Happy Pumpkin Day

From our pumpkin to yours, we hope you had a great holiday. Stay safe.

Finally posting more of Christy and her family

OK, so I finally got a chance to sit down at my computer and post a few more photos of Christy and her family. I hope you enjoy them.

On a side note, Christy made it through surgery and has been at home recovering. Please continue to keep her in your prayers as her recovery continues over the next year or so.

My Boy

I have not posted any pictures of Reed in a while, we've been busy taking care of him and just trying to get things done around the house. And maybe get some sleep in there somewhere. Parenthood is awesome!! Here are a few of him on our bed the other day trying to sleep...to no avail.

Fighter

Meet Christy, mother of Aidan. Christy will be going in for surgery at 7:30 in the morning for mouth cancer. She is young and this should not be happening to her. Here's my simple request, if you pray, do so for her and her family. For someone fighting cancer, she has the biggest smile around.

More of her and her family to come.

This weekend with visitors

This weekend we had some of my family in town. Since I have been busy holding my baby, I have not posted any pictures in 2 weeks so I figured this was a good time. Here are a few from the weekend.

Reed got his first full bath

Reed got his first full bath tonight. Now he is trying to fight the sleepiness. Another long night awaits us:)

Another one of Reed

More of Reed

I'll post more pictures as I have time.

Reed Edward

Reed was born at 5 a.m. today, 08/27/2008. 8 lbs 7 ozs, 20.5 in.

Got to meet Victoria

Brad and Jenn got home today with baby Victoria. What a beautiful little baby. She is so small and has such a good temperment. And a correction, she was 5 lbs. 13 oz., she is so tiny, much smaller in person.

Victoria Woosley HAS ARRIVED!!!

Congratulations to Brad and Jenn on the adoption of Victoria Woosley, aka V Dub. We can't wait to meet her.

Redbox

For those of you who have not tried Redbox, you should. It's easy, convenient, and cheap. Look here for a location near you.

Playing with light

A few weeks ago I played around for the first time with off camera flash in the middle of the day. It was bright and hot out. It's amazing what a flash can do to the scene. Check out http://www.strobist.com/ for some amazing photography work...something to strive for.

Random

I just wanted to post a random photo of Isabella.

mediastorm.org

If you have some time, watch the videos under the Project section at http://mediastorm.org. Some very real life stories. It makes you think about what you have.

July 28, 2008 - Newsweek

If anyone has a Newsweek dated July 28, 2008 that you will be throwing out, can you let me know, I'd like to get it from you.

A photo I took of Astrid and Aidan in August of 2006 is in a LLU School of Medicine ad. It may be a regional ad.

Here is what it looks like. It comes after page 42.

Jenks Lake

Stephanie and I headed up to the mountains today for some relaxing, cooler weather, and fresh air. Jenks lake was our destination. It is located in the San Bernardino National Forest and is located about 30 miles from Redlands on your way to Big Bear. Very nice spot to relax in. Hope you had a great day.

Reeds Room

Recently I finished up Reed's room. Let me just say, I don't like painting stripes on textured walls. Taping it worked but it was still a pain. Anyway, here it is. We plan on adding some big photos of him on the wall after he gets here so it will not look quite so bare.

And here is a little something Stephanie has wanted/planned for, for a long time. Her family had a fish tank and stand when she and her sister were young and they really enjoyed it. It has a mirror on the back so Reed will be able to see himself while looking at the fish. While Stephanie's dad was here a few weeks ago he threw this together. He works fast:) I finished it a couple weeks ago and got it in the house. Right now we have 8 Barbs in it.
Have a great weekend.

Fireworks on the 4th

Friday evening we spend a few hours with our good friends in Redlands, CA. They have a great view of the fireworks at the University of Redlands. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday.

God Bless America!!

All these shots were taken with my D200 and my 70-200 2.8. I used a remote shutter release and it worked great.

Fourth

Happy 4th of July everyone. I hope you have a fun and safe day!! We will be heading over to Gina and Ed's this afternoon to watch the fireworks at the University of Redlands.

Take a moment to remember the past, present, and future military of the U.S.A., and for that matter, all those that fight for freedom. God bless America and please God, bless this world.

Very sad

I didn't know this him but his family were family friends of Stephanie's family. While flying in Alaska this past weekend, Shaun Lunt, 34, circled to look at a whale skeleton. His plane stalled and his plane went down. You can read more about the accident here. And you can view some of his adventures and see the beauty of God's earth here. Shaun was an anesthesiologist here in the Loma Linda area.

Here is one of my favorites from his site.

This is the last thing he posted on his blog in August of 2007.

"Three months, but a lifetime of memories and good friends. It's been a better trip than I could've hoped for. Best time spent in Alaska? Time spent with God. He is Good. And the best things in life pale in comparison."

Very sad, please pray for his family.

Centennial Complex at LLU

Today a handful of Loma Linda University employees and students took a tour of the new Centennial Complex. The Centennial Complex is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2009. It will be a state of the art building with many updated labs to assist in the growing needs of LLU. It's an amazing building, I can't wait to see it completed. It is on schedule and on budget...two very good things. If you are ever in Loma Linda, stop by to see what phase of construction it is in.

Here are a few photos I took today.

The Morrison's

My sister and family just moved to the Phoenix, AZ area so they got to come to S. CA for mothers day since Tim's mom is in the area. They came to our house Saturday evening to watch a movie, but before we did that, we played with some lights and white seamless backgrounds that I needed to experiment with.

Aquarium of the Pacific

April 26 took us to the Aquarium of the Pacific. Stephanie and I had never been there and it was very crowded and hot. I'd prefer to go back when it is not so busy. We did see a lot of pretty fish and Isabella had a great time looking at everything and playing in the water. She was even brave enough to pet a small shark in the outside petting tanks.

And look who we found!!
On our way home.