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Manny met Brandon Cox

Manny got a picture and an autograph with last year’s Auburn quarterback, Brandon Cox who stopped by our practice.

Manny’s football coach, Chris Vacarella, who used to be a quarterback for Auburn from 1973-1977 and for the Alabama Vulcans asked Brandon to stop by.

Halfway there

Never before has the time of my birth mattered to me. My mother is here visiting me. I made sure to ask what time I was born so as of the moment I am writing this, I am still 39. At 11:26 am, I will reach the milestone of 40. [...]

It was bound to happen

Gabi is practically famous for her hair. She was born with a ton of it and it is long and gorgeous. I was woken up one day last week by my wife telling me that we might have to cut off Gabi’s hair and that I needed to come see it. [...]

Gabi’s first ballet class

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Happy Birthday Andres

My favorite son has turned 10 years old today.

Manny and me

Go Cubs!

Yazmin and Andres are U.S. Citizens!

Yesterday we took a trip to Atlanta for Yazmin’s citizenship exam. She passed with flying colors! This also made Andres a citizen automatically. We all got to participate in the Ceremony. There were several men from the armed forces there becoming citizens as well. I was glad to see [...]

Play Ball!

Little League season starts tonight! “Manny” is on the Cubs. The real Cubs have not won a World Series in 100 years. I gotta go get the sunflower seeds. I’ll be a dugout dad again. That’s my favorite job keeping the kids pumped up and batting in [...]

I’m sick

I’ve been sick since Saturday. My son had baseball practice at 9 am and it was freezing out. We weren’t even the first scheduled practice of the day! Soon after, I had the flu. “Experts” say that being cold does not make you sick, but experience has taught us all [...]

Tragedy for Rick Burgess and family

Over the weekend, Rick Burgess of the Rick and Bubba radio show lost their youngest, two year-old son Bronner Burgess in an accidental drowning.  This is devastating news.   Rick, who was Andres first football coach, is just about the nicest person I’ve ever met.  I’ve always been impressed with what a strong family man he [...]