We are the Arzaga's: July 2008

After a dreadful summer of watching the losses mount for the Curly Ws and the DCU, we are so glad that football season is upon us. Okay, Trina couldn't care less, but Redskins training camp means one thing - Christmas in July.

Redskins Training Camp

Check out Chris 'Captain Chaos' Cooley's awesome blog. Well worth the read for 'Skins fans.

Joey's 2nd Birthday Weekend

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As usual, Joey celebrated his birthday once with his classmates at pre-school, twice at home with friends and neighbors, and thrice for a summer BBQ birthday bash with more friends and family . Happy birthday Joey. We love you!!!

Joey's 2nd Bday 2008

At two years old, Joey is such a boy now. I mean wasn't he a baby just last year? Oh yeah, he was. But the trouble he gets himself into and how he instigates a fight with Jake are so typical of the "terrible twos." Maybe we tolerated Jake's terrible twos because he was our first born, but we find ourselves saying "no" a lot to Joey and sending him to "time-outs" on a frequent occurrence. It doesn't help that he started being "tinky" since he was only 13-15 months and the whining and crying are growing tiresome.

But as his Lola pointed out - is to consider the alternative. If he wasn't acting his age as a boisterous, problem child, than something is wrong. We'd rather he be himself, than worrying about his health or otherwise. He is, after all, a 2 year old boy who wants nothing more in his world but to eat, sleep, and have fun. Hmm, don't we all want that simplicity as adults, too?

July 4th Weekend

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We're fortunate to live where our rights and freedom allow us to raise our children in a happy and peaceful community. Regardless of the faltering economy, global warming, and the heartaches felt around the world, I see a bright future for our country and those in every corner of the globe. I have to be, for my kids' sake, and my kids' kids sake.

And to all the many brave men and women, here and abroad, who protect us daily - thank you. We are able to celebrate today just as how our forefathers hope it would be 232 years later. And what better way to celebrate this holiday, than watching fireworks and having a barbecue with our fellow neighbors. Happy Birthday America.

"A life lived for others is a life worthwhile"

"A day without laughter is a day wasted." - unknown
"An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth." Bonnie Friedman
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice." William Jennings Bryan
"Do good things, good things happen." My Name is Earl
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." Roger Caras
"Everything is going to be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." - unknown
"From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way." - Calvin and Hobbes
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old time is still a flying, and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying." - Robert Herrick
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Have fun storming the castle!" - Princess Bride"
"He who knows patience knows peace." Chinese proverb
"I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts is with a simple smile." Goldie Hawn
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone? - Stand By Me
"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world." Walt Whitman
"I wish I had your passion... misdirected though it might be, it is still a passion." - Field of Dreams
"In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail." Vince Lombardi
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." George Eliot
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller
"Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words." Fr. Jerome Cummings
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets oppurtunity."
"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it." Soren Kierkegaard
"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us." Earl Nightingale
"Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise." Anonymous
"Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. " - Roger Miller
"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend." Henry David Thoreau
"The secret to happiness is learning to appreciate the moment" Bill Watterson via Calvin and Hobbes
"The true test of character is... how we behave when we don't know what to do." John Holt
"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. Think about that for a while. " - Bull Durham
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." Donald Laird
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. " Dead Poets Society
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." George Bernard Shaw
"What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." Japanese Proverb
"Who I am, is who I want to be." Reba McEntire
"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." Carl G. Jung
"Work hard, play harder...one day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching." - unknown

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