6 Makes 1/2 Dozen

From my phone

2010-09-04T22:00:00.000-07:00

Although the keyboard is limited, I might try posting from my phone. It's pretty handy and I have no excuse for not doing it since my phone is always with me.
So Scott and Chip decided that we would have a fantasy football league. Each member of our family has a team except for Sadie. She's the lucky one! It took forever to do the draft and I was slightly whiny about it. The kids are excited though and it'll be fun to see how our picks pan out.

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Farewell Vancouver

2010-03-03T22:21:00.000-08:00

If you're like me, your DVR was consistently near or at 100% max recording capacity during the entire 2 weeks of non-stop Olympic action. I love the winter Olympics and am usually envious of the athletes' events. Not that I could compete but it looks like fun to be out there!

Come on, was that Gold-Medal Men's final hockey game not T H E B E S T hockey game you've ever seen? It was 3 periods of every player going full blast, giving 110%. OVERTIME even! Incredible heart, stamina, passion. Even though we lost, it was still a great game. And great to be a Chicago Blackhawks fan since they had SO many teammates represented in these games, namely on the USA, Canada, and Slovakian teams. What a finale.

The big question? Now what do we watch in the evenings? Well, temporarily we get free NHL network for a week, so that will fill up the DVR, and our hankering for winter sports action, as we get "let down easy" after the end of the Vancouver show. By the way, what was up with that crazy closing Canook ceremony? Ey? A strange dance party with cardboard cutouts and Macy's Thanksgiving parade floatoons. Bizaar.

bye bye Vancouver... but now I know you exist, and I want to come visit very very badly - looks so beautiful there! And those dang NICE Canadians....

Birthdays x 2

2009-10-23T22:08:00.001-07:00

Party!!! ...Didn't publish this in a timely manner did I? This was
2-3 wkd ago.

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Friday Busy-ness

2009-10-23T22:05:00.001-07:00

Ok, I didn't have to go in to work today so we got to do some fun family things. After breakfast we went to a homeschool activity at church where The Bug Guy came with live specimens to show/touch. The leaf bug, black millipede and tarantula were popular.

Yes I had millipede on my arm like this kid.

After that we went to the brand new In-N-Out by the church for burgers.

Then to Costco for groceries and a car wash.

Then at dinner time Ang and the girls went to a girl party while us boys and Sadie had take-n-bake pizza and watched the first Transformers...coffee in hand. Then I finally completed the CRV engine reassembly and successfully got it running!!! It needs a minor valve adjustment but I can do it in less than an hour and a half. God is good.

Fire station

2009-10-15T13:04:00.001-07:00

We had a great time at the fire station. The kids got to work the hose and we saw where the firemen live and we all got hats. Who could ask for more?

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Pumpkin Farm

2009-10-13T21:18:00.000-07:00

Drove into the foothills to a beautiful spot called Oak Glen where the orchards and farms are. Cloudy, cold & drizzly... Who could ask for a better fall day!

Oh that's us at Costco afterwards. And last night's puzzle completion.

Reagan Nat'l Library

2009-10-12T22:09:00.001-07:00

We took a little drive to Simi Valley to the Presidential library/museum there. Lotta fun!

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Visitors from Chicago

2009-10-10T17:23:00.001-07:00

Picked up Nana & Papou from the airport for their week long visit. Kids are very excited. Planning to goto the Reagan Library this week. Great weather for it: 70s.

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Apple Valley Airshow

2009-10-04T22:53:00.001-07:00

Spent a beautiful Saturday working at the CA Guard's static display UAV.

The fam dropped by for the afternoon to see the Warbirds fly and walk around the planes.

The 5 or 6 warbirds made it a high quality airshow for one of it's small size.

I enjoyed chatting with locals, retirees, and listening to interesting personal stories. It was fun to see the junior ROTC cadets work crowd control and park planes like we did years ago. And I enjoyed sharing info on applying to the Air Force Academy.

Highlight though? The warship tight formations passing by the crowd at low level.

The winds kicked up in the afternoon at the time a brushfire began in the Cajon Pass 20 miles away and kicked the fire up the canyon right up to the ski town Wrightwood in the mountains we see out our front porch. They are still burning tonight and we pray for the firefighters and minimal
damage to the area including the homes of 4 people I work with.

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4th of July Oh-Nine

2009-07-07T23:25:00.000-07:00

We had a super fantastic time this 4th. With a full schedule of visitors, there was never a lack of space, tasty food or things to do! Fri (3rd) we had Jason & Amy Porter down from Edwards for the day, along with their 2 boys, Isaac and Andrew. Moments later, Mike, Becky & Andy arrived to stay the weekend. After a light lunch of sandwiches, we hung out and then went out back to take some batting practice. Despite the 100 deg temperature, a nice Godsent cloud hovered over the field for a full 2 hrs keeping us relatively cool for the slugfest. We retired back to the house so Scott could fire up the grill for some pollo asada (spiced grilled mexican chicken); mmm mmm, lemme tell you! After dinner, coffee "appeared" like it always does around here, and then we stepped out back and played a beanbag game called cornhole, thanks to Ang's construction/craft/sewing skillz. Wind correction is everything w/ cornhole! Given the advanced conditions, this game went on for-EV-er! The Porters packed up the worn out boys and headed back home. Was great to hang out with them! And Gib was so incredibly happy to have other boys his age around. That night we snuck in a quick Halo competition on the Xbox 360.

