Welcome to Mr Papa’s World!!!
My name is Steve Klasen (aka Mr Papa) and I am the proprietor of this establishment. The purpose of this website is to give others an insight into my World – primarily my distance challenged family. I will use this site to relay family activities and news. I have a photo album for the display of pictures. There is a family history page complete with a genealogy pedgree tree. Some day, I hope to get others within the family posting here too, but they tend to be computer challenged. You will also see me post on seemingly random topics that are whirling around in my mind. I also hope others may find some of my posts here to be informative and/or useful.
I am married (Suzanne) and have two kids (Sean and Savannah). We live up in the mountains in rural Arizona in a place called Sonoita. In days past, Sonoita was a heavy cattle ranch area. Today, there are still a fair number of hobby ranchers that reside here. It is also the wine country of Arizona, which is convenient since Suzanne and I enjoy a good bottle of wine now and then. Many films have been made in this area. Some of the more notable ones would be Red River (John Wayne), Oklahoma, and Tin Cup. The image banner at the top of Mr Papa’s World is from a 2005 cruise to Hawaii that we took onboard the Celebrity Infinity. If you frequent Mr Papa’s World, you will see a bunch of stuff on cruising as its how we spend our family vacations. Suzanne also has her own Cruise Talk Central blog.
How did I come to be known as Mr Papa? Well, my kids have always called me Papa, so that part was easy. I am also into gaming, so when it came time to connect our Xbox (and now Xbox 360) to Xbox Live to play against others, I had to choose a nickname. My son suggested just Papa, but that didnt sound good enough. After some discussion, he jokingly said “Well, then just call yourself Mr Papa” and the name stuck. Now, I tend to use the name anywhere I go on the internet. If you see something from Mr Papa, it was probably me. FYI, due to Microsoft mess up, I now go by Mr Papa 360 on Xbox live.
Another place you may see my in computer land is in America’s Army. It is a wonderful team based shooter game for the PC. I help run a clan for the game and develop/maintain our website. Stop by and visit the 158th Regimental Combat Team sometime and join us for some action.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, just click on Contact at the top and drop me a note. If you want to be kept abreat of the goings on here at Mr Papa’s World, you can click on Subscribe at the top and you will receive an email when something changes on the site.
Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride!
