In February I flew to Chicago, met up with my mom and we drove her car 800 miles to Georgia to see my son Zach and meet his wife Tara, step daughter Ella, and my new grandson Chance Panek. Our little road trip
I took Charlie and Ben up to the Yuba Gap turnoff on 80 so they could play in the snow, near Lake Valley Reservoir. Although it was rather trampled
We had a special Christmas this year with Jamie and Angela coming up from LA to spend the weekend with us. One of the events was going sledding in
This year we celebrated our annual family gathering, referred to as Thanksmas, in Lake Oswego (near Portland). And since it was nearer to Halloween we called it
Last Sunday we all went to Nevada City to get some photos of the fall leaves. As it turned out, most trees had just begun changing so we went for a walk along the NID ditch instead. What a nice path it is, winding thru the entire Nevada City area. Charlie Read More
On August 25th I had the pleasure of meeting the newest member to our family, Charlie. A ten month old poodle mix (possibly with Maltese) that Kate brought home while I was camping. What a sweet surprise. When I walked into the bedroom, where she had him stashed, he barked Read More
As always, Kate and I had a wonderful visit with my Mom in August. A very relaxing time with lots of laughs, good conversation and joy. We even saw a terrific movie starring Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jennings. My Mom and I laughed so hard. It was hilarious and yet Read More
Kate threw me an amazing party to celebrate another decade gone by. My 70th birthday. She had sushi, special cocktails, tons of hordeurvres and just did a fantastic job planning this thing out. She also got me a new GoPro Hero 4 Silver as a gift which I got to Read More
This was our first trip to Loon lake this year and it was extremely sad. We lost our littlest member of our family, little Mr. Biggs, on 6/23/16, just the day before our trip. It was good however in that we got to process our grief through reflection on his Read More
Last weekend we drove down to see Angela and Jamie in LA. As expected we had a terrific time with two great hosts. First day we went to Labrea Tar Pits and the LA County Museum of Art (right next door to the pits). I wish I could have taken Read More