The Flores Family

The pieces that remain

2008-07-02T08:46:00.001-07:00

identity markersOriginally uploaded by gregandchristineMy dad passed away yesterday and I am in his room looking at the things he left behind. These were all in his dresser drawer, and paint a pretty clear picture of how he saw himself.He died of a heart attack after repeated hospitalizations for complications from diabetes. There are notes on flickr for what each of these pieces are.

Four years ago...

2008-06-23T22:25:00.001-07:00

DSCF0020Originally uploaded by gregandchristine...was the longest day of Christine's lifeSo today is Colin's birthday, he got to wear a crown all day at school and have cookies, and afterward Grandma and Grandpa Perry took him to Chuck E. Cheese's for his birthday dinner where he hugged a mouse and got to eat cotton candy. After that he blew out his candles on a birthday cupcake and got his

Random Colin bits

2008-04-14T20:14:00.000-07:00

His favorite song is Feist's 1 2 3 4. He has "1234 tell me that you love me more, sleepless long nights (doesn't really sound like this is what he is saying)" memorized. After that he just kind of moves his head.He calls me twinkle stars with complete sincerity.When a guy asked us if we wanted to help save the whales and we politely declined, we still had to wait for the signal to change and we

colin=random

2008-01-11T11:07:00.000-08:00

Colin: I am so hungryme:Okay... do you want some cheese?Colin: Nome: How about some oranges?Colin: I am 'lergic to orangesme:You are what?Colin: oranges are 'lergic to me, I no can eat themme: Who told you you are allergic to oranges?Colin:[shrugs] I not know...mommy?

snow trip

2008-01-06T20:07:00.001-08:00

CIMG6815 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine We headed up to Mt. Hood yesterday to play in the snow since we have been essentially snow-less here. We ended up in Parkdale and played at the school there. There was about 8 inches of snow on the field and a couple decent hills to sled on. We also stopped for ice cream, and oddly enough we were not the only ones in the place. On the way

happy new year!

2008-01-01T11:45:00.001-08:00

CIMG6776 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Colin made it until 12:02 last night. He toasted at midnight, put his glass down and passed out on top of Christine. We asked Colin what he wanted to do for NYE and he said he wanted to make sugar cookies. SO we hung out and made snickerdoodles with blue sprinkles, drank our cider and waited for the ball. I drank a bottle of beer from

he knows that santa's on his way

2007-12-24T21:55:00.001-08:00

CIMG6674 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine We just finished laying out all the xmas bounty for Colin. His little head has been threatening to explode for about a week, so he had a bit of trouble falling asleep tonight.us:you have to go to sleep for Santa to come.Colin: it is taking so so SO SO long for night night time to come.Colin:I just want to stay up all night and it be morning

the next level

2007-12-13T12:00:00.001-08:00

the next level Originally uploaded by gregandchristine I finally assembled all the parts of my birthday present and figured out how to use them. I have one full 5G keg, and 2 full 3G.Now that I know how to tear down and clean the kegs, this will be much easier than bottling.I still have more to learn about CO2 volumes and carb times, balancing dispensing pressure, but I think the study

a tasty three years...

2007-11-04T10:11:00.001-08:00

CIMG6419 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Every year we have been in Portland we have made it to the Woodstock Wine & Deli annual vertical tasting of SN Celebration. This year was a 6 year tasting, which ended up being a little daunting. The odd years were definitely the winners. 2,4,6 were all a little off in their own way. 3 was my favorite, and 5 was Christine's dad's. The

is it cold in here?

2007-11-02T16:03:00.001-07:00

CIMG6366 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine This is a Spiderman kid's meal toy that turns black when you run it under cold water... I just picked it up off the counter and took this picture of it. There is a comparison picture of what it looks like warm (what is SHOULD look like) up on flickr. We have made it to November without turning on the heat, which I think beats most NW

happy candy day!

