Kauai and World Series

So I have quite a predicament. I foolishly planned a trip to Kauai for the wrong week. Let me explain.

I am really excited to go to Kauai in two weeks. A vacation like this doesn't come around every year for us and we really can't wait to go. On the other hand I am really excited that the Angels will possibly go on to the World Series.

I leave to Kauai Sunday October 25th and won’t be back until November 1st. Now if the Angels go to the World Series, they will have home field advantage. This means that the Angels will be playing at home on October 28th and 29th for games 1 & 2. They will be away for the 31st, Nov. 1st, and the 2nd. After that, if necessary, games 6 & 7 will be at home on the 4th and 5th of November. Now our company has season tickets to the playoffs which means that I have essentially only two shots at going to any game which are games 6 and 7. There is a possibility that that if one of the teams wins four games right away, I may not even get to see any of the games whatsoever because there is not a chance Jennifer will let me watch any game while on our vacation. Granted this only matters if the Angels beat the Yankee’s four times by the end of next week which I think will happen.

So bottom line is I am really stoked to go to Kauai for a week, but I wish I picked a different week.

Have You Seen This Girl?

Have you seen Sarah? She has been missing since September 3, 2009 and we are all getting really worried. I don't know why but I think it might have something to do with a demonstration she participated in last June with her family.

Please, if you hear anything contact her family by their blog. Thank you.

I Think I'm In Love

I recently went to my in-law's home for dinner and Jennifer's mother pulled out of the oven a loaf of rosemary bread. To be short, it was amazing. When I asked her for the recipe, she told me that she bought the dough from Fresh and Easy and all she had to do is stick it in the oven.

I had to get it so I went to Fresh and Easy this week. I gave it a try when they first opened and wasn't impressed but now I think I am in love with Fresh and Easy. Their whole wheat pizza dough was great and that rosemary bread, well there are very few words that can describe my feelings about that bread.

Video of the Day

Sorry if you think I am terribly inappropriate, but this is the video of the day.

A Little Place I Like To Call Kauai

Yeah, It may have taken Three Years and Four Months, but guess what! Jennifer and I are finally taking our Honeymoon! Ever heard of a little place called Kauai?

Heather Ann Luedtke Chapman 5/22/1977 - 8/31/2009

Yesterday at 4:29 PM our sister-in-law Heather lost her battle with Cancer. It was a really bittersweet experience for all of us. For the past two weeks she has been on hospice care and has has been in really bad shape. Jennifer and I missed being there by five minutes but Heather was surrounded by many loved ones. I was initially upset that we missed out on being there but then I remembered that Jennifer and I were able to be there Sunday night Friday night and many other nights in the past month.

As I said before this was a really bittersweet experience. Heather was loved by so many people because of her contagious smile and her shy and loving personality. It was hard to be mad at her or to be mad around her. She always lifted people up. Last night her Father was telling me that Heather never complained. The nurses at the Chemo facility loved her because she was always smiling and happy. They don't see that a lot. She was an amazing woman in that way. It is hard to let a person like her go. On the other hand it was even more difficult to see her in so much pain. Seeing her yesterday at peace after her passing was so comforting to us all. We know she is no longer in pain and it is also nice to know that she is no longer struggling to stay alive. For the first time in almost three years she is comfortable and her worries of her sick and ailing body are over. We are all so happy she can finally rest.

I later asked Jennifer if she thought there was anything else we could have done to keep her alive? Could we have beaten this cancer? Was there another treatment? Did we exhaust all avenues of treatment and therapy? Jennifer and I both feel there was nothing else that could have been done. This made me so proud of Heather. She was a fighter and she wasn't going to just roll over and let this cancer take her without hoping for her cure. She did everything in her power to become a cancer survivor.

God received a very special person yesterday. I know Heather is still alive. I know her spirit has gone home and she is being greeted by her family that has passed before her and also our Father in Heaven who created her. Heather was one of the more righteous of all of God's children on this planet. She was Christlike. I know God has a very special place for her in Heaven. I believe sometimes God takes the best of his children because there is a lot of important work to be done in Heaven. Heather will be a great soldier for Him as one His Angels.

I love my sister. I felt weird calling her my sister-in-law earlier in this post. Heather has become my sister and I will miss her greatly. I can't wait to see her again.

Funeral services will be held this Saturday September 5, 2009 at 10:00 AM at the Fairmont Building of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The Church address is:

441 S. Fairmont Blvd.
Anaheim CA 92808

Put Your Hands Together and Welcome...

...Our first pets!!!!! I can't describe my excitement about mine and Jennifer's new pets. Unfortunately 11 have died so far but I think these guys are here to stay for a while.