The more things change, the more they remain the same.

Now is probably a good time to check back in. It's been several years, miles, smiles and tears since I've last posted. Rather than bore you with a full on recap in one giant post, I think it will be good to reflect on a few things that have been happening one post at a time. Eventually we'll get caught up. Today's post is focused on the irony of life. In particular, the brutal separation in society created by money; those who have it and those who don't.  I work at a casino near my hometown, and it's been such a great opportunity filled with many amazing insights into cultural divides and life in general. On most days I park in the employee parking lot, walk past a few homeless men or women on my way into a building filled with equal parts prosperity and despair. On one side, there are the folks gaming for entertainment. They have been blessed in one way or another to have the opportunity to visit the casino and spend amounts of money without fear of cons...

Well I'm not into sharing as much of my personal happenings as before because...well it's not fun to write about and not fun to read. I don't want this to turn into a photo journal but until chasestockton.com launches (which will hopefully be soon)...take it or leave it. :)

A quick trip to Omaha this past week was long over-due. Only four months into our journey as a family of five I've noticed several things about myself- one of which is that I avoid making the call - figuratively speaking. I realize that I can't be afraid to ask for help and that it's OK to be afraid. Fear is, however, the single biggest motivator so I need to embrace it and grow. Yesterday at work we were treated to lunch by a kind gentleman who is in charge of a narcotics anonymous group here in Sioux City. We have became friends over the past year, working on several posters, flyers and informational pieces for the group. They started averaging only 15 visitors a meeting, now help over 100 people a week! The dinner was an appreciation gesture which was absolutely great. I'm proud to be a part of something like Guardian Angels. Knowing full scale the amount of damage that addiction brings isn't rocket science. However, applying that to ones personal life is a compl...

Last night we ventured over to the Explorers baseball game after dinner, it was great. Jordan talked to the X's pitching crew out in the bull-pin for a while, and they ended up giving him a ball. He's such a sports guy! The pitcher that gave him the ball said, "Can you give it a throw?" and so he did...over his head out into left field! Of course my diva Bell had more fun doing spins and drinking a slush, but that's all good. I love my family.

We are near the release of Pacific City Graphic's new website and I can't wait. The release of the new site features a content rich website built on the Wordpress open-source publishing platform to enable easy updates and search engine optimized posts and pages. The site right now is more skin and bones, not too much muscle in there yet. However we'll be updating all of the product pages and services pages this week along with new client testimonials and case studies. Give it a look, let me know what you think!