Through The Lens

Christmas in Adelaide

The last time we spent Christmas in Australia with Granny Jenni, Pops John and Steve was 2014. Way too long ago! So after the AVS […]

A Christmas Carol

The 2023 AVS Christmas performance with Wild Man as Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. So much work for the teachers (thank you!), but it […]

Early Christmas

Fun to bring in the Christmas cheer with Greg and Kathi before we head south for Christmas by the beach…

First Volleyball Home Game

Great to see our little number 12 and the rest of the girls in their first home game of the season…

Powder Haus Thanksgiving Week

Great to get up to the mountains for our first snow at the new cabin. The kids made the most of the half inch that […]

Healdsburg Knights Last Game

Great to see the boys out there under lights for the last game of the season. They went down 1-0 but gave it everything they […]

Fleet Week

We didn’t get to see the full show due to the weather, but what we did see was awesome! I was really jonesing to see […]

Auburn at Cal

We try to take the kids to a Cal Bears game once a season – it doesn’t always happen – and with UC Berkeley hosting […]

Los Cabos

When Annie called me up in May asking if I’d be interested in accompanying Kevin on a surf trip to Los Cabos for a long […]

Kirby Cove Camping

After all the places we’ve visited around the world, the campsite under the Golden Gate Bridge at Kirby Cove remains one of my favorite spots […]

Last Cabin Hurrah for Summer

We made time for one last hurrah at the cabin before the kids go back to school next week, some magic weather up there for […]

Escaping the Heat

17.3 miles of singletrack, a chance meeting with an old friend and a magic afternoon at the beach!

Cabin Week

It’d been almost three years since Lisa was last at the cabin (I made a trip with the kids last harvest), so fun to get […]

South Fork American River Whitewater

Ever since we took our first whitewater rafting trip with the Munselles down the Trinity when Max and Cam were in preschool I’d been waiting […]

AVS Graduation

This is going just way too fast… Lilia’s time at Alexander Valley School came to an end today with a quite moving graduation ceremony for […]