1/10/08 - Slowly I'm updating the site. I've added Trisha's 24month pictures and some new Holiday Cards that I've created for us. Enjoy. All these could be found under the tab "Our Babies". I'll try and post some of our house pictures soon. There's been so much done since the last time I've posted pix. We are almost done. We've just painted the first coat in our living room. Jason's almost done with the Bay Window. We have to prime, paint and he's got to finish the framing around it and put in the wood base and the cabinet doors in the front. It's looking so good. Right now you just have to take my word for it.

1/6/08 - It's been a while since I've updated anything on the site. I just put up the pictures I took in Vegas. Thanks to Arlene, we spent our Christmas in Vegas. It was a lot of fun. Greg and his 2 girls were able to join us in the festivities, mom and dad, Brenda, Jason, Trisha and I and then Jason's side: his parents, Tanya, Josh, Arlene, Barry, Stuart, Jeanette, Amy, Lorin and Micah. It was a blast. Thanks for Paul and Anita for taking us on a wonderful (but cold) rafting trip down the lower basin of the Colorado River. Mom, Brenda, Greg and his 2 girls and I all went to go to Love. That was a lot of fun! All in all we had a great time visiting everyone and hanging out (we did a lot of walking). Enjoy the pictures (Under Family Stuff, Family Events, 2007 Christmas in Vegas). Trisha's 2 1/2 years old. I guess I'm a little behind in my baby pictures. I'm so bad. I'll try and update them soon (since I found an easier way to put them up). Enjoy!!

1/5/07 - I guess it's been a while since I updated the site. Anyway, I've added some very current pictures of our house. It's looking really good!! We still have tons to do, but the addition is all enclosed and Trisha is running around and having fun. I just bought a stroller for her dolly's and was pushing it around for 2 hours!! I think she liked it. One of these days I'll add a few new pictures of Trisha. She's getting so big. Just a few more days and she'll be 17 months old!! I guess I'm a little behind. I have 13 month pictures but that's it. Ooops!!

8/11/06 - It's been 2 days since Trisha turned 1 year. Wow! Where did the year go. Anyway, I've just added pictures from her 12th month. Enjoy!

8/4/06 - It's August! Trisha will be turning 1 year in just a few days. WOW! It's hard to believe that we all survived her first year. She's already walking (and moving really fast) and climbing onto the couches and getting out of her little play area. The only time I can get anything done is if someone is here watching her or she's alseep (which happens for an hour or so). We are having a big birthday party for the 3 grand kids. I'll have pictures of that after the party. Greg & Gina are going to join in the festivities.

I've added Trisha's 11 months pictures (I know... a little late). I've also added a few new pictures of what our backyard looks like now. Jason and my dad have gotten the wall sheathing done. Now it's time for the roof. They will be working hard on Sunday to see how much they can get done. I wish them all the luck! Enjoy the pictures..

6/15/06 - Where is this year going. It's already the middle of the year and Trisha is 10 months old! She's walking!!! She's just amazing. I've added her 10 month pictures already and I've updated the "Home Sweet Home" showing how addition is going. We have the flooring almost done. Jason needs to finish the rough plumbing and hopefully having it done by this coming Tuesday; so he can have it inspected. Then by next weekend he can start the framing of the house!! So cool!

I've bowled in a few tournaments, but nothing special. Excpet in Nationals. I almost got a 600 series (but of course I choked on the last game). So sad!!

Anyway, enjoy the new pictures. I've also added our team and doubles pictures for Nationals and State under "Bowling Pix & Stuff". I actually liked my Singles State picture. I've also added some scores of what I bowled last year (my beautiful games). Well, have a wonderful month. Until next month when I updated Trisha's pictures and hopefully our house pictures showing walls.

5/10/06 - I can't believe the middle of May is almost upon us. We have started the foundation part of the addition. That part is going to take 3 weeks. I have added some pictures under the "Home Sweet Home" section. I've also added the new month of baby pictures. Trisha is just growing so fast. She's taken a few steps but hasn't gone out of her way (yet) to walking. She can stand really well on her own for 10 to 30 seconds. But then she starts wobbling and then sits down. It's just so cute!!