That was just the 3rd! The 4th afforded us a lazy morning, breakfast, coffee (standard!), hanging out & playtime and then a light sandwich lunch. After lunch the Johnsons arrived with their 4 kiddos and the parent-to-kid ratio was way skewed! :) In a short period of time we packed in a pool party out back, highly requested DVR'd episode of Wipe-Out, fresh smoked salsa, and Ang's excellent turkey tacos. Sadie and Andy gained confidence on their tiptoes in the water. And Wipe-Out was a source of some serious laughter and shouting. After dinner, coffee, and then we packed up and drove to the local Minor League baseball game, the High Desert Mavericks.

How do those Mavericks do it? No kidding, just like last year, they tried to lose the game, were down a couple runs in the bottom of the 9th and then somehow tied it up with a base hit and a big triple. Then the next thing you know, the opposing pitcher hits a batter to load the bases with 2 outs and then throws a wild pitch to allow the winning run to steal home! Mayhem ensued after the storybook ending which closely mirrored last year's 9th inning walk-off victory. Then the big fireworks show began. Wow, from our grassy hillside directly beneath the fireworks, we were dazzled, no engulfed by the impressive bursts overhead. Not bad for $3 grass seats!

Kids inside, kids outside, good food all around. That's Andrew in brown and Andy in green. And Mike busy w/ utensil at work. Amy can't choose a salad dressing.

Laney takes photos of Jason & Scott's neverending cornhole duel.

Amy and Andrew on the swings, the cornhole game, Chip entertains the little ones and Sadie, Isaac and Andy figure it's just another day at the park.

Pool time is how you beat the 100 deg temp! Little troy did awesome with his floaty vest, and Katie was quite dangerous with a squirtgun. Andy is good to go (with ball and Mom within reach!).

Sadie slowly became comfortable on her feet with patient Chip.

Troy and Mike enjoy the game from the grassy hillside seats.

Scott and kids watchin' the game from the blanket.

Mavericks celebrating the walk-off win!

Post-game 4th of July fireworks extravaganza!

Sadie just a swangin'

2009-06-15T22:55:00.000-07:00

Science Fair: Solar System

2009-05-01T09:12:00.001-07:00

The kids with their saturn project.

But we got to wear cool shoes!

2009-04-17T17:46:00.000-07:00

Real bowling is a little more difficult than on the wii. Who knew?

Bowling with Astronauts

2009-04-09T12:23:00.000-07:00

We went bowling at Edwards base bowling alley last night and had a blast. Thanks to the nice man, Brian, who regularly teaches kids bowling lessons. He came over after noticing Laney & Mya being frustrated at throwing gutterballs. He gave them a basic lesson and hung out for awhile to help coach them. Laney overcame frustration and showed improvement and had a great time, as well as Mya. Gibson won in the kids' threesome! Did you catch that, by the way?--gutterballs...there was no kid bumperbowling available so it was sink or swim! Gib loved every minute of it. As for the 3 of us grownups, we all broke 100 so that's awesome to us! Pictures to come soon......

Ridgecrest Tourism

2009-03-13T02:23:00.000-07:00

Now that I'm practically a Ridgecrest "Local" by the growing number of visits I've been making up there for work, I wanted to show you the main hangout in town -- the Wal-mart. Here's a nice pic from Google's panorama. What can I say? This place is hoppin'! (see in Google Panoramio Maps)

under construction

2009-02-27T09:47:00.000-08:00

Sorry if you are getting an annoying pop-up twitter login window when you open our blog--it's a bug.

Ignore it by clicking the CANCEL button (several times) until the window goes away.

Our team of qualified software technicians (aka my cousin Chip) is working to resolve this issue to bring you the best quality in up-to-the-minute updates on Scott's, Ang's & Chip's status. Please come back soon, as we do continue to routinely update our blog! :) Once again I am battling automated technology to do my work for me... I usually end up being more enslaved by it.

More sun fun

2009-02-20T16:05:00.000-08:00

There were some awesome waves!

Fun in the sun

2009-02-20T15:50:00.000-08:00

Chip and Sadie at the beach last week.

Watching people help others!

2009-02-04T00:15:00.000-08:00

We stopped by a chilly extreme home makeover set with aunt linda and uncle george.

Makin' Bar Soap

2009-01-17T13:06:00.000-08:00

The boys and their soap loaf.

Go blackhawks!

2009-01-01T12:07:00.000-08:00

U really need 2 experience this ensemble in person but 4 some of u a picture will have 2 do!

December fun

2008-12-22T13:04:00.000-08:00

Shopping with sadie. She is pretty much done so we are sitting in the car while the rest of the family finishes shopping.

Snow day! ! !

2008-12-17T17:52:00.000-08:00

We've got at least 18 inches & it's still snowing. The kids said it was the coolest day ever next to legoland. They built snowmen & built forts & we had a snowball fight.

Stripey Sadie

2008-12-12T11:38:00.001-08:00

Stripey Sadie
Originally uploaded by scottie_ang

Amid the weeping and mourning over Chip's departure til March, there
is still a ray of sunshine, and her name is Sadie. If you look
closely, you can find her between the stripes here.

Baja Fresh "Regulars"

2008-12-04T20:24:00.000-08:00

Can you believe this sunset as we left the house for our weekly Thursday night dinner at Baja Fresh!?

Thursday night "out" exists because the kids have kids' choir/praise practice every Thurs evening, so we started going to Baja Fresh when we discovered they have some healthy food choices there.... not to mention the killer salsa bar!! So tonight after about 4-5 months of this routine, the manager who is very nice and always upbeat stopped by our table and asked if we needed anything, and then he smiled and said "so this is a weekly stop for you, huh? What, every Thursday night, right?!" We laughed that we are now both "locals" and "regulars" at this Mexican restaurant.