On Vacation with the Family

We are in Maui for the week.
A much needed vaction.
Pics updated all week

Thanksgiving with the Matthews

Christmas Puppy

I made this for Sharon in 2000 as a "Make Something" Christmas Gift. It should put you in the Christmas mood.

Watch it here

Paul's Birthday Night

We had a bunch-o-fun.

Check out the pics on PaulJess.com

My "OTHER" Bear

Well, we knew it was only a matter of time before the bears really came and got into the trash. We were just blindly hoping they'd find enough to eat in the forest. So last night I heard some noise outside. Thinking it was our favorite 'coon I went over to the front door and peaked through the blinds. And there he was, big ol' sucker! (Of course bears are MUCH larger in person!) I grabbed the camera and got one fuzzy shot before he left (slowly I might add). Only then did I look down and realize that the door wasn't even closed all the way!!!!

Raccoons, rattlesnakes and bears, oh my! Now all I need to see is our mountain lion up close and personal. I could start a zoo up here!

Julia and her favorite doggies ...

Stacey & Sebastian's Wedding - 10/09/2005

Stacey and Sebastian were married at the Catta Verdera in Lincoln on Sunday. It was SUCH a beautiful wedding - everything was picture perfect and unbelievable. Stacey and Sebas are a beautiful couple and we couldn't be happier for them (unless of course they moved home from Colombia :) ha ha just kidding.

Check out pictures from this gorgeous night ...

Stacey comes home ...

My good friend from way back in the sixth grade came home from Colombia for her wedding this past weekend. Check out pictures from the bachelorette party ...

"Bobby Come Home" ...

(That's the title to a song by Michael :) Bob was here Sept 24 - Oct 1. We had a great time hanging out, as always. So much so that we forgot to take very many pictures. But you can check out the album here ...

Flipped!

Check this out. This semi rig flipped over on 40 in AZ. I got this pic from the truck. It was blocking all of the lanes.

On the road again

Mark maddox and I are driving his truck from Long Island, NY to Glendale, AZ. Check out the picks.

All the pics are here

Snuggle Bear

Look how happy this dog is!

My perfect doggies

I know, I know, enough with the dogs already. But how can I help it if they want to pose for me? Vote for your favorite pic online ...

My picture of Michael

This is a picture I took of Michael over the weekend. I think it's just as good as Shawn's... really capture's his true essence ...

I forgot about this....

I was looking over www.FreshAirMedia.com and found this picture I had forgot about.

This was taken / tweaked by Shawn Hull.

Very cool.

A Day in the Life ... Everything you want to know about what I'm up to!

Hi everybody! Michael has been begging me to start "blogging" ... you know how he gets about this stuff, it's so fantastic to him! Since everyone has been so sweet asking about my recovery, and since Michael is dying for me to start using this thing, I thought I'd put the two together and publish my very first post. Read at your own risk - I've got a lot to catch you up on!

My second t-bone surgery was July 1, so as of right now I'm about 9 weeks out. I'd say I'm progressing well, although I'm still not back to the same shape I was before the surgery. I started physical therapy again (4th time around!) 3 weeks ago, and I think it's helping, though slowly. It's at least opening my eyes to problems I didn't know I had - and teaching me how to deal with those. I've been living with this pain for almost 3 years now, and because I've spent so much time over-compensating for it (i.e. standing, kneeling and just being weird) I've put a lot of strain on other joints, ligaments and muscle groups. I'm thankful to learn so much about how the body works, because eventually, I'll be in terrific shape and I'll know exactly how to stay that way! Right now, I'm studying trigger point therapy and the egoscue method along with my regular daily exercises and stretches. All in all, I work out for at least an hour a day.

When I'm not working my own body out, I'm diligently working my puppies out! :) Sammie developed a bit of a weight issue (according to the vet). Not fat, just pleasantly plump IMO. So I'm making sure to exercise her every day. It's so great to live here because there's so much room for them to run around. I think she's lost about 10 pounds. Here's a day in their life ... (Lucky me)

I'm getting used to the fact that I may not ever be able to return to a "real" job. I still have a lot of trouble sitting, thus driving is out of the question. So, I've been working from home on HisSites.com (I run all the backend stuff and might get into sales too) and thinking of my own businesses to start. I will hopefully begin teaching piano lessons soon. We've worked really hard to get our "Studio El Dorado" looking good (ps: come up for a jam session any time). Michael and I are also working on starting our own business together - we're called The Web Hounds - watch for our new site coming soon. We'll do a combination of web site development/management, and search engine optimization/marketing. I'm taking lots of online classes to learn what the heck I'm talking about - right now I'm learning XHTML, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Google Adwords (and some affiliate programs) and all about search engines. I'm hoping to do my very first site for my piano lesson business (PianoPal.com). Right now I manage our One Life Christian Church site using Macromedia Contribute and Dreamweaver.

So I guess it's official --- Michael's computer-nerdiness has finally rubbed off on me. We all knew it was just a matter of time.

Well, that should catch you up to speed. Drop me a line anytime -- I'm pretty much ALWAYS here. -- Sharon

Big Spider

Check this spider out!

Paul found it in Sharon's parent's garden.

"Dave and Karen's own "argiope spider" a common garden spiderbelieve it or not - they are GOOD! "

check it out

A Day at The Lake

Sharon, Sammy, Bear and I all went to Folsom today for the 1st time this season. This is a big step for us!

More pictures.

HisSites.com - Our Latest Project

You might have heard Sharon and I talking about this site we have been working on called HisSites.com. This is a new "Online Christian Business Directory" that we built with Walt and Cheryl Dobrowski.

Just think Christian Yellow Pages but online. Walt is also very big on small business networking.

I built the site and Sharon maintains it. It has been live for about 4 months now and is growing.

So if you have a need for anything from accounting to new windows Check HisSites.com 1st and let us know what you think!

Bad Snake!

When I found him, he was closer to the door jamb, my leg was two inches from his head, and he was all curled up in strike position! His toungue was flickering at me, and was looking right at me!

More At our Gallery...

A Card from Jess (and Paul)

Jess did this card for us on our 8th anniversary on Aug 16th. very cool

Check it out

Web Sites I Built

I (Michael) work for a media firm in Auburn, CA called Fresh Air Media.

This is a list of all the recent web sites I have built:

Fresh Air Media - Client Web Sites