Safe and Secure

There was one time, perhaps a year ago, when I used PayPal to make a purchase, I think on Amazon.com. Anyway, on Sunday, October 12, someone gained access to my PayPal account which was tied to my bank account. That evening we began to receive emails from PayPal which
seemed to be odd. I didn't trust the emails so I went to the PayPal site and logged in and everything looked Chinese. They changed the language on the account. The next day on Monday I found out that they had accessed my bank account for $137.50. We contacted the bank. Stop payments were issued. And we were not out of pocket but had to close the account and open a new one. The interesting part is, after a round about way of contacting PayPal in English (which was not easy), I found that purchases were made in Euros not US dollars.

Safe and Secure. Yeah, right.

Seth's School

Seth attends the University Charter School located on the

community college campus of West Hills Lemoore. Steve

was on the school board when it was decided to go into

partnership with West Hills and Fresno State. The joint use

facility relationship with the college allowed this school

to be built without having to pass a bond. (Our second school

built without a bond or borrowing money). This school

has two classes each of 5th through 8th grade.

It doesn't take much to hit water around here. Near the

school there are some drainage ponds that were used

in order to lay pipe to the school. Between the school and

Lemoore NAS lies the Kings River wetlands.

At the West Hills College, Seth has access to the Library

because he has a West Hills Student Body card.

Pumpkin Carving October 2008

An anuual event is pumpkin carving.
And yes,
Bria's mother had her carve a pumpkin.

Scotland

Returning to the land of my ancestors, my sister, Carolyn and her husband, Jerry traveled once again to visit friends in Scotand. They found a town with my father's first name of Leith (rhymes with Keith and often confused with that name). Here are some pictures from their trip.

My sister Carolyn on the right with a mime.


My sister once again.


My brother-in-law, Jerry dressed in a kilt.

Sean and Sarah's Beach Wedding

Our son Sean married Sarah Greer, a recent convert to the church, on October 4th, 2008, on the beach in the town of Grover Beach, CA. The ceremony was conducted by their bishop, Bishop Haar of the Fresno Singles 3rd Ward which meets at the Institute of Religion across from Fresno State. Sarah was first escorted by her stepfather and then by her father who gave her away. In spite of an early morning rain shower and a ceremony conducted under cloudy skies, the wedding concluded with the sun peeking through just in time for their first kiss as husband and wife. Wedding picures were taken by Sister Amy Evans and the wife of Sean's boss who is also LDS. The honeymoon couple spent their first night in Huntington Beach followed by in the ensuing days with a cruise to three Mexican ports.


The groomsmen. Sean is first to the left; next is his best man
and former soccer team mate, Kyle Zimmerman; his boss Matt
from PML landscaping; his friend from Visalia; and Seth.

A closeup of Seth in his penguin suit.
He seems to be wishing to see one-piece
swimsuit clad girls on the beach.


The procession of bride's maids.

The ring bearer, Sarah's half brother.

Sarah escorted by her step father.

Sarah escorted by her father.

Sarah and Sean standing before Bishop Haar. The bishop

related the advice of Sarah's father (stay close to God),

the advice of Sean's mother (compromise), and some Scottish

advice based on Sean's ancestory that Sean's Dad and Aunt gave

(the husband needs to remember two words "Yes, Dear!").

Sarah passing off the flowers before the exchange of rings.

The sun breaks through on a day that had an early

morning rain shower and on a wedding held under overcast skies.

Husband and wife.