So the vacation begins...

Yes after many many many many months of waiting for this day it has FINALLY arrived.We are now in Kauai and are here for 2 weeks...........i know i know its a hard life bt some one has to live it. We are here with Bill and Anne aka mom and dad and with their friends Jack and his lovely wife Sam. Mom and Sam have already been here for a week playing with their some of their friends......and apperantly stealing papayas. Anywho Moms sister Laura aka Aunt Laura, and her daugther Christy were here as well. After a long flight here screwed up flight schedules, thank you oh so much Aloha Airlines, and waiting forever to get our luggage we were all set to go. Got some yummy food with all the fam, Christy watched the Padres vs Dodgers game, desperately hoping the Dodgers would win. After that Laura and Christy had to fly back home and so we dopped them off at the airport......what a sad moment. We came back to the hotel and i went shooting for a bit, and now im going to bed. So there you have it, youre all caught up on the vacation so far.....tomorrow uh today will be busy im sure. Aloha.

Oh and Aunt Laura.........i hope you had a SUPER flight.....you know what i mean. hahahahahahaha.

Photobooth craziness......

So i just bought a new 17 inch MacBook Pro ad all i have to say is that it is seriousky AMAZING!!!! One of the things that i absolutely love about Apple is that they add these fun little things to their machines that anyone can enjoy. Photobooth is one of those wonderful program, and one of the 1st things that i did as soon as i took the machine out of the box was to open photobooth and shoot some pictures. So here they are......in all of their crazy glory. Enjoy!!

Photographer down!!!

As you may know by now, the last day that we were in San Jose we went to visit the Japanese Friendship Garden. If you have no idea what im talking about then read my other blog to get up to date. Anywho, Jen and I were walking around taking photos at this garden and overall silly photos of each other. When it was time to leave for the airport we packed up and started to head out and then it happened.....some how Jens foot came off the path and she twisted her ankle and fell. She totally tumbled, and i cold tell that it was pretty painful cus she just sat there holding her ankle. i felt so bad for her, luckily she didn't break bones and wasn't seriously hurt. She did sprain her ankle pretty bad though and has been on crutches for a week now. This was a God thing though, before we packed up she asked me if she should pack her gear or keep it out to keep shooting. If you know me at all then you probably know that i rarely put away my gear, but i told her to pack it up. Thats the only reason why she still has a camera right now, so thank you Lord. So there you go, thats the story. Heres some silly photos of us. Enjoy!!







Awwwwwww!!! Shes so cute when shes pouty.....


Oh and i hear rumors of a possible Jennifer Menendez blog? Hmmmmmmmm fun times are sure to come....

Menendi in the North....

We were in Northern California once again, Jen had to be up in San Jose for some traning for her work and so i flew up there to spen some time together. The 1st full day we had we decided to drive up to San Francisco and do some sight seeing, whiel the experience of driving through San Francisco was unbeliavably stressful we still had a ton of fun together once we got to the Golden Gate Bridge. We spent some time there taking some pictures, hunger soon overtook us though and so we headed further north to the little town of Sausalito. The town was pretty cool, but we didnt do any real sight seeing as we were there for food. So we got some grub and went to a little ice cream shop called Lapperts Ice Cream. They are a coffe company out of Hawaii and my dad loves to get their cofee whenever he visits the island. Anywho, Jen and i had a great time and had a great ice cream shake......mmmmmm. Heres some photos.

Makes me want my own….

My buddy Matt and his wife Tara have the CUTEST baby ever!!! Seriously, their little girl is incredibly adorable, not only that but every time that I have seen her shes always smiling and playing and I have never heard her cry…….never. Not only that but so far shes about the only baby to not start flooding with tears as soon as she sees me. We wew at the church on Sunday for the Young Marrieds ministry and afterwards Tara brought her daughter in from her class. She was just playing with stuff and smiling and I happened to have my camera so I took some shots. If GOD some how assured me that my kids would be that cute and calm then I would probably have one by now. Knowing GOD’s sense of humor though my kids will probably be bearded little hellions running around screaming in little loin cloths attacking anything that moves. I am seriously BEGGING GOD that our kids will look % 99.99 like my wife and they only inherent like my skin color or something. Anywho, heres some pics.

The log cabin....

So i went to my buddy Shanes house a couple of nights ago. A bunch of us got together at his place for a night of Halo mayhem, smoke brakes and alcoholic goodness. Shanes family live in the coolest place, they are in the middle of nowhere and the house looks like its made of those old Lincoln log toys. Its freakin sweet!! So i arrived late for the festivities and of course as soon as i get there my buddy Kyle starts talking crap about how hes gonna kill me at Halo. So we played a game and while i didnt start off well, i eventually showed him who the man is though as i killed him over and over and over again. All i would hear from the next room was "dang it zo!!!!!" hahahahahaha. So after i shut him up, they decided to change the map and make thing more "fair" and i got murdered, oh well what do i care, i rubbed it in his face 1st and thats all that matters. The night was way fun, especially since Shane brother has a pitbull the size of a horse at the house. Check my other blog for photos of that beast. Heres some pics. Enjoy!!

Never give up, Never surrender…..

My sister Tania finished her HS requirements and graduated from Mira Costa’s adult program. While the ceremony was long and boring at times it was interesting to see the difference between this one and all the others that I have seen. There were so many cool stories about the students graduating, and this event was a huge accomplishment for many of them. Some of them have just gone trough so much just to get their education and to learn English. There were families crying and just jumping up and down and cheering so loud to show their support and great pride for the person that they were there to support. It certainly makes you appreciate the value of the education that we are so free to get here in the states that other people seriously go through hell just to get it. I am so proud of my sister, there are so many reasons as to why she could have just quit and not gone back to finish but she was determined and wasn’t going to take no for an answer. I am glad that I could be there with Jen to share this great moment with her. Tania I know that you will go far in life, thank you for sticking to your goal and not giving up, I know that you are an inspiration to many.