Michael Boots:  

Life has been fun!! Shortly after getting out of high school I married my childhood sweetheart Diane. We celebrate our 37th anniversary this year. Our first son Chris was born in Riverside. We moved to Santa Barbara where I started a career in the computer industry building recording heads. I found that I had a natural talent for managing people and mechanical engineering. As a result I spent many years traveling around the world helping to setup manufacturing facilities in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Mexico. We added it up this weekend and found that we moved 15 times in the last 36 years. Our motto has been to "Live for Today". We don't get real hungup on tomorrow till it gets here. We had 2 more children in Santa Barbara, Jen and Mike II. All three of the kids are married. Chris and his wife Armi (pronounced Army) gave us 2 beautiful grandchildren and they have lived across the street from us on a culdesac for 8 years. Jen lives in San Diego with her husband and dogs. She is a college professor there. Mike lives in the Bay Area close to us with his wife Avni. Their first child is due in late September. We enjoy traveling and jump at...Expand for more