Monthly Archives: February 2006

Al, Michele, Anthony, Nathan, and Olivia are all up on Mount Bachelor skiing this week. Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah, David and Gladys Christie, Ron and Donna Floyd, Luis, Susan, and Brett Rodriguez, and the Douma family who go go … Continue reading →

Sunday after meeting, all of us drove about an hour Northwest of Dallas through the little town of Bailey to the home of Jung (J.P.) and Lisa Paek. It is a beautiful 100+ acre ranch with cows, donkeys, goats, chickens, … Continue reading →

Kelly got in the mood to call her Oregon relatives on the telephone last night. She called Grandma Sarah first because she missed her Then she remembered that cousins Julia, Kylee, and Charlie all had birthdays last week, so she … Continue reading →

Another day, some more math, a myraid mixture of grammar, cursive, history, and reading. But really, I like it. Right now I am reading Adam of the Road, a great book about medieval England, and Master Cornhill, another great book … Continue reading →

It was quite a shock for me yesterday to hear that a fellow I knew growing up in Oregon, Steve MacDonald died of a heart attack the other day. He was several years younger than I. I have been thinking … Continue reading →

I got a comment from Cousin Julia today. It was great. I have decided to leave the blog open for comments for awhile to see how it goes. I will moderate them all until I can see whether I get … Continue reading →

Now that the newness is wearing off, it is a little bit of a challenge right now to live right on top of each other in an apartment.  I think a lot of it has to do with the fact … Continue reading →

We had a wonderful day yesterday with Lavan Jampa. He is going back to India on February 23, so we do not know whether we will see him again until we go over to India for convention or he comes … Continue reading →

Lorena’s cousin Beto and his wife Denise Christian with Beto and Denise’s daughter Dayana We are going into a three day weekend. I think I will go ahead and have the kids continue to do their homeschool. I will try … Continue reading →

August Technology, the company for which I work just got purchased by a Rudolph Technology.  They are going to move us from the rented building we currently occupy to another building they own.  We August Technology Texas employees are going … Continue reading →

We all ran down to Panda Express to have our Valentine’s Day dinner rather than have Lorena cook at home last night.  It was really nice, but we had to work fast when we got home to catch up on … Continue reading →

Christian started into the second half of the fifth grade math program this week. He seems to be doing well with it. It will be interesting to see how he does when we get to some of the story problems … Continue reading →

We had a pretty quiet Friday night and Saturday, but on Sunday, we had a VERY full day. We picked up Lavan to take to meeting with us on Sunday morning. Then, we went to have lunch at David and … Continue reading →

Lorena’s sister-in-law, Rosalinda, just sent us some pictures that Grandpa Lauro had taken when he was up here visiting us.  Some of the one’s we enjoyed the most were of the Larson family who invited us to dinner and then … Continue reading →

I have not written much on our Wednesday night bible study group. I thought I should comment on it a little today. It is an exceptional group. Last night we had a birthday party after meeting for Rene Parish. It … Continue reading →

Christian and Kelly are going to their second day of swimming lessons today.  It is good to have them in something where they get a little more exercise.  They have not been getting much since we moved into our apartment.  … Continue reading →

Quality Corners needs to decide whether we should put a manufacturing facility in North Carolina next to one of our larger customers.  There is a very good opportunity there.  The idea is that our customer would supply us with raw … Continue reading →

We went to the library on Saturday morning and were able to get a library card to check out books.  The last time we went, we did not have a utility receipt with our apartment address, so they would not … Continue reading →

This post will be a bit of a departure from what we normal discuss in this blog.  Ron Voorhees, my dad, and I own a small business in Oregon called Quality Corners.  We manufacture specialty millwork products including rosettes, plinth … Continue reading →

Last night I uploaded a picture of our friend Lavan Jampa from Bangalore.  Here it is: Lavan Jampa from Bangalore, India with Christian, Lorena, and Kelly I also put up a couple pictures of the family and our meeting here.