Emily (our middle daughter) turned 10 today, and true to our tradition, we had a nice lunch together. I swung by school, Potbelly sandwiches in hand, and we ate lunch in the park across the street from the school.
Happy Birthday, Em!
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Allie, our eldest daughter, turns 11 today. We had a chuckle since Allie is now older than me (she’s 11, whereas, as a leap-year baby, I’m only ‘technically’ 10.75).
Happy Birthday, Al!
Update: As per tradition, I picked up lunch, and stopped by her school for our Dad-daughter birthday lunch.
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The girls finally wore me down enough….. We visited a few shelters and spent time with many different cats and finally found a keeper. We brought “Bob,” a 2+ year-old white / brown / gray tiger stripe male with a great, calm demeanor, home tonight. Here’s to hoping he gets acclimated and comfortable pretty quickly in his new home.
We had a great visit with Grandpa Mike (Lupita’s dad) in Endicott, Washington; the girls loved seeing him and playing with many of his animals.
We also took the opportunity to see Yellowstone and revisit Deadwood, SD; Devil’s Tower, WY and Mt. Rushmore among other sites along the way. We rented a Ford Expedition and covered over 4,250 miles in under 2 weeks - check out an overview of the pictures of our “expedition in the Expedition” here as well as the geotagged version here.
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Anne, the youngest of our three girls, turned 6 today. Happy Birthday, Anne.
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Emily (our middle daughter) turns 9 today - and, per our multi-year tradition, I took her out for a Dad-daughter lunch on her birthday (as I do with each of my lovely daughters). I picked up Potbelly sandwiches (she’s a girl after my own heart - and stomach) and swung by Em’s school to picked her up for a picnic across the street in a nice shady park.
Happy Birthday, Emily.
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Michael Peña very graciously gave the girls autographs and posed for a picture during filming of The Return. (They were very thrilled).
(L-R: Emily, Anne, Michael Peña, and Allie)
Update: Later in the evening, Allie and Emily also received Tim Robbins’ autograph.
All in all, a great Hollywood day for the girls.
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I had a very nice low-key birthday celebration yesterday. My wonderful wife made my favorite dinner (chicken enchiladas with green sauce) and dessert (oatmeal raisin cookies). The girls gave me a wonderful assortment of handmade gifts. Allie’s gift was especially notable / touching as it was the first work she completed at her painting class at the Kaleidoscope School of Art.
I’m looking for a suitable frame and can’t wait to put it up in the den.
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The crazy mix of snow and freezing rain this weekend made for treacherous driving, but it was perfect for building a snowman.
While I was flirting with a heart attack clearing the heavy snow off the driveway, Anne was playing happily and mischievously tossing an occasional snowball my way. Once I made the driveway passable, we got to work on our friend.
My dad and I visited the Chicago Auto Show today and I snapped a few pictures of selected cars and posted them to flickr.
It was great to see the improvements in many domestics. If I was in the market for something new, the Australian-sourced, Holden-based Pontiac G8 would be a contender.
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