2007-10-31T22:26:00.001-07:00

CIMG6343 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine As a surprise to no one... Colin dressed up as Thomas for Halloween. He hit our neighbors and went to to Christine's parents neighborhood to add to his stash. Bedtime is flying by and Colin is still running on corn syrup...

pumpkin patch

2007-10-21T15:05:00.001-07:00

CIMG6315 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine We headed up into the hills a bit to pick out some pumpkins for fall decor (and bread). They had ponys and tractor rides and pumpkin guns, a catapult and a trebuchet. They were showing off the gun and the catapult , but we didn't get to see the trebuchet in action. Colin's favorite part can be seen in this pic...he called it a "sticky

fresh beer

2007-10-13T21:55:00.001-07:00

CIMG6206 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine I actually brought my camera to this beer fest, but I only took two pics. We hit the fifth annual Fresh Hop Festival today. Last year this was a great low key event, but this year was a damn zoo. There were some great beers, but the lines were way too long and way too close together. Double Mountain from Hood River was the strongest

more than meets the eye

2007-10-12T20:44:00.001-07:00

For further proof that Colin has inherited my intese and random dreams, here is a summary of a conversation we had today...Colin: I punched a robot last night.me: you punched a robot?Colin: Yes, him came into my room last night in my dream.me: did you tell it to go away and not to scare you?Colin: no I PUNCHED him and he went away!me: was it the spider robot you saw in that commercial last night?

so it begins

2007-10-12T10:02:00.001-07:00

CIMG6196 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine This is the first leaf pile of the season, and the leaves have not even really started changing colors on our tree. We are going to try and stay on top of it this year so we don't end up with the great wet mountains we had last year... anyone with a penchant for raking is welcome to come and indulge themselves in out yard...

cutest thing you'll hear all week

2007-09-28T10:12:00.001-07:00

CIMG5590 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine "Daddy please you go outside and open clouds so I see blue sky"

cheap

2007-09-24T21:33:00.001-07:00

CIMG6194 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Just had to brag about our find. Albertson's is clearing out there summer stuff and they had a deal where you can fill up a bag for 3 bucks. We got 11 of the helicopters and boats (to take to Colin's school) marked 50 cents each (originally 2 bucks) everything else probably adds up to 15 more bucks at their clearance prices... and an

someone get him a string...

2007-09-21T13:33:00.001-07:00

CIMG6161 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Looks like someone has been watching Scooby -Doo...Colin and I went to the Children's museum today, and I realized we hadn't taken any pics there in some time. He still spends most of his time in the train room ,but he likes to play in the kitchen now too. They are in the middle or remodeling the kitchen area, but they have some new toys

professional installation highly recommended

2007-09-17T16:19:00.001-07:00

CIMG6120 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Our powerbook crapped out this weekend and refused to even acknowledge that it had a hard drive. The instructions I found online for a DIY upgrade had an unpleasant number of warning exclamation points throughout them, but getting someone else to do it was gong to cost like 100 bucks, plus the drive. So I decided to go for it and hit

overheard

2007-09-07T13:50:00.000-07:00

While at Costco today I overheard the following conversation tidbits from the same enlightened and ponytailed individual: "and I had my gun on me that day, as I increasingly do while walking in Aloha at night... my hand was in my pocket and the safety was off, if he was going to come at me - bullets were going to fly (referring to an unleashed bulldog in someone's yard he walked by)" and then

Little Lebowski Urban Achiever

2007-08-27T14:36:00.001-07:00

01590018 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine This is a pic from Colin's first trip bowling, there are already some pics up from his second time bowling, but I forgot the camera so we bought a disposable to capture the cuteness, and promptly forgot to get it developed.,, Colin rolled a few gutter balls and then the clerk watching us came over and showed us how to turn on the

a short poem

2007-08-24T17:39:00.000-07:00

While trying to put clothes on a still sleeping Colin this morning he uttered these word in a slightly irritated voice with very poetic pauses...cheese and crackersit's morningI want

"Hot" steak and seafood

2007-08-20T15:27:00.000-07:00

Some out of breath dude just banged on my door and told me he was the owner of Cascade Superior Foods and that he was done with deliveries for the day and had some boxes of steak and seafood in his truck he was practically giving away. His truck was a pickup with a refrigerated box on the back, and I think and it did say cascade on it, but nothing comes up in Google for "cascade superior foods".

interest free (but not sugar free) financing

2007-08-17T13:26:00.001-07:00

CIMG5770 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Almost 4 years ago we were helping John and Julie pack up for their move to LA. Once the truck was packed there was some celebrating at the ice cream truck. Christine got one of these spongebob treats that has black gumball eyes. She kept wiping the eyeballs on me leaving black streaks. I told her to stop, but I eventually ended up knocking

Hiya!

