Mr. Mom

Candice went to Canada for five days to inter her father's remains and meet with her family. Fraught with emotion and tension, her trip was, since some of the family had not spoken in almost two years due to disagreements over the will.

Meanwhile Juliet and I were left to fend for ourselves, and things have gone quite smoothly thanks to good planning and help from dear Lisa, who my heart goes out to with the loss of her father.

Sheryl Crow at The Mountain Winery

I took Candice to see Sheryl Crow at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga last week. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was a really great show! She's backed now by a 10-person band, including two horn players, two backup singers, two drummers, two guitarists and a bass player, and they all put on a great show. We had awesome seats in the 7th row, which cost a small fortune, but it was totally worth it because Candice enjoyed it so much.

We had dinner on the Chateau Deck beforehand and sampled lots of their wine. All in all, a lovely concert experience!

Back to School

Juliet's first day of first grade... a big step. She's back at Santa Cruz Montessori, but has moved up from "primary" to "elementary."

See Candice's picture:

Last week of summer

Back home, soon to be joined by the girls. Trying frantically to finish half the summer projects on my list. I still have a long list. :-(

Marine Layer from hell

This has been a very cool, foggy, and overcast summer in Aptos, and elsewhere in California. Everyone is complaining about how foggy its been. Yesterday, the sun didn't come out AT ALL. Today, it finally broke through at 2pm, and then the fog came back in around 4pm....that's like the best we can hope for these days, apparently.

It's terribly depressing and I intend to get to the Lake House ASAP.

Guys weekend

This weekend is the long-awaited "guys weekend" at the lake house. It's going to be a blast, with drinking, golf, poker, and general messin' around.

Pictures from Jamaica

As promised, here are some pix from our trip...

Us at the water slide:
Juliet coming down the water slide:
































Candice on the beach. Us with some new friends we met; Juliet's best buddy, Ashley.

Back

Yes, we're back from Jamaica, and I'm going to post some photos as soon as I get a moment.

Jamaica Bound

Hard to believe it's only two weeks until we leave for Jamaica.... Going to Negril for spring break to a family resort, Beaches Negril. We're all looking forward to it!

I'm a bad blogger, I know....never seem to get around to it. Maybe I'll start posting from my Droid. :-)

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Finally went to see it with our friends Jay and Lola. It was fun and the CGI special effects were amazing, but the plot was light and it was fairly cheesy. Interesting to see the fruition of the project that I'd been hearing about for the last three years, what with James Cameron being on the board at Multiverse.

New Years at the Lake House and Snow

Went up the the Lake House after Christmas, just to hang out and relax, and then go up to the snow....


I had a heck of a time getting online, but was able to get some work done thanks to Jody and Steve.

We finally made it up to the snow at Crane's Flat on Jan. 2nd. Juliet enjoyed sledding, building a snowman and having snowball fights.


Candice took this nice self-portrait while we were at Crane Flat.