Park

Today I spent the morning with Camala and the boys. We walked to the park in San Carlos and watched the boys play in the sand. They are getting so big, it's hard to believe that a year ago I was visiting them in the hospital.

Rika's wedding!

Rika's wedding took place on a very pretty beach. It sprinkled a bit during the actual ceramony. In fact I looked up and didn't see any rain clouds. It must have been a happy mist from above. The rain stopped quickly and the sun remained out. Rika and Van looked terrific and everyone enjoyed the great meal afterward.

Hats are a must

In Croatia I sunburned my lips. I don't mean just a little sunburn.. major sunburn, lips bleeding, can't even smile. I was afraid of the same thing happening while I was in Hawaii so I bought a really good chapstick. One thing I didn't think to purchase was a hat. Stefanie had an extra hat on Maui so for my time on the beach I was able to wear it.

Sunset in Hawaii

I got the opportunity to go to Hawaii to celebrate Rika and Van getting married. We spent a couple days swimming, relaxing and participating in wedding festivities.

We went to dinner and had to wait during the perfect time of the day.. sunset. We saw a turtle bobbing in the water, waves splashing against the rocks and boats floating in the water. It was beautiful!
At dinner we sat on the deck, ate a good meal and in the background heard a luau going on.

So You Think You Can Dance

I first saw So You Think You Can Dance a couple of summers ago and really enjoyed it. At the time it was just another Fox reality show. I didn't think it would be on another season, but really liked watching it. Fast forward 3 or 4 years and now I know a lot of people who watch it. Last season there quite a few dance numbers that I really enjoyed and still remember a year later. This year there wasn't one that stuck out as really moving until last night. I thought Ade and Melisa did a wonderful job portraying the theme of breast cancer.
Watch it for yourself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKxoCxalyWw

Happy Birthday Sandy!

Since I was away this year to celebrate Sandy on her actualy birthday we celebrated when we both were back from vacations. We got to hang out, go out to lunch and hang out some more. Happy Birthday Sandy!!
(I love how the candles in the picture actually move)

Capitola

Regina and I have been making the trek to Santa Cruz once a summer for about the last decade. Sometimes we go to Santa Cruz, sometimes Capitola, sometimes we go later in the day, sometimes earlier, sometimes we go with others, sometimes we stop at Marianne's ice cream. This year since both of us didn't work on Monday we decided to skip the weekend crowds and go during the week. We went early enough to beat the afternoon traffic and get a nice parking space without driving around looking for one. Even though it was a bit cooler than we typically like it I think we were very smart about going during the week and early in the day. Hopefully next summer we'll get the same chance.