2007-08-16T21:08:00.001-07:00

CIMG5434 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Hey there... so obviously it has been a long while since we last updated. We are keeping busy, which if you are interested in, I guess with flickr you can follow a lot of our life in pictures without much of the story. I am done for the summer after my first term of clinic work and it will nice to have a break... not that I didn't

Say hello to Sam

2007-05-21T13:57:00.001-07:00

CIMG5050 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We got a beagle yesterday. We have been talking about getting a dog for a while and finally found what we hope is a good one. He is a pretty sociable guy, but he is in need of some obedience traing (he has had none). we'll be working on getting him used to the family and staying out of Christine's garden. His is about a year and a half

attack of the giant zuchini

2007-04-06T08:19:00.001-07:00

CIMG4839 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. This is the beginnings of our new garden. The weather is starting to warm up and I think we are past the frost warnings for the season. Eventually we will have tomatoes, zucchini, jalapenos, and green beans. The zucchini is taking off like crazy so we will probably be overrun this summer… I guess the only option will be to fry it up

sunny afternoon

2007-03-28T19:32:00.001-07:00

CIMG4794 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. It still gets pretty cold at night, but the days have been pretty nice. We picked up a bubble machine because once you start blowing bubbles, Colin is relentless in his demands for MORE!. In this pic you see Colin standing next to a 20ft long branch from our maple... one of two that came down with a thunderous crack as part of our spring

Spring?

2007-03-16T14:13:00.001-07:00

CIMG4687 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. Colin and I were out enjoying the nice weather while it lasts. The forecast calls fro a return to our usual drab so we went to the park to run around while the grass is only squishy and not soggy. Earlier we were in the back yard and Colin was fishing in our fountain (using a long stick to pull out the leaves). Soon we’ll be able to get

What's up with this page?

2007-03-12T21:20:00.001-07:00

CIMG4622 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. I fell off the blog wagon for a little while there. My classes went from easier than my freshman year of college last term to ass-whoopin this term.Colin is still cute, he is talking a lot more, still hates sleeping, plays with anything that has wheels, and loves to eat rice and beans.Next week is finals so I have a bunch of cramming to do,

the tram

2007-02-02T09:17:00.001-08:00

CIMG4489 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. It's friend's and family week for the new OHSU tram so we hopped on for free yesterday after we picked up Christine. It is a pretty overwhelming, and very amusement park like experience. The views are great, but the thing shakes just a little too much to get really clear pictures. The whole thing is kind of absurd, but it is a neat

Snow Day!

2007-01-16T10:45:00.001-08:00

CIMG4388 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We are home enjoying the snow today... too bad they waited until we were almost all the way to work before calling it. We played in the snow for a while, but Colin wouldn't keep his gloves on se we came inside to warm up. Colin wanted to build a snow man, but as soon as we would scrape together a base he would jump all over it. Christine

Happy New Year Everybody!

2007-01-01T12:02:00.001-08:00

CIMG4194 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We had a mellow night at home watching movies, but Colin took a late nap and actually made it to midnight without getting cranky. We watched Little Miss Sunshine, and Colin actually sat and watched it with us. When it was over he started pointing at the TV and yelling at me: More Bus! More Bus! (there is yellow VW bus in the movie) .Colin

tangled mess

2007-01-01T11:51:00.001-08:00

CIMG4188 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We are just about finished painting our living room. It has been a multi -stage process occurring mostly during Colin's outings with grandma and his naps. I also took the opportunity to clean up this mess behind the TV. This is the before... the after is still pretty ugly so I didn't take a picture. There were numerous orphaned cables that

such an obvious match

2006-12-31T21:41:00.001-08:00

CIMG4192 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. For me, the best part about eating at Red Robin is that they have a big thing of seasoning salt on the table. I saw these and had to try them. Best. Chips. Ever. -- for about the first three chips. After that the saltiness becomes overwhelming and they start to taste like canned chicken soup. There is no way I could finish even a snack bag

mama rock! mama rock!

