April + May Festivities

Easter Sunday!
Spring soccer!

Through the Doorway of "Quadrangenaria"

Add our ages together and you get 42.75! More than the total cost to enjoy time with family.

Guess who's younger?

BBQ + sweet vermouth + fam

Niece + Uncle

Guess who's next up for a bday?

Ewan rides along with Daddy.

Ewan rode along with me to work for the annual "Bring Your Kids to Work Day" in April at the Correctional Training Center in Galt. Here he is standing with the other assembled youths in front of a chopper that landed down and awoke everyone's allergies that afternoon. Can you guess which one Ewan is?

Here he is brandishing his favorite weapon of the day.

Yes, son … it also looks like one of those. :/

How did he get so adept with this weapon of choice, you might ask?…

Here's the reason why! The morning session saw the kids take up arms as they learned the basics of the baton.

Or, more really just run around and take shots of cool poses.

Like this one, taken with a coworker's son and Ewan's playmate for the day.

As if training among the Order wasn't enough, Ewan went straight to the Eliminator after that…

Doesn't his sweaty, sugared-up, worn-out expression at the end of the day say it all!

Take us into summer, my little man!

"Hey there! Ewan here. Wanna check out what we've been up to as the weather's warmed…?"

"Mom and I arrive at a wedding on the river."

"My fellow wedding crasher, Sean, and I patiently await the main course."

"Mommy and Daddy make a pretty good looking couple, too!"

"Daddy with the man-of-the-hour, Andy, his old high school pal and gaming companion."

"Mommy shows off her tummy."

"Ok, Sean! Let's cut a rug—er, grass!"

"All eyes on me!"

"Catch me if you can, Daddy!"

"Where's the camera?"

"Paige-hug!"

"Oh, there you are, Daddy!"

"And check out my fledgling solo performing artist skillz!"

"Welp, until next time, stay cool all you monsters out there! RAWR!!"

Easter '18 + Batman in London!

An Easter egg model is born.

"Daddy? I know Jesus loves me and all, but why is there a car-shaped bottle of body wash in my church Easter basket? Is God trying to tell me something?"

Remember that time Batman and Catwoman made a date on top of Big Ben!?

At the end of my 37th trip around the sun!

Just a couple 'o boys celebrating a papa's birthday in their birthday suits! (Very nearly anyway.)

Look how well I've aged!

I see you there!

More cake!

That's my boy!

First time riding a carousel. Thanks, Nana!

Me: "Hey bud, nice choice! Have I ever told you about the Dachou Game?"

On the car ride home.

"Smell my toes! They smell like giant-flightless-bird."

Reigning Mother's Day champ, two years running!

"Hey Daddy, it's high time to swing into my spring fashion, don't you think? Gotta look good for Mommy!"

"Just gotta… *hrrk*!"

"…make a little adjustment…"

"There! I'm set!"

"This's set."

"That's set."

"Mommy!"

"Look! I've got something new on my head, too!"

In the News: "Talking Dollars & Sense"

May we always have friends as dear.…

"Hey there! I'm Ewan. Come and meet some of our dearest friends, why don't you?"

"Here's me with Francesca, one of my new Italian friends! She's a natural with me. Can you see Daddy and Giuseppe behind us?"

"Francesca, now joined by her partner Lia, make a me-n-teeth sandwich. I like it!"

"Mommy, Daddy, and me (snoozing)!" (after dinner at the Gaudio home in Vacaville)

"Daddy and his former student, Anna, (Giuseppe's wife)." 

"Smiles all around as we send off the Gaudios (with Mathilde in pink and Federico in blue) to their new stomping grounds: Philadelphia!"

"Me and my new best bud, Ash! Can you see his daddy behind us?"

"Ash offers a flower on the way to the Sac Zoo."

"Mommy and Ash with a monkey—or is that Mommy with two monkeys?"

"Mommy, again, with flamingoes."

"WHAT ABOUT ME? MORE PICTURES OF ME!"

"Smell my foot, Ash."

"Go! Go! Go! GO!"

"Seeing the Okunos (Mark, Ash, and Emma) off as they head back to Santa Barbara."

"Daddy takes me into the pool for the first time—naked! Me, not him."

"Well, that's all for now! I'll be right here by this stand until next time. Buh-bye!"