Uncle Sam wants you to buy a car !!!!

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So, the government is trying to stimulate car sales by offering $1,300 if you spend $25,000 on a car.

In other words, "buy buy buy"... It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that our economy is in shambles because of the "buy buy buy" mentality. Our nation has become a nation of debtors. Stimulus packages have become a joke, and printing money seems to be the current path our government is willing to take.

Twenty five thousand dollars really is a lot to spend on a car - with no money down and payments of $500+/month people are working for their cars.

My suggestion to the "Big 3" is to lower prices, get tough with the unions and move on.

After all, a car is just transportation.

Big Sur...

Last weekend Sarah (josh's girlfriend) and Uncle Blake came down for the weekend. They stayed the night - we all woke up the next day for a nice drive on Big Sur. The views are priceless.

Global Cooling/Warming?

It seems that they can't make up their mind anymore.



It's going to be a blistering 70 degrees today... again... Can't say we're complaining :)



Here's a live picture of Chicago... Nana just sent us this picture of her backyard...

2008 In Review ...

2008 was certainly an interesting year. Without a doubt we know that God has totally blessed us. From selling our house, starting a new job, moving 1700 miles and readjusting to a different area - it required very little effort. We know that we couldn't have done it without Him... We have so much more than we need and we're incredibly thankful for all HE has done in our marriage. In the past 7 months in California, we have a great group of friends, an awesome church and family right around the corner (literally). Everything has fallen into place. He has more than provided for us.

We finally found decent East Coast style pizza in Gilroy, CA and frequent the shop about 1 - 2 times a month. Gilroy has become one of our new favorite places. The pizza is great, but so is the drive.

Joshua is walking like a pro. He alternates between walking and crawling - nods, claps, and says the word "yeah, mamamama, dadadadada etc..." baby talk.

BIG NEWS !! Joshua is now going to be a big brother !!! The new addition to our family is a few months in the making and is due at the end of July / beginning of August time frame. We're pretty excited and look forward to welcoming the new life into the world.

We spent 2 solid weeks with my family and had a great time in Delaware. Meme couldn't keep her hands off of the little guy.



Not only are Tiffany and I expecting, but Amy and Nitan are as well. My parents have a double dose of grandchildren headed their way next summer ! Congrats Amy and Nitan !



Joshua and Kaitlyn definetely bonded. They spent a ton of time together - Katie has definitely taken on the role as the older cousin.



Aunt Becca was also AWESOME as usual. She treated me to Margharitas Pizza in Newark, and spent plenty of time with Josh and Katie.



Christmas Day was great. Amy and Nitan just finished building their beautiful new house, and we spent the day at their place opening presents and just hanging out. Nitan's parents flew in from Englad to celebrate the day with us.



Later in the trip, we spent some time with friends we hadn't seen in years. Great seeing all of you. Tiff and I had a wonderful time at Smithers - Yueng's and wings.. Luke and I also we're able to get some time playing guitar hero - truth is, Tiffany killed all of us at that game.





When we got back into Monterey, we had Christmas #2. Nana and Tanya came in to visit for several days and we celebrated Christmas after the New Year !




Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year.

Mike Tiff Josh

VACATION !!!

Woo hoo !!! Off to Delaware to see MeMe and PopPop.. Josh has no idea how many people want to get their hands on him :)

Not only that, but Mom and Dad get to visit friends, kick back, relax and enjoy the next 2 weeks off.

East Coast here we come !