Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Boy's first football game

Sean had his first football game today. They won handily thanks to his wickedly fast classmate, Karrinton. Meghan was on the cheer squad! That makes a two-fer.

Sunday, June 03, 2012

Balboa island

Spent some time with Jenn's kids on balboa Island this weekend. On saturday we were at Bolsa Chica beach for 9 hours at the end of season soccer party.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

First Communion

The girl had her First Communion today. Pictured here with Father Pat.

Monday, April 30, 2012

Ridgecrest 250

Last weekend I was in the desert for the last desert 2-day of the season. It was a great ride with midday temps in the 90's. My bike worked great and I didn't have any 'offs.' My riding partners were not so lucky and were quite sore the second day, opting to go the easy route on Sunday. So I rode alone all day streaking across the desert at speeds teaching 70 mph.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Working the LB Grand Prix!

I put in a few hours helping my wife at the Long Beach Grand Prix. Thursday was the big push to get all the wireless access points setup for Friday's practice session. On Friday it was cold rainy and windy making everyone miserable. The rest of the weekend was beautiful! The races went on as scheduled and Silvia's clients were very happy. The 15 hour days are gone and my regular job feels like a vacation.

The food was amazing. I felt like Templeton the rat from Charlottes Web! Enjoy the pics

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Desk at work.

I'm trying my best to go paperless by replacing paper with monitors. I must say having four monitors is awesome. How did I ever get along with only three for so long?

Sunday, April 01, 2012

Jump Ski High!!

Took the girl to the indoor trampoline place.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

My little goalie!!

The girl made some very important stops as goalie today in our 5-3 victory against a stacked visiting team from Garden Grove. Great effort and lots of energy to secure the rebounds!

I am a warrior!!

So I drove over to Lake Elsinore to do the Warrior Dash! 5k and 13 obstacles. The mud was at the end thankfully.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Terrorist!!!

This stupid little dog won't stop barking at me!

..ripped-off!!

"The 8th graders ripped me off at the snack bar!" exclaimed the boy when his mom asked for the change tonight. Apparently, he didn't count his change. That'll be deducted from his allowance.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

RIP Wilson

It is with a heavy heart that we had to put Wilson down about a month ago. He was a great dog and got into plenty of mischief during his eleven year run. He was not to be trusted with food and often would open lunch boxes in the middle of the night. His application of stealth was legendary and would wait patiently for a distraction to provide the slightest opportunity upon which he would take full advantage with a practiced casualness. He is survived by his best friend, Mr. Thomas.

A new scale

I needed a new scale after I broke my old trying weigh my dirt bike. So while the kids were at piano, I snuck over to the CVS and they ha one there for $59. It was covered in dust, but it was a saved trip to the evil Walmart. So I took it up to the register. After waiting patiently for the 'geri' in front of me to fumble through his transaction, I get my turn to fork over the cash and the there is a problem. The cashier takes the scale over to a more experienced cashier who shrugs and says,"I don't know...ten bucks.". My cashier returns and charges me $10!! Awesomest birthday ever!!

Monday, March 12, 2012

New knee guards!

Thanks to an anonymous contribution by an AK Mahoney, I have new knee protection to help stay out of the Dr's office and out on the trails!

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Crash landing. (warning: pic is gross)

With the rest of the family sick with the flu over President's weekend I found myself in the garage blissfully wrenching on my bikes. New tires were mounted and oils were changed. Unfortunately, a short test drive ended in misery as I fell entering my own driveway. Off to the emergency room for stitches and no trip to the track this week for me. My wife was under-whelmed. What a Mahoney!!

Saturday, February 11, 2012

The girl plays....

Hurray!! The girl playing something other than a video game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQV7b4dghdU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Thursday, February 02, 2012

St Irenaeus Skate Night

The girl and I went skating last night for her school's fundraiser. Laughs and tears and bruises!

Friday, January 27, 2012

Broken Lawnmower

My Lawnmower broke, but I got 'er fixed up and finished my chores.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Mechanical Sunday.

So I spent some quality time with my dirt bike today replacing the lower shock bearing on my YZ250f. First I had to lift the bike up on the stand and raise the front wheel so the the shock bearing was accessible. Tip: measure depth of the current bearing with a micrometer before you push it out. I used a long bolt with a 1 /18 on the outside an a 19mm on the push side to push the bearing out. Once out I cleaned it all up and built the press using the se bolt washers and sockets to press in the bearing. Once the new bearing was in, I measured it for depth and reinstalled.

Monday, January 02, 2012

First post 2012

Wilson got a bath after stepping in poo. Ugh. He is still losing weight. He turned 11 yrs on the first.

The boys and I went to the Discovery Science Center to see the Star Wars exhibit. We have now seen it in three different cities in three different countries on three different continents. Apparently for boys, It never gets old.

The girls played Just Dance 3 for hours and then crashed when we went to dinner that evening on three different occasions.

We also spent some time at the Getty Museum. They have a great itouch device that has all the art and also a very flattering bit about the founder who was really not a very nice guy and sadly died friendless and alone.