November started with a great trip to Las Vegas with our exchange student Julia from Germany and her friend Asa (Osa) who is also an exchange student visiting from Norway. We stayed at a great place called the Meridian Suites about a block off the strip right south of Caesar’s Palace on E. Flamingo (250 to be exact). Very luxurious accommodations at an affordable (for Vegas) price. Prior to leaving for Las Vegas on the 2nd of November we received…
Well, here’s a long over due update. In August our exchange student arrived for the school year. It’s Julia! She was our 2 week GAP student a couple years ago, but loved AZ so much she worked hard to find a way back to spend more time in the US. We are lucky enough to be her parents for this school year. Julia’s first weekend in the states began with a 6 hour drive to Los Angeles to spend time…
Kisha’s last semester as a teacher couldn’t end fast enough for me (Darin). I know that Kisha loved teaching German and was the best at it, but the way that teachers are treated makes me wonder why anyone would do it. The one thing that all public school teachers should have is tax free living from both state and federal. This would allow them to have a better life and less stress. How much would that take out of our…
April began with a quack as four duck splash landed in our pool in a mating ritual that ended with two males flying off alone and one lucky male meeting the love of his life. Kisha turned the big 36 in April and we celebrated her birthday for a few days which culminated at our favorite Indian restaurant (Pasand) and then to “Cosmic” bowling at a nearby alley. We had a super time and we were actually able to surprise…
In March we went to Hawaii for Jim and Crystal’s wedding. It was a great trip and you can read all about it here. If you have pictures from the wedding and you’d like them included in a DVD I’m putting together for them please use Picasa to upload the photos so that I can download the full size picture. Oh, and don’t forget to send me the links – please use my gmail account for that. We went skiing…
Happy belated Valentine’s Day to everyone out there. Kisha and I also celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary on the 9th of February. We went out to dinner at Roy’s which is a seafood place. It was pretty good, but for the price we would have picked another of our favorite places. The service was excellent and everyone is very friendly so it definitely is a nice place to eat. The funniest thing happened tonight while Mooch, Isabella and I were…
2007 looks like it has quite a bit in store for us. We have a few trips planned already and hope to see as many of our family and friends as possible. Here’s the year’s plan so far: January: Kisha attends numerous bachelorette parties Darin hangs out with those of us that have been left behind by the departed wives/girlfriends for the various bachelorette parties February: Darin’s parents visiting so they can escape the cold for a while and Darin…
Wow this has been a long time (again)! Well, here’s what has been happening in 2006 so far… • January: • Skiing/Snowboarding in Sunrise Arizona • CES in Las Vegas • February: • Skiing/Snowboarding in Telluride, Colorado with Jim and Crystal • March: • Denise’s birthday • Melissa’s birthday • Engagement party for Jim and Crystal • April: • Jeff’s birthday in Seattle – 40th (WOW) – Click image below for pix • Kara’s birthday • Kisha’s birthday party was…
Wow this has been a long time (again)! Well, here’s what has been happening in 2005 so far… • January: • Snowboarding in Flagstaff, AZ • February: • Snowboarding at Sunrise, AZ – Snow was fantastic, but Darin had a crash and broke a few ribs. Fun. • March: • Our 2005 German student arrives – Julia!!! She is awesome! • Snowboarding at Sunrise, AZ with Julia, Jim and Julia • Saw “Cake” perform in Tempe, AZ – Super concert…
Update…12/29/2004 December 2004 – Kisha and I went on our first cruise on the 20th and had a spectacular time. The weather was perfect and the water smooth. We took a Royal Caribbean Cruise from Los Angeles to San Diego, Catalina and Ensenada, Mexico. We would definitely recommend this cruise since it is reasonably priced, not too long for a long weekend and was very relaxing. I had read a few reviews on the cruise that didn’t portray it as…