The Rest of Jon’s Birthday Celebration!
After our two peaceful days in Yosemite we came home and had church the next morning. It was a wonderful service as always, then we went to one of Jon’s FAVORITE places for lunch, Chipotle where some church family met us and celebrated with burritos and birthday cake!
After lunch, I took Jon shopping for a wedding ring. (Yes, he lost his 7 diamond wedding ring the first day we were in Kauai). Below are the top picks, what do you think?
After ring shopping he got some nap time at my mom’s and some intimate time with just him and the Lord. Then we came back to our home with a few intimate friends to celebrate and BBQ! There Jon was gifted with his birthday present – an above ground pool!!! (it’s 4′ x 20′)
I was VERY much against this, as I kept saying “that’s ghetto!” But, then I figured, since we live in the ghetto, we can get away with things like this. Heck, people park on their front lawn! So, once again Jon wins!! While we were in Yosemite, my mom and Jon’s family came over to set it up and fill it with water for the next few days. Despite my hesitancy, I think it is one of the BEST investments we have made! We love it and have been in it almost every day/evening. It’s only 4′ high, so it’s much like bath water! It’s too warm for Jon, but perfect for me and Christopher. and Bri gave us swimming tips for Christopher! THANK YOU GHETTO!! Thank you Mom, Jon’s Family, Gulke’s, Coleman’s, Amabisca’s, Johanson’s and Kiyuna’s for celebrating that special evening with us! We love you guys!
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- Jon with long time friend and new partner in ministry Rob Hutton
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- Pastor JR and Deidre. Sorry Dee, he WAS acting up!! ;)
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- The Kizirian Families!! Three generations there!
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- Church Family! (Doesn’t little Caleb look like Christopher? – They’re going to be great buds!)
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- Jon and Marcos
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- Karen Tesi (one of the sweetest persons in the WORLD), Jon, Shirley (Jon’s BIGGEST FAN!!) and Nick – stud guitar player coming up on the scene!
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- The ring options. What’s your vote?
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- Christopher first thing in the morning setting up for the party – hence the hairdo – sitting as his brand new table from G-ma!
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- The Gift!
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- All the boys!
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- JR and Christopher
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- Jarrod and Sarah – know what Jon Loves: A basket full of hot sauces!!
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- Neil, Me, Jon and Charity
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- Me, my mom and Jon. The WORLD’S BEST MOM! Thank you mom for all of your help in blessing Jon!
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- Josh and Addalynn – she partied hard!
We Love Yosemite
This year for Jon’s birthday (which he turned the big 3-0!), we started the celebration with two days in Yosemite, one of our favorite getaways. We slept in the back of the truck bed (YES! Christopher too), we were lucky no bears or rangers! We found out after we got there that you can’t do that. Opps.
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- Dad and son with their shades ready to take on the falls!
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- Christopher LOVES nature. Loves the birds, the squirrls, the trees, the DIRT! They are all so wonderful.
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- Me and my boy!
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- Dad and Christopher riding a bear. ;)
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- Doing it the ways boys do.
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- We love animals! We were lucky enough to feed a squirrl. Shh, don’t tell the Yosemiteians.
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- Christopher was soooo tired from all of his hiking! ((I cherish moments like these))
Book Club Thingy’s New Book
I will confess first thing that I am not necessarily an avid reader. In fact I really don’t read much, I am in awe of those that find the time, I guess I am much more selfish with my time and must spend it on frivolously selfish things. Anyhoo, my girlfriend, Krystin Risch started a book club called “Book Club Thingy”. It’s catchy. We have met once in June, our first book “Mother Teresa, No Greater Love”, of which I got half way through. I wasn’t alone, so that made for fun conversation! Our July meeting is this Monday. Now I have a confession, I just purchased our second book on Wednesday, “Francis Chan’s Crazy Love” (which I found out for July 09 is christianaudio.com’s free audio book download of the month). You still have a few days left!
What I didn’t know is that this book is part video recommendations and as well. The first video which I just watched last night is called “The Awe Factor”. It really is incredibly humbling and very awing. It made me very silent, I didn’t have much I could say after watching it. I wanted to share it with you and am very interested in what comes to your mind after you watch this. I hope you are in awe of God our Creator and His awesomeness as much as I am!
Celebrating 30!
So it’s been a while since my initial posts, but I have been busy doing life, working, traveling and celebrating A LOT of 30th birthdays. My girlfriend, Kimiko turned 30 in January (which I have been asked not to post those pictures – for those of you there, you know why 
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We have always both enjoyed traveling and the adventure side of life and would do special trips for each other for our birthdays. Later in life it became a pedicure spa and lunch day! So for her 30th I wanted to do something special and memorable for her. In January, Allyson Tapley, Lisa James and I threw her a dance party – which was off the hook! Thanks Matt Roper! And I gifted her with a trip out of town to visit our close girlfriend Candice Marderosian in Malibu (and get our toes done of course)!
The vacation started out in San Diego in a presidential suite at the Omni Hotel (sweet), a dinner and visit with some old friends who now live in the area and a night out dancing! (Kim and I love to dance). Then we headed for Malibu in her convertible doing it like we were in high school again …top down, music loud, dancing in the wind! It was fabulous!!! Here are some pics of the trip, sorry no wild ones, but it was definitely something we need to do more often!
Kimiko getting her drive groove on!
Kim, Candice and myself at a restaurant in Malibu with our toes in the sand!
Maisee Sloan (the cutest little thing), Robbie, Candice, Kim and I at their home away from home. Thank you guys for breakfast!!
Shopping day. Girls, I don't know what your husbands said, but I got into some serious!!!! trouble!!
LET’S DO IT AGAIN!!!
