Happy Birthday Cherise!!

Happy Birthday Tom!

Happy Birthday Joe!

Today's the big day - have a great one!

Happy (one day late) Birthday Mom/Grandma Joan!

Hope it was a great one!!

A couple of cool dudes!

Happy Birthday Nichele!

Have a great day tomorrow!

November 15, 2007

Sad day, guys, sad day.

Way to Go!

Happy Birthday Delli!

Hope you had a great day!

Happy Birthday Sheri!

Here's hoping you had a great day yesterday and an even better year!

San Diego Pirates!

Amanda and Nolan had another theme Halloween as Pirates. Careful - these are some dangerous swashbucklers!

Here is Sam and Claire on Holloween

Perfect day on June Lake

Here is another of Rodman from his view of June last month....

Halloween Pictures

Sean the Tiger!

Trophy Gloating Tour

I know we are all thinking about John Rodman now. Donna sent me this photo from John and K-3's Trophy Gloating Tour from when they won a golf tournament which included the trophies and the blazers but not the baby (that's baby Sean trying to soak up that winning feeling).

Happy Birthday K-2!

K-2 with Sean on 10/27/07)

Fifteen Years Ago Today...

Yup! Fifteen years ago today we said "I do" and the rest is history.....

Go Grandma Joan

Here is how to do Dance Dance Revolution!

Sam - here's a Mentos/Diet Coke Shot

taken at Grandma Joan's house

11 Years ago today

That's right! It was 11 years ago today that you guys got the call that the first Kennedy Grandchild was born! He was cute, and cuddly and pink. Now look at him! Mentos and Diet Coke!

Tri again

OK - here are some pic's from the Triathlon at Pacific Grove. The pics aren't the best, but what do you expect with a 10 year old using a new digital camera. Better pics later.

New Kennedy Gallery

I have a new web gallery up and running. It is in its early stages, but there is an interesting movie as well as images from our trip to Mark Pena's houseboat.

Follow this link:

http://gallery.mac.com/tomzo

Tom

Happy (Late) Birthday Liam!

Yet Another Orb...

As you may have heard, the gigantic Zaca Fire has been burning near Santa Barbara for over five weeks. It has dominated the skyscape here, producing crazy sunsets and lots of falling ash.

Here's a picture of the full moon illuminated by sunlight passing through smoke.

I think this is a pretty good shot, but it still doesn't do justice to the real thing. It was somehow freakier in real life, like Mars rising.

Uncle Sean Rocking

Proof, shocking proof I tell you, that middle aged IT workers can still rock when supplied with sufficient coffee and a bit of free time. The guitar is a 1962 fender jazzmaster reissue, as played by Television, Sonic Youth, Elvis Costello, Kurt Cobain, My Bloody Valentine, etc. It's an amazing instrument capable of delicate chime-like tones and roaring slabs of distorted beauty when pushed through the right amp (in this case a Vox AC15.) I realize this post borders on gear fetish, but the SOUND man, the SOUND... Painting to the right is an abstract work by Rebecca Ludlow, a local artist.

The First of Many

I found this planetoid relaxing in a cracked mudscape outside my cottage. It took a few days to notice how interesting it was actually. If you click on the image and zoom in, the cracks on the surface of the orb reveal themselves to be fractals of the cracked earth upon which it sits.

This example of a fractal does not compare to Lake Taal in the Philippines www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/06/fractal-environments.html but it does have the advantage of being closer to home.

Entry No. One: A wacky planetoid, for your viewing pleasure...

How did Rian spend his birthday?

He went on a mini train ride and rode a horse (not pony) to celebrate. Rian got to pick what he wanted for dinner (cheese pizza) and dessert (Oreo blizzards with animal cookies on top).

Sounds like a stellar birthday to me! Here are some photos:

Happy Birthday Rian!

Have a great day sweetie!

Nolan's new look

Nolan recently updated his look with a new accessory - eyeglasses. He really likes wearing them as it makes him see a lot better and everyone thinks they look so good on him. Daddy's specs are coming shortly as father and son are joining the ranks of the bespectacled.

Recent pictures from San Diego

We recently spent a week at the Westin in Rancho Mirage. A whole lot of swimming and I even got to golf three times in one week! John Rodman and K2 allowed me to play their home course - it was great. I also added in a few shots from the 4th of July which we spent at the Grand Tradition in Fallbrook for the 3rd year in a row.

Tri This!

My first Triathlon - only a "Sprint" distance (400 yd swim, 13 mile bike, 5K run) but I finished in 1:29. My goal is an Olympic distance next spring...

Claire is 9 years old

Here I am at my birthday party last Saturday. I am in Scottsdale Arizona right now on vacation with my family. It is hot here but there is a coll waterslide at the hotel.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Claire!!

How old are you?

b-day for daddy

Listen Up Dogs! My Dad is 44 today! Isn't that OLD????? He still acts like a kid though.

Adieu, I am off to Europe with Orchestra

I leave early morning of June 19th for the great music capitals of Europe: Salzburg, Vienna, Prague. I am really excited - I will get to see where Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms hung out. We have six concerts and lots of sight-seeing. I will have lots to share when I get home on July 2nd. Love to everybody. Mom / Grandma Joan

Joan Overseas!!!

Joan leaves in the morning for the big trip! Have fun mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday K-3!

Muddy Buddies

Trish 'n Trash ran the San Jose Muddy Buddy this weekend. Check out the website (muddybuddy.com). They have these races in several cities across the US. Two people, one bike, 7 miles, 4 obstacles and a giant mud lake. Free beer for the finishers. We ran it in in an hour and 13 minutes, finishing 31'st in our age group. Not bad for a couple of former couch potatoes!