My youngest daughter has advised me that it is now time for a new post. Noting that it has been sometime since I last posted, I must say that she is correct. Perhaps Colette and I lead such exciting lives that I don't have time to blog? If the next month is an indicator, that must be true. It looks awfully busy!

Later this week Kelsey will be graduating from college – can you imagine that? We’ll be there to cheer her on! Not only that, she has decided she should get married as well and we get all the way to August to plan that! Colette should be busy planning and arranging all summer while Dad should be busy writing checks. This is certainly an exciting time forKelsey and us (and an expensive time for Dad?). Congratulations, Kelsey, we are very excited for you and proud of you!

Sean is budding into a bike racer like his brother. Interestingly enough he has raced in two stage races so far (Arizona and Utah - check out his blog for details) and has yet to race in California, go figure! We think California would be a good place for his next race. We’re also thinking of pasting “Mom & Dad Racing” stickers all over his "new" Pontiac Vibe (move over Rock Racing Bentley). More importantly he seems to be enjoying and doing well in school – that’s not easy with trigonometry and chemistry right at the forefront. Keep it up Sean.

Eric has had some great early season success with his racing. Unfortunately, he came down with a “bug” over the weekend and bagged a DNF. That is not the end of the world and we expect great things next weekend when we see him race at East Canyon. We’re looking forward to that. Stay tuned and check out his blog site. Tour of the Gila is coming up and ought to be entertaining.

Amy has, in her own words, taken the last class she will ever take! That must be a great feeling. She is done with her class work at Michigan and now only has to complete her dissertation. I tell her she should have that done by the start of the ski season (she asked me when that was). She says it may take a tad (?) longer than that. In any event she continues to enjoy Ann Arbor and with spring here that can only get better. Colette and I are headed back to pay her a visit real soon. We are really looking forward to that, especially since the weather is now improving.

Hey, this almost sound like a Christmas letter! At least I’ve posted another blog. I’ll try to come up with something a bit more novel next time. Have a great week! I may move to Austrailia!

PS: Send me more pictures!

Stan's new bike

For Christmas Eric gave his Dad a nice tractor sized bicycle saddle with the assumption that his aging father’s derrière was getting soft and needed something a little (no, actually a lot) softer than a standard road bike saddle.

Actually my derrière is tougher than he thinks so I went to the bike store for an exchange. Maybe that wasn’t such a good idea.

To make a long story (?) short I ended up trading in the “tractor cushion” for a new bike. The reliable old one has seen a lot of miles and it seemed like a good idea (at least at the time) to have a replacement for those days when the bike needs to be in the shop. The new one is an updated version of the old one and here it is:

Sean checks it out. Stan and Colette admire it (each other?)

If the weather holds up (its been “bitter cold” here, not getting much above 60 degrees during the day and getting down into the mid-30’s at night) the new bike will get its first real ride this Saturday. Speaking of derrières, I thought I was going to freeze mine right off the past few days when I was out riding at 5:00 a.m. – crazy?

Love you all!

Joyce and Scott recently sent this picture which has inspired me to post a short blog. That and the fact that I'm about due to post another one. Afterall, it has been a while.

Pictures are really wonderful. They can evoke many memories. It's hard to believe that Amy was ever that small and that someone's hair was that long (not that it's all that long). Seeing my grandmother and my father in the picture also brings back many happy memories.

I am really grateful for our family and for the great memories we share. I look forward to building on those memories for many years to come.

Everything is bouncing along reasonably well here in the Southland. Mammoth has received its first snowfall of the year (not much, though) and the temperature is a bit cooler today. Fall is in the air (as much as you can say that in Southern California). The days are definately getting shorter. I am now ususally back to the house after my morning bike ride before the sun is really up. During the summer it is awesome to be on top of the Sacred Heart hill and watch the sun come up. It will be a few months until that happens again.

Have a great weekend and be good!

Midnight Roadie?

Is this really proof that Sean is a closet roadie? Pictures don't lie!

Have a great week!

I tried this once and the blog disappeared. Hopefully this one will post. The gist of it is that our new kitchen floor is in. Hopefuly the counter tops will be in next week and then we hope we are off to the races for the finish work. Could it be that the end is in sight? Naw.....

See you all in Park City really soon.

The Kitchen Project is still moving although at what appears to be a slower (snail's) pace. Here are some pictures of the new floor that was put in last week. The counters should show up next week and then we hope things will pick up and move rapidly (?) toward a conclusion. We can only hope.

Logan scores a take down!

This is your lucky day (or perhaps I should say week) - you get TWO blogs from me! This one, however, is really going to be more pictures than anything else. Some of you, I don't know who, have expressed some interest in seeing a bit more of how our kitchen remodel is progressing. To accomadate that wish, here you go. The cabinets are in as I have said. We are also expecting the flooring to go down over the next several days (so you can count on more pictures later this week). In any event, here is what it looks like today. Enjoy, and let us know what you think (that's how we check up to see if anyone is actually looking at this site!).