Elder Rutman Update

Jared has now been on his mission 10 months. He spent the first four months in Bethune France, then another four in Charleroi Belgium and is now back in France in Calais. He is the District leader for the Calais district. I have no recent pictures of him, but I will post some when I get them. These pictures are from Bethune, France. We spoke to him at Christmas time and heard him speak French to his companion. It is strange to here Jared so confident in his second language.

1971 V12 E-Type

This Jaguar has been a project of mine for the past 6 years. I pulled the engine and shipped it to San Antonio Texas to have it rebuilt. The engine was reunited with it's body in San Luis Obispo, Ca. I have done most of the cosmetic work. It only lacks carpeting and a better paint job. I bought this car from my brother in law, Murry Spence who bought it from his cousin Joey Nieman. It has been kept in the family for some time. It is a 5.3 liter V12 with 4 stromberg carbs. It drives unbelievably smooth. And yes it is fast. And since I am a cop I will take the 5th and not say how fast. For the most part I baby it though. Just had one thrill that is all. it is a weekend date car for Jeannine and I. And yeah, the chicks look, but are disappointed when they see the white hair. Sara helped model with the car in the last picture. Sara was named after Joey Nieman's Mom

Vania Zuleyma Espinoza

For those who are not up to speed on the Old Rut household I will begin here to update you. In October of 2007, Vania Espinoza became apart of the Rutman family. She is From Mexicali, Mexico. She came to us when she just turned 15. We have legal custody of her through the courts and love her very much. She is a Junior in High School and President of FFA, Editor of the Art Literature Magazine, on the Girls Varsity Basket Ball team at Gilroy High, Italian club, French club and CSF. And I am proud to say a straight "A" student. She gets that from my side of the family. She is very active as Laurel President and keeps very close to the missionary program. She is a convert and was baptized in Mexicali Mexico. She has a goal to attend BYU in 2011 and wishes to serve a mission. So we are not empty nesters yet. She is the only child for one more year. She plans to graduate early in December of this year. She is one busy girl.

The begining

So, I had a request from Tyler to do something with my Blog so here goes. Since I no longer have any Rutman Kids at home to share pictures and stories about, it sounds a bit narcissistic to proceed with this venture. I realize information about Jeannine and me is probably not the highlight of anyone's day, but at least those who want to know what Rich and Jeannine are up to can come here. Last year I was injured at work and have only worked two months out of the last year. So, I am left with not much to do but drive Jeannine crazy. I am going to retire after 28 years with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office and am a little apprehensive of what to do now. So they tell me this will give me something to do besides complain about, "there's nothing to do" If anything it can be some sort of entertainment of what I, (Rich) have decided to do next. I spend my free time taking pictures, so I will show pictures I have taken if any good ones come about. For those interested I have a Nikon D300 and I prefer Black and White. For those who are interested in my children, you can check their Blogs on the right. For those children who don't have blogs I will update on their progress.

Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisico

Jeannine and I went to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco so I could take some pictures. 55 pictures later in the same place I only got one good one. The lighting wasn't being very cooperative. Hope you like it.