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So, our vacuum cleaner is starting to go bad and I decided to go look at some tonight at Sears.  Holy sh!t!!!  They had 25% off on all vacuums and there was a Dyson that was still selling for $494!!!  For a stinkin vacuum cleaner!!!  I couldn’t believe my eyes. It’s been a while since I’ve looked at vacuum cleaners but $500 for a vacuum cleaner seems absurd.

We had an awesome Memorial Weekend.  We went camping, to the beach and boating.  Here some video from our weekend.

Having a great day!

Yo!  I’m writing today from the Playplace at McDonalds!  I take the girls here all the time and watch other parents bring their laptops so I figured I’d try it out tonight.  Not too shabby.  Girls are entertained and so am I.

This last week didn’t have too much action.  I went to a photography meetup of Des Moines area photographers.  It was a great time.  I was able to meet some really talented people and also talk about some really cool gear.  Thanks to Kevin Hillabolt for inviting me.

I was able to put a sump pump in our basement too.  I think it’s helped out tremendously already.  It shoots out about five gallons of water every ten minutes so I’m glad we got it in before any more rain comes.

Other than that it was the same ol fun time at the Casteel’s house.

I just want to say thank you to Sabrina! It’s crazy how much she knows me and I know her. It’s almost weird sometimes. She’s patient, understanding and willing to try something new. Just this last month she started eating guacamole! Not only that but she’s making it now!!! I have to say it’s the best guacamole north of the border! Actually I think it’s better than anything south of the border too!

The girls made a video for Sabrina tonight.  Her birthday is tomorrow but I had to record this before the girls went to bed so it could be up tomorrow morning.

Happy Birthday Mommy! from Steve Casteel on Vimeo.

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to write a post.  We’ve been super busy lately.  I was able to do a complete site re-design for URGE Party Bus.  I’m also working on a new site but can’t say anything about it yet.  Once I get it up I’ll let you guys know.

Sabrina and I had a great Valentines Day!  We took the girls to Hy-Vee Chinese for our dinner!  Nothing says love better than Hy-Vee Mongolian Beef.

We also laid to rest Grandpa Tom this last weekend.  I made the following slide show in tribute.

Thomas Carroll Meng from Steve Casteel on Vimeo.

Hola!  Last week was a very fun week.  It started off by us going to America’s Incredible Pizza Company.  While I can’t say their food is awesome the entertainment makes up for everything the food lacks.  We did all the usual games like skeeball, air hockey and the games where you try to win 1000 tickets and only get 7 and we had a lot of fun.  It was funny though because I went to combine two of our cards so that we could play one last game and the attendant told me I had 6 attractions on our cards!  Woohoo!  So we took the girls on the go-carts and it was a blast.  Mommy ended up beating daddy twice and both girls got ribbons for coming in first place.  The girls had so much fun in the cars it was hilarious.

On Monday we celebrated our last Christmas party for 2009.  It was at Grandma Cindy’s.  I got a sweet winter hat and an awesome toolbox.  The girls scored a boatload of toys.

On Saturday morning we took the girls to their very first basketball game.  We watched the Drake vs. Wichita State men’s basketball game thanks to Nani.  To my surprise, the girls loved it.  As soon as we walked in the girls said they could smell popcorn so we went and got some popcorn.  Two buckets later they tore through some licorice.  The game was great!  Josh Young is a stud!  Although you don’t get all the instant replays like watching the game at home it’s so exciting to watch the game in person.

Last night we celebrated Baby Landon’s first birthday!  It was a lot of fun.  Landon tore into his presents like he was a pro!  He demolished his birthday cake too.  The fun had to stop when he started flinging cake and rubbing it in his head.