Zack's friends getting cake. 

Zack waiting for his birthday cake. 

Summer

Richard and Judy are here visiting. Siena and Zack are going to camps. Time is flying by this summer!

The Langstons 

Siena digs it at Half Moon Bay! (Digs it! Get it?!)

The eclectic collection of flowers in my new garden plot. 

My little potted garden by the front door. 

An orange rose so pretty I had to put it in a vase. 

Judy, Rich, and Siena like my corney jokes. 

Siena poses with some of her guy-friends at her pool party. 

Siena and Zack built a big brick wall in the alley.  

Summer begins

A quick thought: I think we're supposed to feel different now that our first kid is going to Kindergarten. It didn't really sink in until graduation was over. Siena is really done with preschool now! And, if all goes well, Zachary will start in one year. We're selling our high chair and other baby-related items. This must be where time starts zipping by, and next time we blink, it's prom night. I'm often told that the time passes so quickly, but so far it hasn't seemed that way. It does, though, seem like a hundred years since we used that old high chair.

By the way, Zacky is pretty close to being potty-trained now. Selling their changing table - now that will really blow us away!

-C

Siena (back row, left) sings with her classmates for the parents. 

Siena graduates preschool (with her teacher Mrs. Raider) 

Coupla handsome guys 

Siena graduated from Monticeto Preschool on Friday. Here she is with her special math certificate! 

Zack plays on Siena's big day. 

It rained last night and today. Here's how it looked this morning on my bike ride toward the Los Altos Hills. We're at 150% of normal for the season. Of course, that's about 24 inches. 

Zack checks out the new Chrysler 300.  

We went to the Sunset festival last weekend. It was like an art and wine festival you have to pay for, but with lots of contractors, art projects, and cooking also. Here's Siena and the cookie she painted with food coloring! 

Art! 

Our 9th Anniversary

Today is our 9th wedding anniversary. We went to La Fondue in Saratoga.

God,l I love my wife.

-Rich

The gymnast awaiting her instructions. 

Busy, busy

Tuesdays are crazy days. Zack has preschool, Siena has gymnastics, Siena has preschool, and then she has karate. Needless to say, she is pretty tired by the end of the day. Doesn't she look cute, though? "Hi!"

The Karate kid 

Siena in karate class 

Siena in gymnastics class 

Our aboriginal painting is framed and hung in the entry

The view from my room at Treasure Island in Las Vegas. I am here until Thursday for the N+I show. -Rich