Our First Driving Lesson

SILAS SAYS: It was really fun doing the driving lessons because we drove in this really cool golf cart. But, we didn't get to press the gas peddle because it was too dangerous and we might press it too hard. And the fun part about it was we got to go on people's grass in front of their houses if they were not there and around their trees. And once when the car was going I ran up and jumped on the car.



JASPER SAYS: We had a really fun time driving a golf cart. We drove down the street and went on other people's lawns and drove around their trees. While another person was driving we were on the back of the golf cart. The people who drove the carts that day, me, my brother, Noah, and Noah's cousin Nikki. I also raced the golf cart down to the corner at the street.

Montara Before the Storm

Ian snapped these shots with his little water video camera on Saturday just as the big swell was filling. Henri, Ian, and I got a couple hours of surf just before the storm. Montara was the only break not feeling the wind. Great location, granite, mountains and misty rain.

Baja California Sur Sin Ninos

Week in Baja with Stacy. Boys stayed home. Relaxing time reading, hanging at the beach, surfing warm point breaks, and exploring towns and remote beaches. Loved the town and surf near Todos Santos and Stacy finally got me on a horse.

Coolio having lunch by the pool.


Sunset from our hotel room.


Horses and the "Don't Swim" flag in front of the hotel. We swam anyway (Las Bocanas surf break was small but fun to body surf and boogie board).

Family Christmas in Sonoma and San Francisco

JASPER SAYS: I had a very fun time at Christmas because all my family was there. I got a bunch of good presents from them. We went surfing with everybody because Noah got a new wetsuit and had a really fun time because he was much warmer. Everybody got good presents and we had a fun time playing with them. I had a very, very good Christmas.

SILAS SAYS: Here is a secret: look at Mia above. I had a really fun Christmas because I got a lot of stuff I like. One of the things I got was a sketch book and I like the sketchbook because I love drawing. Since I like Nutella a lot, my dad got me a shirt that says Nutella. You should see it because it is hilarious. Just like Jasper said, Noah got a fun wetsuit, if you look at some of the other blogs we made you will see a little kid looking 2 or 3 years old showing his muscles and making a really funny face with his two front teeth sticking out.

RC Christmas

Thanks Jim and Judy for the RC cars. The rock on the beach.

SILAS Says: Dada is right, they are really rockin on the beach. We drove them off the Boogie Board and over a lot of different people, like me, Hayden, Mia, Renee, and Elijah (see below).

Christmas Beach Time

No one noticed how cold it was at Ocean Beach. Great time for all five of the kids.

Tin Tin Adventures

I read Tin Tin as a you boy and still have the original first english editions I read as a kid. Now Jasper and Noah are diving in and can't get enoough Tin Tins. We consolidated books from the Crockers in Del Mar and now have the complete collection. We also have two that are not from the main set, Tin Tin in the Congo and Lake of the Sharks. The toy in the picture is a Tin Tin car I bought in France in 1992.