Catching Up

I have to admit that Liz & Heather put us all to shame for neglecting the blog site, particularly Liz of late. I don't know that I have the stamina to write about everything that we've done in the past few months, but I'll post a few a little bit now and try to post more later.




Probably the biggest event was our cruise to Alaska. I've never been real keen about going to cold rainy climes to view the scenery. While we saw some very beautiful places and sights we'll never see again up close, I don't think we'll cruise Alaska again. The pictures above and below are of Mom and a Bear (how's that for being a straight man).



I think the highlight for us was seeing icebergs and then Dawes Glacier as shown in the photos below. The icebergs were notable for the deep blue color that was a surprise to us. Mostly we saw small icebergs that he captain referred to as "bergy bits". We didn't get real close to the glacier because of the number and proximity of icebergs in the area. If you look real close at the photo, you'll see a small ship (probably 75' long)in the distant foreground that gives you a better feel for the immense size of the glacier.




Right now we're all getting ready to to to Disneyland for a few days (Oct 1 - Oct 5) and we're really looking forward to the time together. More pictures to come - maybe even from everyone.

Love, Dad

Trip to Wisconsin

Shawn and Liz took a trip to Wisconsin to celebrate a 70th Anniversary for the Sartori Cheese Company and had a long weekend. It is really pretty there! We saw some BIG cows and a lot of barns.

Shawn told me NOT to complain that he never took me anywhere - We drove right past Belgium! We also walked around the shore of Lake Michigan and looked at Sheboygan Falls. (See the enclosed Pictures... ha-ha!)


We had a fun time being together. The trip was a blast, even if it was in the wilds of Plymouth, Wisconsin.

Labor Day BBQ

Shawn smoked ribs for Labor day and they were gooooood! It's too bad ya'all were'nt here because we had smoked calico beans, mac n'cheese with black truffles, potato salad and homemade bbq sauce served up with our ribs. We guzzled it all down with fresh squeezed lemonade or root beer. Shawn spent all day cooking. It was like thanksgiving came early. We stuffed ourselves silly but it was fabulous!

To end the evening, he made a heavenly dessert from the French Laundry cookbook with a cinnamon icecream and a light and fluffy chocolate molten meringue concoction on the top and a yummy cookie on the bottom. I'll insert a picture so you can see what it looked like. (I forgot to take a picture of what it looked like when he served up the real thing so I had to take one when he did the reproduction with the stuff that was left over the next night. It may not look as pretty but it sure tasted good!)

I'll try to upload the video I took of the table and the carving of the ribs. Poor dog wanted to eat bbq too but we had to tell her, "Dogs don't like ribs!" (I don't think she believes us.)