I married the woman I love 19 years ago today, and I’ve only grown to love her more over the years. Here are 10 reasons. I love you babe! Happy Anniversary!

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We’ve been blessed to have great neighbors who we can call great friends, but we’ve been wondering when the Alexanders (Jami and Rick) would invite us over to swim in their backyard. We last swam in this pool 15 years ago when the original neighbors, Steve and Jolene put it in. We had a relaxing afternoon sipping beers and enjoying great company while keeping our cool.

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While memorial weekend at our cabin in Serene Lakes admittedly didn’t bring a lot of tearful memorializing of our men and women serving our Country, it was celebrated the way so many American’s celebrate: with family, barbecues and food. A few of the kids brought friends up which brought our numbers to

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Arrived home very late last night. Good time was had. Did I mention I returned with a serious head cold? Poor Gretch had it last week in Ireland. Mine was delayed, thankfully. I am editing photos, trying to start book. [Ed’s Note: Mostly I just stole this from an email because I wanted to post the Leprechaun pic of my dad. -Steve]

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Celebrating Lisa and Karen’s birthdays kid-free at P. F. Changs downtown: Les, Karen, Lisa, Steve, Amy and Steve

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The kids and I recently took advantage of an empty day on the calendar to make a day-trip to Yosemite. The trip was almost a non-starter though when I realized we were half way to Yosemite, almost out of gas, and I had forgotten my wallet at home. An emergency credit card I had hidden in my car got us the needed petrol, and after driving home and back again we decided to make the most of the remainder of our day head back toward the park. Among other reasons, we wanted to try out our new camera and some new-to-us photo techniques. Off to Yosemite we went, and am I ever glad we did.

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I thought that on my dad’s 80th birthday it would be appropriate to talk about the greatest dad in the world.
Then I thought, “No I should write about the best public relations guy in Sacramento.
I thought briefly that I’d spend some time discussing one of the shrewdest businessmen I know.

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We’ve been haunting our driveway and front and back yards on and off since 1995, but 2012 was the second year that all the neighbors and a bunch of friends chipped in to help. It’s also the second time we charged an entry donation of two cans of food for the Elk Grove Food Bank. Though we thought (and have said) that 2011 was the peak of this event, (“How could we possibly top that?”) I believe we topped it this year. We raised more than a ton of…

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Patrick: “Daddy, is Scandinavia a real place?” Me: “Yes it is.” Patrick: “What kind of stuff comes from Scandinavia?” Me: “The most beautiful women in the world.” Patrick two minutes later: “Daddy, did mommy come from Scandinavia?” Me: “Yes she did son. Yes she did.”

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