Marine Corps Air Show 2012 !!!!!!!!

Ah, Sara, you know you can't take the Marines home with you right? We're here for the kids.........Ah, Sara?

Mt Laguna Hike

From the suburbs to scenic mountains in 35 minutes!!!! Happy day soaring high with the red tails!!!

Halloween

Jack had a blast and had so much fun that he forgot about all the candy he got the next day!!! DDS Dr. Chan is very happy for this!!!

Homeboy on the Range

Jack and Odin take a break from roping steers and riding fences to pal around!!!

Halloween draws close

Jack in the lead, picking pumpkins and staying far away from the haunted house in the east corner of the pumpkin patch!!

Jack's 7th Birthday Pictures

The King and his court!!!!! good friends, high pitched screaming, bonked heads, dehydration and sugar all mixed for a great birthday party!!!! Thanks to everyone who came and made Jack's 7th Birthday a real great time!!!!!!!!!

Jack's Blue Crab

Only in St. Michaels Maryland are you proud when your six year old boy catches crabs!!

Lets Party!!!!!

Ham and Cheese....Please!

Two if by sea

Choose your vessel wisely Milo, for the sea is unforgiving!

Boat Building

A great ship is built slowly, one piece at a time, at a picnic bench with toothpicks, corks and glue. Just like in the days of old.

Historic St. Michaels

Smile Like You Mean It.........

These are not the boys you are looking for !!!!!

No no....Its cool....He's ok. He's friends with my cousin.

Da Fair!!!

Turning circles on land and water....Master Jack commands!!!!!

Attacked all all sides. Someday I will get to float on the big raft with a drink and be left alone.....NOT!!!

Ahhhhhhh......

Your tongue looks fine, but lets have the doctor look at you a little more closely...

Pool Party of Two

Ladies please...The goggles are for your safety!!!!

The Desert Tower 2012.....

This is a San Diego landmark that few San Diegans visit...  It lies on the extreme east part of San Diego County, just off the I-8,  on the edge of a large drop off that tumbles down from the San Diego Mountains to the Imperial Valley.  The Imperial Valley is flat, vast valley of farms.

Passed by thousands of motorists every day, it is visited by a few.  Just outside the grounds of the lookout tower are numerous homesteaders and conspiracy theorists camped out in rusting camping trailers and homes that would be bulldozed by Bob Villa.

Grandma Pam knows the owner "Ben"- and what a character he is.  He makes the Tower a fun place to visit and has a story or two to tell,  all of which appear to have been told time and again to his pack of lazy dogs of questionable heritage which lie about on the steps leading inside and on the couches of his museum.

If you dare view through the kaleidoscope you will see a vision of desert austere, sheeple in minivans, border patrol agents, hippies, aliens of all kinds, tweekers, Native Americans, soaring hawks, and children laughing in the rock garden.  Its windy, a little dusty...it smells like incense and cholla and I feel like I have looked at one of Jimi Hendrix's colorful shirts for too long.....but I know that I will be back again when I need to see the edge.....

Victorius Jackus (a common sight where I live)

Jack celebrates another day of living the good life after his hike at Cottonwood Creek Falls.....

Cottonwood Creek Falls

Wonderful hiking to this series of small falls in a pocket canyon.  The perfect blend of cool running water and giant rocks to picnic on.  A big, bright, beautiful day.....

A sweet Jack will never taste

This is the last year I will encourage him to sit on a motorcycle at the car show. Simply put, there are somethings in life that are exciting and best avoided. Having my own stolen probably saved me from a broken everything!

Oak Canyon (there are Oak trees in a canyon)

Jack pauses for a moment in Oak Canyon to ponder the yonder...



Enough thinking! Time to polish this turkey off!!!

Hiking With Drew-Bot-2012

Jack and Drew pose for a picture during a hike in the Wildcat Canyon area...

Christmas 2011

Jack poses for the camera in front of our tree just after completion. We have had such a busy time since the beginning of school that we are a little behind in keeping up the blog!! We are back on it. Some of these will be out of historical order....

A bridge too far

Jack and Sara tempting physics in Mission Gorge