Thelwell's World

Sleeping

2008-08-28T08:00:00.000-07:00

This was captured before we moved into our new place and Amanda decided to take a pic pof me and Mason sleeping. I think it is a good picture although I wish I new about it before I loaded it onto the computer but oh well. There are worse pictures of me on here already so what he heck.

Zane Arrives

2008-08-27T12:31:00.003-07:00

8/8/08 was the best day of my life. Zane Alexander arrived at 7:41 pm weighing 7lbs 8oz and just under 21 inches long. it was amazing and his big brother was there to welcome into this world.

He looks a little different now but not much I'll get some new pictures soon and I will also be trying to attempt to stay up to date a little more on my blog as I have more readers than I thought and I have been getting some nmessages about not being up to date for that I apoligise.

A Little Bit Of May

2008-06-04T10:07:00.002-07:00

So, I know I always say this but I am sorry to you avid readers of Thelwell's World for not keeping up with my posting but work and other things have been a little higher on the list but hopefully we can get back on track. It was our first anniversary at the beginning of May and we decided to go up to South Mountin for the sunset. It was beautiful and I am so happy that I found Amanda. If it wasn't for her I wouldn't be where I am today and I am very thankful for that. Thank you Amanda I love you and look forward to many more happy and amazing years with you,

The view from South Mountain is great. You can pretty much see all of Phoenix and I reccomend going up there if you are in the mood for a beautiful sunset or awesome hike.

Ylou can't beat a great sunset, especially for a romantic evening. It was just nice to get away from it all in the city and relax for a few in peace and quite and wath the sun go down with the woman I love the most.

My boys the D-Backs aren't too hot at the moment but they are still top of the league and I couldn't ask for more. With Eric Byrnes out and a 10 game road trip things aren't looking to good for the D-Backs but I will stand behind them all the way to the world series. We went to a game a few weeks ago and thanks to a guy at Amanda's work we got great seats, almost behind home plate. They ended up winnig if I remember correctly but it was the elimination game for the Suns that night and we ended up watching the remainder of that game in the concourse.

But, it was still a great night and we had lots of fun. If you get the chance to go a D-Backs game you should they are fun. They do take up a good portion of the day so plan ahead and beer isn't so cheap either but hey it's all worht it as long as you enjoy yourself and who ever you are with.

San Diego 08

2008-04-07T10:02:00.003-07:00

So I told you we were going to San Diego well, expect a lot of pictures. I think I took around 400 or so pictures. I mean obviously I;m not going to post them all but I will post enough so you know what we experienced. We had so much fun while we were there. This is a picture of a little bit of the road on the way to San Diego. It wasn't that bad of a drive. This was on the I-8 which is pretty much the majority of the trip. It is a long road but worth the drive. I made it there in about 6 hours but we did stop about 4 times so next time I think I can make it faster.

Amanda had never seen these before and I explained to her that there are plenty of these when you go to L.A through Palm Springs. However there were a few on the way to San Diego and she thought they were really cool so she snapped up a couple of picturtes of them.

Again, we took a lot of pictures while we were there but I just picked picked out the ones that I thought would be good for the blog. This picture was taken at the gorilla exibit at the San Diego Zoo. This was like the king of all gorilla's. It was definately the biggest gorilla I have ever seen up close. The exibit was a little ways into the zoo but definatley worth it. The San Diego Zoo was amazing I had never been before and it was an unforgetable experience.

The New Car

2008-04-02T14:12:00.002-07:00

My old car, the oldsmobile conked out on me about a month ago, so I thought it was necessary to get a new one. Here it is. Small, good on gas and not bad looking. It is a 2004 Chevy Aveo. I like it. It gets me around and it is reliable.

The Chevy is about to take it's very first road trip tomorrow. It is going to take Me, Amanda and Mason (and Zane) all the way to sunny San Diego. it is our first trip together. Well besides Washington, but that doesn't count. I am looking so forward to it I can't explain it. We are going to have so much fun and i'm sure the little Chevy is going to like getting out of Arizona for a few days. We are going to be gone for four days. I am confident in the chevy as I wouldn't have been in the Oldsmobile. Keep posted for pics from San Diego.

Zane Alexander Thelwell

2008-03-25T13:20:00.002-07:00

Here he is ladies and gentlemen. Zane Alexander Thelwell. Coming to you on or about August 18th 2008. Let me tell you I am so excited to be having a baby. Ok well not me physically but you know what I mean. Look at my son. I am already proud of him and he hasn't even been born yet. We just chose the name today, so that makes it that more exciting that he has a name now. And I know that Mason will be super excited when his little brother arrives.

Steele Indian Park

2008-03-10T14:37:00.002-07:00

So, obviously Mason being the little kid he is loves the park, I mean what kid doesn't so a couple of weeks ago I decided to take Mason to Steele Indian Park in the downtown area. It was a beautiful day. We took kis bike and tried to learn how to ride it. I still think he is a little young to be riding a bike but i'm sure he will get it soon. This picture was taken from the little hill that is next to the playground. I didn't think it would be this good of a view. Sorry to all you avid readers of Thelwell's World. It has been very busy here between starting the new job and doctors appointments and all but hopefuly I will be able to keep up on the blog so please stick around.

