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Together for Gaynor's 40th
After a time apart, we are reunited to celebrate Gaynor’s birthday at one of our preferred restaurants in California.
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So, Where Are You From?
During our trip up to Vancouver, we visited the excellent Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. There most of us joined a tour run by a volunteer with a group of a dozen or so. To break the ice a little the tour guide introduced herself and then asked where people were…
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Ballet Life
Hey, this is Mara. Dad told me to write a blog to update all people on my dancing. First of all, for those of you who don’t already know, I got my first pair of pointe shoes in February. Secondly, I was at the highest level at my ballet school in California. Also, that a…
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Go Further West!
If you haven’t heard already, we are planning on moving the family further west, back to Canberra. This will complete our first[1] round-the-world odyssey, begun in February 2005 with the move to Germany and continued in August 2007 with the shift to southern California. I’ve been offered a position within the Research School of Physics…
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Christmas 2010
Though the card is a little late this year, here it is nevertheless, wishing you had an enjoyable Christmas and all the best for the coming year. A rare, recent photo of us altogether, slouching it at Bryce Canyon in Utah.
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Vancouver
Even though the trip was a little while ago now, I still want to post about it, if nothing else to keep up the facade that we travel a lot. The trip up itself was fairly uneventful, stopping overnight in Redding, northern California before pressing on to visit, and stay overnight with, some friends outside…
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The Pitfalls of History
Despite a broken arm from playing tag in World History class, Mara remains upbeatedly nonchalant.
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Micah's Morning Ritual
Like all civilized gentlemen Micah prefers to take the morning paper with his breakfast.
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Micah Makes Two
The call to arms (or at least cutlery). This past weekend we celebrated, with a couple of friends, Micah’s achievement on making it to the two year mark. Despite the fairly hot weather, a barbeque was in order with Gaynor once again directing the menu and doing most of the food preparation. Needless to say,…
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Leaving the Country … a Bit
Though the length of our stay here in the US is as yet unknown we don’t want the children to lose touch with the other cultures they have been growing up in. So to that end, we are sending Elijah back to Canberra for his summer holidays and Joshua back to Germany for most of…