Karl and Angela Rees

This is some video we took of Thomas a long time ago, while he was still in Angela's belly.  Particularly, we tried to get him to kick.  Even back then he was always reluctant to perform on camera.

Karl's finally done with the bar (hopefully), Angela's still pregnant, and we have an apartment in San Jose. So the week worked out about as well as we could hope.  read more »

Well Angela finished her last full week of work (Hurray for that). Since her days are numbered, she is having a hard time being motivated at work, but she stills manages to be a good worker. Karl finished his last full week of studying. That’s right, Karl will take the Bar Tuesday through Thursday this week, but he will fly out Monday and return Friday. Hopefully all of his hard work will pay off and he won’t have to take it again. Don’t worry Angela will not be left alone, her family will look after her while Karl is gone, plus she is taking the entire week off.  read more »

Every once in while you just have a boring week. It’s not that we didn’t do anything, we did a lot of things, but they aren’t that entertaining to write or read about. Karl has been busy studying for the Bar (which he starts taking a week from Tuesday, so keep him in your prayers; we don’t want him to have to take it again). Angela meanwhile has been getting things ready for the baby. She packed up things the baby won’t need until California, set up the portable crib w/ bassinette, set up a bouncer and has a pile of things ready to wash. Her hospital bag is almost packed.  read more »

Karl quietly turned 30 yesterday. We say quietly because despite all the fanfare our society traditionally attaches to turning 30, it was almost indistinguishable from any other day for Karl. That is, except for Angela doing an exceptional number of nice things for him (as opposed to the more typical large number of nice things she does on regular days). No impending sense of doom. No onslaught of half-witty cheap shots about the lack of hair or the need for a walking cane.  read more »

These are pictures from Angela's baby shower in July. She received a lot of helpful gifts and had a lot of fun.

Yes, we probably have too many pictures of fireworks already, but we had a lot of success with exposure settings at the Freedom Festival last July 4th, and we thought we'd show it off.

Karl was quite the chief this week. He made Hamburgers, Curry, Fajitas and Pho. Angela helped a little, but it is mostly him. (Angela enjoyed it tons). It was the first time we made peanut curry and it turned out great. Yummy!

Wednesday we began to get back into the swing of things. Karl had an ear ache so he took a few naps during the day to recover. Angela went into work and Karl ran errands and studied. That evening Karl played basketball with the ward.  read more »

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. "

-Thomas A. Edison