New stuff!

 

Well, Andrea has ventured into the online community to share her views and thoughts on current happenings! Finally!

 

I think she misses writing and this will give her an outlet to share things that are impacting our strange, new world! =)

 

Check out her blog here.

 

And Mady is growing like a...well, ...like a palm tree. =)

 

 

She gets bigger everyday.

I think Andy and I now understand the concept of time flying by.

My vacation was over in the blink of an eye, and it feels like I watched her grow everyday.

She is going to be beautiful!

She has enough personality for her own TV show. Well, at least a blog.

 

 

You can check out her blog here.

 

 

The school year is almost over. Another one in the books, they say.

 

 

 

And we have big plans for the summer.

Visits to Chicago and Idaho in June.

So, Mady can meet her family!

 

DMB in WPB again this July.

This time Mady gets to see them as well as hear them.

 

 



Latest news from the Florida Praegitzers

Wow, it has been a whirlwind nearly three years in Florida!
We've settled in nicely, buying our first house (in Lehigh Acres, where I work for the School District of Lee County) and working on paying off some of our bills!

The biggest news of recent account is that we are expecting....a baby girl in January 2013!!!!

 

Andy looks amazing at 25+ weeks!

This picture was taken in the afternoon on Saturday, October 6 on Marco Island.

One of those fun things we always find to do together!

This is a montage of pictures we've taken of Andy over the last several months to catch everyone up!

 

May 12, 2012 at the Dive Museum in Islamorada, FL.

This was right before we officially found out we were expecting.

June 6, 2012 in downtown Boulder City, NV.

We knew we were expecting here. It made the trip to Vegas exciting!

 

June 23, 2012 at the Caloosahatchee Regional Park, Alva, FL.

Obviously, momma is very happy!

 

 

September 15, 2012 at the University of Tampa, Tampa, FL.

I think she is ready here. Still enjoying it, though.

 

 

This is our girl at about 7 weeks! We love this picture for obvious reasons...

Wow!

It has been a crazy week!

We made it to Florida late last Tuesday night, and I had to be at NBC at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Made for a short night of sleep!

But we are here!

Andy got her job at Sun as well... but she isn't fond of the long commute. That's a whole other post of its own...

So much to say in such a short time.


I have learned so much at Waterman in the last seven days...

The internet posting job is exciting! I was watching from the web production desk when NBC photographer Jeff Woods got the exclusive video of accused murderer Timothy Tuttle being apprehended.


I have never been a part of something like that before, and it probably won't happen again for a very long time...


I only wish I was out on the live shot, searching for him!

Southwest Florida isn't anything like Idaho.

Check out the view from our front door. The royal palms on McGregor Blvd are the reason Fort Myers is called "the City of Palms."

The "doll house" is what the landlord's call our place. It isn't the biggest house on the block. In fact, it very well might be one of the smallest.

A quaint 2-bedroom/2 bathroom brick home with tile floors throughout, and a tiled walk-in shower in the master bath. Really, exactly what we were looking for.

We are settling into the neighborhood. The only thing missing is a fence around the yard for Maya. But, the truth is, it's so hot out, she doesn't want to be outside for long anyway... She usually does her business and is anxious to get back in the house and under the A/C!!!

We experienced our first tropical storm on Friday. TS Bonnie never really made it to Hurricane status. The only thing we got in our area was a day of clouds and light rain. The eye passed over the southern tip of the state and the Keys, but never really threatened to get worse than a tropical storm. They predict we will get far worse in a storm on Sunday, with winds in the 30s and 40s. (I think the wind blew across the southern Idaho desert with more force than that!)

Everyone here asks why we moved from Idaho, all the way down to southern Florida. But really, it's easy to see once you've been here. The tropical weather is absolutely gorgeous. We aren't in the sun all that much. The beaches are amazing! The people are genuinely nice! And traffic really isn't all that bad...at least until winter, we hear, when all the "snowbirds" migrate south.

Florida really is beautiful! In fact, check out the view Andy sees on her way to work every day!

This is actually Midpoint Bridge, and she takes the Calloosahatchee Bridge, across the Calloosahatchee River inlet, on her way to Port Charlotte. But it is the same waterway, with a nearly identical sweeping bridge.

We found this great sign down McGregor from our house and made our way down there tonight after stopping at the grocery store. It pretty much sums it up in three words!

Love you all! Keep watching! And we'll keep you posted on what's going on in our neck of the woods!

Day 2 Update

Tried to post last night, and the computer ran out of juice.

Day two of our five- or six-day moving trip from Twin Falls to Fort Myers was fairly exciting. We made it from Rawlins, Wyoming, to Lincoln, Nebraska, without much trouble. The U-haul is holding up amazingly well.

