Grandparents are the best!

A few of our favorite folks went through the woods and over the river to the grand-kids’ house this month. The gang had a great time seeing some of the sites (sans dad because he was at work… again…) the DC area has to offer. Everyone enjoyed the hiking trails and the raging river up…

It’s beginning to look a lot like…

It’s beginning to look a lot like…. the same as every other sunny San Diego day? While it may still be 75 and sunny, signs of Christmas are popping up here in San Diego. Since we don’t have the change of seasons here to let us know the big man is coming with gifts, we…

Rewind

In a last ditch effort to get caught up on what filled our time during the last three months of 2013, here’s a quick photo rundown…

Jolly Days

Earlier in the year we decided to stay in California for Christmas. When we heard Mike and Heather were doing the same, the Wiktor families decided it would only be appropriate to join forces in Santa Cruz. Kathy and Carolyn couldn’t be left out and made plans to join us as well. We were set…

Movember

Fortunately for me, Phil didn’t participate in the mustache movement but the word is kind of catchy. November hasn’t quite come to an end but the holidays are already in full swing here leaving me to wonder where the month went. Here’s a quick rundown… November started with the usual pomp and circumstance for the…

Goodbye Summer

Well, you wouldn’t know from the heat wave we had here the last week (it was 105!!!) but summer is officially over. Luckily, we live in Southern California so that doesn’t mean much to us. Words like snow and windchill don’t work their way into our vocabulary with the changing of the season. Before we…

A family day

Usually work stuff stays off the blotter but since it was a family event and all… The Squadron had a family day on Saturday complete with fast roping, rockets, guns, cotton candy, and a “jumpy” as they’re called out here. Mere snagged a few pictures of me flying during the event and Carolyn got to…