Proud Papa

so one day ana sends me some pictures with a story line. these are probably some of my favorite pictures of zander i have. so here goes the story:

everyday zander goes to school. and everyday he comes back dirty. well this is why. he has a friend that he loves to wrestle with. over to the left is

one such occasion.

they both love spiderman, transformers and power rangers. they love to let there minds go and pretend they are battling it out.

no one gets hurt. because it's all in good fun. i'm mean heck..... if spiderman gets to fight villains everyday why can't they. it makes perfect sense to me.

it teaches them special skills like the right hook. as demostrated in the picture to the left. zander has great form. wonderful positioning. excellent scowl on the face to ensure the striking of fear into the opponents heart. all he lacks was the follow through

next time don't let your eye off the target.

i don't really condone fighting. i just love it when boys are boys. oh to be young again. my brothers and i would fight constantly. and though it hurt at times i think it is one of my foundest memories. just getting dirty and sraping some knees and elbows. that's what it's all about!

til next sunday

chad

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this one of the parks in ocotepeque, honduras
zander and his friend carlitos

this is my little cossette all growed up(almost)

wow that was a long time ago

wow that was a long time ago. well i do remember writing but i don't remember saying that i would write back next sunday. by the way some one has to teach me how to add people to their screen. cuz i see everybody elses screens and they are loaded with names and what not. anyway, i didn't think anybody was gonna be able to see my blog cuz i couldn't contact any one so i didn't write. now i feel bad. cuz i want to keep in touch with every one. so i do apologize for my laziness. thankyou to those who commented. i miss you guys alot. almost ten years has gone by since we were roughin the halls of west wood. those were the days.
not much is new. i do want to share one awesome experience i had though.

i don't know if ya'll as parents have had this happen or not. but it was about 3 weeks ago. i communicate with my family using skype. so we get to see each other everyday and talk over the internet using a canmera and microphone. my little girl cossette is now almost 2 1/2 years old. her spanish was coming along. she would say phrases every once in a while, but she really couldn't explain herself that well. until the big day. all of the sudden(or that's what it seemed like) i sat down and was talking to her one morning . she was saying full sentnces. we had a full on conversation. it was the coolest thing ever. she was talking about her barbies and now that zander is at school she can go and play with his toys too. she told me about breakfast and chila(our maid) was being nice to her. she sang me a song and i understood every word.

the change was what surprised me the most. from one day to the next there was a complete language change. the amount of information that our children learn is amazing and i'm so grateful to be apart of this and see it with my own eyes.
until next time
chad

So I've decided to join

so i've decide to join the blogging world and not be such a recluse. really it was done because of the blog jen badget put up. and what took me there was spence's email about them and their new little one.
well i'll just let ya'll know kinda what's been happening for the past couple of years or so. first off the biggest change in our lives was that my wife and best friend had to leave the country for immigration issues beyond our control. as of late she's been out of the country (in honduras specefically) for the past year and 2 months. both my little ones zander and cossette are living there with her and they've been gone for the past year. they are doing well: going to school leraning two languages, playing with family and friends. but i get asked every day papa when are you gonna come be with us again. well i go and visit about every 3 months for about a week or two weeks at a time depending on work and what not. (don't worry i'll throw so pix up so you can see)
ana (nickname: babygirl and obviously mama) is a school teacher by trade and is getting ready to do some part time work at one of the private schools there as an english teacher and an art teacher. you should see some of the pencil art that she creates it's amazing.
zander (nickname: tato) is gonna be 4 this may. he loves spiderman, transformers and power rangers. he loves going to school and playing with his friends. ahh to be 4 again would be great. he just a normal little boy except for the fact that he lives in a third world country and he's the only white kid for miles and that's including the tourists. me and zander are exactly alike it makes me smile everytime i look at him.
cossette (nickname: cossi) is gonna be 2 this may. she and zander are almost exactly two years apart cuz that's how we do. she loves to read (have someone else read to her) paint, draw, play house and she loves i repeat loves barbie and dora la exporadora. she has stolen my heart and that's about all i have to say about her. once you have a little girl just remember guys that you will goes right out the window cuz what ever she wants to do she will get you to let her do. but man you gotta love it.
chad (nickname:papacito and papi). well not too much to say about myself. i didn't go the traditional college route. so i have no college stories or interesting places i've been. once i moved to utah i've stayed here. there is still a huge place in my heart for arizona and i will move back there one day. currently i'm involved in real estate and music. this wednesday, the 23rd, i'm going to have the awesome experience of sharing the stage with ben folds for a charity concert. i'm very excited about that. my brother and i are starting a marketing company called rocknasty marketing. things are going well and if we get it off the ground and running i'll be able to spend more time with my family in honduras until ana is able to come back. we'll see what happens. it's all an adventure right now though.
any way ya'll are pretty much caught up.
until next sunday then.