First Visit to Las Vegas

Dorothy was able to visit Las Vegas for the first time with her gal pals - wonder if what happened in Vegas, stayed in Vegas?

Seattle in the Spring

Fisherman's Terminal in Seattle - it was a gorgeous day!  If you're hungry, be sure to check out Chinook's, the restaurant or the take-out place next door.

Naomi's Artwork

Naomi's nom de plume for her artwork; you can see more at: www.loneecho.deviantart.com/gallery.

Red Panda - digital art by Naomi

Scouting: Ski Trip, Prep Hikes in the Mud and Pancakes

Ryan on breakfast duty flipping pancakes.

That's Ryan with the light blue backpack cover in the middle of the stream of mud.

That's Ethan in the center with the gray backpack cover.

The boys traveled to Camp Norge near Tahoe with their Boy Scout troop for their annual ski trip.  Here's a link to their FaceBook Site:  https://www.facebook.com/campnorgeofficial

The Eby

The Eby Award finally came home with Casey in Year 25 - can't believe that the Bay Area Fantasy Football League for Engineers (BAFFLE) has been going on for that long!

Naomi's Junior Prom

Cousin Kimberly helping Naomi with her hair.

Here's what Naomi's hair looked like afterwards!

Ringing in 2016 in Seattle

View of Space Needle from Queen Anne Hill on January 1, 2016.

Kids popping noise makers in the hallway after seeing Space Needle fireworks.

Christmas Update 2016

We had so much to recap in 2016 that our annual Christmas letter got a little lengthy this year!  

(Hint:  Use the zoom in feature on your computer to read it!)

CVCHS OIC Performs Film Related Music

Ethan is part of what is known as the Odd Instruments Club at his high school. At a recent performance, the OIC performed a melody of film related tunes. Can you name the tunes?  Ethan is in the back on percussion.

2015 Cal Football

Here are highlights from 2014.

 

2015 Summer Trip

Here's a brief compilation of our quick trip to Seattle this year.

Family Photo Taken at Volunteer Park

Here's a family photo from our trip to Seattle. We're at Volunteer Park in Seattle in front of the Asian Art Museum with the Space Needle in the background.

Warriors Celebration in 90 Seconds

Dubs and Seahawks in one photo!

Check out this link: Kerr with Seahawk T.

To top this off, the book that Coach Kerr has in hands is The Boys in the Boat which about the US's 8-man boat that competed in the 1936 Olympics and was made up of students from UW, another connection to the Seattle area.

What Would Happen if All the Ice on Earth Melted?

2015 Middle School Honor Band

Here is a performance from the School District's Middle School Honor Band.  You can make out the top of Ethan's head just to the right of the conductor.

Cal Commit Jaylen Brown and Shareef Abdur-Rahim

There are some interesting connections that link Jaylen Brown with Cal. Brown is a product of Wheeler High School in Georgia. Not a usual locale for Cal to find basketball players, but this is not first highly regarded recruit to commut to Cal.

Shareef Abdur-Rahom, who might've been the first and maybe only one-and-done player to play hoops at Cal (even Jason Kidd played for two years) was also from Wheeler High. Now Cal could have two such players from the same high school in Georgia (if Jaylen Brown does turn pro after only one year at Cal as expected).

The other school connection between that Shareef team and today's Bears' team is the University of Tennessee. Cuonzo Martin, Cal's current coach only ended up at Cal because of Tennessee did not want him. The other key player on that Cal team led by Shareef was Ed Gray who was a transfer from Tennessee.

 

Cal Students Perform "Uptown Funk"

Seahawk Video

What a Quarter by "Trey" Thompson

Klay Thompson scored 37 points in the third quarter of last night's Warrior's game to turn what was a 58-58 game-in-doubt against the Kings into a laugher.  The 37 points in a quarter broke the team record that was held by Wilt Chamberlain and also the all-time NBA record of 33 points in a quarter that was shared by George "The Iceman" Gervin and Carmello Anthony.  He actually scored his points in 9 minutes and 45 seconds of the quarter that works out to about one point every 15 seconds, including scoring 19 points in row and finishing the quarter scoring the final 18 points for the Warriors.  Amazing!