Christmas Day

Mother and Daughter on Christmas Day, and a shot of the mayhem at Papa and Gigi’s later in the afternoon.

Jacee and Mom in Christmas Red

Christmas at Papa and Gigi's House

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The boys’ first photo with Santa.

Jacob and Jordan with Santa

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Siena’s Birthday Party – Cupcake Time!

A shot of the two boys enjoying their custom-made cupcakes at Siena’s 9th birthday party.

Jacob's Custom Cupcake

Jordan's Custom Cupcake

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Late 80′s, Early 90′s Photo

Just thought I’d share this photo of Christa with Sean Horning, Tim Wilson, Evan Finney, Brian Lambdin, and Josh Lambdin, taken in Carlsbad.

Christa and Friends in Carlsbad

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Jacob’s Farm Party

Jacob turned three today and had some friends over to Lindo Lake in Lakeside for running, jumping, and playing (his favorite things). Shane brought his new goats for a private petting zoo, and Jacob loved his cake!

Jacob's Farm Outfit
Jacob’s Farm Birthday outfit (trying to blow bubbles).

The Eldest Boys
Jack Zeller, Brendan Tovar, Jeffrey Neely, and Jacob (their dads went to college together in the same fraternity).

Jacob resting
Jacob resting after the party.

Shane and the 'kids'
Shane Stous, girlfriend, and their ‘kids’.

Brendan and Jacob
Brendan and Jacob enjoying their time together as usual!

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East Coast Trip

Jacee, Jordan and I recently traveled to New York/New Jersey, and Massachusetts for work training. I studied power management and distribution products in Woodbridge, NJ, and attended Sylvania training at their HQ in Danvers, MA.

We had a four day weekend for visiting the sights together (she was able to tour around while I was in class, as well), and wanted to share some photos with you.

Beacon Hill Gaslamp
A real gaslamp in the exclusive Beacon Hill neighborhood.

Jacee and Jordan in Chattam Park
Jacee and Jordan frolicking in Chattam Park (SE Cape Cod).

Joseph outside Battery Park in NY
Joseph enjoying Starbucks just outside Battery Park in lower Manhattan.

Liberty Island Flag
The flag on Liberty Island (Home of the Statue of Liberty), looking across to Manhattan.

Salem Memorial
Memorial of those killed as accused witches in Salem, MA.

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Swinging kids!

The Fink and Woods kids had fun swinging together this weekend, and I just wanted to share the photo of the moment! I took it with my cell phone, which is why the quality is poor, but you get the idea :-)
Fink and Woods Kids Swinging
Remember, you can click on the photo above and it will show you a larger version of the photo!

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Family Camping Trip

Finks Camping 2010

Finks Camping 2010

We enjoyed our first real family camping trip this weekend at Lake Morena in East San Diego County. We limited the stay to one night in case our kids had some issues with sleeping away from home, but everyone had a real nice time. We went on a couple nice walks/hikes (one of which was down to the lake itself), braving the 96 degrees out of the shade and copious ants and spiders, and visited a couple other camp sites in East County. The new tent setup worked perfectly, as did throwing a car-top bag on the Lancer using tie-downs, in order to tote everything we needed (and yes, Corky came with us :-)

Camping Meal

Next scheduled camping trip is to San Elijo in September, but we’re going to try to make a couple more trips before then (hopefully to the beach for the sake of the heat index!). Who’s coming with us next time?

Jordan Riding in a Backpack

Yes, it’s a reservoir. Please don’t report us for Jacob putting his feet in! The rest of the family refrained…

Jacob Testing the Water

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Disneyland Visit

Mommy and Jordan

We were able to visit “The Happiest Place On Earth” this weekend for a mini-vacation, and had a wonderful time! Jacob and Jordan somehow managed to nap a little bit while experiencing the hyper-stimulation of Mickey and Friends, and everyone enjoyed themselves.

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Our new chair

Jacob and Corky on the chair

Well, it was a new chair until Jacob and Corky decided to sprawl out on it. I figure that the two of them don’t hang out together like this much, so it’s worth it :-)

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