On the road again....

Evan in his Santa outfit that Mamo gave him!

Auntie Dawn and Evan and very entertaining ceiling fan!

Best nap EVER!

Get the bees buddy!

Trying to smile for the camera

Spa time with mommy!

UCSF Pedi Echo Gang: Yev, Mo, Dawn, Hanoi, & Charisse

The girls!

Brodie loved his gifts from his grandma!

Once, again, Brodie getting spoiled!

Grandma got Brodie all dressed up for the holidays!

Lexi and Dawn

Queen Kathy and Pirate Ryan enjoying the gifts from the POPPERS!

Gink and Claire

So, I've been bad with the blogging update. Sorry! Decemeber was very busy! The first weekend I visited Wendy and Nick in Denver and spent quality time with my new nephew Evan. What a little honey he is and I love being an auntie! Then the following weekend was a Holiday party for the Pediatric Heart Center at the War Opera House in San Francisco. The following weekend I was back in Michigan. For all of you that was wondering why we got all that snow, its because of me,and I'm sorry for that!!! :) But I certainly enjoyed the white stuff. Didn't care too much for the wind gusts or the ice or the rain or the thunderstorms or flooding! My week with family and friends was fantastic!! Went by way too fast! Now I'm in Fresno, Ca working at Children's Hosptial Central California. Its about a 300 bed childrens hospital. So far so good! The peeps are great, docs are friendly and the town is wonderful. And I'm in a super nice and SAFE area! What a concept! My new company is doing a great job! I hope everyone has a wonderful new year!

Halloween San Francisco Style

Hollywood Devil

Big Bird and Beaker

70's retro girl and her dog, Buster

Halloween was great! I dressed up as a hollywood devil, Charisse as a 70's girl, her husband was a dog, Mo was a groovy big bird, and her manchop Patick was Beaker from the muppets. We went to see Nathan's band Albino play. Obviously we had a great time!

Yosemite National Park Weekend

I found a nice rock!

Hetch Hetchy Reservior

The Gang outside our Log Cabin

Picture time at Glacier Point

We saved Bill at the top of our exhausting climb!

Bill and Charisse enjoying Half Dome

Charisse, Mo, and Dawn having fun!

Mo, Patrick, Charisse, Bill & Dawn with Half Dome in the background

Half Dome

We were looking at the rock climbers with binoculars, they looked like little ants.

This past weekend I went to Yosemite with friends from work. We rented a log cabin that was located just outside the park. We had planned an 8 mile hike on saturday starting at Glacier Point, but when we got to the village we realized that it was 1 1/2 hour bus ride up the mountain, therefore we would have to hike in the dark. Probably not the best idea. So we went with the backup plan. Drive to Glacier Point and take some pictures that make it appear as if we are doing a difficult hike! Worked like a charm! And then we were able to make it back to the cabin and together made a fantastic surf and turf dinner. On sunday we went to Hetch Hetchy Reservior which supplies San Fran with all its water. My belly hurt from all the laughing that we did! It was great to get away for the weekend. And brodie spent the weekend at Ruff and Ready doggie daycare and boarding. It is run out of these 2 guys' home and Brodie made friends and really like David, according to Jerry. It was nice to know he was taken care of so well! Now he's spent the last 2 days recovering!! Happy dog!

Rowing!

Having fun rowing!

On the boat taking a quick break. 8 people can row at a time.

Rowing in action. I know its a difficult shirt to wear, but I still gotta show my pride sometime!

This past tuesday I tried rowing for the first time. It was a beautiful night. I rowed with Maureen, one of my co-workers, who rows with the Embarcadaro Rowing Club. On Tuesday nights they have a recreational rowing night where anyone can come out and try it. We rowed at night, on a full moon. It was a great to be able to see downtown at night. Also, there was a navy vessel near the bridge being patrolled by the coast guard. (The ship was there from fleet week last week). Anyway, of course, since I was on the boat, yep, you guess it, the coast guard came over to us on their little boat with big guns. Nope, it wasn't to say hi to me and that they missed me, it was to tell us that we were rowing too close to the navy ship and to MOVE AWAY!!! Oh, I've missed my coast guard. One of the guys on the boys was like, wow, we've never been told that before by the coast guard. I figured they didn't know my history! I had a great time and will try it again!

Back in San Francisco at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Hello Everyone! So, back in San Francisco for another 13 weeks. One nice part of being back is already having a great network of friends. Last sunday we met up at Golden Gate Park for a free concert that lasted all weekend. It was called Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. There were 5 different stages set up, and we ended up seeing 3 different shows. It started with Elvis Costello, then we saw a band called Gogol Bordello (kind of reminded me of being on a pirate ship), then we ended the night with Emmylou Harris. Good time was had by all.

Busy Busy Busy in Kalamazoo

Well, its been pretty busy since I got home. Vacation--time off-- time to relax! What is all that??? Haven't seen much of it here. I've been very busy working on the house, diving when I can, and getting ready for the baby shower.

The first pic is of wendy and I and the baby block cake. Then next one is of us and the onesie for her new baby to be. After that is a pic of wendy next to my mom, then grandma. Wendy is holding a piggy bank from grandma. Then its the yummy cake. Next is me, my dad, and wendy at my cousins wedding. And finally, a pic of me getting ready for a dive at Gilboa.

Hope you enjoy!!!