Guess Who?, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

This afternoon my friend at work was looking up websites as they appeared years ago. It’s the next best thing to a time machine. Using the Way Back Machine, you are able to see websites as they appeared at a specific time in the past.

I entered www.slazyk.com into the search window and came across this photo from the main page. Now it’s in Flickr, to enjoy for years to come. Here’s another one.

When I was a kid, my parents would buy these “space food sticks”. I loved those things. A bit softer than a Tootsie Roll, chewy, and with a nice chocolate flavor. Not really sure what was in them but I loved them because my heros, the astronauts, apparently ate these things in space. I’ve come to find out that they were made by Pillsbury from the original commercials I found above.

With Dylan’s recent trip to the Kennedy Space Center, grandma and grandpa bought him some of the freeze dried neapolitan ice cream. Dylan did not like it too much but I could not get it away from Parker. He not only ate the entire contents of package, but licked the wrapper and has asked for it every day since. The moment he started asking for it to be in his lunch at preschool, I knew my son was going to love all “space food”. Not to mention the fact that he will be a fantastic backpacker due to his love for freeze dried food. Haha

Guess I’ll have to stock up on freeze dried ice cream with summer approaching fast.

A number of you have asked where all the new posts have gone…

Well, we have been a little busy the past month or so. We have sold a house, bought a house, moved out, moved in, started raising a newborn, raising a 2 year old, parent teacher conference for the 7 year old, back at work after maternity leave, crazy busy at work….just to name several of the things that have been going on.

Now that things have “settled down”, I’ll do my best to get back to my regular posting schedule. Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Dylan’s 7th Birthday, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

Dylan celebrated his 7th birthday last weekend with family. We heading over to the grandparents’ house for a water slide/bounce house party. Thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts and great time. For more photos, click on the picture above.

Brothers, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

Parker and Dylan eagerly await the arrival of their new brother. If all goes according to plan, these two will have another brother sometime over the weekend. It’s a very exciting time for everyone, especially these two.  Dylan even got a haircut for the special event.

First At Bat, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

Dylan stared t-ball this weekend. He is on the Dodgers in the Anaheim Hills league. This is his first “official” team sport and we were all out to support him. The photo above is of his first at bat. I don’t remember having uniforms that nice when I played t-ball.

For a list of his games check out the online schedule under Family Stuff on the right.

Supercross, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

A friend of mine who manages a Honda shop hooked me up with 2 free premium tickets to the Supercross at Angel Stadium. This was the first time I had ever been to this sort of event. The premium tickets got us access to the pits as well as the chance to walk the track before the race. My first impression was that this was nothing more than a beer and boob fest (which it was) and nothing more.

There was a pre-main event race consisting of smaller motorcycles that ridden by some industry people, not the pros. When the main event started, both Dylan and I were blown away. It was part rock concert, part X-Games, part laser show, and a motorcycle race thrown in for good measure. I think we saw more fireworks and shooting flames than the last few July 4th celebrations put together.

When the pros started their races I was truly amazed at how high these guys get on their bikes. It seemed like some of them were flying. That elevation can come at a cost though and Dylan and I witnessed a rider fall right in front of us. His motorcycle went soaring over the barrier and for a moment I thought we might become the new owners of a supercross bike.

At the end of it all, I am glad to have experienced this event. Would I go again?..? Sure. It was a lot of fun. Click on the picture of Dylan next to the track for more photos from the event.