Kari had a work function in Puerto Rico and managed to hop over to St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. and visit Kirk and Cara.
Coincidently, her visit was just before Kirk's 40th birthday. Happy Birthday Kirk! At this moment he is celebrating on St. John with Cara friends, and I sure can't blame Kari if she wishes she were still there. Kirk zipped her around on his little boat to some choice snorkeling spots around St. Thomas and St. John. (Little did he know that a party was being set up in his honor for later.) Read more about Happy 40th Birthday, Kirk
On November 1, Simon competed in his first Kuk Sool Won (Korean martial arts) tournament in Oakland. There were teams from all over the country and our Alameda-based team placed 4th overall.
Simon competed in the 7-8 year-old blue belt division and won 2 medals (3rd and 4th place.) If you ask me, he kinda got slighted in the judging but I am heavily biased. (do I need to tell you that?) Read more about Simon's first Kuk Sool Won tournament
We just ticked September (Northern California heat wave!) and Henry is already sifting through his costumes. Last year, he went through 7 different configurations on Halloween night... scaring the BEJEEZUS out of trick-or-treaters on our haunted porch with his various accessories (fangs, masks, reversible cape, fog machine, microphone/amp rig, spiderman gloves, etc.)
After 10 years in California, we finally made it to Yosemite Valley and stayed in a tent cabin at Curry Village. I think we finally figured out that you either have to luxury camp or backpack in California because typical car-camping simply sucks. I can get along w/ this luxury camping... we are already booked for a heated cabin this coming winter at the same place. Read more about Boegers in Yosemite