2006-12-29T20:55:00.000-08:00

CIMG4107 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. ... is what Colin says when he says Christine playing Guitar hero. When she first picked up the guitar he tried to take the controller from her saying: "no mama... daddy rock, daddy rock!" He felt his position very strongly. Now that he realizes that Christine is better at it than I am he asks for mama to rock instead of me.

mmm... maple

2006-12-28T15:49:00.000-08:00

CIMG4183Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. One of my favorite "Friend's" moments is when Ross and Chandler go to Vermont and Ross gets whacked out of his mind on maple candy. I also buy real maple syrup and when I get doughnuts, I usually grab a maple one. Knowing this, Christine got me some maple candy for Christmas. Now I know what Ross' deal was. This stuff is great. Maybe one of the

Merry Christmas everybody!

2006-12-25T17:51:00.000-08:00

CIMG4079 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. Santa's sleigh crash landed in our living room. Colin went into shock this morning and had a huge grin plastered across his face. He made quite the haul, but as in holidays past he wanted to stop after he opened the first toy and just sit and play. The Santa Pez dispenser caused a pretty big derailment in the unwrapping, and he stopped to

happy couple

2006-12-23T20:25:00.000-08:00

PC160111.JPG Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. Congratulations to my sister and my new brother–n-law Tom. The main purpose our trip to San Diego last week was for my sister’s wedding (Disneyland was just the very rich icing on the cake). It was a real nice wedding; outdoors in December is something you can only get away with in San Diego. Tom and Amy were friends in jr. high so

strange dreams (cont.)

2006-12-23T20:06:00.000-08:00

The other night I had one of my regular very involved, long and kind of boring dreams. This one was basically like being in a LOST knock off…stuck on an island, medial testing, mystery, blah blah blah. Only one of my old bosses was in charge of the medical testing and there was a lot of sitting around and waiting for the next test. The strange thing about this dream is that there was a

two years

2006-12-18T20:19:00.000-08:00

Two years ago today we were sleeping in a strange new apartment in Lacey, Washington. Our exit from Santa Cruz had been stressful and overwhelming -- we couldn't fit everything in the truck, and we left the apartment a total mess. We had an army of helpful RAs I was abandoning loading our truck, and we still didn't finish until the early morning. We arrived in wet, cold, dark Lacey to a fairly

dizzyland

2006-12-17T19:08:00.000-08:00

CIMG3856 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We took Colin to Disneyland on Thursday for the first time, and he was suitably overwhelmed by the magic. Being that most everything involves vehicles that move on tracks... Colin was in heaven. He also loved all the boats. He was pretty excited on It's a Small World and a little scared on Pirates. Speaking of small worlds... we also ran

that's my boy

2006-12-02T16:51:00.000-08:00

CIMG3546 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. This weekend we returned to the Holiday Ale Festival. Colin Lars and I went Friday afternoon but it was crazy busy and there was no way I could let Colin run around , so we had a couple samples and decided to come back today with Christine. Last year we went around noon on Saturday and the place was dead, I was one of maybe 15 people

the Force

2006-11-27T12:19:00.000-08:00

CIMG3516 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We capped off our long weekend with our first trip to OMSI They have a big STAR WARS exhibit for the next month or so. The museum is pretty cool, and Colin had fun running around and playing with the different things (they had a train). He hasn't seen the movies yet so he wasn't quite as impressed with the Star Wars portion of the

the season

2006-11-26T16:17:00.000-08:00

CIMG3412 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We have started decorating for Christmas around the house. We put up the tree, and some lights around the living room. We started a little holiday scene in the window seat and I'll get some pics of that when it is done. Colin loves the lights and runs around shouting "lights" and pointing when we come home and they are not on. He also

right out of the bowl

2006-11-24T20:11:00.000-08:00

CIMG3399 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. Colin once again almost slept through Thanksgiving, but he woke up in time to chow on some potatos. He didn't really care for much else of the traditional Thanksgiving fixin's so he had a hot dog, and mashed potatos. Later he stuck his hand in the pumpkin pie a few times and licked his hand clean (luckily grandma was packin' a spare).

My Favorite Word

2006-11-20T19:14:00.000-08:00

So, Colin is still not speaking as much or as clearly as many of his peers, but he is starting to use a wider range of discernible sounds. It has saved everyone a lot of frustration. I think of all the words he has, home is the one that I love hearing the most. When he says Mama it is sweet, when he says sorry it is too adorable to not forgive him, but there is something in the way he says

his name was Dick...

