Here is yet another great reason for living in our master planned community, Vistancia. Each month there is at least one family social event. Last night's was Oktoberfest....complete with hotdogs or brats and sauerkraut. There was an excellent polka band. As I was arriving, I heard my Mom and Dad's favorite song playing, Blue Spanish Eyes. I could just imagine my Mom and Dad dancing out there. My Mom's side of the family were all great dancers. Me and my two sisters married non-dancers. I was a little disappointed that no one was dancing to this excellent music.... except for the little kids doing the hula hoop on stage. Well my dancing feet couldn't take it any longer...I grabbed my dancing partner, Brayden, who was thrilled to be on the dance floor with me. Unfortunately, we don't have video coverage on it, but I got my dancing fix for the evening.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Nicole Meets USA Olympic Champion Misty May-Treanor
Today, Nicole and I went to watch the World Challenge of USA Sand Volleyball vs Brazil at The Westgate Center in Glendale, AZ. The first few photos are of Nicole with USA Olympic Champion Misty May-Treanor. Some of you reality show fanatics may recognize her from last season's Dancing with the Stars. Nicole is also posing with USA's April Ross. The first video coverage is with USA's April Ross and Jen Kessy vs. Brazil's Maria and Talita. The second video coverage around the 11:10 minute mark is USA's Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh vs. Brazil's Juliana and Larisia. We were outside for 4 hours in 107 degree temperature.....but it was all worth it!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
St. Mary's Food Bank
Today, me and four of my Comerica Bank colleagues volunteered at St. Mary's Food Bank, in Phoenix, on 37th Avenue and Thomas for several hours. St. Mary's has a massive warehouse of non-perishable food and produce. Most of the food is donated to them. They provide food to most of the shelters and other charitable organizations, such as St. Vincent DePaul. They also have locations in Surprise, Glendale and Flagstaff. They have workers and volunteers that pack boxes and sort food daily. Our assignment today was to unload 2,500 pounds of potatoes and put them into small net bags.
You, as a consumer, may also purchase prepackaged food pantry or meat boxes at extremely low prices at any one of their locations. Select this link for menu options http://www.firstfoodbank.org/fvc_menu.html
You may volunteer as an individual or as a group. For more information, go to http://www.firstfoodbank.org/locations.html
Lake Pleasant Volleyball - Game #2
Nicole's Lake Pleasant Volleyball team has played two school games so far. Here is some footage from game #2 against Coyote Hills. Nicole's team has 6th and 7th grade players and they play against 7th and 8th graders. You can see the vast difference the 1-2 years make. All the opponents TOWER over Nicole's team. Coach Shari has done a great job in meeting the challenge of teaching all these players, most who've never played volleyball before. As you watch the video, Nicole is in the first still picture on the right with the white t-shirt and in the last minutes of footage on the far side, with #15 on her jersey.
Monday, September 7, 2009
My Handsome Max!
Max doesn't get enough airplay on my blog. Saturday, I took him to Petsmart for 2 hours for a professional grooming (it's been 3 years). He had his nails trimmed and grinded, ears cleaned, a special shampoo bath to reduce shedding and a 30 minute "furminator" brush out. He was so HANDSOME when he came home. He was just strutting his stuff!
The Eensy Weensy Spider........
Last night, we found this not so eensy weensy spider on our front porch coming to visit us. We caught him on the sticky trap. This morning he disappeared :( Does anyone know what kind it is?
Reunion Party
Dan's former company had a reunion party. As you can see, Nicole had a blast on their trampoline.
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