So glad we’ve graduated to a point in our lives where all we have to do is the demo work and then pay the professionals to do the part we don’t like to do. Sheet rockers and painters are coming in next week to fix this former stain above the 2nd story bathroom at the cabin. It turns out the 3rd-story toilet leaked when a renter decided it was cool to flush an entire bar of soap down it.

Group shot on the beach. Emily was so sick she couldn’t come down for the shot. The entire group agreed to go back down to the beach when she was feeling better to make sure she was in the shot. Look how miserable she looks.
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Okay, actually this was me practicing my long-exposure photography tricks. This was the best of the bunch. You can see the cell-phone in Patrick’s hand that was used to make the circle. We loved that this took place the same night as the lunar eclipse. We fooled a lot of people.

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The Arden area DMV is a slightly more upper class section of the dregs of the Earth. Thanks, Jason A. Smith!

Ok I’m a little slow with posting first days! Both at the same school this year, Emily is a señor and Patrick a freshman.

Steve has a good head off his shoulders

Just out of high school, I was ecstatic to earn 15 bucks an hour prancing around in costume. I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I’ve also always been extremely shy. Running around anonymously in a full-body costume was the perfect way to get my acting fill. I wasn’t allowed to talk, and I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone that it was me. Without doubt it created some of the best work-related memories of my life. Along with Kings games, I danced at the Sacramento Jazz Festival and worked parades, parties and countless Sacramento-area events. I sweated at outdoor [Read more →]