Our first stop of the day was in Cheyenne, Wyoming's capital, and the visitor's center. Andy found out some interesting facts, including the construction of Eisenhower's Interstate highway system from Washington, DC, to San Francisco and that Wyoming is home to fifty percent of the nation's antelope population. (I didn't know that!)

We continued our journey into Nebraska, where we were greeted by a sign welcoming us to the Cornhusker State on one side and a giant statue of Jesus Christ on the other. Our first stop in corn country landed us at the Cabela's World HQ in Sidney, Nebraska. We spent over an hour wandering the store, finding a number of treasures that we will eventually like to buy, but settling on a few priceless treasures, like a new GPS for our new community (which Andy got great use of during that second leg!)

We took a slight detour, stopping in Grand Island for a steak dinner, which I'm pretty sure Andy is regretting this morning.. =( We continued our day (in the dark, unfortunately) the rest of the way to Lincoln, Nebraska's capital city, to spend the night. We checked in at one hotel, only to check out moments later, and re-check in at the place next door... Let's just say the accommodations at the Quality Inn weren't that "quality." But the hospitality was quite hospitable at the Sleep Inn, where we, in fact, did sleep in. Big ups to Bob and the staff for keeping a great place!

The big news of the day yesterday came from Jake and Rita in Fort Myers... The Keltners are welcoming us to the community in a huge way, allowing us to live up to our original lease, after signing, backing out... then getting jobs so that we could make the move, and then moving. (A big enough story in its own right, enough for a TV movie, maybe, but at least it's own blog page...someday.) Thanks Rita and Jake for your care and understanding!!! We can't wait to move in to the little house on McGregor! We'll post pics when we get there!

Well, take care! We are back on the road momentarily, for the next leg! Hopefully we make it to St Louis, Missouri, tonight! Through Kansas City, and the home of my mom's roots! Can't wait to get pictures of the Arch in SL...

Golden Eagles Give Back To Community

Who says college athletes don't care about their fans?

In December 2008, I followed the College of Southern Idaho men's basketball team as they went around the Magic Valley shoveling driveways and front walks for several community members, including a few lucky Golden Eagle boosters.

Idaho State Record Walleye 2009

Mike Chupa and John Harrison tipped me off to this story, the day before they brought it in to IDF&G to be weighted and measured. Thanks fellas! Nice catch!

It's the way it is with most big stories. Somebody has to know, and then tip us off! I'm just glad I was the one that got the call!

A monster of a fish: 17 lbs. 12 oz., besting the previous record, from 2006, by six or seven ounces!

A good basketball segment

I wish all the shots looked like this one. Somebody got it right, but then production got involved and screwed it all up again... that's what happens when there are too many chiefs, and not enough indians!

Oh well, at least they got it right once out a few hundred times...

Snake River Sumo Readying For 2009 Taiwan Games

I have covered it all...and some things were (sadly) left uncovered... as you will see from this segment on sumo down in the Snake River Canyon...

Kelly Gneiting (the big guy) and Trent Sabo (the little guy) are two of the nicest guys you will ever meet, unless you are opposite them in the ring.

Pulsifer walks on at CSI

Jon Pulsifer was asked to walk on with the Golden Eagles, and I interviewed him the week we found out. "Pulse" had just capped off his senior season by winning the Class 4A State Basketball Championship. Congrats Pulsifer! I'm gonna miss watching you continue to develop!

Bulldawgs Stepping Up

My boys! A story I did on the Magic Valley Bulldawgs stepping up to the Rocky Mountain Football League AAA Division. I made sure to get some highlights of good ol' #25 in there! Including one of the few touchdowns from 2009.

I miss you 'Dawgs!

Hooping for the Habitat

Check out the golden locks!

Andrea really liked the long hair, but the station didn't... and they are the ones signing the paychecks!

Honestly, though, I liked it longer, and it didn't affect my on-air output or my production capabilities, but some people just don't dig the long hair. Oh well, I don't think anyone minds if I teach high school with long hair, right? I guess we'll find out.

This package was done on a fundraiser basketball game at Canyon Ridge High School in early 2010 to benefit the Habitat for Humanity. "I did my best!" but the Ambassadors still beat us by like 20 points... all in good fun for charity!

Carrick Felix and Duke - Coach Gosar's voice

Standout College of Southern Idaho sophomore Carrick Felix originally signed with ACC powerhouse Duke... He has since backed out of that commitment and signed to play basketball with Arizona State University in the Pac-10.

Doing my thing...this is the rundown for the 4A Great Basin Conference Players of the Year 2009-10