2008 Christmas With Santa

Here is a nice picture of Marcie and Ethan with Santa in December 2008. Santa was at Washington Square Mall in Tigard, Oregon. Marcie asked Santa for a remote control helicopter and Ethan asked for a Sponge Bob cartridge for his Nintendo DS.

Lunch At McDonalds In Buellton California

We are heading home from our vacation in California and decided to
fuel our bodies at McDonalds in Buellton, California. Here is a
picture of Ethan and Marcia playing on the McDonalds Play Place. Ethan
is in the yellow helicopter and Marcia is in the red fire engine. We
only have 905 miles left to go to arrive home.

Jeff and Bertha

Making Christmas Cookies For Santa

We are spending Christmas at Jeff's sisters home in Murrieta,
California. Santa will be coming tonight so the kids are making
cookies with Duncan Hines frosting for Santa. Below is a picture of
Bertha, Marcie and Ethan with the cookies they made.

Spent The Night At Joshua Tree Inn

We spent last night at the Joshua Tree Inn, in Joshua Tree,
California. The inn is a rustic place for those with music interests
because of all the music festival posters in the main dining room. We
were told that Gram Parsons died in room 8 back in 1973. We spent the
night in room 10.

Jeff and Bertha

Lunch In Palm Springs, California

We stopped for lunch at Hamburger Marys in Palm Springs, California.
Here is a picture of Marcie and Ethan next to Mary.

Christmas Trip To California

Today we are driving to Grandma's house in West Hollywood, California.
We spent the first night in Patterson, California. Here is a picture
of Marcie standing next to a palm tree.

Jeff and Bertha

Marcie Callahan Team Soccer Picture

Here is Marcie Callahan in her 2009 West Hills Orange Peels team picture. Marcie is in the front row, second from the right. This was Marcie's second year playing soccer and she enjoyed playing Goalie. Good job Marcie.  Click on the above picture to enlarge the picture.

Ethan Callahan Team Soccer Picture

Here is Ethan Callahan in his 2009 West Hills Cool Wolf Soccer team picture. Ethan is standing in the back row on the right side next to Coach Kirsten Klym. This was Ethan's first year playing soccer. Good job Ethan. Click on the above picture to enlarge the picture.

Little Girls Will Do Anything For A Stuffed Animal

I came across this great surveillance video of a little girl showing her mother that it is not necessary to have a dollar to play the skill crane game. The little girl came up with her own method of grabbing the stuffed animal of her choice.

Jeff and Bertha

Marcie In Goal For The First Time On Saturday September 13, 2008

On Saturday, Marcie's West Hills Orange Peels soccer team played against a team from the city of Aloha, Oregon. Marcie's team lost by a score of 6 to 1.

There was good news, Marcie was asked to play keeper (goalie) only 5 minutes before the game started. This was the first time she has ever played keeper and she did a fantastic job. She played the first half of the game and the Aloha team only scored two goals against her. See above video to watch Marcie's performance in goal.

Jeff and Bertha

Ethans First Soccer Game Beaverton, Oregon

Yesterday afternoon Ethan had his first soccer game of his career. He plays on the West Hills Youth Soccer Club for children age 5. The West Hills club is part of the Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation Department. His game was held at Garden Home Recreation Center, which was built in 1912.

Go ahead and watch the above video, Ethan is in the white jersey with black socks.

Jeff and Bertha

Our Children Sell Lemonade in Beaverton, Oregon

Earlier today our children, Marcie, Ethan and best friend Marina decided to earn spending money by setting up and running a lemonade stand in Beaverton, Oregon. The kids named the business " Lemonade Stand Inc." and located the business on the corner of the street next to our home. 

The kids took full advantage of it being Sunday and St. Cecilia's Church being across the street from our home. The kids served about 30 cups of lemonade, mostly to members of the church. Watch the above video and watch the kids in action.

Jeff and Bertha

Marcie Playing The Recorder

Earlier this summer Marcie entertained the family by learning a number of songs on her Recorder. Click the above video to listen to her mini concert.

Jeff and Bertha

Chinese New Year Lion Dance Team Kota Kinabalu Malayisa

On our last trip to Sabah, Malaysia in 2006, we recorded a team of Lion Dancers performing at a local shopping mall in Kota Kinabalu Malaysia. We enjoyed following the performers as they moved from one side of the mall to the other. If you look closely you will see Jeff in a couple frames.

Bertha

Maybe I Will Make It To The 2012 London Olympics

Congratulations to all the athletes that competed in the Beijing Olympics. This tribute is to the athletes that did not qualify for the Olympics this year.

Camping Trip To Oxbow Regional Park Oregon

August 7, 2008 - Camping At Oxbow Regional Park

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On August 7, 2008 we took the family camping to Oxbow Regional Park here in Oregon. Above are pictures of our trip and below are two video's of the kids. We took Marcie's friend Marina along with us on the trip.

Enjoy the pictures and video.

Jeff and Bertha

Camping Near Horsetail Falls Oregon

Our family went camping on July 25 - 27th 2008 at Ainsworth State Park in Oregon. About a two mile hike from the campground was this wonderful waterfall called Horsetail Falls. We enjoyed lunch under the horsetail before continuing our hike. Play above video of our trip to Horsetail Falls.

Click here to see pictures of our camping trip.

Did I Have To Much To Eat?

I believe most of us parents have experienced this joyful moment. This video was sent to us by cousin Douglas in Malaysia. Thank you Douglas.

Ethan Riding His Bicycle For The First Time

Hey Uncle Bjorn...this week Ethan learned how to ride his bicycle for the first time. He told me he had been practicing during the day while I was at work. He was very excited to show Mom and Dad he had figured it all out. Only 11 more years before he gets his drivers license.

Google Street View Takes A Picture Of Jeff

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Must have been September of 2007 when Jeff was sitting in his front yard reading a book. Along comes a car with a funny camera mounted on top of the car. Hmmm...I wonder what that was all about. Come to find out 8 month later it was Google driving around Beaverton, Oregon and now I am a permanent fixture of Google Street view.

Click on the above picture with your mouse, drag the mouse to the left or right and you will see the view we have from our front yard. Or click on the plus symbol and get a close up of what I was reading.

Enjoy

Jeff

Indoor Rock Climbing

On Sunday April 20, 2008 Marcie was invited to a birthday party held at Stoneworks Rock Climbing Gym here in Beaverton, Oregon. The indoor facility has numerous indoor rock walls and caves for the kids to climbing on. Below is a video of Marcie climbing one of the higher walls. At 1:08 into the video you will see Ethan going up the wall in the background.

Ethan Climbing Up The Indoor Wall

Not to be outdone, little brother Ethan proved to Mom and Dad that he was able to climb the indoor rock wall too. Below is a video of Ethan practicing his technique on a small wall before heading up the big wall that Marcie went up.

Trip to Multnomah Falls, Oregon

On Sunday March 9, 2008 our family and friend Darick, visiting from Texas A & M, spent the day at Multnomah Falls in Oregon. Multnomah Falls is 620 ft. high and consists of two waterfalls. After seeing the falls from ground level, we walked one mile up a trail to the top of the falls.

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Here is a picture of our friend Darick



Here is a picture of the Powerhouse area of the dam.