Bailey's Cheer Competition

Here is a video of Bailey's most recent cheer competition. Look for her at the beginning, 1:30 and at 2:20. Bailey's team took second place!

Veronica is 16 now. Megan is 22. Pictures from both their celebrations are now posted on my Flickr account. The Luau was to celebrate Veronica being 16. She had some friends over and we had a great time. There was even a silly string fight in the backyard. Tyler, Cherie and Luke were here, so was Tom and his family. Many of the neighbors stopped in to help celebrate also.

Megan's celebration was lower key. We went to Red Lobster for dinner, then to see Fantastic Four, The Silver Surfer (it was ok). Aftwards, we made it home and let Megan open her gifts.

Did anyone mention the girls got a car earlier this month. They'll be sharing the Honda Civic for now (it's a grey 1990 model). They both are studying to get their licenses now.

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Luke turned 2 today!

Pictures from our little get together are here. I didn't do any editing. I just posted the whole lot that I took. Pick the ones you like.

Super Bowl scrapblog

Megan created a scrapblog of the Super Bowl party we were at with some friends.

In memory of Cecelia Pantell

Sunday, January 21, a memorial was held at Dad's house. Many people came and shared some very nice stories about Cecelia. One of the stories we found most touching was that of Cecelia's hairdresser and how Cecelia did nice things for her and her child, who has been sick and in and out of the Children's Hospital. Cecelia touched alot of people. Below is what was read during the gathering at the house:

We are here today to honor Cecelia Pantell.

Cecelia was born September 27, 1916 in Indianapolis, IN.

Her father, Morris Klein was a tailor who arrived in the US as a teenager from the Czech Republic. Her mother, Jenny Klein worked with Morris in their tailoring and cleaning business in Indianapolis, IN.

Cecelia had one brother, Leo Klein who is a retired CPA in Los Angeles.

After high school, Cecelia attended Butler University & Conservatory in Indianapolis, IN. where she graduated with a degree in music. She then became a high school music teacher.

In 1941, she married her husband, Leon Pantell who was in the coast guard during World War II.

They soon moved to Los Angeles where Leon became a Los Angeles policeman and Cecelia worked at Air research as a planner (this company played a significant role in sending the first man to the moon).

When Leon retired, they moved to San Francisco where Leon worked several jobs.

They next moved to Reno, NV where their two sons were attending the University of Nevada.

Among other things Cecelia did in her lifetime, she was the choir director of at least 15 choirs and she also taught voice and piano lessons.

While in Reno, Cecelia and her family owned Rhodes Fish & Chips in Park Lane Mall for several years.

Cecelia is survived by her husband, her two sons, her daughter-in-law, her brother, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren.

Some pictures are here. Colin will be posting some more later.