Spring Break

Spring break Brandon and I went to San Jose for 7 days. We got back this past Friday. We both had a great time down there. Brandon got to do several things while we were there. He went to Santa Cruz and went on a few rides, played games in the arcade and the dime toss game with his cousins Rich and Ron. He won 3 glasses, so that was cool we added them to our cup collection. One day he went fishing near Santa Cruz with Uncle Bob, they only caught one fish but they had a great time and talked. Twice he went to Nickel City with Rich and Ron, Brandon loves that place. It's full of arcade games that you can play for a nickel. Ron took him to see "Fast and the Furious", Brandon liked that movie. He also went to the flea market with Rich on Sunday to find things for there experiment. They are both so similar in what they like and thinking about. It's weird, I always tell Brandon that he is just like Rich when he does certain things.

I on the other hand had a great time getting to know Emi and Naomi. They are both the most adorable girls and have the greatest personalities. I didn't succeed my goals while I was there, I was hoping to get Emi potty trained and Naomi to drink from a bottle. But I was unsuccessful on both, sorry Joyce. I can't believe how many times Joyce and I went to Target. We went to 3 different Targets on 3 seperate days. Thanks Joyce for taking me around with you in San Jose, I had a great time. I liked going to Emi's school and watching her hunt for Easter Eggs, she had a great time. My aunt and I took Emi to the Children's Mueseum and she enjoyed going there. It was hard to get her to leave, there is so much interactive things for her to do there. The only thing that sucked while I was down there was I got sick. I'm still dealing with this annoying cough. I'm hoping it goes away soon, it's hard for me to sleep through the night. I'm surviving on cough syrup and cough drops all day.

Another thing that we had a great time doing was playing American Idol, that was hilarious at times. Rich, Joyce, Brandon and I played 3 nights in a row. Next time we go down there I need to get American Idol II so we have more songs to sing. Rich was hilarious to watch, he gets all into the singing. Below are some pics from this past week.

Emi at the Children's Mueseum in San Jose

Emi excited about finding animal cookies in her Easter Eggs

Emi riding on the horse at the Oakridge Mall Playground

Emi on the swing at the park

Emi riding with Arthur on the school bus at Westgate Mall

Me holding Naomi

I love this picture of Naomi, she has the cutest smile

Naomi in her bumble chair

Brandon and Emi

Grades

So I just got my grades for my 1st two classes. I got a 99.6% in both my Communication 140 and General Skills 105 class. I'm so excited. It has been years since I've been back to school and to get high A's in both classes is a huge boost for me to keep going. My 2nd two classes are a little more difficult but I have the motivation to keep geting A's and succeeding in this degree. I will keep posting my other grades as I finish my classes.

Finished with 1st 2 classes

Hi,

Well it's been a long time since I've posted. Going back to school has definetly kept me busy. Well today I just finished my 1st 2 classes. I can't wait to find out my final grade. So far I have a 100% in one class and 99.85% in the other. I'm hoping that my final projects that I turned in today I will get a high grade for. I start my next 2 classes tomorrow. I already started doing some assignments for my next classes. Since spring break week I will be in San Jose for the week and I'm not sure how much time I will have to do school work. So this week is going to be pretty busy for me seeing that I want to finish 2 weeks of assignments in one week. I will be posting my grades in the next post.

Chris Webber Retirement

Brandon and I went to Chris Webber's Retirement game on Friday, February 6th. We had a great time. That was the first time this season that I saw the arena that packed. Usually there are open seats in every section, this time that wasn't the case. It was nice to see a few of the returning players too (Doug Christie, Mateen Cleeves, Scott Pollard and Vlade Divac). When Chris Webber came out for the first time the arena got loud and he just brings a smile to everyone's face. I'm looking forward to going to Vlade's Retirement, my guess is it's going to be even bigger. Here are a few pictures that I took during the ceremony.

Chris Webber w/ his replica jersey

Doug Christie, Chris Webber, and Vlade Divac

Upclose of Chris Webber

Rising of Chris Webber's Jersey

Back to School

Well I decided to go back to school and get my Associates Degree in Accounting. It's been almost 15 years since I've been in school. I have been offered a promotion at the company that I work for and the new job duties involve accounting. I only needed to take a few classses to learn the basics of accounting but I decided to go back to school to get the full degree since it will help me in the future. I decided to get my degree at University of Phoenix. I have known a few people that are either going to the school now or have already received their degree through this university. I should complete my degree by October 2010. My entire degree will be done taking online courses. I start my first class tomorrow. I will be taking 2 classes each semester which is 9 weeks long. So the next almost 2 years of my life will be working full time and also being a full time student. I know this is not going to be easy but I know this is something I need to do to further my career. I will keep everyone posted on how my classes are going. Keep checking my blogs for updates.

Winchester Mystery House

So yesterday my mom, Brandon and I headed to San Jose for the day. We went to cousin's house where my aunt and uncle met us there. We exchanged gifts and got ready to go to the Winchester Mystery House. My other cousin Ron met us there. We all had a great time, the Mansion tour was interesting but the Behind the Scenes tour wasn't all that interesting. One of the things that was interesting was that there were more windows in the Winchester Mystery House then the Empire State Building and the White House put together. I couldn't believe that. The entire mansion tour we walked 1.5 miles, that was surprising too. I couldn't believe how short the stairs were and how narrow the staircases were. If you haven't been to this historic place before you should go just once. It is a little expensive but worth going just once. Below are some pics from our trip.

Winchester Mystery House

Me, Brandon and Ron waiting for our Mansion Tour

The Winchester Mystery House Mansion

Mrs. Winchester's Bedroom - this is where she died in 1922.

The Orient Room

Rich and Brandon wearing there hard hats outside the water tower

Auntie, Brandon and my mom making wishes at the fountains

Christmas Day 2008

Christmas Day was relaxing. This morning once Brandon got up he opened up his stocking gifts, he got some speakers for his mp3 player, comic book, mp3 case, and Nexon gift card. Early afternoon Jill and Chris came over to hang out. We had some left over pie and snacked on some other left overs from last night. We exchanged gifts with Chris. Then Brandon, Chris and Greg played Guiter Hero on PS3 and American Idol on the Wii. Greg was having a blast. He sang really good. I'm sure he will be buying a microphone in the future to use on the Guiter Hero. ha ha We were going to go to a movie but we couldn't all decide on one and after playing the video games it got later in the day and Jill and Chris and things to do for the rest of the day. Before they left thou, Chris took me for a ride in his new Porshe. It's definetly a fast and cool car. He put the top down in the car and even thou it was pretty cold outside it didn't feel like that at all inside. He turned on the heater so it was nice and toasty, but with the windows up and the air glass protector in the back it keeps most of the air from coming inside. The rest of the day I'm planning on watching tv and Brandon and Greg will probably play video games the rest of the

night.

Brandon with his stocking gifts

Chris nice new porshe

Me and Brandon

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