Anyway, mom and dad just celebrated there 40th wedding anniversary. Brenda, Jason and I took them out to Benihana's. I ordred a cookie bouquet to share with everyone. It was a wonderful dinner. However, Greg and his family couldn't make it. They were missed.
Enjoy the pictures and I'll keep updating when I can (or when Trisha lets me).

I'm also doing pretty well at bowling right now. Last night I bowled: 161, 198, 188 and the week before this I bowled a 154, 214 and 212 (pretty cool). I'm hoping to keep up this good bowling because next weekend (the 18th thru the 20th) I'm bowling the Women's Nationals in Reno (wish me luck). Then 2 weeks after that is the State Tournament in Sacramento.... I'll have to update my bowling info really soon..

4/29/06 - April is almost over! Where has the time gone. Trisha is almost 9 months old and she is just growing so fast! I have her 8 month pictures on the web site and I've just added the pictures I took for the 2006 Cherry Blossom Festival. I only took pictures for the first day (4/29/06). Enjoy!

2/14/06 - Happy Valentine's Day!! It's 1:30AM and I'm updating my web site. I haven't done it in a while because I'm usually busy taking care of Trisha, cleaning the house or resting. Phew! Trisha is now a little over 6 months! Boy does time fly! I've added the pictures I took during her 6 month and I've also added the pages I did for our Hawaii Book. Enjoy!!

Trisha isn't crawling (yet) but she's scooching around.. She's getting close to sitting up. The other day she was sitting and I asked Jason if he had put her in a sitting position and he said no. But she hasn't done it with me watching ;o( .. boohoo.. I hope soon, though. I'd like to catch that on video. She's now eating solids (what a mess). But it makes her poop hard and a little easier to clean..

Anyway, enjoy the pictures..

1/11/06 - We are back from Maui (actually we came back on New Years Eve and spent New Year's Day with Ba-chan (daddy stayed home which was wise becuase I got sick within a few days (Gina and Ashley were both sick). Oh well.. I'm better now (only a week of being sick - icky!!).

Anyway, I finally added a bunch of new pictures of Trisha. Check 'em out. They are always fun to take!! I will be adding my Maui pictures soon (there's only around 190 of them I want to share). but you can alway skip those you don't care about. Maui was a lot of fun and pretty relaxing. I had a bunch of people that stepped in to watch Trisha so I can go off and take pictures of the wild life. We did the normal touristy stuff - Whale Watching, Luau, Hana Highway, Haleakela Crater, Lahaina, and Beach walking at Kaanapali & Wailea Beaches. The days just went by too darn fast!! Well, enjoy the pix!

12/15/05 - Well, another year has come and gone. A lot has happened this year and it seems like it's going to be just as busy next year. We are planning to do an addition on our house and Trisha just keeps on growing. Just a few more months and we can start working on giving her solids. Anyway, I've been adding more and more and more and more pictures of her (of course). So, enjoy viewing them. I'm not doing THAT well in bowling. I'm taking lessons, so hopefully I'll have some good games in the upcoming tournaments. I'll keep ya all posted (as usual). Take Care and Happy Holiday's!!!

11/18/05 - I just added some new pics today of Trisha. She's now over 14 weeks old and almost 3 1/2 months old. She's just growing so fast!! She started to roll over on 11/5, she's really starting to sleep through the night!! Last night was the first night I actually slept all through the night. She slept from almost 1AM till 9AM (YEAH!!). So she's getting there. She's starting to make those wet razzy noises (and spit out more spit). Isn't baby spit so much fun!! She's already sucking her thumb (that's just so cute). She's starting to really stare at her hands with amazment. She's making more noises and smiling more. On the other hand there are times when she's crying tons more. But when you hold and rock her she starts to fall sleep. But it's a light sleep, so when you put her down, she wakes up. So, you have to hold her for about 30 minutes till she falls into a more deep sleep, and then you could put her down.

10/20/05 - We took Trisha to her first pumpkin patch. We dressed her up in a little pumpkin outfit and took pictures of her amongst the other pumpkins. I want to go to another pumpkin patch and take more pictures (one of these days). It was so much fun. But she doesn't smile on cue (yet). One of these days she will!!

Anyway, I've added a new picture under the main "Our Babies" button. Check it out. It's soo cute! I've also added some pictures from the time when Kenji (my brother's dog) was staying for a little while. Dee Dee really misses Kenji. Those are under "Family Stuff" and then "Pets". Enjoy!!

