New and improved version (and newly added photos) of "Farewell BBQ for the Steenbliks (featuring special cameo appearance by Sarah)-July 5th"

On Saturday, July 5th Erin's parents threw a goodbye party for Erin, Nate and family. They will be going to Buffalo, New York (near Niagara Falls) for Nate's Nurse Anesthetist schooling. Nate promised to anesthetize me any time I want one he comes back (I have trouble sleeping). Even Justin joined us (he was on break from his military intelligence/spy training in Arizona). But, you may notice that Jake is strangely not in attendance (apparently he had better things to do than see the Steenblik's for the last time ever! j/k) Loni also came with her dreamboat boyfriend, who is in school to become a PhD/MD (I guess it's better to be both). Anyway, it was cool to see everyone; the number of children keeps growing and growing..! This video was updated on July 15th, new and improved! Enjoy!

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Photos of "The Crew"

Partial group photo - from left: Heather, Ali, Tom, Sarah - Front row from left: Jeff, Erin, Nate, Justin, Ashley

Nate flirtatiously peering at Jeff

Jeff looking back at Nate, panicked and confused, wondering how to respond without hurting Nate or Heather's feelings...

After Jeff decided to go for it, Justin tried to intervene (out of jealously) - he was ultimately unsuccessful

New and improved version of "BBQ On Our Patio Video-May 30th":

On June 30th we had a small get-together with some friends since Seth and Jenn were in town from Florida. Nate, Erin, Jeff, Heather, Sarah, Jake, Seth, Jenn, Pete, Ashley, and some random children were there (and of course Alison and I). We had a fun time, and it was good to see Seth and Jenn after such a long time. We broke out the sugar gliders (Sugar and Baby) for everyone - they seemed to enjoy the company and just hopped around from person to person. Enjoy the video (quite short), and be sure to pause the music at the bottom of our blog when you watch it. Anyway, we hope everyone had a great Independence Day, and will have an awesome Pioneer Day!! This video was updated on July 13th - new and improved!

Be sure to pause the music at the bottom of the page before you start the video. Jack Johnson, take it away!!!

This American Marriage

So I haven't yet posted any photos of us yet... that is soon to come. I'll be posting some photos of our wedding, our sugar gliders, and our life pretty soon here.

Anyway, over the last 3 years or so I've been listening to a radio program called "This American Life" - pretty much the coolest radio show ever made (check it out at http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Archive.aspx, you can listen to any past episode; let me know if you are interested and I'll direct you to some of my favorite episodes). If you ever have an hour to blow, or just want to have something interesting to listen to while cleaning, I for sure recommend it. But anyway, the host of that show is Ira Glass.

I was looking at Jeff and Heather's blog yesterday, and I decided to follow some of the links they had going to other people's blogs, thinking that I might recognize some of the people in the other blogs. I was surprised to find that Ashley Bullough is getting married on May 9th - congratulations to Ashley! However, I was even more surprised to find that she is secretly marrying Ira Glass, from This American Life! Although they claim his name is Cade (the name alone was an obvious alert to me, he should have chosen a more normal name like Chris or Ricky), he is obviously Ira Glass. I have posted Ira and "Cade"s photos on this blog.