Welcome...

Okay...First, let me explain the title. All nicknames:

My daughter is Claw...She is a 6-year old, beautiful, intelligent first grader (takes after her mother :))...So, why Claw? Her nickname comes from me. Since she was old enough to understand, I have been giving her a "claw" gesture with my hand as a form of greeting. Most people wave at each other, but not us. We give "the claw". In the years following the origination of the original claw, many other claws evolved. Along with the regular claw, we have the junior claw, the baby claw, the tiny claw, the lobster claw, the giant claw, and several others. So, eventually I just started calling her claw. I tried to change her nickname to "Beautiful" a few months ago, but she didn't like it...She still lets me get away with "Claw" for now...

My son is Punk...He is an 8-year old, way too smart for his own good, handsome, musically talented third grader (who mostly takes after his dad, I'm afraid :))...Punk? I am trying to remember how this nickname came to be, but am drawing a blank. But, he answers to it and it is a term of endearment in our house.

My wife and I are the Couple of Jolios...We are a husband and wife who have been married for eleven years now and are 29 and 30, respectively. We also happen to be the proud parents of the above Claw and Punk, who are 20 months apart. I know, I know..two in diapers at once!! We must be crazy. (Talk to God about this one!! :)). Jolio (pronounced Ho-lee-o) originated, as I shamefully admit, from the ever so popular irreverant cartoon of the '90s, "Beavis and Butthead". Beavis, after a large dose of sugar, would put his shirt over his head and say in a Latino-type accent, "I am Cornjolio..I need tp for my bunghole!" I know what you are thinking. Dumb, stupid show. I agree, but I was a dumb stupid kid when I watched it. Anyway, we had a little chihuahua at the time, and we started calling him Copper Jolio. Somehow, from that we started calling each other "Jolio"...We don't call each other sweeetheart, baby, sugarplum or any other nauseating nicknames you see on sitcoms or romantic comedies. We also don't use each other's name unless we are talking to someone else about each other. In fact, it sounds really weird when I use my wife's real name....I can't even say all of the syllables..It just kind of runs all together.

Anyway, that is us....If you are reading this, you probably know us or somehow found us...Either way, welcome to our humble site. In the next post, I'll tell you where we live and what we are about...It should be real exciting..Just try and stay awake. Or not, feel free to take a nap if you need to. Naps are good !!!!! See you next time. :)