He Shoots, but does he score?

Here is a picture from last Friday's soccer game between Redlands East Valley (Red) and Eisenhower (Green) high schools. Spencer (#18) had an opportunity to play on the field instead of playing as the Goalkeeper. In the photo he attempts a header, but the shot just barely goes over the goal.

Reconnecting with an old friend

The wonders of the Internet have finally allowed us to reconnect with Charles & Squeaky Swenson in Pawley's Island, South Carolina. Thanks to postal address confusion and changing telephone area codes we'd lost contact with them until recently.

What would we have done without the Internet? Some will complain that in the information age we are bombarded by too much information. While that my be true to some degree - do I really need RSS feeds from all the major news services? - there are still many benefits. The greatest one is the ability to find "lost" friends.

Company is Coming

We recently heard from our Welzheim, Germany friends Willy, Brigitte, Tabea, and Almut Weller . They are planning a family vacation to California in August and will spend quite a bit of time with us.

We are eagerly looking forward to their visit and are already making plans for several short sightseeing trips. Trips to Las Vegas and Mexico are definite possiblities. We've got a bit of time to think of some unique attractions for them to see.

In a future post I'll take more about their visit and how we got to know the Weller family.

Where Did the Holidays Go?

It's almost a week into the new year and I must admit I wasn't ready for the old year to end. No, it's not that I had a super year that I never wanted to end, rather there were too many things left unfinished.

We would like to think that due to our Thanksgiving trip to New York City and Connecticut we got behind on our holiday decorating and our Christmas cards. Perhaps that is the reason .... Regardless, the decorations went up (but not for as long as Roberta prefers), most of the outdoor lights were lit (thanks to Spencer's initiative), and now the decorations are down (but waiting to be packed away). The artificial tree is however a different story - it's only 1/3 dismantled since I can't finish with it until the decorations are boxed (at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it).

So, if I can make one new years resolution (that I hope to keep) it would be that I need to start and finish the Christmas holiday on time this year.