The International Posse...

Last week I was in Las Vegas for the annual MicroStrategy World conference. This year our company bought an exhibitor booth for the conference where we attracted people to our booth by playing Wii tennis. We raffled off 2 Wii's, one by random drawing and the other for the high score. (I had high score but wasn't eligible to win our own prize...although I lost in the Finals of our own 2finity sponsored Wii tennis tournament).

2Finity: Japan, England, India, Germany and Korea.


Our booth with the Wii:

Working hard or hardly working?

I forgot to take my camera to the other clubs but we hit up Blush, LAX and here we are at Pure:

Happy Friday...

Happy Friday! Aya and I had over lapping trips this week. Aya was in San Fran and I left for Vegas Tuesday.

Just before I left, Jack and I took some pics for Aya. Here was our happy faces:


Here were our mean faces:

No pedals...

Jack just got his first bike with training wheels...but he is still a little too short to use it. He also has tricycles but for some reason he just does not want to use the pedals. Instead he pushes with his feet.

My cousin Melissa gave Jack this bike with no pedals so it is perfect for Jack to push and practice his balance. Naturally, Jack discovered this was much easier to do while going downhill because he doesn't have to push as hard and can "coast" down the hill. L-A-Z-Y.

Flemings...

Jack has been getting more patient at going out to dinner so we decided to try taking him to Flemings. Of course we could only go once *HE* decided he wanted to go out to a restaurant.

Go figure, this kid loved filet mignon, spicy shrimp, mac & cheese and corn. Good thing he only ate portions of our food because once he gets older it is going to cost a lot more to feed this guy!

That's my boy!

Aya left for San Fran on Sunday so it is just me and Jack this week. Hence there will be pictures of Jack all week so Aya can get pictures on her crack berry.

The first night of just me and Jack, I went to take a shower. I was just about done when Jack walked into the bathroom and he said, "Daddy, look....I have a present for you!" He wanted to give me all his cash register money!

Jacks Computer...

If Jack isn't outside or playing with his trash truck he likes to play on his computer. He is quite good at a lot of the pre-kindergarten games but when it comes to random typing the only thing he likes to type is his name...J-A-C-K...that spells JACK:

Happy Birthday...

Happy Birthday to my Mom!

The ultimate insult...

Jack has an adjustable basketball hoop at home and he loves to shoot baskets. Well shoot is probably incorrect. He can shoot the ball but he prefers to dunk everything.

He runs around yelling, "I am Kobe!" or "I am UCLA". Keep in mind, you can not be Kobe or UCLA. Jack thinks they are one in the same or he has to be both.

Jack: "Daddy, shoot baskets with me."
Me: "Okay."
Jack: "I am Kobe"
Me: "Fine...I will be Lebron"
Jack: "Okay, you are Uncle Ron!"
Me: "NOOOO! I said L-E-B-R-O-N"
Jack: "Hahhahaa, you are Uncle Ron!!"

OH NO! How the mighty have fallen!! I go from being the best player and teammate ever to now being called Uncle Ron!!! The ultimate insult to be named after a player that doesn't even shower all the time!! P-U!!

There is a little more to this story but not as funny:

Jack: "Mommy come play too."
Aya: "Ok"
Jack: "I am Kobe and you are Aunty Jenny!"

I guess Jack knows how to pick losing opponents in basketball!! He already has the eye to pick the weakest from the herd! =)

Faces of Jack...

Happy New Year everyone!! Can you believe it is 2009 already?? Just think in only 3 more years Armageddon is coming on 12/21/2012...if you believe in Nostradamus and the end of the Mayan calendar when the planets align with the center of the galaxy.

The years just seem to be whizzing along. Can you believe Aya and I will be married 10 years in 2009?? 10 years. Can you believe I endured 10 years of pain and suffering with Aya already???

Jack just turned 3. We gave away a lot of our baby stuff and we realized Jack is no longer a baby...hardly even a toddler anymore...more like a little man. So to start off the New Year I compiled a group of pictures of Jack. The first 50 pictures or so represent each week from November 2005 to December 2006. The remaining pictures are monthly pictures from January 2007 until January 2009.

Nap time...

The first few weeks off from work have been really busy. I am just now starting to work myself into a regular routine, part of which includes naptime with Jack.

The little guy always has to sleep an 'arms' length away from me either touching my face or pulling on my ear while he and I sleep.

Fixing a tire...

Crap! I dunno how this all happens with this particular car, but I hit another pot hole and ripped a three inch hole in the sidewall of my tire.

Jack is always so curious but he isn't satisifed watching....he wants to 'help'. Even if it goes slower I figure he wants to learn so we both changed my tire and he did quite well unscrewing all the lug nuts.

Santa...

A few months ago we went to Toys R Us and it was the first time Jack said, "I want that!!" We used to go all the time and he would never ask for anything. He was happy just looking and we would spoil him and buy him something small.

This time, he saw a "Hand Trash Truck", a trash truck with a arm that picks up trash cans and he really wanted the toy. We were actually at Toys R Us to get a gift for someone else. Jack ended up crying and throwing a tantrum when we said, "No."

We thought that would be the end of that but everytime we went to Toys R Us, Jack would look for the "Hand Trash Truck". He just never forgot about it. He even saw a picture of it in a catalog and would always ask us for it.

Well, Santa brought it to Jack on Christmas day and now we play trash man every single day!

Jack with all his new Christmas trucks (not including the 30+ trucks he already has at home...in addition to all the trucks he has at Grandpa and Grandma's)!!!

Christmas!!

This year we opened up our Christmas presents a week early. Since we host a family breakfast at our house and then go to Aya's family for dinner it doesn't leave us a lot of time for Jack to open up all his presents!

This was the first year that Jack really got into Christmas. Jack wanted to leave cookies and carrots out for Santa and Rudolph. Jack was able to open most of his presents this year and now he knows the difference between clothes and toys. While he likes clothes, he is a typical kid and gravitates to the toys first!

Here are just a few pics of Jack's presents. Jack with his very first computer. Good thing because he was using my computer and deleting all my icons!


GeoTrax sets:
I dunno why this boy likes Scooby Doo so much right now. I always thought it was a little scary but he loves Scooby and Shaggy right now.

Jack was so excited to get a big Fire Engine!

The Hugh Hefner robe and a portable Leapster. I am actually amazed at how fast Jack learned how to use the Leapster computer and hand held. I hardly explained anything to him but he can use it quite well.

Jack laying in a pile of wrapping paper from all his presents!

Mr. December....

Jack working on his homerun swing!

Jack and Magic...

Talk about timing...I took this picture of Jack while Magic Johnson was being interviewed on tv. They both have goofball smiles!