15 Years Together

WOW!!! I can't believe it's been 15 years since Keri and I got married. It seems like yesterday this journey started. I love Keri so much. I want 15+ more. I really have found my soul mate. It's awesome. She has given me the best years of my life and 2 beautiful baby boys.

Crisis Negotiator

Well, it's official.... I'm a Crisis (Hostage) Negotiator. Well not all the way. I still have 2 more classes to go before I get "cut loose" on my own. I have to go to all the "call outs" with another Negotiator right now. But after the last 2 classes, I can go on my own. At first I thought this was going to be easy.... and, it is, to a certain extent. It's mentally draining like crazy, but I like it. We have training every month and after it's over, I need a nap. I'll keep you posted on how I'm doing after all my training.

My Best Friend

I LOVE YOU KERI !!!!

Landry Family Reunion

Keri, Austin, Nick and me went to Corpus Christi, Texas to the Landry Family Reunion at Uncle Johnny's. We had a great time with family. We rode on the boat, played golf and ate a whole lot of food. Keri, Uncle Paul and me were a team when we played golf. Keri out drove me on several holes and was a master putter. Nick and Austin drove the golf carts around like mad men. As you can see from the pictures, we had fun and the weather was perfect.

Austin, Nick and Chad

Rainbow in Corpus Christi

Chad and Keri

Keri and Uncle Johnny on the boat

Chad and Keri

Nick and Keri on the golf course

Austin and Nick

Corpus Christi Bay

Keri and Uncle Paul golfin'

Nice swing Keri

Ron, Tony, Austin, Uncle Paul, Johnny

Tony, Uncle Johnny, Keri and DeAnna(Mom)

This is a better picture of them

Austin and Nick

Austin, Cheryl and Nick

Beautiful day for a boat ride

Sittin' on the dock on the bay

Sittin' on the porch... What a view...

No explanation needed

Nick and Austin lovin' the ride

Austin, Nick and Cheryl (her arms that is)

Chad, Keri and our driver Nick

Austin and Nick.... Golf cart driver's

Keri on the fairway... She's not too bad

Thai Food

While Keri, the boys and I were at Angela's residence the other day, we decided to go out and grab some lunch. Well.. Angie had this "great idea" of going to get some Thai food. Now, what I don't understand about her is that the last time she suggested food, I nearly DIED.

So she talked us into it... well talked me into it because Keri was ready, and we went (another "Trust Me" incident). While looking at the menu........ Oh wait, I need to mention the Thai restaurant we went to was NEXT DOOR to the YUCK restaurant we went to previously, so my guard was already up.

We went in, sat down, some strange smells were happnin' and there was no one in the restaurant but us and another family.......... AT LUNCH TIME. Needless to say, alarms were going off in my head.

The menu was filled with items I did not know or could not pernounce, until I spotted something involving sweet and sour sauce. I got excited and hoped and prayed this would be good.

Keri and I got the same dish and Angie got this weird smelling soup that took the oxygen out of the air. I know that last statement does not make any since, you just had to be there (sorry, have Angie explain it).

We ate our food and surprisingly, I have to give it up to my Sister-in-Law, it was good. I guess I can trust her again.

¡Hola! ¿Cómo está?

Well, I just got back from Meridian Mississippi were for the last 2 1/2 days I've been trying to learn some Español for work. It was pretty difficult for me at first, but by the end, I had it. We (my guy's from work and me) did not learn to speak fluently, just how to say command words and phrases. We had to know 50 phrases to graduated. I have my graduation class picuture and a few pictures of the Navy base we stated on. It was nice and we had a good time.

My Class

School Seal



Front of Building



My Seat



Front of Building from my room



My room is at the bottom right



My room



My Room



My Room



My Room and Me



Lake behind school with Church



Lake behind school



Lake behind school

Newest "Crisis Intervention Team" member

For the past week, I have been at a school for work called Crisis Intervention Training (CIT). It's training learning how to deal with and handle the mentally challenged and drug/alcohol addicted persons. We had several instructors come and talk as well as patient's involved in the program. We also did "role-playing" which was interesting in itself. I wish I had video of this so I could show how crazy some of my co-workers are.

While in the class.... lets just say, I've learned a little something about myself and my family.... "We're Crazy"!!

No really, after seeing and talking with instructor's and actual patients with the illnesses, I've come to realize how BLESSED we are.

