NEW KISS ALBUM COMING!

This will be their first new studio album since 1998's Psycho Circus. The hype for this one just gets better and better, though! Read on...

"KISS TO RELEASE 'SONIC BOOM,' FIRST NEW MUSIC IN 11 YEARS, EXCLUSIVELY AT WAL*MART AND SAM'S CLUB"

CHRISTOPHER'S BIG BIRTHDAY PARTY

We threw Christopher a big birthday party on July 11 since Todd's parents were still in town after our trip to the Grand Canyon. It was fun, but a lot of work! Christopher's actual birthday is on July 20. Can't believe a year has gone by!

THE CANYON THAT IS GRAND

We took a mini-vacation to the Grand Canyon July 6-8. We took Todd's parents who had never been, and it was also Christopher's first time. This was our third trip, but it's never "enough." It's only a six-hour drive from Fontana, and it is so awe-inspiring! God is definitely a creative Being!

DREAM THEATER DRUMMER DISCUSSES EACH SONG FROM NEW ALBUM

Interesting! I'm loving the new album...

NEW DREAM THEATER ALBUM - AVAILABLE NOW!

Dream Theater, one of my all-time favorite bands has just released their 10th studio album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings. Excellent musicianship, plus great, positive lyrics. Check it out!
(Link includes samples)

JUNE SPECIAL OCCASIONS

June is our big month for special occasions. We have our Anniversary on June 14, then Father's Day, then Susan's birthday on the 20th.

For our anniversary, I took Susan to see "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." She wanted to see it and we were happy that it was still playing in theaters.

For Susan's birthday, we went to our good friend Dave Epler's 40th Birthday party and then just our family went out to dinner at Tokyo Kitchen, a great Japanese "cook in front of you" restaurant.

For Father's Day, we hung out at my in-laws' house in Upland after church and swam & just relaxed.

Here are some photos from the 2009 celebrations.

MY BEAUTIFUL KIDS

So we were in Von's grocery store in Upland, minding our own business last April, when a stranger approached us and said that he was with a certain well-known portrait studio and that they were going to have an in-store portrait set-up the following week. Would we like to have pictures taken at a GREAT deal?

Well, here are the results of our answer. :)