Last week, someone at my office received a demo Flip Video Camera from a vendor, asking us to play around with it and see how it works. I was impress at how SMALL the thing is, and it shoots good footage. Rather than using iMovie to import and edit the clips, there's built-in "Flip Share" software that lets users edit and share their movies. While ( Read more... )

 Hard to believe that I completely missed posting something on Jake's birthday. Time just seems to be flying by. Anyway, Jake's birthday was two weeks ago (!). We had a party at Cook Park Rec Center, with about 6 kids and 10 adults. It was fun. Here's a video of the event that I posted to Jake's blog. We made a little iMovie, and Jake provided the ( Read more... )

Yes, that's the new phrase around here. But it comes with the good news that Jake is finally potty trained. It started with us trying to get him to pee in the potty. He's been pretty good at making it to the toilet while he stands up on a little stool his grandpa made for him, and letting it flow. Getting him to do the pooping in the potty was a ( Read more... )

My, how time flies! Last entry we were all set to move, with our house under contract. Well, things have changed. Let's recap, along with other events of the past month:

No More Contract: The same day we were about to submit an offer for the 2nd house on our list (Jefferson Ave) we found out that our buyer had his loan denied, forcing him to back ( Read more... )

Has it been over a month already? The older we get, the faster time seems to pass. The last entry was when our house was first listed in the market, and I'm happy to say that since then our house is now under contract. We've had an appraisal, inspection, and signed all the necessary papers to have the house ready to be sold. Tomorrow (Tuesday) we ( Read more... )

This has been a busy couple of weeks.

Opening Day: It started on April 4th, with tickets to Opening Day. My friends Matthew and Spatz go to Opening Day every year, and when they can remember to get me a ticket, I sometimes get to join them. This year, Spatz remembered me, and since Opening Day fell during my Spring Break, it was a done deal all ( Read more... )

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It's been a busy couple of days. First, my brother Bob came for a brief visit on his way home from a medical conference in Portland. He stopped in Denver on Wednesday and Thursday, and left Friday morning. He spend Wednesday night with us, and Thursday night with Mom and Dad in Boulder. Bob and I skied on Thursday afternoon at Eldora, the closest ( Read more... )

Little Mr. Jake is growing up so FAST! He's a walking, talking, machine these days! Leah and I have been noticing how our baby translators are finely tuned and can make sense of the many words and phrases Jake's been uttering.  Here are a few of my favorites, with phonetic spelling included to most closely resemble how Jake says them:

1) Mobby-do-it ( Read more... )

Funny how the older we get, the faster time seems to pass. Another year has gone by already??? Hard to believe. I've been off for the past two weeks, and tomorrow it's back to work in 2008. This year was much more mellow than last year, when we had back-to-back blizzards right around Christmas. Leah's sister Jona stayed with us, and was unable to ( Read more... )