2006-11-15T10:41:00.000-08:00

...but he was actually a pretty nice guy. We are getting a few estimates on windows for our house. I made the mistake of entering a contest to win free windows, and I got a dozen phone calls from the Evans Glass company trying to set up an estimate. They always called when I was at work on in class and they never left a message. When we finally set up the appointment they didn't show up and

Where I saw myself in 5 years

2006-11-12T19:40:00.000-08:00

It was 5 years ago this weekend that we first visited Portland. It all started with findyourspot.com. We came up with Chris and Jacqui and spent the weekend getting lost and exploring the sights of the city and it's surrounding neighborhoods. There are places we have never found again, and places we have returned many times. We left very excited and ready to pack up and move. We visited

DIY

2006-11-10T09:50:00.000-08:00

CIMG3159 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. A few weeks ago the window on the Hyundai stopped cooperating. If would complain heavily about moving and looked like a shark fin when it went down as far as it would go. We decided to see if we could fix it ourselves since we didn't really think we could make it worse. We popped off the door panel and poked around for a bit. It turned

Have a scary Halloween

2006-10-31T14:26:00.000-08:00

CIMG2844 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. Happy Halloween everybody. This is a pic from a few months ago. The houdlums on our block though we called the cops on them when they were tresspassing at the house next door. It wasn't us, but we got the retaliation. What a waste of condiment.Colin is going to put on his frog suit and hop down the street tonight, and we are going to

geek in training

2006-10-30T15:04:00.000-08:00

CIMG3271 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We made a very quick trip up to Seattle this weekend. Christine had to go to a meeting on Sunday morning, so we drove up Saturday and hit the IKEA and hung out with John and Greg. Sunday while Christine was working I headed over to J&G&B's apartment to hang out and start Colin's geek training. Christine and I barely qualify as geek-lite

el hot pocket-o

2006-10-30T14:53:00.000-08:00

CIMG3185 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. In my attempts to reconsile my taste for Mexican/Latin cooking and my desire not to pay 11 dollars for 2 bucks worth of ingredients I decided to buy some masa and start trying out some recipes. I made these empanadas a couple days ago, and once the kitchen recovers I will give tamales a try. The filling in these is left over pot roast

Fall is here

2006-10-25T22:12:00.000-07:00

CIMG3157 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. Well, the leaves are changing and the temps are dropping. It is not quite cold yet, but getting there fast. This is a pic of Colin on the first big day of rain a week or so ago. We have our pumpkins out for Fall decorations, but there are a whole bunch of hodlum teensagers in our neighborhood so we will have to put them away on

not a NIN show

2006-10-25T11:34:00.000-07:00

Last week I saw The Hold Steady in concert. About a year ago John V. told me to check them out, and I ended up listening to their second album for weeks on end. The place was small and packed and energetic. The band was great and Craig Finn really seems to be having fun on stage. Unfortunately the stage was only about a foot higher than the crowd and the bastard sons of Abe Lincoln were up

share the knowledge

2006-10-23T09:21:00.000-07:00

I spent Friday night and Saturday in a weekend seminar class. On Friday night the woman sitting next to me packed up and left at the break and dropped the class. She left a pile of handouts behind so I took them b/c I like having extras. I pulled out the syllabus on Saturday and saw that she had written this on it (all punctuation and spelling is preserved) :You know your the shit! I know your

I hope everything is okay...

2006-10-18T23:02:00.000-07:00

CIMG2836Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. I started writing this post a couple weeks ago but couldn't find the picture, so I went to get a better pic and now I can't find the car...Practically every single day on our way to Christine's work we passed this car. It was always there, and the few times it was not I found myself worrying. I hope everything is okay... maybe somebody stole his

Bath time is finally fun time

2006-10-13T19:13:00.000-07:00

CIMG3144Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. When we lived in Olympia our first apartment only had a shower, so we filled a large rubbermaid tub with water and Colin would scoot and splash every chance he got. The whole year between then and now has meant a big fight at bath time. When I wasn't in the mood for holding him down in the bath I would just hold him in the shower with me and

Bastards

2006-10-07T21:48:00.000-07:00

PA070016Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. Stone Brewing recently celebrated 10 years of brewing bold beers and bad-ass attitude. Making a living out of daring people to drink their beer is working pretty well for them. I didn't get to check out their new digs in Escondido on this trip, but I couldn't leave without checking out their 10th anniversary beer. They made a special IPA for

It's not my keys...

