Merry Christmas from the KP Galaxy

This year we decided to put up our artifical tree that we purchsed at one of those after-christmas sales at Target. As you can see it's quite impressive, however, it lacks the pine smell that makes it official. It had been a tradition to go and seek out a noble fir tree from different lots in and around North Orange county, but this year we skipped out on that tradition and took the easy route. We usually have a theme for decorating our tree i.e. gold ornaments, Disney Princesses, Marvel heroes, etc. This year we went with the "random" theme. We just threw a bunch of different ornaments up on the tree, and we let the kids do all of the decorating. Merry Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas from the KP Galaxy

Buyer beware

When it comes to eBay shopping, I learned a very important lesson this week. Ask a lot of questions prior to bidding. If the the seller doesn't respond promptly, then be suspicious of the items for sale.

I recently won an auction for a xmas gift I was excited about. Turns out the item was a counterfeit and sold on the gray market. The seller didn't want to take responsibilty for this, but to his credit, he caught the forgery prior to shipping it to me. I'm waiting or my full refund, and hope it comes soon. His lack of communication led to me contacting him several times therefore I believe it put pressure on him to be more forthcoming...Anyways, I've been using eBay for a long time and this is my first problem I've come across...
Happy Holidays!

Buyer beware

Anthony Daniel Padilla

Anthony Daniel Padilla was born December 4th 2008.
He weighed 8lbs and is 22 inches.
Claudia is resting at the hospital with the help of Anthony Sr.
His middle name comes from his uncle who just passed away on Monday (blog post below this one).
Welcome to the BIG family!

Anthony Daniel Padilla

In loving memory

Daniel Henry Garcia left this world to soon at the tender age of 13. He is survived by his parents Nancy and Tony and siblings Anthony, Salina, Krystal, and Tiffany.
Daniel fought brain cancer for the better part of his life, and for sometime he looked like he was going to beat it. Unfortunately it was not meant to be, and this sad day reminds me too much of when we lost our dear friend Kathy McDonell to the same insidious disease.
We will miss you little guy...

In loving memory

Ethan's Baptism

Was a really fun event for him. Thanks to everyone that came out in support of his special occasion.

Ethan's Baptism

Lost returns January 21st...finally!

I'm a huge fan of LOST, and have been from the beginning of the series. I can go on and on about the reasons I think its one of the best things ever made for the small screen. Instead, I'll wet your appetite for the Season 5 trailer that leads to the premier on Jan 21st.

I can't wait!!

Lost returns January 21st...finally!

Prop 8, the voters have spoken...

There is still way too much media coverage over this recently passed proposition. As a California voter, I understand that this is a hot topic, but the fact remains that it was democratically voted on, and PASSED! let it go.
The idea of homosexual "marriage" hangs over society like a hammer with the force of law and it's only just begun. It's pretty clear that the homosexual movement's obsession with marriage is not because large numbers of them actually want to marry each other. Research shows that homosexual relationships are fundamentally dysfunctional on many levels and “marriage" as most heterosexuals know it, isn't something they can achieve, or even desire. (In fact, over the last three months, the Sunday Boston Globe's marriage section hasn't had any photos of homosexual marriages. In the beginning it was full of them.) This is about putting the legal stamp of approval on homosexuality and imposing it with force throughout the various social and political institutions of a society that would never accept it otherwise.
Let the hate-mail rain down...

Prop 8, the voters have spoken...

Monsters vs Aliens

It’s the first movie to be completely developed for 3D, instead of just converted to 3D in a post production process. Its something that needs to be experienced to be believed. Can't wait for this one, as I love 3D movies...

Monsters vs Aliens

The 8th grade girls head into volleyball postseason

St. Justin heads into the playoffs with only one loss on the season. Good luck!

**UPDATE**
The 8th grade girls have won the second round and will play for the league championship.

**UPDATE**
The ladies played in the Socal Parochial league finals against St. Catherine. They took the returning champs to a third game and eventually lost 15-9. They placed second overall which is quite an accomplishment! Good Job Girls!

The 8th grade girls head into volleyball postseason

Daddy picks up the G1, aka iPhone killa!

In desperate need of a new cell service, I made the switch over to T-Mobile.
I can finally send/receive calls at my house! What a bizzare concept...anyways, I was equally excited to get the new G1 phone w/ the Google Android OS. I like the idea of an open source operating system, not the elitist, locked-down format of iPhone. If I have time, who knows, maybe I'll build my own app for this phone and become famous (in the land of geekdom). To further explore this gadget, click on the picture above for the Gizmodo breakdown or watch the phone battle video below...

Daddy picks up the G1, aka iPhone killa!

SoCal is burning...again...

This is an all too familiar scene. Hope everyone can hang in there...

SoCal is burning...again...

World's biggest physics tool debuts in Europe

A massive particle accelerator that’s meant to re-create what the universe was like shortly after the Big Bang will begin operating in Europe today after years of expensive construction and design.
Engineers will send protons through the $6 billion Large Hadron Collider, a 17-mile, ring-shaped tunnel 300 feet beneath the ground on the border of Switzerland and France.
When it’s fully operational, the collider will be capable of producing 1 billion particle collisions per second – mash-ups that will be recorded and analyzed by high-speed computers and distributed around the world.
...and on a side note...there is a possibility it could generate a blackhole and the earth would get turned inside-out!...;)

World's biggest physics tool debuts in Europe

Colorado Trip Slideshow

Colorado Trip Slideshow

Another clutch pickup for the Halos

I thought picking up Torii Hunter was the icing on the cake this year. Then the Halos go out and pickup switch-hitting stud, Mark Teixeira. I can't think of another team that can stand up to the firepower that the Angels will be wielding for the second half of the season. I hope that this sweep of the Red Sux in Boston doesn't mean that we peak to early as we need to be hot going into the post season. One cool stat to note is that the Halos have NEVER had this big of a division lead in their history...

Another clutch pickup for the Halos

NPH and Mal make funny

NPH and Mal make funny