The End of an Era

Sky mall has gone bankrupt :(

Interesting InfoGraphic - Most Popular Cars by State

I thought this to be very interesting.  I would expected Toyota to be more represented... They must come in 2nd place a lot!

Journey!!!

Journey played at a conference I went to earlier this week. A fantastic show considering there was no Steve Perry! Definitely worth seeing if you get a chance as I know they are on tour this Summer.

 

This was perhaps my favorite tune they did!  Faithfully - A classic if there ever was one!

 

Jack Yearns for a Snowball Fight

Jack scored high marks for his snowball fight story and picture.  This poor California boy has to settle for pretend snowballs his Aunt Jasper gave him.

Remembering Dad

Elle Snap!

Elle got some school pictures last week!  We only bought 1-pose but I uploaded the small proofs of the others!

It appears to be some sort of a Hawaiian themed outfit they put her in!

Leave It To The Beagle Pup!

The beagle certainly stands out in this experiment!

The River is Up!

With 9 inches of rain in December the river is up.....that said, we are still deemed to be in a severe drought and had pretty much no rain in January :(

Amazon Echo

We are among the early beta testers of the Amazon Echo.  After spending a few weeks with this thing, I give it very high marks.  Highly recommended for anyone who has Amazon Prime.  It has changed the way I listen to music.  You just tell it what artist or song you want and it just starts playing.  Genious. 

Elle Discovered Her Dream Chair

Elle and Class do Elvis' Don't Be Cruel

Maroon 5's Sugar

Currently taking the web by storm is the video for our favorite song on the new Maroon 5 album.  A great song certainly deserves a great video and they delivered....

Jack and Elle

 

featuring Jack's handmade glasses which he wore as we walked through the Palladio!

Train Tracks!

The kids went for a brief walk on train tracks in Old Sacramento...

A Bowl Victory! The Orange no less!

This was my favorite of the post-game articles...   As they state, the 49-34 score wasn't nearly that close considering 7 points came on the fluke Hail Mary at the end of the first half and a huge missed call fumble in the first half led to 3 points for MSU instead of probably 7 more for GT.  

All in all - a super enjoyable win after going 1-8 over the past 9 bowl games!

Jack Scores his Bobcat Badge!

1940 Orange Bowl: GT 21 - Missouri 7

The game is vastly different than it is today! Mizzou scores first but GT's trickery denies the Tigers their first bowl victory ever.

Elle's Birthday Party at Build-a-Bear

 
 

Train Bridge in Place!

Today we added the bridge to the train!