My New Job

2008-02-29T10:22:00.004-07:00

Well, it's official folks. I am now an employee of Zipps Sports Grill. Even though I haven't worked my first shift yet I went in yesterday and filled out my paperwork and got the ball rolling. My first shift is on Monday and I am very excited about this new venture. I think it is going to be nice to get back into the bar/restaraunt scene. My last day at the radio station was yesterday also. I don't think a lot of you will be able to make it up to see me as I am at the Frank Lloyd Wright location 3 days a week and the Kierland location 2 days a week. I am excited and I am looking forward to it. If you haven't ever been to Zipps check them out HERE.

Encanto Park

2008-02-20T08:18:00.002-07:00

On Monday (presidents day) we decided to take a trip to Enchanted Island at Encanto Park in the downtown area. Encanto park is really cool and a great place to take the kids. It has a mini amusement park in side including a train, rides, games, food and more.

Mason seemed to have a blast. Here he is riding one of the motorcycle rides at the park. He loves these things and screams so loud, but thats ok. As long as he is having fun that's all that matters. It was nice we took some lunch and had a picnic. I must say if you asked me a year ago if I thought I would be doing this I would have asked you if you were crazy. But I am so happy that I am doing it and can't wait until we get to take the new baby with us.

Of course, you can't go to a park with rides and not have Amanda ride any. I tell ya. The kid in her seems to come out and just have a blast. I hope the poor baby is ok. Maybe this will be the last time she rides anything until after she has the baby. Plus if it spins...I don't go on it.

Adam & Jack

2008-02-14T13:28:00.002-07:00

Well, I must say it is a very difficult process to get a good picture of Adam. He always seems to pull funny faces for pictures but he probably wasn't allowed to in these pro pictures they had taken right around Jacks 2nd birthday. I really like this picture and I think it shows off one of the best Dads of all time.

Ladies

2008-02-14T11:03:00.002-07:00

Oh my, Washington was fun but you know how the girls always seem to have more fun. I don't know how but for us guys it's just usually playing pool and having a beer or two. Well these girls aint no strangers to the pool table and Heather (next to Amanda) used to be my pool partner until I woke up and realised that I needed to change some stuff in my life but I certainly do miss playing pool with H-Town.

Romney Out, McCain In?

2008-02-07T13:05:00.000-07:00

Wow, I thought this was interesting. Mitt Romney has dropped out of the race for the republican nomination which leaves Sen. John McCain pretty much in the drivers seat for the nomination. Although I am not quite sure if he gets there who he will be up against. It is still close between Clinton and Obama so I don't know but we will find out as the big day gets closer i'm sure. Any thoughts?

A Good Pic Finally

2008-02-07T10:38:00.000-07:00

Ha ha finally a picture of Mason that is good. I know he likes to have his picture taken but this morning I was trying to get a shot of him and he was playing with his phone and because of camera phones he thought he was tking pictures on his phone so I got a bunch of him with a cell phone in front of his face but then I figured it out. And here is the result.

Washington Family

2008-02-07T10:22:00.000-07:00

Ok, here is the gang from up north in Washington, as you can see I need you to feel sorry for me and mason as we are the only 2 guys here in this picture. As most of Amandas family are females I am curious to see what the new baby is going to be. I love all of these guys and I hope that we get to see them soon.

Shaq Moves to Phoenix

2008-02-06T16:27:00.000-07:00

Photo courtesy of Fox 10 News.

In an amazing trade the Phoenix Suns aquire Shaq from the Miami Heat today. Passing a medical moments ago Shaq is now a Phoenix Sun. In this amazing move the Suns traded four time all star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Heat in exchange for Shaq. I don't know if this was the best move for Phoenix but as a huge Suns fan I will be looking forward to seeing O'Neal in a Suns jersey. Let me know what you think. Leave your comments below.

Sleeping and Frost

2008-02-06T08:09:00.000-07:00

Mason is pictured here fast asleep. He isn't the best person for getting to fall asleep, but for some reason that onlu applies when his momis home. Whenever it is just me and him he falls right asleep, weird I know but I thought I would share.

Ok, so I know it isn't as white as some other parts of the country but I thought it was kind of nice seeing a little frost on the roofs of downtown phoenix. And for all you people that say it doesn't get cold in Arizona. I know it doesn't get as cold as some places but freeing point is freezing point it's not like we have a higher point just cause we're in the desert.

Mason

2008-02-05T11:43:00.000-07:00

So, I was looking through some old pics of this one and came across the monster giving a big grin to the camera. I mean he is not camera shy what so ever which is actually nice. He looks a little more like a baby in this picture. I am going to be taking some more current pictures of him so stick around.

More Celebs From Super Thursday

2008-02-05T11:33:00.000-07:00

There were plenty of stars on the red carpet on Super Thursday although I was excited, there were some celebrities that I couldn't remeber the names of. For example this guy. I know he has been in movies but I can't remember his name. Any help?
Picture by Eugene Espero.