10/19/05 - Did you know that having a child makes you forget a bunch of things and keeps you busy all day long!! I've been updating pictures of Trisha under the "Our Babies" tabs. I've just added the 10th week of pictures. She's just a bundle of joy!! I know I have a ton of pictures of her.. she changes so much.. I look at on pictures of her just 2 months ago and it's just amazing how much she's grown! She's already lifting her head up to 90º. She loves to stand *while someone is balancing her). I think she's going to be walking before she crawls. She loves to look at you. Her smiles just brighten my day. Each week I try and update pictures and I try and put up pictures that are different. I know I have a ton of smiley pictures of her.. she's smiling so much more now.. anyway.. I hope you enjoy them!!

If you'd like me to add your family pictures onto my web site, or if you'd like to have a web site set up like this one, just let me know. I can help you.. Take care and enjoy the pictures..

9/2/05 - Goodness! What a busy month I've had...and it's just going to keep getting busier!! I had a baby shower on the 6th of August and then gave birth to our baby on the 9th. I had to have a c-section. When I was first admitted, they were inducing me but my cervex wasn't dilating fast enough and the baby wasn't dropping (this was after 5 hours of mild contractions). Because of the baby, the nurse talked to the doctor and the doctor felt it was better for the baby for me to have a c-section. So, we went in to surgery and by 6PM Trisha was born. I heard a little cry as the doctor was passing her off to the nurses (I was a little out of it - but the cry brought tears to my eyes). By 11PM that night, they brought her into my room and we've been together ever since.

It's been pretty fun (most of the time) but when she's crying and we don't know why she's crying, that's the only time I think.. how do people do it?? But we get through it. I'm only surviving off of a few hours of sleep each night. I try and sleep during the day (though I have a ton of things to do).. but I doze for an hour or so... Right now Trisha is sleeping on my chest while I'm typing this. It's going to be harder to do this when she gets bigger, but right now she fits perfectly.. it's kinda cute to have her lying on me while I do this type of work....

Anyway, I've finally added the baby shower pictures from my second shower (click on the "Our Babies" button on the left and scroll down to the "Baby Shower" title. Enjoy the pictures. The both showers were a lot of fun and I feel very privileged that I had 2 showers and I had enough people show up to both of them.

I'll also be adding some new baby pictures this weekend. I have a b-day party to go to on Sat. So, I will have some new pictures to add. I've counted the number of pictures I've taken of Trisha for August and I've only counted around 400 images. Not too bad! I know in a few years I will look back and wish I had taken more. But for now, 400 will do for the month of August (and that was a partial month - from the 9th to the 31st). Some days I didn't even take pictures - what kind of mom am I?? Check back next week for some new pictures of Trisha.

8/12/05 - Boy, it's been a while since I've updated anything on this web site. Well, check out the button to the left "Our Babies" for a little surprise....

6/13/05 - I just added the pictures from the baby shower this weekend (6/11/05). Go to "Our Babies" and the link is at the top.

5/29/05 - I just added pictures for Mom and Dad's 35th Anniversary Celebration, Ashley's 2002 Birthday Celebrations. They are located under "Family Stuff>>Family Celebrations". I also added holiday pictures from 2001 and 2003 under "Family Stuff>>Family Holidays", a few new pictures in the "friends" section (glamour shots from 1997 and a couple pictures of Kell, Vern and Jenn from 2001), my trip to Pennsylvania in 2000 with Jason and his family and mom and dad's trip to Japan in 2002 with a group of friends and Auntie Sandra and Uncle Jack. These pictures are located under "Family Stuff>>Family Events". Enjoy all the new pictures I added.

5/27/05 - It was a lot of work but I went through all the pictures from the Japan trip and added text. This way you know what the location and dates were. Enjoy those pictures. I know I enjoyed visiting the Japan.

5/26/05 - I've added some pictures in the scrapbook section and added my Japan trip pictures in the "I love taking Pictures" section. Also, I've finally added pictures from mom's surprise retirement party, Tulsa, OK pictures in the bowling pix & stuff section and pictures from our 2001 Mother's day trip up to see Grandma and Auntie Flora. PHEW!!!

5/25/05 - I've added a few new categories on the left side.

Our Babies - this will showcase special pictures of our babies.

