Pinwheels for Prevention

APRIL is CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. To promote awareness the Children's Protection Program at Children's Hospital planted a "garden of pinwheels". A planting ceremony was held on April 5th in a courtyard on the Children's Hospital campus. Many friends and supporters attended the event and helped make it a huge success. That is Brayden Hiam in the "garden" with me.

Below are links to some of the Children's Protection Program's affiliates. They are great resources for parenting tips, child protection related issues and other ways to advocate for safe and healthy children and families.

Parent Trust
WA Council for Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect

"No one can do everything

but everyone can do something to keep kids safe"

Say Cheese

That's the digital camera Christine and I want to get. During the approximately 4.5 years that we have been married, the many trips we have been on, and the numerous other opportunities that we have had together for photos, I think we have taken a total of 4 pictures documenting our lives and I think one of the pictures is of my foot because the camera snapped a picture as it bounced on the ground. Needless to say we need a digital camera. This camera gets good reviews, is relatively inexpensive, and uses 8 mega pixels, whatever that means. So watch out, Christine and I are going to give even the best paparazzi a run for their money.

Walking the Plank

What does Pirates of the Caribbean, Alaska Airlines, and Kelly Lohman have to do with our blog? Well, Christine and I are heading down to California to visit her friend Kelly, and it's been a while since we have been to Disneyland (and never together) so we figured it would be fun to do that. Well, it turns out that the day that we are going to be there they are closing Disneyland early for...the premiere of the Pirates of the Caribbean III, At World's End. Some people are really excited for this and are planning on getting there to have a spot next to the red carpet to perhaps get a drop of Johnny Depp's perspiration, or a wiff of Orlando Bloom's moisturizer. Personally, I could care less about seeing some celebrities, I just want to go on rides, wear some Mickey Mouse ears, and enjoy some sunshine and Christine just wants me to visit Mr. Grim Reaper by forcing me on some roller coasters. Spinning Tea Cups here I come!