And I guess it wouldn't be a party with out this guy there. I didn't recognize him at first but then as I got closer. There he was idol Reggie Sanders. Up close and personal. It was cool to see all these celebrites close up and even get to say hi to some of them.

Picture by Eugene Espero

Well......need I say more? It was pretty wierd to actually be on the other end of the camera and actually be taking these pictures and shouting at them to stop and take a picture and have them actually comply with what you were asking them to do. I haven't been in a situation like that before so it was pretty cool.
Picture by Eugene Espero

Super Thursday

2008-02-04T13:13:00.000-07:00

So working at the radio station can be quite sometimes but on January 31st we had a huge event at Axis/Radius in Scotssdale to kick off the Super Weekend that was hitting the valley by storm. Diddy was performing and the stars showed up before the show to check it out. As you can see David Spade made and apperance as well as Indy Car driver Danika Patrick and Arizona resident Wolf from the new series of American Gladiators. I had a lot of fun but learned something new about myself also. I'll post some more pics from this event soon. I have a lot more, so stick around. Thanks to Eugene Espero for these great pictures.

More Xmas Pics

2008-01-20T10:36:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more pictures from christmas at Santas Theme Park. I like this picture. I think Mason had a lot of fun this night and I'm sure Amanda did too. I think she went on more rides than Mason did.
Wow....this picture reveals the true identity of Amanda she is a little loopy and forgets that she is all grown up sometimes. No just joking babe. She loves to go out and have some fun though I know that much. I know it is January and christmas is over with so that will be the last pictures that I post of the holidays. I hope you all had a good holidays and that you started the new year off right. Keep posted cause I am back and you never know when you may get an update.

Iraq

2008-01-20T10:23:00.000-07:00

Here is one of their Humvees after being hit by a landmine. D was telling me that these things are pretty strong and there isn't much that can damge them from the outside to the inside. But still how would you like to be driving along and then.....this?

So if you couldn't tell these pictures are pretty graphic. But my friend D is in the army and he came down to Phoenix for a week or so with his family to visit and he brought me some pictures of Iraq. He has been twice now and is probably going to be going back. A lot of the pictures I have are really bad but I just wanted to give people a first hand look at what these soldiers are facing over there. The media only shows certain things but this is a little piece of what really happens over there.

Grandmas House

2007-12-14T09:42:00.000-07:00

It is hard to belive that these two little monsters are 5 months apart. If you don't recognize the one on the left it is Jack and Mason on the right. Jack is 5 months younger than Mason but he is already the same size as Mason. Hard to belive I know but it's true. Jack came over last weekend. Unfortunately we were heading out so they didn't get to play long but they always like hanging out together.

We had a lot of fun at Grandmas house, although I did get roped into putting the christmas lights up. It does look nice though, is I say so myself. Mason is pictured here with Grandma and he is taking pictures. I don't know why but Mason and Jack absolutely love taking pictures of themselves. I don't know why but they do.

Modest Mouse

2007-12-14T09:19:00.000-07:00

So a few months ago me and amanda went to the Modest Mouse concert at the Mesa Ampitheatre. It was one of the best shows ever. So, when we heard that they were returning in December to Tucson we immedietly bought tickets and the show was on Tuesday 11th. It was good but we were a little dissapointed. It was not as good as the previous one we had been too. So here is a little snippet of the show. The song is called Dashboard.

Santa's Theme Park

2007-12-08T12:19:00.001-07:00

Amanda was fortunate enough to get some tickets to Santa's Theme Park, located at the Firebird raceway a coouple of weeks ago. So we hopped in the car and headed down there. It was a blast. It would have been nicer if there was some snow but hey what can you do in Phoenix. Here is Mason and Amanda feeding the animals at the petting zoo they have there.

Mason loves motorcycles so while at Sata's theme park we found a ride that had motorcycles on it. I thought he would want Amanda to go on with him but I guess not. He went on there all by himself and he loved it. He had so much fun and some of the faces he was making were priceless. If I got any I will definately post them.

I think this picture was taken closer to the end of the night. He was getting pretty tired and wasn't really in the mood to take anymore pictures. And that was really odd as he usually loves to say cheese. So you kinda get to know when he is tired. We loved the theme park and so much fun and I think we are definately going to again before it is over. If you have kids I definately reccomend you take them here.

Work

2007-12-08T12:11:00.000-07:00

So I have worked at the radio station for almost a year yet and some of you have maybe seen some pictures from me being out on site at some of our clients and concertd but I figured that none of you have seen the inside of my work so I figured I would take the camera to work and take a couple of pictures. This here is Nina D. Nina D is the midday chick that is on the air from 10am until 3pm. Some of you may have heard her and some may have not. For those who have not...do it now. the radio station is MOViN 97.5 FM.

Me and Nina D get along pretty good. We have a lot of fun and get into trouble every now and again. She is cool although she has kept promising me that we will go out and hang out and have some drinks. But that hasn't happened yet. She also loves getting hugs from Amanda. I must say though that Amanda does give the best hugs ever.