2006-10-06T09:50:00.000-07:00

I walked around all day yesterday feeling like I was forgetting something. I would check my pockets... keys, wallet... all in place. They it hit me.Shit!... I forgot my wife and son.I am down in Carlsbad visiting my dad for the weekend, but I misshaving the rest of my family with me.

Early bird gets the burritto

2006-09-28T22:32:00.000-07:00

Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch (and dinner)?Colin and I went to the PSU Party in the Park today... which is very similar to the UCSC SOAR fair except that it was better attended and instead of charging people 8 bucks for crappy dining hall food they gave free pizza , lebanese food, or Chipotle burrittos to anyone who came and participated -including all the homeless people who

how're things?

2006-09-27T12:59:00.000-07:00

Well... they are pretty good... and very busy. Just as a general update here is a run down of what's going on with us right now.Christine is working her butt off at her job. I started my graduate program in counseling and I am working as a graduate asst. in the career center at Portland state.Colin is in day care at PSU where they have a wide assortment of truck and trains to play with and other

Indescribable cuteness

2006-09-18T18:32:00.000-07:00

CIMG3074 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. But I’ll try anyway… This morning Colin was in the process of waking up, but still pretty much asleep. He was lying on his back and he pulled him legs up as tight as he could and said “ready …2…3 jump!” (it was in Colin speak, but that is an accurate translation) and kicked his legs as hard as he could. He did this three or fours times

Thank you John

2006-09-07T18:51:00.000-07:00

CIMG3031Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. I got a few little surprises in the mail today. My weekend just got more interesting...

my subconscious hates me

2006-09-04T08:10:00.000-07:00

I don’t often wake up and feel very rested. Most nights I have marathon length, crazy, barely coherent dreams. Often they are like watching a very boring, very detailed movie. That’s right I bore myself in my sleep. I usually only remember bits and pieces, but enough that I can tell it doesn’t make any sense. I’ll describe some of the reoccurring features of my dreams another time, for now here

package? what package?

2006-09-01T18:27:00.000-07:00

CIMG3028 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. Our UPS person either has a weird sense of humor or there is some strange rule about leave packages under the door mat. Every time a package comes we find it like this under our welcome mat. Not once has it been in anyway not totally obvious. My dad and my aunt have sent Colin a few packages ,so now every time there is something on the porch

Mmmm… cookies

2006-08-31T15:50:00.000-07:00

CIMG3019 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. I realized a couple weeks ago that I have never baked cookies. I rarely bake anything since I prefer to look at recipes more as guidelines- a habit that doesn’t lend itself to situations where a table spoon of flour can ruin the whole thing. My mom always used the toll house recipe and cooled the cookies on newspaper which made them very

insurance

2006-08-27T10:11:00.000-07:00

CIMG2897 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We want to make sure Colin grows up to be a smart kid… so in case the baby Einstein videos didn’t work we decided these couldn’t hurt.

computer nerds get it...

2006-08-23T13:51:00.000-07:00

CIMG2837 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. I was stopped behind this car the other day and had to snap a picture. You will probably need to view it full size to read it. I had to wonder... How long has that been taped up in their window? What motivated them to do it in the first place (since if was a geek driving the car they would not have felt the need to explain it, and they

a seat untouched

2006-08-13T00:29:00.000-07:00

CIMG2827Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We have been slacking off on the home improvement for a little while, but the HD sent us a coupon so we went out and bought a toilet. It is really a pretty straightforward task we probably should have done months ago. Our old (and I mean old) baby blue toilet refused to flush properly and used a ton of water (and it was baby blue). Now if we can

5 years

2006-08-11T22:28:00.000-07:00

CIMG2816Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. Today is our 5 year anniversary. At this time in 2001 we were sitting in a hot tub drinking champagne, still a little bit in shock that everything came together and that we had the wonderful wedding we had planned and worked hard for (with the help of our friends and family), We have moved four times in the last five years, had seven jobs

Seattleites

2006-08-09T15:32:00.000-07:00

CIMG2806Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. The Seattle folk came to visit Colin and their friend Carl this weekend. We finally got to meet Brittany, and John finally got to meet the chimps (at the zoo). It was good to see them and catch up since the only real way we keep in touch is through John's blog. (short post b/c I have to go back to work...)