I Love Taking Pictures - this will showcase pictures that I took for other people/groups and pretty pictures that I like.

I Like to Scrap - this will showcase photos of some of the scrapbook pages I really like. If you have any you want to showoff, just send me a photo of it and I will put it on this page.

Bowling Pix & Stuff - This will have all the Team/Double pictures from the various bowling tournaments and pictures of the places we've been to for Nationals (when not done in Reno).

Video Clips - I'm going to put short clips of some video's that I've put together for family and friends.

I've added the new Nationals Team and Doubles pictures (I'm a little too embarrassed to post my scores at this time - they were BAD!!!). Hopefully my State Tournament scores will be better.

Anyway, I will keep you posted when I add things to the above sections. Thanks for visiting!

5/17/05 - I added a new image of our baby. I just had the ultrasound today and received this image. When and if I get more, I will add them as they come. Enjoy!!

5/5/05 - I just added 3 sonogram images of our baby. If you go to "What about Kids" and follow the link at the bottom of that page, you will get to the images. I hope you can see what I see when I view those images. Enjoy..

5/1/05 - Just 3 more months till Baby G makes her appearance. We have our first outfit and toy (thanks to mom and dad). They bought this cute little jumper outfit and this really soft pink horse for Baby G. We still don't have a name, but hopefully will figure one out by the time the baby arrives.

I've added a few things to the web site: Pictures of the 2004 and 2005 Cherry Blossom Festival. Mom wanted me to take pictures for them. Now, you can see the cool pictures and action shots that I did (click on the button "What does Ginger do?" to the left to access the links to these images. I'm trying to think of anything else that I've added to the web site.. hmmmm .. I think that's it for now. I have another doctors appointment this coming thursday, so I'm going to try and get some more sonogram pictures of the baby (right now we have a video tape of the last sonogram, but it's not too clear.. so hopefully with the baby being another month bigger, the sonogram will turn out clearer and maybe we can have some snapshots that I can post on the site of the updated baby-in-ma-tummy....

4/16/05 - Talk about February coming and going.. what's going on with this year (like last year and the year before that). They are just zipping by! It's already the 4th month of the year.. I'm a little over 5 months pregnant (due in August) and it's just zooming up. Goodness gracious!

I've added some new pictures in the family/bowling section (the 2 other years that we traveled to other states) - Fort Lauderdale, FL and Milwaukee, WI. I think some of the pictures are pretty nice. We decided to do some stuff while there (saw a zoo, toured around the area and fun stuff like that). Take a gander at some of the places to see. This year we are going to Tulsa, OK. Don't know if we are going to have any free time to do much touristy stuff. We'll see. Plus I'm going to be around 6 1/2 mo. at that time. But towards the end of June we are traveling down south for our state tournament. Wish me luck in both those tournaments. Gonna be scary!!

Lately I haven't done any spectacular bowling. Hopefully at Nationals and the State tournament (the last tournaments I'm doing this year), I can pull it all together. I'll keep you posted!

2/28/05 - Where has February gone? Well, yesterday I did a bowling tournament (Chinese New Year Invitation in Alameda). My first 3 games were not that good. But then the next 6 games.. WOW:

Second Squad: 214, 187, 213 series = 614
This was the first time I EVER bowled a 600 series!! YEAH!!!! I finally did it.

Third Squad: 182, 181, 266 series = 629
Another 600 series, in 1 day!! That's a record for me. Plus, this is the highest (266) game I've EVER bowled. The 2nd highest was a 243 during the Princess Tournament last year in October. I had 8 strikes in a row (the most I've ever done in a row). So needless to say I was a little nervous going up for the (hopefully) 9th strike which didn't happen. But I did have 2 spares to start and then 8 strikes and ended with another spare!! WOW. I was so excited!! Plus, my teammates did really well. So we are hoping to place in the top 10 or higher!! Cross your fingers ('cause I am). Hehehehe.

Ok. I'm going to find out how many people actually check out this web site. Check out the "what about kids" tab. NOW!

2/8/05 - I've actually added a few new picture today. I've added the christmas pictures, mom and dad's anniversary get together from last year, bowling pictures from Wichita, our bathroom under construction pictures, bowling with Greg, Brenda and the girls and I'm still working on getting the pictures finished for mom's surprise party. I will try and get them up soon.

