Student of the Month

Just before we left for the Grand Canyon Xander was on of the students of the month from his class for "effort and improvement in reading". More pictures here (and I should have the Grand Canyon pictures posted soon).

Easter

The Easter bunny made his yearly visit and the kids had a great time hunting for eggs and then eating the contents of those eggs. Pictures are available here (note that I'm switching to a new service for posting photos, let me know if you run into any problems).

A Quick Update

Just a quick note that I've posted some new pictures in a variety of galleries over a Flickr: farmers market, zoo, and random stuff.

Xmas Pictures

I finally got me xmas pictures posted over at Flickr. There's quite a few.

Meeting Santa

We headed over to the old Goleta train depot (just a historical landmark now) to ride the "Candy-Cane Train" with the kids. Unfortunately we were too late and the tickets were sold out. There was a Christmas fair going on next door at the historical ranch-house and Santa was there. Both kids sat on his lap, Quinn only freaked out a little bit. I've added some pictures to the Xmas 2011 gallery.

Thanksgiving

Just a quick note that I've posted pictures from Thanksgiving over at Flickr. We had around 15 people over for dinner and then had a nice walk out on the bluffs.

Halloween

Another Halloween has come and gone. This year Xander was Perry the Platypus (aka Agent P) from Phineas and Ferb while Quinn was a Fairy (she thought of herself as Abby Kadabby from Sesame Street). We went over to UCSB Family Student housing to go trick-or-treating with Xander's friend Kellen. It worked out well but I got a bit of a stair climbing workout helping Quinn get to the doors on the second floor. Pictures are available over at Flickr.