San Diego 08

So I told you we were going to San Diego well, expect a lot of pictures. I think I took around 400 or so pictures. I mean obviously I;m not going to post them all but I will post enough so you know what we experienced. We had so much fun while we were there. This is a picture of a little bit of the road on the way to San Diego. It wasn't that bad of a drive. This was on the I-8 which is pretty much the majority of the trip. It is a long road but worth the drive. I made it there in about 6 hours but we did stop about 4 times so next time I think I can make it faster.

Amanda had never seen these before and I explained to her that there are plenty of these when you go to L.A through Palm Springs. However there were a few on the way to San Diego and she thought they were really cool so she snapped up a couple of picturtes of them.

Again, we took a lot of pictures while we were there but I just picked picked out the ones that I thought would be good for the blog. This picture was taken at the gorilla exibit at the San Diego Zoo. This was like the king of all gorilla's. It was definately the biggest gorilla I have ever seen up close. The exibit was a little ways into the zoo but definatley worth it. The San Diego Zoo was amazing I had never been before and it was an unforgetable experience.

The New Car

My old car, the oldsmobile conked out on me about a month ago, so I thought it was necessary to get a new one. Here it is. Small, good on gas and not bad looking. It is a 2004 Chevy Aveo. I like it. It gets me around and it is reliable.

The Chevy is about to take it's very first road trip tomorrow. It is going to take Me, Amanda and Mason (and Zane) all the way to sunny San Diego. it is our first trip together. Well besides Washington, but that doesn't count. I am looking so forward to it I can't explain it. We are going to have so much fun and i'm sure the little Chevy is going to like getting out of Arizona for a few days. We are going to be gone for four days. I am confident in the chevy as I wouldn't have been in the Oldsmobile. Keep posted for pics from San Diego.

Zane Alexander Thelwell

Here he is ladies and gentlemen. Zane Alexander Thelwell. Coming to you on or about August 18th 2008. Let me tell you I am so excited to be having a baby. Ok well not me physically but you know what I mean. Look at my son. I am already proud of him and he hasn't even been born yet. We just chose the name today, so that makes it that more exciting that he has a name now. And I know that Mason will be super excited when his little brother arrives.

Steele Indian Park

So, obviously Mason being the little kid he is loves the park, I mean what kid doesn't so a couple of weeks ago I decided to take Mason to Steele Indian Park in the downtown area. It was a beautiful day. We took kis bike and tried to learn how to ride it. I still think he is a little young to be riding a bike but i'm sure he will get it soon. This picture was taken from the little hill that is next to the playground. I didn't think it would be this good of a view. Sorry to all you avid readers of Thelwell's World. It has been very busy here between starting the new job and doctors appointments and all but hopefuly I will be able to keep up on the blog so please stick around.

My New Job

Well, it's official folks. I am now an employee of Zipps Sports Grill. Even though I haven't worked my first shift yet I went in yesterday and filled out my paperwork and got the ball rolling. My first shift is on Monday and I am very excited about this new venture. I think it is going to be nice to get back into the bar/restaraunt scene. My last day at the radio station was yesterday also. I don't think a lot of you will be able to make it up to see me as I am at the Frank Lloyd Wright location 3 days a week and the Kierland location 2 days a week. I am excited and I am looking forward to it. If you haven't ever been to Zipps check them out HERE.

Encanto Park

On Monday (presidents day) we decided to take a trip to Enchanted Island at Encanto Park in the downtown area. Encanto park is really cool and a great place to take the kids. It has a mini amusement park in side including a train, rides, games, food and more.

Mason seemed to have a blast. Here he is riding one of the motorcycle rides at the park. He loves these things and screams so loud, but thats ok. As long as he is having fun that's all that matters. It was nice we took some lunch and had a picnic. I must say if you asked me a year ago if I thought I would be doing this I would have asked you if you were crazy. But I am so happy that I am doing it and can't wait until we get to take the new baby with us.

Of course, you can't go to a park with rides and not have Amanda ride any. I tell ya. The kid in her seems to come out and just have a blast. I hope the poor baby is ok. Maybe this will be the last time she rides anything until after she has the baby. Plus if it spins...I don't go on it.

Adam & Jack

Well, I must say it is a very difficult process to get a good picture of Adam. He always seems to pull funny faces for pictures but he probably wasn't allowed to in these pro pictures they had taken right around Jacks 2nd birthday. I really like this picture and I think it shows off one of the best Dads of all time.

Ladies

Oh my, Washington was fun but you know how the girls always seem to have more fun. I don't know how but for us guys it's just usually playing pool and having a beer or two. Well these girls aint no strangers to the pool table and Heather (next to Amanda) used to be my pool partner until I woke up and realised that I needed to change some stuff in my life but I certainly do miss playing pool with H-Town.

Romney Out, McCain In?

Wow, I thought this was interesting. Mitt Romney has dropped out of the race for the republican nomination which leaves Sen. John McCain pretty much in the drivers seat for the nomination. Although I am not quite sure if he gets there who he will be up against. It is still close between Clinton and Obama so I don't know but we will find out as the big day gets closer i'm sure. Any thoughts?

A Good Pic Finally

Ha ha finally a picture of Mason that is good. I know he likes to have his picture taken but this morning I was trying to get a shot of him and he was playing with his phone and because of camera phones he thought he was tking pictures on his phone so I got a bunch of him with a cell phone in front of his face but then I figured it out. And here is the result.