Also, I said I was going to update one of the side-bars, and I haven't changed anything yet. I will soon.... maybe at the end of February.

1/6/05 - Well, it's been only a few months since the last update. One of these days I will be adding the pictures to Mom's surprise retirement party. It went very well. She was completely surprised. I want to thank everyone that helped us raise over $2500 for mom to go onto her trip to Hawaii. The reason why I chose this is she had mentioned in Vegas that that's the ONLY island they haven't been to. They were going to head over there in '84 but couldn't because of dad's eye injury. So they had to forfeit a deposit and not be able to go. So thank you everyone!! Stay tuned for the picture updates.

Also, There will be an update in one of these sidebar sections at the end of the month. I'm not going to give it away, but come back at the end January 2005 to see what sidebar section (on the left) has been updated.

10/23/04 - At the beginning of the month my sister-in-law (Jason's sister) got married. We went to Vegas and I took some pictures of the wedding. It was very nice and we had a lot of fun (not in the gambling part but just being able to visit with family members. My parents were invited and we were treated to a delicious dinner at Bradley Ogden's and a Cirque du Soleil show "O" at the Bellagio. (The show was incredible). Anyway, I have posted some pictures of the wedding on this site (of course). You can view them by going to this link: Josh & Tanya's Vegas Wedding. Enjoy!

Other than that, I'm bowling better. Last night I bowled my highest series (596). It stinks that I missed my 600 series by 4 pins. I bowled a 215, 201 and then a measly 180. This is the first time I bowled 2 200 games in 1 day AND won all 3 high game pots (I think the other bowlers are going to ban me pretty soon from playing the high game pots.. oops!!).

Anyway, I haven't added any new pictures in a while. I will, though. Soon.. Really!!! I'll try really, really hard! K? Take Care!!

9/14/04 - I guess I've fallen a little behind on the updating the pictures thingy. Sorry! I've been a little busy. I've been bowling a few times (State and National tournaments) and actually winning some money!! Woohoo!! On the State tournament I was 6th place in the Singles Event and 14th in All Events. I bowled a 226, 141 and a 182 for my singles. Pretty darn cool, eh??

Well, this past weekend our fishy finally bit the dust. The gross part was Jas put the fishy down the garbage disposal!! EWWWWW!!! Simply gross!!

What else has happened since the last time I added to the site.... Dee Dee had her surgery on her eye. It's much better. We don't have to keep putting this goop in her eye. Her bottom eyelid had too much skin growing and was folding over and her eyelashes were rubbing against her eye. This caused irritation and could've led up to corneal damage. We had the surgery and it's doing so much better!!!! YEA!!!

We are almost done with our front bathroom. We grouted a few weekends ago. Now Jas just needs to seal it and put in the knobs and stuff and it's good to go!!

Kristen and Ashley were down for the month of August. It was really nice seeing the girls!!

Oh.. mom is finally retiring this year!! YEA!!!

Ashley has started school. Kristen's in 5th grade!! I'm now selling Princess House, Brenda's still working at the ITC (Infant, Toddler Center), Dad's still retired, Jas is still working at RSA. I think that about does it. Until next time. TTFN

3/5/04 - I finally added 5 more "scrapbook" pages on Cali and Dee Dee. Hope you like 'em. One of these days I will update our house pictures. We painted the outside of the house and now we are (more like it, Jason and my dad) are working on the front bathroom to get that updated and look'n good! Jason gutted the entire bathroom.

Dee Dee also got fixed this past Monday. She's been in the house not doing a lot (sleeping and trying to play with the cat). It's been so much fun!! She hasn't destroyed too much stuff. Just a few cat toys, 2 booties (to cover the bandage on one foot due to the removal of her dew claw) and she started working on this one big stuffed doggie I have in the living room. Phew... just a few things. Anyway, just a few more days and we can stat walking again and she can start playing with the doggies in our neighborhood. Anyway, enjoy the new pictures...

2/4/04 - It's been a while since I've updated anything on this site. I've been a little busy. I'm putting together some collage pages for my scrapbooks and trying to finish my wedding scrapbook. I've finally finished the one for Jason's parents (it only took a year and a half). I finished my parents within a year. I felt so bad. But they were surprised. Which is cool. Now I just have mine to finish. It shouldn't be as hard.. maybe???

