For those of you who haven't seen Mariah's new car.....Yes, she will be driving soon. She has already taken driver ed, and will get her license in November. We bought this car about 2 months ago for her to use. It is a VW Passat Wagon fully loaded and we got a really good deal on it! And gas mileage is much better in this than in the van or the suburban. So whenever we need to run a quick errand or go pick up a couple of kids we take this car into town instead.

Oldies but Goldies

See and hear music when it was music!!!

Let's hear it!!!

The talk that needs to be made!!

Young family

Here is a picture of the Sachs family a long time ago!!! Even dad still has some hair!! ha!!

For those that were interested, apparently, the Athletic Director position for the Santa Fe Public School District was offered to an assistant principal in the district. I wish them success in the coming years. I appreciated the opportunity to interview and learn what kinds of things an athletic director needs to know.

School has started here in Gilbert. We are finishing up the first few days this Friday. I am administering a test to my computer class students about basic computers. We have implemented Thinking Maps on our campus. I have provided instruction using the Defining (circle) and Sequencing (flow) maps and will determine my success at instructing using those maps by the level of achievement of my students tomorrow. I think they will be ready and achieve high scores for the test over the material.

Hope all are well. Hope the fires in CA are receding. The watershed in the Rockies apparently has improved. Lake Powell is actually increasing in water capacity. The lake is higher than it has been and is still increasing!! That is good news. Maybe John can quit taking submarine showers!

Red Bull US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca

The races at Laguna Seca were great this year because the weather was the best. Day time temps were very nice, but it did get mighty cold at night. Down as low as 49 degrees!!! Yikes!! Enjoy the photos taken by following this link.

Devin's visit to AZ

We certainly enjoyed having Devin in our home and with us as we traveled to visit his cousins in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, NM. He enjoyed getting to know his cousins. He was quite the traveler, as his pictorial adventure is posted here. We look forward to having him again in the future for another adventure!! He is leaving today to return home to see Naomi and his parents. Be sure to ask him about opposites!!

Submarine Shower

When I was very small, dad taught me the art of the "submarine shower". For those that never got the pleasure of experiencing one of these showers, the way you do it is to turn on the water, jump in get wet, turn off the water, soap up, turn on the water rinse off and get out. Little did I know that knowledge would come in handy more than 30 years later.
Our water provider, EBMUD has started mandatory rationing for us due to a drought. We need to come in 19% under our baseline water usage. I am doing several things to try to meet this goal, but one of them is the submarine shower. It's amazing how much water is basically wasted during a shower. You really see that when you take a submarine shower.
So thanks, dad. It's a small thing, but it's one more valuable lesson you taught me. It just took longer than normal for me to appreciate it.