Could life be any busier?

While I would like to think that I am trying to be more active at this, it seems like life has other things in mind. Since my last post, we have purchased a home in Banning, CA. We are certainly enjoying the home and the area.

My drive to work isn't that bad (about 20 minutes or so) depending on the time I leave. Work has been keeping me busy and challenged. I have plenty to do, but not enough time in the day to complete as much as I would prefer.

The family is doing well. Nehemiah started crawling a month or so ago and he has been non-stop. Karalynn is doing a great job with the kids, but I know that she is tired and quite often exhausted by the end of the day.

We did some work on the yard this past weekend. Kara planted her herb garden and I mowed the "lawn," which is mostly weeds. Kara also spend some time weeding the backyard to prep it for use.

I will try to add a few pictures of the house in the near future since the interior has been decorated and the exterior is what it is for the time being.

Been a long time

So I have been slacking on keeping up with this. I realize the importance of trying to do this on a regular basis, but life keeps getting in the way.

First of all, I am getting closer to graduating. I have just started my Spring quarter at UCR. This is my last full quarter (I still need one summer class) and then I'm done. I receive a 4.0 for the Winter quarter and am quite happy about it.

Work has been going well. I have been keeping busy with a number of projects and enjoy working at Alta Vista Credit Union.

I have decided that I wanted to punish my self with some extra curricular homework. I am self-studying for the CompTIA A+ certification. I already know a good deal about computers and troubleshooting , but feel that it is better to fill in any gaps before attempting the exams. I plan to further torture myself by attending a Cisco Networking Academy (possibly at RCC) to acquire a better understanding of networking. Ultimately, I plan on working toward an MSCE, but that my be a little ways down the road.

My family is doing well. At least, as well as can be. We found out that my wife was pregnant in December 2010 and due sometime in August 2011. My wife gets to brave one more pregnancy as we are not planning on having anymore children. My kids are doing well. My son (2) is energetic as ever and has begun to speak quite clearly. He can certainly surprise us sometimes with the things he says and remembers. My daughter (1) has become pretty much a pro at walking and has become somewhat independent, aside from wanting to be help at least 75% of the time. I really love and appreciate my wife for all the longs hours she puts in with raising the kids. She deals with my not being around much between work and school.

My promise to you. I promise to post more proactively. Can't guarantee that everything will be super interesting, but I will do my best to make it worthwhile.

In the Beginning...

So I have been considering it for a long time and finally decided to grab a domain and start my own website.  I have decided to do this for two reasons.  1) To increase my presence in the ever expanding technological world and 2) to learn more about creating and designing my own web pages. 

I have been dabbling in html and php over the past year or so and figured I should try my hand at creating my own site.  For those of you who know me, you might ask where I'm getting the time to do this as I attend UC Riverside full time (Business  Major) and work the rest of the time at Alta Vista Credit Union in their IS Dept.  Well, the quick answer is, I don't really have any time for this, but I felt that I needed to start working on something that would benefit me in the future.

I guess this will have to do for now.  I have some homework that needs attending to.