Anyway, I've added a few new "scrapbook pages" of our babies (Dee Dee and Cali). That's about all I've added for this year. I'm bad, I know it. There's just so much for me to do and it just overwhelms me. I hope you enjoy it. I'm going to try and add 5 new images each of our pets every month (in various mayhem). I'll try and update other things as well (as they come up). I'll try, I really will. Wish me luck!!!

10/5/03 - I've added our Reno Pictures. Go to "Family Stuff >> Friends". Enjoy!

10/2/03 - Well, we finally did it. After many years and months and days, we have beautiful lush green grass in our back yard. Check out the pictures. I've added some pictures to show you what our backyard looked like 2 years ago and what it looks like now. Enjoy!

I have taken about a ba-jillion pictures of Dee Dee and Cali. I will add some more pictures soon (not all of them - just the ultra-cute ones). Keep on check'n for the updates.

I've updated some more information on my page. Nothing big.. just a number 7 which refers to the photo collage I created for Cali and Dee Dee. If you haven't seen them yet, check them out.

Oh, the last time I took Dee Dee to the vet (for her last shots), she had gained 11 lbs. She's now over 40 lbs (that took 3 weeks for her to gain that weight). I will be putting up a picture of Dee Dee's paws that I had in my hand (you can hardly see my hands). Enjoy what I've put up so far.

8/28/03 - I didn't get the dog I wanted. Millie had a lot of medical problems I wasn't ready for. When we were at the vet for Cali's first checkup, we heard about these 4 stray rotties. We went to this one clinic and they had 2 left (a boy and a girl). Well, after calling Jason up and him telling me no, I brought her home. You can see a picture of her by going to "Family Stuff" >>> "Pets" >>> "DeeDee". I named her DeeDee. It was going to be Demon, but it's a girl and Demon is not a girls name. Therefore I came up with "DeeDee"... short for Demon Dog (just kidding). She's a very cute dog and BIG. Being a Rottweiler, I guess she's going to get pretty big.

I'll be adding more pictures of Cali and Dee Dee sometime soon.

8/4/03 - Well, I finally broke Jason in. We are getting pets. We just picked up a calico cat and named it "Cali". You can check out some pictures of her under "Family Stuff" >>> "Pets" and scroll to the bottom to "Cali". We are also adopting a 10 year old golden retriever mix on Friday. Yea!!!!

5/1/03 - Not a whole lot has been added. I've been a little busy with bowling and house stuff (mainly bowling).

3/10/03a - Well, I stayed up until 3 in the morning (and here it is 8:30) and I finished updated the pages. I have new pictures of Ashley, Kristen, the pets, friends, bears & buds, family pictures and so on. Check all the links out and see what's new. Enjoy...

If you have any issues with any links or missing images, plesae let me know as I did this at 3AM that I'm not sure if everything was uploaded. Thanks!

3/10/03 - I'm still in the process of getting a ton of pictures on this web site for the family. We just had a birthday celebration for my grandma. She turned 80 this year! WOW! She still looks great, too.

Yea, I'm still working on getting the new pictures up on the site. I've had a ton of work to do and a lot of bowling in March. Mom and I bowled in JANBA for the first time. That's the Japanese American National Bowling Association. It was a lot of fun, but kind of different. You had to move to a different lane after every game. It kind of throws you off, but I had a few good games. I bowled a 189 (mom and I won first place in one of the side pots for our second game). Kinda cool! Then on Saturday we started our city tournmanet by bowling our team event. Next week we will be bowling our singles and doubles. i'm throwing a different way (again). This time I'm using a finger-tip ball and throwing a slight curve. Kinda hard but I've been averaging a 150 since switching (which was about 2 and a half weeks ago).

Well, keep checking back and hopefully I'll have new pictures soon. Sorry for the delay!

1/15/03 - The year 2002 has come and gone! Phew!! That was a busy year. We still have the Betta (it hasn't gone to the great ocean in the sky). I helped Greg and Gina move up to WA. They've been there since the beginning of December. Mom and Dad went up there during Christmas to visit. We'll have the pictures here soon. I'm working on getting a couple hundred new pictures of Kristen and Ashley here soon. I should have them up by next week. These pictures are from 6/2002 to 12/2002 (that's why there are so many). I guess this year we won't have as many (unless Greg and Gina start sending some my way.. hint.. hint.. hint....

