Archive for August, 2009

Could Hurricane Jimena affect Arizona?

// August 30th, 2009 // No Comments » // weather

How often do hurricanes affect Arizona? According to Wikipedia, it’s about once every five years. However, when they DO affect us, it’s mostly the leftover moisture and remnants of the hurricane that gives us rain and thunderstorms.
As an example, last year Julio’s remnants moved into Arizona during monsoon season and caused some fairly severe thunderstorms. [...]

This and That (and video!)

// August 30th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // family

Only one week left. By a week from tomorrow, I will be utterly and totally done with school. What, no going for my Masters?
Heeeeeckkkk no!
I’ve had enough and I couldn’t even begin to think about adding to the student loans I’m already going to have to pay off.
This week was another busy one. Lots going [...]

Lyla gets ‘toothy’

// August 26th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // family

That’s right, Lyla’s first tooth has finally arrived. Shockingly , I don’t have a photo of it yet because that little girl guards her mouth like she has a million dollars in there. I’ve felt it though, and it’s tiny and sharp. Located on the bottom gum, towards the right, I got a tiny [...]

Stuff on my mind today

// August 25th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // family

This Tuesday morning finds me busy focusing on work, but at the same time my mind is filled with thoughts for some things going on with people I know.
My buddy Jeremy Impicini…he’s 26 years old and left at 5am this morning for Army boot camp in Atlanta. I’ve known him for a long time. I [...]

Busy times

// August 20th, 2009 // 4 Comments » // family

Wow, it’s been well over a week since I last wrote a blog post. I’ve been busy with work, school and life in general, plus we have a ton of stuff going on in the next month.
(on a side note, I like to insert random pictures of the family during these posts, so enjoy!)
First [...]

Lyla standing in random places

// August 13th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // photography

Lyla seems to be perilously close to standing there without holding on to anything, but it’s probably still aways off from what I’ve been told. Either way, she’s getting around more and finding all kinds of places to use to help her stand up.
Here are some pictures of her from just the last two days. [...]