Through The Lens

Glacier National Park

From the Quintero’s in Cascade we made the roughly three hour drive northwest across the wide open plains of central Montana to the eastern reaches […]

Central Montana

A couple of weeks ago family Valtenbergs ventured east to central Montana to catch up with Lisa’s uncle as he made his way on his […]

Waterskiing in Visalia

We spent a very fun weekend down in southern California last weekend with the Bakkers, after our trip last year Lisa was organizing another one […]

Work Weekend at the Cabin

The three of us ventured up to Arnold last weekend to help Carol, Greg, Gail and Randy with getting the cabin ready for summer.  Cleaning […]

Another Visit From Granny Jenni

My mum recently spent a couple of weeks in Hawaii and figured that if she was only five hours flight from us she might as […]

I Walk Now

We’ve been working on this walking thing for a few months now.  We actually thought Lilia was going to start walking around the 10 month […]

A Weekend With Dad

There really is no better therapy for an atrocious week at work than a weekend one-on-one with your one year old daughter.  Makes one forget […]

Muddy Hollow Trail

It was the monthly JAMERS hiking meet today, Carol and Greg organized an ambitious route through the northern section of Point Reyes National Seashore for […]

Tennessee Valley Beach

While Lisa was on the plane back from Chicago this morning Lilia and I took a trip down to Tennessee Valley Beach.  The Surly got […]

What Sound Does A Lion Make?

We haven’t had much luck with animal sounds yet, when Lilia tries to imitate a kitten it sounds the same as a cow. There is […]

Fish

I bought Lilia a new bike seat for her birthday.  Actually, one of the reasons I built up my new commuter bike was so I […]

It’s Party Time!

Lilia is one year old tomorrow, boy how time flies.  I was looking back today at all the photos from almost a year ago when […]

R.I.P. Sammy the Pig

Born in August, 2011 in Windsor, California, Sammy the Pig spent the first six weeks of her life with a wholesome family in the Sonoma […]

China Cove

Lisa was working at a wine event today, so Tinkerbelle and I took advantage of the nice weather and spent a few hours hiking from […]