Dust off your clubs and join us...

Hey Everyone,

I am thinking of trying to put together a Foursome to support this event for ACBVI. As some of you may know I have been friends with Steve Welker for more than 10 years now and have seen how much this organization has helped him.

Cost: $450 for foursome (about $112 per player of the Foursome)
$125 for an individual player

Usually entrance to non-profit Charity events starts at $250 or higher per player. A portion of the entrance fee would be considered a donation. Or if you wanted to If you are interested in joining me, let me know. You can also sign up by yourself at $125 rather than signing up as a foursome.

Also pass this along to anyone else who may be interested in joining my foursome or playing on their own.

Details are below in the email.

For Steve's story go to http://www.radicalresiliency.com/.

Thanks,
Pablo

Read Below:

Family & friends,

Please mark your calendar for the inaugural Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ACBVI)/ Ahwatukee Lion's Club golf tournament.

The event is being held at the Legacy golf course in Phoenix On Saturday, April 18, 2009. Please see the attached flyer for all of the details.

Proceeds from the golf tournament, dinner and auction will benefit ACBVI and the Lion's club

If you are not a golfer, you can still support us by sponsoring a hole, donating an auction item or attending the dinner/ auction.

Thank you for your ongoing support of this important agency.

Steve Welker
Chairman- Board of Directors
Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
3100 E. Roosevelt
Phoenix, AZ 85008

www.acbvi.org
Phone: 602.273.7411
Direct: 480.730.6200

FBR Phoenix Open

Sara and I both took Friday January 30th off from work to go to the FBR Phoenix Open. We got up early to go meet some of my co-workers at Temple Bar and Grill in North Scottsdale. We had a round of beers as we waited for everyone to get there at 10:20 am. Then we went outside to find out that Temple Bar had hired an Escalade Stretch Limo to take their customers to the Open and bring them back! We all piled in. Once we got there we got a beer (some got a Bloody Mary). We then went and got a spot on the grass near the 17th Hole. We then went over to the Food Court and Beer Garden to get some lunch and get another round of beer. We were then off to the 17th Hole again, where we had a cliche Scottsdale Girl talking loudly through the players playing with her high squeaky valley girl tone. Sara and I left around 4 pm to go catch the limo back since we were getting tired and avoid the traffic. It was a fun day and click here to see pictures.

For all my AZ Peeps, article about Photo Radar

This is a posting on my personal blog which links an article written by a friend of mine that presents a legal arguement for any driver that gets a photo radar ticket.

Click below to go to the posting.

Cheers,
Pablo

http://pablosblogspot.blogspot.com/2009/01/dont-smile-for-camera-by-rachel.html

Christmas in Tucson

We went down to Tucson on Christmas Eve after work for both of us. After dropping off the presents at Gerry and Eddie's house we were off to meet Pablo's friend Sara (Moses) Wright and her new son Barrett. Her son had little Converse All Star shoes as did Pablo. See the pics. We also got to see Sara's husband John. We then and met with Pablo's mom and dad. We then went to the Spencer's house where we met up with Kevin, Todd and Jessie and Kevin and Todd's parents. We had some drinks and joined them for dinner of steak shiskabobs. Jessie and Todd are expecting a little girl in May. After that it was off to Gerry and Eddie's house, where all of Pablo's family was spending the night. It was food and drinks. We stayed up with Grandma until 2 am having drinks and learning spanish. We then went to bed and Pablo and Grandma got up at 8 am. They made Coffee. Pablo's dad had to work and his mom brought over Menudo which is a Christmas tradition. Priscilla and Dan got there at 10 am and we opened presents.

Susie and Hugo got re-engaged (they have been married for 26 years) but Hugo surprised her with a ring (see the picture). Eddie then told everyone since Pablo gave Sara a ring and Susie got a ring, he wanted to give Gerry two carrots (he held out 2 actual orange carrot sticks). Sara got a new jewelry box, Sara made Pablo and ASU blanket and her Mom made Pablo and Elvis Quilt. Priscilla gave everyone Scrapbook art. We gave Grandma a digital frame that also had pictures in the frame of her wedding, honeymoon and the last picture of her with Pablo's grandfather before he passed away. The digital pictures were all from last year's Christmas.

