Noelle is Four!

Cousins

Huntington Beach Ultimate Training

I had some time before my flight home yesterday and so I thought I'd drop in on the guys at Huntington Beach Ultimate Training; this is where Tito Ortiz and Quinton Jackson train. While I was there I had a chance to talk briefly with Michael "The Count" Bisping and "Razor" Rob McCullough.

Team Quest

Last evening I made the most of my time in southern California and went to Team Quest's facility in Murrieta. I met Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou - "The African Assassin", and Dan "Hollywood" Henderson. These guys are among the best fighters in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rameau_Thierry_Sokoudjou
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Henderson

Paul's Photo Shoot

A few wedding pictures

Paul's Baptism

Thank you, Kelsey

for being Paul's Godmother!

The boys

Mom and Noelle

I Do!

Our Wedding Day

From Cody and Kelly

On our wedding day.

We have known each other from our first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment today. Early on, without reservation, we wholeheartedly made decisions as though we knew we would spend the rest of our lives together.

From each escalating moment of yes – to this moment of yes today, indeed, we have been making promises and agreements in an informal and somewhat idiosyncratic way.

All the conversations we held while riding in the car, sitting by the pool, evenings on the deck, over a meal or on long walks - all the sentences that began with “When we’re married” and continued with “I will, and we will” and those late night talks that included “someday” and “maybe” - and all those promises that are simply unspoken matters of the heart.

As we weaved our futures together by our actions we stepped with faith unsaid and promises assumed. All these everyday things, and so much more,

have been the real process of our wedding.

The vows that we are about to make are a formal way of saying to one another - and to our families - “You know all those things we’ve promised and hoped and dreamed - well, I meant it all, every word.”

We will always remember this moment in time. Before today we have been many things to one another- acquaintance, friend, co-worker, companion, co-parent, and even teacher, as we have learned much together. For each other, we have been

the door that opened,

the calm after the storm,

the healing kiss.

Soon we shall say a few words that will take us across another threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between us. For after these vows, we shall say to the world,

this is my husband, this is my wife.

We thank you for sharing today with us.

I am happy...

But I am being swallowed alive

by my preppy button down shirt!

I have a neck under there,

really I do.

Two months!

Paul had his two-month shots this morning.

Dad took him to the doctor's office
and the two have been hanging out
for the rest of the day.

Paul weighed in at 12 pounds 12 ounces
and is 23 inches.

And from the looks of the picture Dad just sent...
the shots wiped him out!