Jack learns paw-shakin’!

So proud of my son, Jackson Neal, and his new paw-shaking learned trick! He was great and now shakes on-command but this was not easy for him. Touching his paws has been nearly off-limits after he experienced a terrible nail-trim at PetSmart where they cut his nails too short and made him bleed and in great, obvious, pain. Ever since Brandee and I have been working with him constantly to…

January 18
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Stanford football 10/5/13

Another year of successful Stanford football is in the books! Yesterday the guys and I packed the supplies, met at our usual rendezvous point and then caravanned on up to “The Farm” (a.k.a. Stanford Stadium) for our annual event.  I’m not sure exactly how many years I have been personally attending but it’s quite a few (between 6-7 is my guess) and overall this group, or various renditions of the…

October 6
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Coyote Lake Camping – August 16-18, 2013

There you have if folks, another successful camping trip in the books!  Brandee (my wife), Jack (our dog) and I packed up the car once again to make our second camping trip in three weeks.  The weather conditions were ideal; not too hot, not too cold and no rain in the forecast.  We were ready and eager to head-out on an adventure.  The anticipation in our house had been growing…

September 2
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Sharen Neal, Lifetime Achievement Award, NAMIPC

NAMI – Placer County     Today, August 15th 2013, my mom, Sharen Neal, received a well-deserved lifetime achievement award from National Alliance on Mental Illness association of Placer County (NAMIPC – http://namipc.org).  It was so wonderful that Loretta alerted us in advance of this event so that we could plan to be there in-person.  This was a regularly scheduled meeting for NAMIPC but Loretta (President of NAMI – Placer County)…

September 1
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