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Nicholas and papa went to Berkeley campus to see the mighty UCLA Bruins take their second road win(70-58) this season over the Golden Bears in Berkeley. Great game, fabulous talent, hope they can sustain till March…

Family went to Embarcadero ice skating venue to get a few laps in, beautiful weather and mama’s feeling better! Natalie got around on her own after a few tries

We of course had to check out shopping on Union square with great enthusiasm…

Dec 20 rolls around and Natalie is celebrating birthday #7. Lot’s of kids at home to make ginger bread houses and eat cake.

Ready to blow out the candles

Natalie finished another exciting year of girl’s soccer in the Orinda league, this year with the Blue Butterflies. Coached by the world-renowned Bamberger and Tag team one can see the future olympians already.

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Annual tradition brought some great costumes to Sleepy Hollow school. You can see Nick and Natalie in their favorite outfits. More pics at flickr

Despite all hopes for a great UCLA season, and a sure victory over the struggling Irish, the Bruins fell short in a sad game. Having walk-on QB may explain some of it. Nevertheless, always fun to visit RoseBowl with the Petrus gang. Final 6-20

Hard to live in California without a convertible…so after searching locally and internet, we decided on the CLK350, leased from eBay. Friendly folks at VernEide had a great ebay deal and pretty soon car was in Orinda.

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Unfortunately, that also means the reliable and good-looking bmw will have to find a new owner. 69K miles and listed for $15.5K, bargain in my opinion

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Idaho is home to the famous snake and salmon rivers. Thanks to Mr Petrus’ organization, 5 nativity kids and 5 dads did the descent of Hells Canyon. Three days of river rafting with HCR outfitters , great nature, scenery and accommodations.

Minor mishaps included a fishhook in Nick’s scalp and a stray rattlesnake in camp last day, sorry Megan… Highlights were, of course, the rapids and kids swimming and the private plane trip from McCall to Halfway, Oregon.

The trip takes you along Idaho-Oregon border: Read the rest of this entry »

Nicholas and papa with two work colleagues set out for a (car) camp trip to PiPi campground in the Eldorado forest. Great environment, hiking and cooking.

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Couldn’t refuse an offer from our old neighbors in SD to attend Padres game with VIP seats! Met up with Joe from Lafayette, Kim and Evan for a great old time with, as usual, a few too many beverages… Turned out to be great game with two homers, although the details were lost along the way. The AP photographer on duty, Lenny Ignelsi, was kind enough to snap a pro-shot of the  party  at these great seats.