I'm hoping to get to use the training to make a positive impact on someones life, whether it be someone at work or even in my private life. Some of the techniques can be used at home to de-escalate a situation so that everyone understands what the other wants or needs. And, for a small fee ($$$), I could slide privileged person's some info. The more the money, the better the information. :)

So, give it up for me for being the newest member of the Crisis Intervention Team.

Yea.. Yeah......... I'll try and get some pics of the graduation ceremony and post them.

"Trust Me"

Ok. Here's the story.

Keri, Austin and I went to stay with Angie's this weekend. Nick stayed with a friend. While at my sister-in-law's, we had a great time (other than them staying on the computer almost the whole time). Well, we got ready to leave, so we all decided to go and get something to eat. Angie suggested Sushi, which I've never had, because I don't like raw food. Angie informed/educated me that not all sushi was raw and there were things on the sushi menu that I may like. Then the words "TRUST ME" and " You'll not leave hungry" came out of her mouth.

So... we went. At the sushi place, I ordered a dish call the 911, which was fish (raw), shrimp, some white stuff, some drippy orange stuff on top, surrounded by this green stuff, all deep fried (yum). Keri and Angie order some other sushi... which I'll get to that in a second.

When my sushi came out, I looked at it with an open mind. I stared at it for a minute and played with the chopsticks that I was trying to look like I knew how to use. Keri cheated and got the kiddie chopsticks with the rubber bands... In fact, she stole Maddy's sticks.

So I ate mine and it was not bad (next time I'm ordering off the menu).

Keri and Angie were so kind as to "let" me have a bite of their sushi. But before I explain that experience, let me describe what it looked like.

Theirs was a mixture of different food groups I can't remember, surrounded by the same green stuff and these curious looking orange bead thingies. Both Keri and Angie were saying how good the sushi was. So I "TRUSTED" them in their taste decision because they have not steered me wrong in the past. Before I took a bite, I asked Angie what the orange beads on top the sushi were. Without hesitation, Angie said something about "fish eggs" (Oh, wait........ I just threw up a little in my mouth), but they did not taste like anything.

Keri pinched a few eggs off he top of the sushi and ate it. She said they in fact "did not" taste like anything and that they "burst" in her mouth. So after some encouragement (ha!) from my sister-in-law and my wife, I tried some of the orange fish eggs.

I would describe the egg tasting sensation as....... YUCK !!! When I snapped a few between my teeth, I could not get to my tea fast enough. I swallowed the rest like medication trying not to taste them. After that episode, I drummed up some courage and downed the last peice of their sushi as they laughed at me. And yes, it too was nasty. I even tried to drown it in soy sauce, which did not help.

After we left the restaurant and I found my manhood again, we said our goodbye's and left for home all the while I'm trying to forget what just happened.

On the way home, my lovely wife wanted to talk about the experience we just had with the sushi. I told her when she talked about it, my stomach knotted up.

I told Keri that my stomach felt like when we got home and took a poop, I would have little brown minnow's swimming in the toilet.

It should be noted that all's well and there were no brown minnow's after extraction.

So I go back to the words my sister-in-law said to me in the beginning "Trust Me" and "You'll not leave hungry"............ Well, we'll just leave it at that and I'll let you all make the determination on what I'm trying to say.

Score is: Keri, Angie and sushi 1, me 0.

I love my family. Peace out.

1st Timer

Well, these are the first words on my blog. I've been telling Keri I wanted to write a blog. Now that I have one, I would like to say something smart or funny.......... but nothing is coming to mind.

We just got back from Arkansas visiting with Dixie. We all had fun hanging out with her and the cousin's, well, they always have fun together. I had a little time to bond with my youngest neice, Sophia. She's something else. She "made me" play with Barbie dolls and she painted my fingernails (a few times and different colors).

Keri, Maddy, Lani, Austin, Nick and me went to Mt. Nebo while Angie was getting Sophie's hair cut. Maddy is a little dare devil and kept scaring Keri when she tried to get close to the edge of the cliff's (I think we were about 2000 feet up or something like that).


Anyway, just sitting at Wal Mart on an extra duty detail pondering my life...... It's all good. Check
Keri and Angie's blogs. I'm sure they are going to have plenty of pics of the trip.


LOOK... Me on a mountain.....

Sorry, that was dumb.