I'm working on scrapbooks for several people.... that's why I haven't been able to update the web site (all my web sites) for so long. I finished 2 of them and now the 3 big ones (for my parents, Jason's parents and ours), it's just taking me a little longer.... but they are getting done. As soon as they are done, I'll post pictures up so you guys can have some cool scrapbooking ideas. Yea, I like to keep pictures of all these things (just the type of pictorial sap I am).

Keep checking back every month to see if something new pops up. I'll try and be better at it in the 2003.

Oh, I'm working out now (sort of). I have a stationary bike that I've been using since the end of last year. I haven't lost any weight, but I've got to build up some muscles before the fat starts to burn off (at least that's what I keep telling myself). hehehehe. When I lose a bunch of weight and start looking good, I'll post some new pictures.... Wish me luck!!

11/1/02 - I finally added the rest of the pictures to the web site. It was a long and tedious process but I finished it. PHEW!! I'm sure I have many names wrong/misspelled or just didn't know who they were. If you can fill me in, that would be wonderful!

Many people have asked me if it feels any different being married. Well.... it doesn't. We lived together for a few years before we made it legal and we've been seeing each other for 3 years prior (since 1997) so I got to know him pretty well (and all his little quirks). The main thing is my parents approve of him. They actually like him! WOW... that rarely happened with the other guys (lots o' losers) I was involved with. I'm glad I finally found one. It was hard.... but I did it! YEAH!!

Well, enjoy the pictures of the wedding. I also added pictures from Halloween 2002. Enjoy those!!

9/24/02 - Well, I guess everyone was correct, your wedding day comes and goes really, really fast!!!I It was a lot of fun but it was over before it began (or that's what it seemed like). Well, at least I have the pictures to prove that I am now married. WOW!! I think that's going to take a little while to get used to.

Anyway, I don't have all the pictures, yet. I only have a few pics that I took during the reception and some from one of Jas's friend. Go to "When's the Wedding?" button on the left to view the pics.

I will try and type out some highlights from the wedding day so you can see how much fun we had. There were some stressed times, happy times and of course freaky times! I will publish the book within the next few week. :o) Oh , I'm just kidding. I'll have the highlights someday!

I want to thank all those that helped set up and clean up before and after the wedding. I cannot say enough thank you's to really express how much I appreciated everyone's help and to those individuals that traveled such a long distance to spend this day with us. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you - a billion times over.

8/25/02 - I had my bridal shower yesterday. It was so much fun!! There were 14 people there and I think that was a great number. If any more showed up, I think it would've been too crowded. Anyway, the pictures of the shower will be available soon. I will put the link under the "Family Stuff" and "When's the Wedding?" buttons. Enjoy!!!

8/1/02 - Well, my Betta got fungus again. I thought I would do a good deed and get an algae eater. Well, I guess I'm not keen on aquarium stuff 'cause I put the sucker fish in and infected my Betta. Well, I medicated the little guy and tried to medicate the sucker fish too, but just killed the sucker fish the other day. My Betta healed up and got his fins back and just passed a really large poop! He's looking better and is acting like his normal self. Phew!! Another close call for Betta-baby. I'm not as heart broken over the sucker fish since he's probably the one that caused the ickies! Well, I flushed him down the toilet to feed the sewer rats. So long sucker-baby! I'm going to stop introducing new animals because they end up doing something to my Betta. Maybe another frog!! They are so cute and I kinda miss the other one. We'll see. I'd really rather have a dog!

7/10/02 - I have FINALLY added the pictures from Mom and Dad's "Surprise" party. I know I said I was going to put them up on the 29th of last month. Well, I was waiting for some pictures from Uncle Bobby (Thanks Uncle). A lot of his pictures added to the group. There are over 70 pictures. Enjoy!!! If I messed up on anyone's name, please let me know.

I have FINALLY added a before and after picture of our kitchen.

Also, with the wedding: I've ordered my shoes. As soon as I get them and if they are OK, I will put a picture of them on this site. I've talked to the people that will be DJing the wedding, and will be finalizing that info soon (I hope). I should be going into my first dress fitting next week (Saturday the 20th). Wish me luck!!!

