at her baby blessing. We left later that afternoon and headed to the Tri-Cities where we spent the night, drove all the way home the next day, that was the longest drive known to man! Best part is (and I don't mind bragging about this) all our hotels, and car rentals fees, were non-existant, thanks reward points! Anywho, enjoy the pictures.

My Boys Know How To Rock!

2010-08-12T19:04:00.004-05:00

So, on the way back home from our little Vac-a to the Pacific Northwest we were driving between Yakima(Arm Pit of Washington)and Tri-cities the boys needed a little break from whining and yelling and annoying Alecia and I to death, so Alecia decided to put on a "Rock On" song. Jonas always wants to listen to a "Rock On" song, and this is the result.

My favorite is watching Noah trying to figure out how to Rock On or play Air Guitar, it is priceless, that and just watching Jonas laugh.