We then joined Priscilla and Dan to visit Pablo's dad at the Fire Station for Christmas dinner. They had honeybaked ham, about 50 lbs of mashed potatos, sweet potatos, rolls and green bean caserole. After dinner they did a White Elephant gift exchange. So you got to see firefighters compete for the best tools gift. We also did a tour of the new station and Sara got to meet all of the firefighter friends.

We came back to Gerry and Eddie's for a ham dinner, with large shrimp and grandma's potatoe's which is soaked in vinegar. And then we were on the road back to Phoenix to work the day after Christmas. We hope you all had a good Christmas as we enjoyed ours.


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New Years 2009

"Pablo and I celebrated the New Years Celebration with events the took up most of the day. We went to the new Light Rail, and took the light rail to the Insight Bowl which dropped us off right in front of the Statium. It was, free and awesome! We went to Fumbles now called College Dropout to meet up with Pablo's friend from college Brian Styskal or as Pablo refers to him Styskal who I had never met. He lives in Rhode Island right now. We had a beer and then went to the Insight Bowl. We watched Kansas Jayhawks beat the Minnesota Gophers (which Pablo thought was a stupid idea for a mascot). I sat next to a lady from Omaha. The Half Time show included both Marching Bands doing Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Minnesota did a better version. During the third quarter we left to get back to the Light Rail to get to the New Years party. We swung by Char's house to change for the party and then were off to Fountain Hills. We hung out with Brian, Eric, Heather, Becker, Lucas, Desiree and Devon. Heather made delish Italian cuisine, including Tiramisu. It was all tasty. Brian brought the vintage bottle of Strawberry Hill Boons Farms for all to enjoy. We toasted in the New Year and sang Auld Lang's Syne. By 2 or 3 am, I fell asleep on the couch. Pablo put a pillow on me and did the same. Pablo and Heather tried to set up the air mattress, but the pump needed to be charged. So we shared Heather's daughter's twin size bed. We got up at 8 am and drove home where we were lazy all day. It was a great New Years Eve. Hope everyone had a great New Years and here is to a great 2009!"

Click here for pictures from New Years.

We Got Engaged!

"It all started with me suggesting that we take the 18th and 19th off work for a couple days before Christmas to relax and hang out together. I also suggested that we take a trip up to the Cottonwood/Jerome area to visit our favorite vineyard - Alcantara. Pablo got the ring on Sunday and had to keep it a secret all week. The plan was to go to the Haunted Hamburger for lunch and then go to the vineyard. When we arrived at Alcantara, the owner - Barbara had already discussed with Pablo a special plan of how to surprise me. After excusing myself to the restroom, I was occupied by Barbara showing her new sales items. Little did I know that there were "things" going on in the next room. Katherina was wrapping the ring box with ribbon and Pablo was giving Barbara's husband, Bob his camera to video the entire event. We had asked for our wine tastings and were on our first round when I came back into the room. Then Barbara mentioned that the vineyard had a special gift for returning guests to the winery. We should go and find it on the tree and get our picture taken. I was still oblivious to the fact that anything was happening. Pablo picked up the ring box that Katherina (Alcantara Tasting and Event manager) had wrapped in ribbon. He made a speech (see below on the video), was down on one knee and asked the question "will you marry me?" I shook my head yes and squeaked out "YES!" By the time it was all over the whole room was in tears. Everything had gone off without a hitch." - Sara The proposal (since you can't hear what I am saying): "Sara, we have been together for a while now. You are my best friend, my partner in crime. Sara Bailey, love of my life, will you marry me?"-Pablo "Nuh uh"- Sara throughout the proposal in shock. The following is a picture of us with Barbara and Bob Predmore and Katharina MacDonald from Alcantara Vineyards who helped make this moment so special. Pictures of the Ring:

Sara's 31st Bday dinner

For Sara's Birthday dinner, I grilled some Ribeyes, boiled some crab legs, and we ate dinner on the back patio.

Click here for some pictures

Also below is a video with Sara thanking her mom for the floral centerpiece.