Go Philly

I have been an Eagles fan since we moved to Langehorne, PA in 1986 so it is awesome to see them doing so well this year. I have seen them in the days of Buddy Ryan, Randall Cunningham, Reggie White, Keith Jackson and Chris Carter.

I went to my first game at Veterans stadium when I was 10 years old with my dad. I had a paper route and if I sold enough subscriptions I got some free preseason tickets. My dad helped me get them and we went to the game together.

We sat clear up in the nose bleed but I didn't care because I was at the game with my dad. We watched the Pittsburg steelers and Merrill Hoge play. Later we ended up living by the the Hoges.

I still have many of their football cards and a wooden craft that I made in shop class in 7th grade. Being in Arizona I get sucked into all the Cardinal hype and like their team but it isn't the same. Next week is a big game because they are playing here and everyone I know is going to be routing for the home team. I think the Eagles are going to win but the Cardinals looked pretty good this week but I think they played their best game of the year.

Fight Eagles Fight

Google Maps

Google is pretty cool and I have been playing w/ Google Maps lately and I thought it would be cool to map all of may family and friends all over the world. Please go into my Google Maps and add your address and name so if I am ever in the neighborhood on business or vacation.

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Beauty of the Blog

Andy Jorgensen has definitely helped me think outside of the box for many years and in doing so introduced me to great music such as Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and other 70's stuff. Andy told me a story a few years ago that I draw upon every now and again for inspiration. It is a funny story with a good moral that you need to live your life and make the best desicions for you and not fret over what others always think. Yes, you can take their advice and make your best desicion but can't always please everyone. I am not perfect and this blog is a bunch of opinions so please refer to this story if you dissagree with anything I say in the future:)

Once upon a time there was an old man and a little boy in the country who needed to go to the village. They set out the next morning with their donkey in order to bring home the things they needed from the village. All three of them were walking down the road when they passed another traveler, who stopped them.

"Why are you walking when you have a perfectly good donkey to ride?" He asked. So the man put the little boy on the donkey to ride and they continued.

A few miles later, another traveler saw them and was concerned: "Little boy, how disrespectful to your elders to ride when you're so young and have more energy. This man should be walking." And so the little boy got off and the old man got on the donkey and they continued.

A few miles later, another traveler objected: "Old man, can't you see this boy is too little to keep up with the donkey?" And so they both got on the donkey and rode, hoping they had finally solved the problem. But sure enough, they crossed paths with another objector. "Poor Donkey!" she said, "You two have legs as well, you know, and you don't need to exploit this animal."

And so they got off and lifted the donkey onto their backs.They went a mile or so like this and came to a narrow bridge. It was so narrow, and they were so exhausted from carrying the donkey, that they slipped and dropped the donkey, who fell to his death at the bottom of the canyon.

Moral of the story: If you try to please everyone, you can kiss your ass goodbye.

Finding Roots

I have had a blessed life and owe alot to the people that molded me and helped me along the way. A huge debt I owe is to my parents Jay and Jan who spent their time and efforts bringing me up thru all my good and bad. They helped me in ways that I may never get to repay and I am grateful for.

This week I got to meet the person that put me in that great family in my life, my birth mom.

I can't possibly write in this blog all of the feelings I have but mainly at this time I am grateful for where I am and owe that partially to her decision. Because this is so personal to me I am not going to write alot on my blog but wrote more in my personal journal about her. I do understand more now how important it is for every child to be born and have a chance at life in the best circumstances. I can't even comprehend how hard of a decision that would be to give up a child but it is one of the most selfless decisions anyone can make for the benefit of someone that can't make a decision.

Kid nicknames

We love our children and that is why we give them nicknames because they deserve more names than solely the one we gave them at birth. At fist we called Tyler Shaboygen after a popular Wisconsin city. That evolved into Boygy or Doygy or even Doygs as he is sometimes called now. Lindsay made it a little stronger one day and we started calling him Boygenator after the futuristic assasin played by the Govenator of California. Steve Leseuer also calls our son Tyler Mcgyler. I am unsure on the spelling but I think that is correct.

Cameron started off with the nickname Babynator but we didn't think that was to feminine so we call her Baby face or Miss Nator or Babes and sometimes CJ. I don't think these nicknames will last but they are fun.

Tyler at church

Yesterday Tyler was awesome at church. He sat thru all of sacrament without scraming and we didn't have to take him out once. It was the first time Lindsay and I go to be together the whole hour in like 10 months.

Tyler also got to be in his Nursery class the whole time with out us. He is in a class with Michael Mckown as the teacher. We snuck him in a month early but Michael gave us the ok

Mom, Dad and Jamie come to AZ

Mom, Dad and Jamie came to AZ to visit us for 3 days and see the new addition to the family and the old additions. We had fun and the first night was Halloween and that is always fun. Tyler and Cameron dressed up in their Yoda and Princess Leya (sp?) outfits and Jamie, Lindsay and I went and scrounged candy off the neighbors. Tyler had fun and was starting to understand the concept of going door to door and asking for things. Everyone liked his costume and also Cameron's. Tyler from behind actually looked like Yoda and for moments I thought I was Steven Spielberg. We had him on his little monkey leash and he ran around the neighborhood. Jamie and Tyler carved a pumpkin and Mom and Dad helped give away trick or treat candy.

The next morning we went to a cool ghost town in Apache Junction and got to experience a town from the 1890's that was preserved. It was pretty neat and we want to go back soon so Tyler can ride the train ride when he could appreciate it more.

We then went to the mall and Grandma and Grandpa and Jamie got to see Tyler run around the mall playground. He loves going up and down the slide now. That night we went to Ah-So a Tapanyaki restaurant, where they cook in front of you at the grill. My family had never been to one so it was cool to bring them there. It was fun and the chef somehow struck a nerve w/ Tyler and he scared him the rest of the night. Usually Tyler isn't bother by those guys but he must have looked at him the wrong way. After that we came back to our house and played a Trivia game called Buzz on the playstation.

The next day was Cameron's baby blessing and that was nerve racking for me but I think it went well. We had the Devereauxs, Perrys, Stanleys, Jackie, Stephans, Bishop Bean and my family there. Cameron looked beautiful in her dress and didn't cry any all day. Lindsay made some delicious tacos that night and then Tyler put on a show for us (see Lindsay's blog's video) in which me, Lindsay, Jamie, Mom and Dad laughed until we cried because he was doing a weird impersonation of a mix between Chuck Norris and Harry Potter. He had a street fighter like way of trying to cast spells... You will have to watch.

The next day we ate at Sweet Tomatoes before my family had to leave. We were at lunch when I got a call from the alarm company saying that our house was broken into. That was scary so we rushed home to find out the cops came and there was no sign of forced entry and it turns out one of our friends dropped off something for us and setoff the alarm even though they didn't know it. No big deal.. We were just glad we didn't have anything stolen. We spent the last little bit with the fam at our house and it was good to get some more time with them and the grandkids. We are glad they got to come and we had a fun weekend. I am going to try to put some pictures up soon also.