Precious little guy

Andrew is a week or so shy of 8 months old.

First bloody nose

Julia took a spill and bonked her nose. Poor thing!

More Pasadena highlights

Here we are at the Director's Dinner, another high point for me. We were out without the kids, in a beautiful setting, with great company, a wonderful dinner, entertainment, and a great band. We fox trotted the night away. It was great.


Here is Julia posing with three of the Rose Princesses. We kept running into them, and they made good friends with Julia.

Well, I can't call this last one a highlight, exactly, but it's definitely a memory... this is how much stuff it takes to get through 4 days in Pasadena!

A ride of a lifetime

Here they are, the President and First Lady of the Tournament of Roses. We were lucky enough to be invited to join them for their ride in the 2007 parade. Here we are in our open-air, flower-bedecked antique touring car, heading down the parade route on New Years morning.

Christmas at Benne and Grandpas

Benne and Grandap did Christmas in style and we all had a wonderful time. Thoughtful and fun gifts, great company, and a delicious dinner. And even a visit from Santa himself, who dropped by to say hello. It was a very merry christmas.

Christmas Morning

Christmas Eve family party

Christmas eve was busy in our house this year. No sooner had Brad, Kim, and Kira left around noon, we had another round of family visitors come by for some Christmas cheer. Mom & Dad, Craig & Andrea, Nathan and Hannah came over. I caught only a few pictures during the hectic evening, but they are cute ones!

Here is Andrea getting dogpiled by the toddlers while simultaneously trying to keep the babies happy. Aunt Andrea is great at keeping the kids happy!












I had a strange glimpse of Julia as a 30 year old librarian when I saw this picture. You can just picture what she might look like as an adult. Andrea's glasses change Julia's look entirely!












I love the next picture of Nathan getting some Daddy tickles.


















And here' s Andrew intently studying his new bongo drum (a gift from Brad & Kim from the morning. He loves it!)

Nathan, Craig and Julia horsing around:

Christmas Eve visit from Kira, Kim and Brad

I am pleased to say I have a new computer, and I'm very excited to be reunited with my pictures, and with blogging. But I have some catching up to do...

Kira, Kim, and Brad visited on Christmas Eve. Here are the two babies playing together:

And here is Kim getting the usual treatment from Andrew:

Kim, Brad, and Kira on the couch in our living room:

And a darling shot of Kira. What a doll!

It was so nice to see them. We wish they lived closer!

An Inconvenient Truth

(Still no working computer at home, so no photo downloading...)
Meanwhile, in my extra free time I recorded Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth from Pay Per View, and watched it tonight. Have you seen it yet? It is a must see. Absolutely fascinating, completely frightening, but with just enough of a sliver of hope at the end that you don't end up feeling completely depressed. I highly recommend it. Makes me want to quit my job and take up the cause full time. Or at least lower my thermostat a couple of degrees. Watch it and then tell me what you think. There is more about the movie here: www.climatecrisis.net

Computer down... no pictures for weeks!

Just in case you've been checking in to see the same aging post, time after time, I just wanted to let you know that our home computer has been down for weeks now, explaining my long blogging absence. I have tons of pictures from the holidays, and from our amazing New Years ride in the Rose Parade, but I can't download anything until the computer is fixed. Jeff is working on it. For those of you who I know read the blog frequently, I'll send out an email when I'm back up and running again. Meanwhile, Happy New Year!