This would never happen in Utah

So last night, Amber decided I needed a pair of swim trunks for the family reunion even though my foot is not 100% healed. I agreed and off we went to marshals. It took us about 15 minutes to find and buy a pair of swim trunks, but her Mom and Dad were still browsing so Amber decided to continue browsing herself.

Needing to take a break and get the weight off my foot, I sat down near the door to wait.

There were three seats near the door. On the far right, sat a hispanic fellow who was obviously waiting for his wife. I sat on the far left in order to observe the inter-galactic law of "don't-get-too-close-to-any-other-dude-unless-you-absolutely-have-to." Five minutes later, a cute, old, asian lady came and sat down between us. She was joined by another elderly asian lady, with a black (maybe polynesian) baby girl in tow. The two ladies were waiting for the mother of the baby at the register, the mother was also asian, so I believe the baby to have been adopted. A white lady with a baby girl of the same age was at the next register over, and as the two mothers checked out, the two toddlers set up an impromptu play date by the door.

White and Black toddlers playing, while a Latino, a white guy, and two older asian ladies watched; all of us smiling.

California catches a lot of grief over a lot of issues, but you have to give credit where credit is due. The cultural mixing and acceptance that has been achieved here is not something that you would ever see in Utah or many other places in the US.

Kudos to you California.

P.S. The above photograph is of twin girls from Australia. The mother was black, and the father white, apparently the chances of twins with such different complexions is a million to one according to the Dr.'s

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article68181.ece

Happy Birthday to Me!

Well, it appears as though it's been over a month since I last posted. A lot has happened so I've decided to create a chronological picture update.

May 14 - We found out our little monkey, aka Boris, was really a Boris-a. It was decided by unanimous vote that Boris-a was no longer a feasible name, The switch was made to Ruby.


May 22ish

In

Enough said.

May 29ish

You can call me FrankinFoot - Surgery to repair ligaments in my right ankle. Surgery went well, but a week later I started to have an alergic reaction to something, and the ankle became infected. Problem solved with antibiotics and copious amounts of Bennydryl (SP?)


June 19 - Birthday. Amber surprised me with tickets to see the Blueman group. We sat in the poncho zone. The performance in Las Vegas was every bit as good as the traveling show. Different but still awesome! The group here was spectacular in their awkwardness. I snapped a picture of Amber and I after the show with one of the blue men, then failed to save the photo. (yes I'm a dummy). On the other hand, we purchased some artwork, made in-show, and they gave me a pair of used drumb sticks when they found out it was my birthday! Pictures to follow of the artwork.