Summer is here!

I am informed that people in Bakersfield would not even contemplate using their swimming pools until it is 120 F outside. Not the English, we decided to try mine out in March! I say 'we' but had my father not been calling me a wimp, I don't think I would have been getting my feet wet until June. It was surprisingly 'refreshing' and certainly helped me justify the $200 I spent last time I went to the pool store!

As you can tell, we have our first video recorder too so watch out for Dylan's first crawl / words / steps

Mad dog and English men

Crazy boy and grandad

One ... Two ... Three

Splish, Splash

Relaxing vacation

Relay For Life

Our lack of charitable effort has finally caught up with us so we are going to Relay For Life in aid of the American Cancer Society on May 2nd. I am told it is a really fun event and we are looking forward to being able to take Dylan out and about more. The event is based around teams walking a track for an hour at a time, for 24 hrs. If you would like to donate to the cause, we would both be extremely grateful. Please click on the link to donate or find out more about the event.

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY09National?px=10083673&pg=personal&fr_id=13826

Mothers day - take 1

It is Mothers Day in England today, and Dylan's English half felt it needed to honor the occasion. Even after a pedicure, singing hamster card (due to the fact you can't buy Mothers Day card in the US yet), wine and chocolate, Dylan was reminded that this is only a 'warm up for the proper Mothers Day'.

Unfortunately Fathers Day falls on the same day in both countries :(

New chew toy

Brian Gunn's green and yellow army

Dad does not like listening to the football these days, so I decided to get up and listen to Norwich battling to stay in the Championship. I think my support helped the lads to a 1-1 draw with promotion hopefuls Birmingham .... and dad was pretty chuffed when I told him the score!

Getting soft?

It did not seem long ago that my idea of a good weekend was watching motor racing and drinking beer. Seeing as last weekend I went to the coast to look at rocks again and today we went looking for California wild flowers, does this mean I am going soft? In my defense, I have learnt that geological field trips are a great excuse to go to the beach in the name of work. Our organizers even managed to get us onto Vandenberg Air Force base, all in the name of science.
It was great to have my parents here last week and are looking forward to their return trip from New Zealand.

Offshore drilling
Again for Chuck, some fine siliclastic quartz phaze porcelinites

Vandenberg beaches

we have one without the placed flanel to show his future girlfriend

California wildflowers

4 month update

Just a quick update. Dylan weighed 17 pounds 7 ounces and was 27 1/2 inches long at his 4 month appointment! Will post and blog more soon.

There was one in the bed, and the little one said ...

Headwear not my choice