One Year Later, October Updates

Roughly one year later, and I’m back to this blog.  The company I work for is looking to possibly set up their own blog, and I recommended Wordpress given its exposure, license, and massive extensions (widgets/plugins).  Then I remembered I had my own, and decided to come back to it.  I hope to update it much more frequently than I have in the past, given all of the life changes that are on their way.  First the big news: our second pregnancy is yielding not one, but two children.  Two twin girls to be exact (don’t yet know as to the fraternal status or not), and we expect the arrival in mid-spring.

So, updates.  We had two birthdays celebrated in September and October, for my niece and nephew Jessica and Michael.

Jessica’s 4th Birthday – Blowing Out Candles

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Jessica Opening Presents

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Michael has Turned One

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Soccer season has started and Arthur and I have joined a new team in Arlington, named Chelsea.  This is a more competitive team than last time, so the expectations are elevated (in other words, I’m a bench player).  But for me Volleyball has always been numero uno, and soccer will always be second or third to that.  As of this post we are tied for first place with a 2-1 record, and are playing one of the other first place teams this evening at 9PM.  The official Arlington web site contains schedule and standings information, and we’ve also set up a team web site using ccleague.

Also, my dad finally got rid of the piano he’s had for as long as I can remember, and has a brand new made-in-Germany piano.  This post will be brief as I have to get ready for the evening game.  I have added many new plugins to the blog, which will be interested to play with.  The blog is integrated with Flickr.com, so picture albums from my Flickr page will be accessible from the side-bar.  Also, I have enabled some plugins to make the site load faster, and added a plugin for setting up polls.  The following gallery has pictures of Dad’s new piano, birthdays, and Tammy with her new hair cut and pregnancy.