Sweet baby girl

By wifey on September 24, 2008

Well, I know I have been procrastinating and have most likely lost my blog reader following (all of about 3 people probably), but I’m back and am not making any promises about how often I will post.  I have been very busy with our new addition, Sophia.  She just turned 6 weeks old and look how sweet she is!  I don’t think there is anything more peaceful on this earth than a sleeping infant.  Carson has very naturally slipped into big brother mode like an old pro.  Audrey and Grace are also loving their new little sister.  I must say that I’m so pleased with how great the three of them have been.  They are helpful, but mostly they love baby Sophia and can’t wait to hold her when they get home from school.  Audrey has especially been a huge help in the evenings when Marc is at the church and I am short handed.  I have posted some pictures here so you can see the great excuse that has kept me from posting these last 6 weeks.

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New Arrival

By admin on August 12, 2008

She’s here!

Sophia Madalena Coria.? 7lbs 6oz, 20in.? 5:52pm Monday 08/11/2008.

BabyMom, Dad, Baby

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Yes, I am alive (Barely)

By wifey on June 16, 2008

Well, I knew it had been a while since I had posted last, but when I actually looked, I realized that it is approaching 3 months since I last visited the keyboard to post some info. about our family.? We (meaning Marc) have been busy?finishing our? yard project which was completed the night before we left for our summer vacation. WooHoo!!! I will post pictures of the finished product if not on this post, then on another one since I have not taken any pictures yet.? We (meaning Ginger) were also busy with the end of the school year functions and preparing for our Colorado trip which we left for the day after school got out.? We went to Littleton, Co. to visit Marc’s sister Veronica and her family.? Our kids had a great time as did Marc and I visiting with Aaron, Veronica, and little Carmen.?

Our trip started with a stop at 4 corners.? It was very windy but a fun stop that has to be done at least once.? None of us had ever been there.? When we were leaving, Gracie was a bit disappointed and kept saying “I thought we were going to see the 4 states”.? The more we tried to explain, the ornery she became, so Gracie just left it at “You just don’t understand”.? That’s right Grace, we don’t.

We stopped in Durango and stayed the night on the way up.? The next day the drive was beautiful, we were up high in the mountains and there was still plenty of snow and fabulous waterfalls to look at.?

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?The kids loved it!? We were also able to see Marc’s old mission buddy Jason Kelly and his family.? Once we arrived in Littleton, we were grateful the 2 day journey had come to an end.? We celebrated Carson’s 3rd birthday Thomas the Tank Engine style (of course).? A huge thank you to Uncle Aaron for making and decorating the birthday cake YUMMY!!? We spent a day at the Denver museum of Nature and Science.? We enjoyed the IMAX and Planetarium as well as the many exhibits.? We also played at a splash park, visited the outdoor downtown 16th street mall and enjoyed a lunch at Johnny Rockets.? Other fun things we did on our trip was go to the movies, see dinosaur tracks and played at the park.? We also were able to score big at the Children’s Place outlet at the Castle Rock mall in CO.??We?got just about all of the girl’s back to school shopping done.? YAY!! If you don’t know this about me, I really can’t stand shopping, so doing it out of town in great weather with a sister in law?was much better than?dragging the kids from store to store in Arizona July being 8?and a?half months?pregnant.?

Overall,?it was great enjoying the fantastic weather and family.? We invested in a webcam for us and the Birch family so the kids can talk to and see Carmen whenever they want to.? We have enjoyed that since we have been home.

Since the trip, we have settled nicely into our summer routine.? Swim lessons, library day, movie day, piano lessons, chores, and we have visited the AZ science center as we bought a year membership.? It will be a lot of fun to visit the museum frequently over the next year.

On to other business, if you are not tired of reading this.? The count down is officially on.? 7 weeks and 6 days until the due date of our nameless baby girl.? I am trying to survive the AZ summer heat by participating in air conditioned activities and a dark house in the the hot afternoons.? I think we’re going to make it.

Yes, I am alive, barely, and happy to be back on the blog.? Please note that Audrey did not approve of this?posts title, but I am the Mom, so I win. ?Hah!!

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TV Star

By admin on May 9, 2008

Me in the EOC.

Yep that’s me?at our annual flooding exercise at the Maricopa County Emergency Operations Center (EOC).? Channel 15 came and did a story on our exercise and they interviewed the Director of Emergency Management, one of my bosses.? Click here to view the story, there is a video to the right.? You’ll also notice some of the maps and applications that I developed for the response.

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Boston Common

By admin on May 1, 2008

I guess it’s been long enough since I’ve been back that I’d better get posting.

I went to a conference for work a few weeks ago in Boston, MA.? It was pretty cold considering we were in the high 80’s, low 90’s when I left and it was about 40-50 degrees with the wind blowing off the ocean when I arrived in Boston.? The first thing that was an interesting difference was Logan Airport is located across the bay from Downtown and to get there you don’t go on a bridge, you go under the bay.

Yep it goes under the bay??

In fact the freeway sits mostly underground (in some places 6 stories) around downtown.? Big Dig indeed.? Since I’d never been to Boston before this was a chance to take a few pictures of some historic sites.? Of course I didn’t take that many photos, because I’m a guy and Ginger didn’t go with me to make me take more anyway.?

One such place is Faneuil Hall, or the Cradle of Freedom, where Samuel Adams famously delivered several speeches denouncing the Crown and seeding the sentiments that bore our great country.?? How about Old Ironsides, the USS Constitution.? They don’t have tours on?Monday, oh well.

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If you can read the third one it says in the year 1634, wow that’s old.? Apparently it was a monument not made in 1634, but commemorating the purchase of the land now used as a public park called Boston Common.? Since it was still “winter” the famous duck pond was empty.? Next to that one is a house that is on Beacon Street which runs right in front of Boston Common.? There are some really interesting homes there and you can tell which folks are rich (or trying to be), because they have their windows open at night to show off their home decor.

It wasn’t all history in the country sense either.? I got to see Fenway (the Red Sox were away everyday except when I arrived and left) and I took a picture of Cheers, well at least the sign.? They say if you walk down the stairs to go in, it doesn’t look anything like the set of Cheers, well duh.? I also went into Cambridge and mingled with the folks from Harvard and MIT and found a delightful Brazilian Steakhouse.? Mmm, chicken hearts.

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If I had more time or money I would’ve stayed a couple more days to do more touristy things, but I missed the kids and Ginger kinda missed me.? Since for our ten year anniversary we went to Hawaii we are proposing to go back East to the Historical Sites for our 15 year.? Got to plan now, eh?

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