Mom's 60th Birthday Slideshow

Sage Dawg Has Taken Over Our Blawg!

Turkey Dog

 
This is what happens when all the stores are closed for Thanksgiving and you MUST play frisbee.
BONUS: The duct tape toughens up the look of a pink toy.
Sage could catch a disc on the first day we tried, and is catching the disc consistently after only 3 days of practice!

 
Notice the blue warning tape :)
She's smart, we just keep our glass extremely clean.

Our New Dog!

Here are some pics from Sage's first day as a Bartsch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pic of Mom Bartsch & Abigail Mikow

 

Super Sports Geeks

Our last minute Halloween costumes. The funny thing is we were able to throw these outfits together in like 3 minutes because we actually wear this stuff. I pretty much look like this every Monday night when I'm playing racquetball.

Pumpkin Carving '08

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Growing Our Own!

Alison and I have been getting into growing our own herbs and vegetables. It's fun and totally rewarding. Eating one little radish that we grew ourselves is way better than a whole pound of store bought tomatoes. We don't have any illusions about never making another trip to the grocery store; maybe we can just have a home-grown salad now and again. We've been cramming veggies onto the patio at our condo, and I started a garden at work. Here are some pics: (10/3/2008 pic update)

Pics from Shingle Springs

Some New Pictures

Check out these recent picture sets.

Pinnacles 2008

Pinnacles National Monument

This past weekend Alison and I joined a whole bunch of great friends at Pinnacles National Monument. We were celebrating Jaimie and Todd's upcoming wedding. On Saturday we did the High Ridge Trail, and saw pretty much every California Condor! Go team condor! Pics coming soon. You know how I like maps, so here's a map:

More pictures of our nephew Jackson!

Welcome to the World Jackson!

You can now call me Unky Paul and Alison now goes by Auntie Al! Jackson Donovan Payne was born today at 12:15; weighing in at 8 pounds 4 ounces and 20 inches long. He's a cute little guy and we're looking forward to having all kinds of fun with him, and then sending him home to his parents when its diaper changing time :) Congratulations Jeff and Katie!

DIY Network's got nothing on us!

Alison and I decided to spruce up our expansive yard with a bit of color. Who knew concrete could look so beautiful? Just follow the following steps and you too can own a piece of the concrete jungle :)

STEP #1
Buy concrete stain and strap it to your bike.



STEP #2
Put your beautiful wife to work.






STEP #3
Keep on rollin!



STEP #4
Put your kingdom back together.



STEP #5
Enjoy.

South Lake - January '08

We went to South Lake Tahoe January 11-14th this year and had an awesome time, as we always do. Alison's birthday was on the 10th, so the trip was to celebrate her 26th year and also to see some of our great friends. We did some skiing, some falling, some snowshoeing, we won some money, we lost some money, we ate some great food, saw snowflakes fall, shoveled a bit of snow, sang, danced, laughed, took hundreds of pictures, slept very little, splashed in the hot tub, and mostly just enjoyed being around our crew of happy friends.



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From Tahoe January...

From Tahoe January...

From Tahoe January...

Check out some non-incriminating photos!

DJPB4U 4.19.08

This just in... DJPB4U has been asked to come out of retirement for one very special show. 4.19.08.