"This is awesome!"

The above words were uttered by Dani as she stood with her feet on the edge of the Pacific Ocean as the water came rushing in around her! :)

This past weekend we headed out to California to visit Legoland! We went to Legoland on Saturday and had a great day. We've discovered that Dani is the roller coaster queen, whereas Erin is a bit more timid. Dani went on a roller coaster called "The Dragon" 5 times!!!! She then headed over to another coaster that was a bit more scary and went on it once with daddy. After the first big drop, she turned to Jeff and said, "no, I don't want to do this one again!"

After a great day at the park, we went out for pizza and then headed to the beach. Suffice it to say, the girls LOVED it! Dani loved having the water rush in over her feet and Erin enjoyed running up to the water's edge, and then running back towards the beach, screaming, as the water came rushing in. They played with their sand toys and had a great time.

Sunday morning we went to Balboa park in San Diego. We ended up at the Science museum and let the kids play and explore. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

All in all, it was a great weekend with the family! Jeff has proclaimed that he is now ready to conquer Disneyland with the girls next year! :)

Here we go again!

Looks like I'm part of yet another company that is being sold! My company (Inter-Tel) just announced that we've been sold to another telephony company, Mitel. We don't know the details yet, but I'm sure it'll all come out soon. One thing we do know is that Mitel is a private company so the shareholders will get some $$ out of this...too bad I don't own any Inter-Tel stock!

I went through a similar thing when I worked for Motorola. I was in the SPS division that "spun off" to become Freescale. That was a time of uncertainty, but in the end it all turned out OK. Course, recently Freescale was sold to a private company, so Jeff has had to deal with that.

Lots of my fellow writers are freaking out. I'm not, only because I can't control the situation and most likely, there won't be any significant changes. The only thing I can hope for is that we adopt Mitel's vacation policy...they get 3 weeks vs. the 2 we get here! :)

We'll see what transpires in the coming weeks!

Lots going on

Seems like time passes so quickly. Since my first post, Jam was in two more shows, though I was unable to compete in both days of the AKC show as I came down with pneumonia the second day of the trial. Regardless, Jam once again did awesome in both shows and came away with some great ring experience and a few Q's!

Meanwhile, the girls are getting bigger and cuter. Erin's personality is really starting to shine! She can be so cute one minute, then full of the devil the next! She turns 3 in a month. We'll be in Wisconsin the morning of her birthday, then on a plane headed back to Arizona that evening. Dani is amazing us with her academic skills! The Nanny has her doing addition and subtraction in her head! She LOVES this stuff and is soaking it in like a sponge.

Our trip to Bermuda is fast approaching! We leave May 15 to drop the girls off in Wisconsin, then Jam, Jeff and I board a plane for Bermuda. While there, Jeff will dive and I will show Jam in a USDAA-style show! We'll also do some site-seeing and party with the ever-friendly Bermudians. We are so looking forward to it! The Bermudians are fabulous people who really know how to have a good time.

Jeff had double hernia sugery on Friday the 13th (April) of all days! The surgery went well and he is almost completely recovered. He still has some minor issues, but for the most part, he's doing well.

We also found out that Erin needs to have her adnoids and tonsils removed! We've scheduled the surgery for the week after we return from Bermuda (the day after Memorial Day actually).

I'm hoping to keep this updated fairly regularily, so sit back, relax and enjoy!