like bees

2006-07-30T17:28:00.000-07:00

CIMG2673 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We had a pretty crazy day yesterday. In a big change from our usually weekend of running errands and housework, we attended three community events yesterday. In the morning we went to the Party in the Park/ car show at the park near our house, and then after naptime we headed to the Oregon Brew Festival. We went for a little bit on Friday to

Great American Distiller's festival

2006-07-26T23:24:00.000-07:00

2ndGADF Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. This past weekend was the distillers festival hosted by Rogue. We went to the first one last year without realizing yet, and this year was actually a step backwards as far as I am concerned. I was expecting there to be more actual representatives from the distilleries there to talk about their product, and their craft, but the only people

domain pain

2006-07-25T23:34:00.000-07:00

Finally got the domain redirect working. I went back and forth with my former hosting company after they set it up once, and then took it down after I finally got them to cancel my hosting account (after they tried to renew it after notified them twice I wanted to cancel it). I made it clear from the beginning with them what I wanted and they told me they could do it, but eventually admitted

Beat the heat

2006-07-25T15:20:00.000-07:00

CIMG2634 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We had a terribly hot weekend just like everyone else. We just had 3 of the ten days a year Portlanders wish they had AC. Colin found his preferred way to keep cool. He gets about half way through a popsicle and runs and throws it in the trash and demands a new one. it was cute the first time..

like a stick for getting termites

2006-07-25T13:44:00.000-07:00

Colin is becoming much more industrious these days. He can finally reach the light switch so now he goes room to room looking for trouble. More worrisome is his discovery of tools. The other day we were in Costco and Colin picked up a Thomas DVD that includes a free wooden train. He usually carries one around and then gets really mad when we don't buy it when we leave. This time he kept

So much for soccer

2006-07-12T15:36:00.000-07:00

CIMG2591 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. We signed Colin up for Munchkin soccer... soccer practice fro 2-4 four year olds. They don't actually do anything competitive, just skill drills scaled down for toddlers. Colin is interested for about the first 5 minutes, but then he gets distracted or tired. The class starts jsut before nap time so he is usually tired by the time we get

ghostly hoop

2006-07-11T08:34:00.000-07:00

CIMG2612 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. There is a basket ball hoop next to out driveway exactly on the property line between ours and the neighbors house. We figured it was theirs since the previous owner didn't say anything to us about it. About a week ago we went out to the car and the backboard was gone. There was just a big metal pole sticking out of the ground. Last

Belated Birthday Post

2006-07-08T14:48:00.000-07:00

casio 025 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine. So Colin's big number two was spread out a bit over a week so the fun just kept coming. Christine's parents came up the week before so the first cake and round of presents started then. This pic is of him blowing out the candles and getting some spit on the cake. On the actual day of his birthday our friend Amy was in town, but

One blog to rule them all

2006-07-06T14:34:00.000-07:00

Instead of rarely updating 3 blogs I have decided to basically start over with one centralized blog that I plan on updating much more often (I promise!)I plan on doing some template modifications soon and start categorizing posts. Two years ago I signed up for web hosting and my own domain with the intent of updating all the time and posting and archiving everything. Turns out I never had/

Flores Family Fun

2005-12-30T20:37:00.000-08:00

Welcome!This is am updated and simplified site for us to share our thoughts and provide updates and pics of Colin for our friends and family. The pictures at the top of this page are the most recent happenings with us. Click on them to see more. Use the links at the left to go to individual pages for more pictures and updates.

Our adventures... Part 1

2005-08-09T23:34:00.000-07:00

Well, it is hard to post all of what we have been up to in one post. Let me just start by saying we got an awesome deal on some new cell phones (complete with Portland phone numbers), and part of the deal was that Greg got to go into the money booth. That's right, one of those wood and Plexiglas booths that they fan all the dollar bills around. It was outrageously and indescribably funny. A

Welcome!

2005-06-10T11:07:00.000-07:00

This is am updated and simplified site for us to share our thoughts and provide updates and pics of Colin for our friends and family. The pictures at the top of this page are the most recent happenings with us. Click on them to see more. Use the links at the left to go to individual pages for more pictures and updates.

b-dizzle

2005-01-15T12:20:00.000-08:00