San Luis Obispo
We traveled up the Central Coast of California to attend a memorial service for Iris’ cousin, Jim Okada. We stayed at an Embassy Suites in San Luis Obispo and had dinner at the Madonna Inn, which was just down the road.
Thanksgiving
Normally, we have Thanksgiving with Iris’ extended family. This year we traveled up north to San Jose to have Thanksgiving with Ron’s old roommate, Tim Orsley, and his family. We were joined by another roommate of theirs, Frank Kovac, and his family of four, from Lake Tahoe. We left Wednesday afternoon around 12:45 PM, and… Read More »
Halloween
Thankfully Halloween wasn’t as involved this year as it has been in past years. The girls both dressed up, Stephanie as a Harajuku Girl and Morgan as a vampiress. Stephanie went to help out at the El Segundo Halloween Frolic while Morgan went trick-or-treating with a couple of friends after the frolic. Morgan also carved… Read More »
Blue Angels
We took a trip up to San Francisco to watch the Blue Angels perform during Fleet Week. Apparently, Fleet Week is a pretty big deal up here. It seemed like thousands of people lined the San Francisco Bay in order to watch the many demonstration flight teams. We made the trip with both of Ron’s… Read More »
Lake Isabella
We spent four days camping at Lake Isabella, which is just east of Bakersfield. We went with the Buchers, the Olsons, and friends of the Buchers from Boy Scouts. We came with high hopes of fishing action, but the lake didn’t yield much. Probably some bad after-effects from a big fire earlier in the year.… Read More »
Washington, D.C.
This was our big trip this summer, a week in Washington, D.C.. We stayed in Woodbridge, VA, and took the Metro in most days. We didn’t wake up early enough to catch any of the tours, but we did see quite a bit. We walked around the National Mall one day to visit the Washington… Read More »
Emiko Turns Four
Emiko quietly celebrated her fourth birthday.
Spring Recital
The El Segundo Elementary School Musical Instrument Program at both Richmond Street and Center Street Schools held their Spring Recital. Morgan played a duet of “This Old Man” with her classmate, Lily. About halfway through the song (the 0:41 second mark in the video below), a bottom valve cap came off of Morgan’s trumpet and… Read More »
Natural History Museum
The fourth grade classes at Center Street School in El Segundo took a field trip to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Ron volunteered to be one of the chaperones, and he met Morgan’s class at the museum. There were enough parent chaperones to break the class up into small groups, so, in… Read More »
Sue’s Knee Surgery
Iris’ mom, Sue, had knee replacement surgery this morning. The operation went well, and we went to visit her in the afternoon. She’s got her leg in an interesting apparatus that automatically bends her knee every few minutes. And wrapped around her knee is a neoprene sleeve that’s attached to a hose, which keeps her… Read More »