Archive for January, 2009

UNLV Budget Rally

Tonight I’m at a budget rally at UNLV. The governor proposed 52% cuts to the university. The event was well attended.

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Cute Video: Song About Angry Kitties

And our angry cat – Collette.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a good man.  He said a speech that was fantastic and made people think, well, we should let black people be with white people!  That made my grandma happy.  It took a while to get use to it, but every one now is happy and all friends!

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The Alex Show – episode 5

This weekend, Alex and her friend Bridget filmed an episode of The Alex Show. They did a great job of putting it together; I didn’t need to edit it very much.  Check it out!

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Sprinkler Play

Today – January 11 – the girls (Katy, Sandy, and Yuma) played with hose and hand spray. They got really wet. Sandy got the most wet when see accidentally stepped back into the pool. She got out and didn’t make too much over it. I would have. The pool was 45 degrees. Burr. The outside [...]

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Second-Year Orchestra Recital

Katy’s orchestra class played for the parents at the annual recital. I believe Katy is first chair cellist this year. She takes her playing very seriously but not the practicing part. We hope she gets better at that.   The video below is a montage of all four songs performed that night (forgive the audio quality [...]

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New Year’s in the Wild West

This New Year’s Eve, our entire family (Jeremy, me, and the girls) were able to stay up for the New Year. The girls let off party poppers and we made brownies to celebrate!   Several minutes before, we started to hear fireworks going off so we went up to our second story bedroom window that looks out [...]

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