Bees Game

We got free tickets to the Salt Lake Bees game today. Nice way to celebrate Sam's arrival day anniversary. We had great weather and the Bees won, but barely. We actually went home before the end, but I found this article describing the Bees' narrow victory:

http://saltlake.bees.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090823&content_id=6584224&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&sid=t561

The kids' favorite thing was the race between 3 people dressed up in huge inflatable food costumes. The hot dog knocked over the pizza in the middle but the pizza still ran ahead and won, and the ice cream cone never seemed to have a chance.

There was a playground nearby and I was there for a while with the kids. I noticed Sam had disappeared and went looking for him. I found him under the slide with 2 other boys. They were sitting in a circle having a cute little picnic together, consisting of dirty red licorice bits that someone had dropped. Yuck. Still, they were pretty happy kids. Not only did they get dirty Nibs, they got popcorn from Sam's Sunday School teacher who was very gracious and shared freely.

Overall, a great summer day. Love Salt Lake, the Bees, and my family. :-)

Arrival Day - 3 years with Sam

August 24, 2007


August 24, 2008


August 24, 2009


Tomorrow marks our 3 year anniversary with Sam. He has completed our family and brought us unbounded joy. Happy Arrival Day to my little buddy.

party pics

We had a wonderful birthday party. At the end when we were getting ready to leave, I tried to go out a door closer to our car and inadvertently set off an alarm (in my defense, it was only marked "EXIT" with no alarm warnings or emergency exit sign). Alex does not like loud noises, especially surprises. On the way home Bryan asked if she had a good party. She said no, because of the alarm. Despite that, I think she had a very good time, even if she won't admit it. :-) And I very much enjoyed her chocolate cake!

birthday girl

newborn


first birthday


age 2


age 3


age 4


age 5

How the time flies by.

A Small World

Alguien tiene una invitacion a www.smallworld.com?

:)

US3, Seul, Corea del Sur, Vancouver, San Francisco y la vuelta al mundo

Sigo en Hong Kong.
Hace unos dias volvi de Seul, en Corea del Sur. Tengo fotos interesantes que ire subiendo.

Este Domingo vuelo a ver a mi amigo Richi a Vancouver, Canada, alquilaremos un cochecito y nos haremos la costa Oeste de Estados Unidos hasta llegar a San Francisco. Volveremos a subir y de Vancuver a Barcelona para pasar unos dias antes de volver a Madrid. Con esto completare una vuelta al mundo que ha durado casi 9 meses...

Ahi va Cantaloop de US3

Goldfinch Restaurant, Hong kong, In the mood for love...

Ayer me llevaron a cenar al restaurante que sale en la pelicula de Won Kar Wai "In the mood for love", una de mis pelis favoritas...

Summer pictures - July 2009

Pictures from this summer. I lost most of them from my computer crash, but here are a few, including the Peltiers.

18th Anniversary

We celebrated #18 both with and without the kids. A TIME magazine article came out the same week as our anniversary with a cover story on marriage (and how it is under siege). It reminded me how grateful I am for our marriage, and I decided I want the kids to see it as a family holiday at least as important as a birthday. So we got red and white balloons, a "sweetheart cake" from Baskin Robbins, lit 18 candles and sang "happy anniversary" to ourselves with the kids. Then we got a babysitter and enjoyed dinner out and a long walk in a beautiful park at sunset.

I forgot to take pictures but I will try to remember that next year.

Jyuyondai sake

Ayer casi que arrastre a mi amigo Shigeru fuera de su casa y me llevo a un bar que ya estaba cerrado donde me invitaron a un vasito del que presuntamente es el sake mas caro...

Festival de, eh... Gundam!

los japoneses estan tan jodidos los pobres que organizan un festival con escenario, puestos comida, de bebida, etc...
La diferencia es que en vez de grupos de musica en directo, como es habitual en este tipo de eventos, en el escenario hay una maqueta escala 1/1 de Gundam.

Madre mia!

ponyo

posteando desde el movil

A buenas horas pruebo lo de postear desde el movil usando la tarifa plana de S!Mail que me da Softbank...
Incluso puedo enviar attachment por 300 yen al mes, unos 2 euros.

Squaw Valley - Billharz Family Reunion

We spent a fantastic week with 50 Billharzes at the Olympic Village at Squaw Valley, celebrating my parents' 50th anniversary. Mom wore her original wedding dress, which you can see in the photos. We hiked to a waterfall, biked along the Truckee River, went rafting, hung out on the beach, toasted marshmallows at the campfire, and - best of all - made lasting memories. Mom and Dad hosted an anniversary banquet and asked each of the 12 kids to share "a favorite memory or experience." I wish I had the whole thing on video - we rarely get to be together and reminisce like that and it was fun to hear what everyone remembered. Mom and Dad's first honeymoon was basically a rainy, cold camping trip so we pitched in for a surprise second honeymoon. As Chip said, it was fun to give them that because at this point it is hard for them to be surprised by anything! They will be going to Banff and surrounding area next month, and we hope for beautiful weather and good times for them. Being married 50 years is great - being married 50 years AND being able to go travel together and enjoy it is awesome!