6/29/02 - Well the surprise party has come and gone. I have some of the pictures up under "Family Stuff". Just look for "Mom and Dad's 60th birthyear surprise party". Even if they FINALLY had to be told that we are throwing a party for them, it was still a surprise seeing all those people there. I thank everyone for coming down and sharing in these festivities. I will have more pictures from other sources so keep checking back.

Oh, Jason and I have ordered our cake (yummies) and the tux for the groom and his ushers. He looks so cute. We are going to try and get his dad into a tux (wish us luck).

I finished my 1001 cranes. My mom helped with about 200 or so of them and the rest were done by ME. I'm so proud of myself. Now I have to figure out what to do with all these origami cranes.

We have linoleum in our kitchen!!!! Check out "Home Sweet Home" for a before and after shot of our kitchen. We are not done with it yet, but it looks soooooo much nicer with a non-carpted floor (ya think??).

6/11/02 - Well, I'm dog sitting for a friend of mine. They have 2 Pomeranians. They are really cute but spoiled beyond belief. Today they decided to piddle on my new carpet and the patio carpet. At least with the patio they piddled on the tarp we have on the ground (for painting purposes). I just cut out what they messed on and threw it away. Unfortunately, we cannot do that with the carpet. Oh well.

So far I'm not counting the days until kath comes to pick the pooches up (it's Sunday, but who's keeping track). I've decided to put together a web site for the Ellis Clan. Go to: http://www.ellistroop.com/. There's nothing there yet. If you have any pictures you want to send my way, go for it. I'm going to start with pictures of the 5 brothers and Grandma and Grandpa Ellis and go from there. If you have any suggestions or comments, send me an e-mail.

5/31/02 - Add wedding registry information under the "When's the Wedding?" button to the left. We are also getting linoleum in the kitchen and the back bathroom! Yeah! Finally. We had carpet in the kitchen (not cool). I'm heading off to Las Vegas (bowling trip) and when I get back on Tuesday, the linoleum will be installed! Currently the carpet is gone and we have a plywood flooring! Nice!! :o)

5/24/02 - Finally added a ton of pictures in the Family Stuff area. Check 'em out.

5/16/02 - Added Jinky and Randle's baby shower pics under Family Stuff.

5/5/02 - Go to the "When's the Wedding?" section to view one of our gift registries. At this time we registered at Macy's. We are not done, we'll put more stuff on and possibly more places, too. REMEBER TO CHECK FOR SALES!!!

2/16/02 - I must not be very good with aquatic things. Our Betta just died! Poor guy. I'm not sure if I want to get another animal just yet if I cannot keep a fish and froggie alive for more than a week! I tried. I got medicine for his fungus which seemed to have gone away. I got water treatment because I was told I can use tap water just as long as I get rid of the chorine. Now this! Poopies!

Well, I pleaded my case to the pet store and they gave me another Betta (apparently to kill). They had tested the water that was in the aquarium and told me it had a lot of ammonia which is extremely harmful to Betta's. I told them what I had done ('case it's what they told me to do). They realized it wasn't my fault (yea, right). This time, I'll follow their regiment to a T (like I did last time) and hope for the best (but I won't hold my breath). Wish me luck! I need it!

I've searched the Internet and it's amazing how much information there is out there. Well, it turns out that you first should make a suitable living environment for fishes by first creating a good aquarium. How?? Well, ask some experts! Search the web for answers (there are a lot out there). Our new Betta is doing pretty good (I guess). I'll keep you posted.

2/15/02 - Our Betta looks like he's doing well. He has a little booger hanging from his gills. I'm hoping that's OK and will soon just drop off. It used to be around his gills, but now it's just hanging from one side.

2/13/02 - Our Froggie 'Stumpie' died of unknown causes. I had just purchased a Betta fish a few days prior. Stumpie was a few years old, I'm just hoping it was just his time. Of course, the Betta did develop a fungus on his eyes and mouth so I had to go to the pet store to find out how to get rid of this stuff.

2/12/02 - I bought a plant and a Betta to add life to our little aquarium. I was told that the Betta won't harm the frog (just other Betta's). We'll see what happens.

2/6/02 - I started working on some carousel horses for our wedding. Pictures coming soon (when I get a few done). There are going to be 2 styles but several of them.

1/20/02 - Added pictures under "Family Stuff". Check 'em out!

11/11/01 - Added possible wedding place under the "When's the Wedding?" button.

11/9/01 - Added more functionality to the site.