Closing out Summer

It feels like summer is almost over, not because the weather is cooling down because it hasn't yet, but because summer trips are over and teaching seminary has started. I can't believe I got through 9+ months of waking up at 5am last year. It seems more difficult this year without Kc teaching with me. He tells me when to go to bed now and scares me out of pressing snooze. Here are some fun things I squeezed in before the end of summer.

Bike riding in Monterey with the Adams, Bakers and Packers

Camping in Yosemite

Around the campfire nerve out

Trickiness with glow stick flashlights

Hiking and swimming in Nevada Falls

Sneaking down to my parents house- favorite view ever

Seeing these two newleyweds



And hanging out with three out of six of my nieces and nephews

Lots of fun cannot believe summer '09 is coming to an end.

3 Years?? Just a Drop in the Bucket

This is a tribute to Molly Bethans. Since we have been together Molly has always insisted that I surprise her whenever possible. As hard as I try I have never been able to keep a secret from her and that includes all the gifts/nice things I try to do for her. But I think I finally did it right and yesterday was a great day! Our anniversary celebration started off with Molly sneaking out of bed when I was getting ready for school and cooking a nice hot breakfast without me even knowing it. Even though it was 6:30am and the sun was just coming up she made it a candle light breakfast. Molly-1 K.C.-0 She beat me to it, but I loved it!!



So then it was my turn to get her back. I left school around lunch time and she was expecting me to come home around 5. I made a quick trip to get some flowers and chocolates and then did a knock and run at our apartment. Surprise #1 = a success. I snuck in a few minutes later and then we had the rest of the day to have fun.


I had called a few weeks back and reserved a spot at this excellent place in the Berkeley Marina called Skates on the Bay. You have to cross a little bridge to get in cause the restaurant literally sits right in the bay. It was delicious...you must go and eat there! Molly will claim that she knew I was going to take here there but she had no idea until we were almost to the place. Surprise #2 = success.

It was very windy after dinner when we walked out to the end of the pier and back.

It was an amazing day, definitely one for the books. Hopefully I've learned my lesson on how to keep and finally execute a decent surprise. And to my gorgeous wife...You're the best, I love you.

D O double G

It has been a busy week, but last weekend we went to an East Bay classic event... an A's game. But we didn't sit in our usual bleacher seats because they were full of dogs. It was take your dog to the park night. We kept hearing barking dogs all night it was funny. And with all of the breaks during the game instead of playing top 20 hits they played songs like Who let the dogs out, and Bowwowwow yipee yo yipee yeah. The A's ended up beating the Angels that night.

Buzzed Boo

Kc and I would talk about buzzing his hair all the time.
Finally we did it. Then he tried to talk me into it.

That hair on the floor could make a full toupee

Ta da!

Park City '09

Reunion time means t-shirt time. Martha and I have been designing reunion tshirts for 3 years, so this year we video chatted until we finished the design and then I started silkscreening. It was a learning process with a lot of mistakes but Kc helped me work it out.

Burning the screen

Blocking out for printing

When we got to Park City it was a little chilly so we had to convince ourselves to go wake boarding and surfing off the boat in the Jordanelle, but we did it. Ethan and Kc enjoying the Utah Beach.

Bowling for my Mom's birthday

Cohen playing tennis, we had a family tournament it got pretty competitive

Hiking up to the top of Payday

It has never been so green during the summer before

Wearing the shirts, we forgot to take a group picture the day I gave the shirts out so it was pretty hard to get everyone together. My mom, martha and I will have to do. ( I am the one in the middle.)

The GREAT Northwest

So this is the 9th hole on the south course at Sahalee. It's a little par 3 about 175 with water and bunkers on the left...beautiful

This one is the signature hole at Echo Falls GC. I birdied the previous hole before pounding a 7 iron right into the drink on the finishing 18th.

This is the amazing view from Newcastle GC in Bellevue WA. It was a little rainy the day my dad and I played this one...but I've seen it before.

This isn't me in the river but it's a shot of the Snoqualmie river where my dad and I went to do some fly fishing on Thursday before I left on Friday night. It was awesome!

Since I had a few weeks before my next quarter starts at school I went home to enjoy the golf extravaganza with my dad. It was so good to see everyone and play with my nieces and nephews. For the record. When I got there they were going 29 days strong without any rain. It was beautiful. Who wouldn't want to live in the northwest?

silkscreen and umpires

This last week kc and I have been on different schedules. I made plans to go to a silkscreen class in the mission on Saturday and he was scheduled to umpire a little league game. Then all week he had finals, which I am so proud he finished and passed while I went to work. Now he is in Seattle visiting his family while I hangout in Alameda and San Francisco. But soon we get to go relax in Park City.

Part of the reason I went to the silkscreening class is so that I can produce yearly reunion t-shirts for my family. On the way to my class I walked through the Clarion Alley in the Mission(these are painted walls outside the neighborhood goodwill). I wish my apartment building was painted like this.

Kc umpiring the Mariners vs. Astros

Kc's pads and miniature hat make him look so handsome.

Tartine Bakery on 18th and Guerrero- amazing looking desserts

Dolores Park- as seen in Just Like Heaven