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Origins of the financial crisis

Here is an excerpt from an article from 1999 about Fannie Mae and it distinctly shows how we ended up in the mess we are currently in. For some reason, people seem to be blaming republicans for everything and I’m not sure why. There is enough blame to spread around for sure, but this article [...]

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Ethan’s Dedication Weekend

Last weekend our baby boy was dedicated to Jesus! He was dedicated at the University Church here in Loma Linda. Our family and friends joined us in this special day and we were so happy to have everyone over for lunch afterwards. We had a really nice afternoon…my Auntie Jean made a really yummy fluffy [...]

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Dale’s 30th Birthday part deux!

So, on Dale’s actual 30th birthday, we had another party with some close friends and family at Dale’s favorite restaurant Ravi’s. We had some yummy Indian food and hung out…here are some pictures from Dale’s official first day as a 30 year old!!

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Blow-out!!

Here are some pics from a few weeks ago!! These are pictures of Ethan’s biggest blow-out of all time!! I challenge anyone to have seen a bigger blow-out!! He used to have blow-outs at least once a day, sometimes two or three times a day. Luckily now he only goes like every other day, and [...]

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I love Sarah Palin!!

Hi everyone!
I don’t think I’m the only one who was recently amazed and impressed by the stunning Sarah Palin! I’ve always liked and admired John McCain, but now there is even more of a reason to support John McCain for President…he has excellent judgment and isn’t afraid to take calculated risks in order to reap [...]

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Dale’s 30th Birthday Party!

So Dale is turning 30 on the 30th! My husband. 30! Unbelievable!! As you can tell, I’m still in denial about this getting older thing. But this last weekend we had a 30th birthday party and casino night for Dale’s birthday! It was supposed to be a surprise, so I went to great lengths to [...]

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Uncle Jim and Ethan

So Jim was here all last week and as I already mentioned, he got to spend a lot of time with Ethan and myself. He got to see what a day in the life of a stay-at-home mom and a four month old is like! I’m not sure if we inspired him to want to [...]

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Palm Springs

So we’ve been pretty busy the last week or so. The weekend before last we took a drive out to Palm Springs to hang out with Dave, July, Caiden and Carrigan. They were staying out there for the weekend and we wanted to join in the fun! So we packed up Ethan and about a [...]

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Jim’s in town!

So our friend Jim is in town, visiting us for a little while. Both Dale and I were so excited that he was coming and we’ve been having a really fun time hanging out with our long-lost pal! Especially me, I must say, as Jim has filled in a couple of times as babysitter and [...]

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Trip to L.A.

At the beginning of July, Dale, Ethan and I took a little jaunt to Los Angeles for some sightseeing. Believe it or not, after living in SoCal for over six years, I have never really been to L.A. I guess you could say I’ve been avoiding it!! But I heard there were some interesting sights [...]

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