Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a season. And we’ve been busy. I’ve never understood the deriding of common Christmas traditions as being “too commercial” or inappropriate for one reason or another. After all, what better tradition in the season of remembering our Savior’s birth, than to gather with family and friends? And how blessed we must be to have so many families to gather around! First we were welcomed into the Smiths’ fresh new … Continue reading
Christmas round one is in the can. Jenny and I made our way over to her mother’s house with the twins for some dinner and some nice family time. The twins had a blast opening their first Christmas presents ever. Well, they had some help getting them unwrapped, but they did a lot of smiling on their own! When I unpacked the camera, expecting to take some quick shots with on camera ETTL + bounce … Continue reading
I am now a proud supporter of Amazon. I generally like to patronize small local businesses, but let’s face it, a lot of times I can’t even find what I’m looking for at local stores. Not even national or regional chains, which don’t really qualify as small businesses in my book. I don’t feel bad about skipping over Macy’s, Target or Sears. And when the mighty Ritz Camera fell to a shadow of it’s former … Continue reading
Today we dropped off Elizabeth & Emory’s christmas boxes at Church. These are filled with Christmas Gifts and are sent to children in need along with the Good News as part of Operation Christmas Child by Samaritan’s Purse, a worthwhile non-denominational international humanitarian organization. Elizabeth and Emory will be making a box every year, as there is no better time to start teaching them about the importance of giving. Even if it’s just a small … Continue reading
For my birthday, Jennifer took me to Napa to ride the Wine Train. This trip was no small feat as it was our first away from our babies since they were born. Grandmas shared the duties of watching them over the weekend, though we suspect they enjoyed it considerably! The wine train was fantastic! We dined in a 1952 Vista Dome car, with a delicious assortment of several courses and variety of wines. The train … Continue reading
It’s been a while since I made an entry in this category. In fact there has only been one simple entry so far. But I only intend to write about these topics as I stumble across them. Consequently they may be few and far between. They may be obvious to some and cryptic to others. Hopefully they are useful to at least one person. For this excercise, we are solving the problem of PDF files … Continue reading
This Sunday Emory and Elizabeth were baptized at Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church. Pastor Emeritus Henry Wells performed the Baptism and both brother and sister did wonderfully with no crying! Afterwards we had a pleasant picnic in the park with family. Nana Lori took these photos of her cute grandkids. I was too busy manning the grill!
No not celebrities, big balls of nuclear fusion churning gas. Back as a wee lad, I earned the astronomy merit badge while in the Boy Scouts (Carmichael Troop 55!) Then at UC Davis, I took Astronomy courses. Jennifer and I even got checked out on the university observatory where we did some amateur stargazing. Still, until now, I hadn’t bothered to make a serious effort to point my camera at the sky to capture some … Continue reading
A program at Jennifer’s school called Sunshine Bears gave the twins a pair of quilts. I guess they provide gifts to new mom’s, people in mourning, etc… people with lots of changes going on in their family. Two new arrivals was a big enough change to attract some attention it seems. We took some photos to give to Jennifer’s co-workers of Liz and Em to show them the quilts being used as a thank you … Continue reading
