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Well since I'm new to this, I will have to see what responses I get. My apologies for taking forever to do this.

3 Joys:
- My Family (Meaning the Slade family that is in #823 and growing)
- My Family (My parents for their example/My Siblings for the same and for having (so much fun with me growing up))
- The Gospel: simply put, without it I would be LOST.

3 Fears:
- Not being the husband, father, son, brother, person I can be
- Not being able to support my wife and children
- Not being obedient enough to gospel principles to be with my entire family forever

3 Goals:
- Work as hard as I can everyday and leave it at work when I get home
- Become a better hubby
- Smile more

3 Obsessions:
- Family/Friends/Good Peop's
- Technology (is anyone surprised)
- Work

3 Random Things:
- I really like Boston baked beans
- I feel like I am always on the prowl for a good deal on something, even if I don't need it
- I eat weird food, and mix things that others probably wouldn't like

Funny Commercial From the Chamerlains

Pretty Durn Funny

instead of spending our 4th on the beach like we planned

we spent it with a friend we like to call "Mr. Red"

after spending so much time with "mr. red" we found ourselves in the ER for five hours with one of these in Britt's arm

the best part was we got to see our baby and hear its heart beat.

yeah, that's right we are having a baby; we can't keep it a secret anymore, but we do appreciate the great secret keepers we have had.

i am nine weeks along and our baby will make its appearance into the world around february 8th!!!

Long post no time...

I finally started riding again. It was fun while it lasted. I say that because I tuned the bike up myself and I'm quite out of practice when it comes to bike maintainence. There was some ghost shifting (deraileurs moving without me telling them to and shifting gears), a flat tire, and eventually (not sure where it happened) a broken spoke. All in all though I had a really good time. If anyone knows a good shop, and could recommend a location for a tuneup/ spoke replacement I'm open to suggestions. I should also not that the bike is actually vertical in our storage closet, and although it looks cluttered that is actually quite organized.

Britt was awesome and even though I'm not a father she got me a wall mount for father's day. It looks sweet!!!











The stick bug tried to bum a ride to work one morning... not too smart. It lasted from our apartment until I got on the freeway onramp. Then it realized that It didn't want to ride all the way to Litchfield Park.











The empty box was delivered to my office one day. I was making calls and in walks the UPS man (pretty normal) with a box. I think to myself I'm not expecting anything so I get excited to open it. Lo and behold it is an empty padded box.






The smoke picture was taken when I was up meeting with some clients in Estrella Mountain Ranch. There was a fire in Laveen AZ that looked huge from my office (about 20 miles away) but got even bigger as I was in EMR (about 8-12 miles away).