Sunday 11-8 Sunol-Ohlone Wilderness

We tried a new East Bay Regional Park or a hike. We will be going back. It's a nice uncrowded park with lot's of nice hiking trails. We took the Indian Joe and Hayfield trails and played at Cave Rocks for a while.

The leaves are finally falling

Race has been waiting for his chance to jump in piles of leaves. He finally gave up and raked up his own pile. It should be even more fun once the rest of the leaves fall!

10/25 City of Concord Halloween Costume Contest

Race and Elizabeth took 3rd place inthe annual costume contest at Todos Santos Plaza. Race went as Luke Skywalker and Elizabeth went as Princess Leia. Check out the awesome picture.

10-18 Our annual trip to the Clayton Valley Pumpkin Patch.

We made our annual pumpkin patch visit to get pictures by the great pumpkin measuring stick. Look at how much Race and Aurora have grown.

10-11 Breakfast ont he Red Oak Victory

The SS Red Oak Victory is still undergoing restoration at Point Richmond. One of the ways they raise funds is to host a pancake breakfast on deck monthly. We attended with a bunch of our fellow Mustang club members a a few cub scout families. Race tried on the Captain's chair again. He fits better in it now than when he was 2. The boys sent ship to shore messages home via Morse code. Generally speaking we had a great time.

10-6 Field Trip to Buchanan Field

Elizabeth organized a field trip to Buchanan Field for Race's second grade class. They got to play in a Huey, see the medical evacuation helicopters, to try on the firefighting gear and a demonstration of the airport firetruck at work. Great fun.

10/3 Camp Concord

The Lions Club went ot Camp Concord on the south shore of Lake Tahoe to close it for the winter, but winter beat them there. They woke up to a bear in the dining hall and 5 inches of snow on the ground. While installing the wooden window covers Elizabeth discovered the danger of roofs covered with fresh snow and became an instant snow woman.

9-28 Race finally lost a tooth

He was starting to get worried since everyone else in his class had already lost teeth. He finally lost a lower tooth and was able to take advantage of the Tooth Fairy tradition. Thanks to inflation he got $5. I seem to remember pocket change when I was a kid.

9-13 Fun Ford Sunday

Another Fun Ford Sunday at the Solano fairgraounds has come and gone. This year Elizabeth was the chairman of the show so she was busy all day. Race shared his Mustang Jr with all his friends and we all had a fun day. Race won a bunch of raffle prizes as usual. He is the luckiest kid we've ever met at raffles.

Sept 9 Mustangs and Mustangs show

Race, Elizabeth, Amy Jason and Aurora went to the Nut Tree airport for a Mustang car and warbird show. There was an incredible display of flying and static P-51's, AT-6's, a couple of P-40's and a few other warbirds as well as a Mustang car show. The event was also a WWII ace reunion and Elizabeth bought a couple of books from Mustang aces for Dean.

August 23 IRL at Infineon

We attended the IRL race at Infineon (Sears Point). This was Race's first time watching open wheel cars and he had a blast.

July 25th--Cub Scout Camp Out

We hosted the Cubs in our backyard for their first over night camp out.

July 12th--Relay for Life/Lindsay Wildlife Museum

Elizabeth made a whirlwind trip to Dallas for an MCA meeting and returned about 11:00 Saturday night. She stopped at home to change and then went to the American Cancer Society Relay for life for the last 12 hours of walking with the DVMA. Race and Aurora went to the Lindsay Wildlife Museum with Uncle Jason while Elizabeth and Amy walked.

4th of July Weekend

We spent the 4th of July in Willows and it was wonderful. Small town America still has a lot to offer. Willows again hosted the Norcal Shelby Club for a car show and barbecue at a downtown park. The local Fire Department hosted the barbecue and the Police, with help from the California Highway Patrol, again closed the highway and city streets and escorted all the race cars into town from the track. Saturday and Sunday were spent on the track. Dean and Steve drove, Elizabeth and Cathy worked the MCA booth, and Race spent the time playing with Ron and Randy's grand kids. Yep, everyone had a good time. Saturday, the 4th, we went to the Norcal banquet as usual, and then into the park for fireworks. The park was crowded by Willows standards, but empty compared to home. Everyone was well behaved and having fun. We might Willows our standard 4th of July weekend trip.

July 2nd--Downtown Concord Car Show

Elizabeth was in charge of the City of Concord's Downtown Car Show this year. She enlisted the DVMA to help with parking and registration. It was a great event with classic cars surrounding the park where there was a Farmer's Market in progress and, later in teh evening, a concert. Elizabeth did two spots for the Channel 5 news, one live, and was featured on their website with her '65 Convertible.

June 28th--Palo Alto Concours

Elizabeth served as an interior judge for Mustangs at the prestigious Palo Alto Concours de' Elegance. It was a 100 plus degrees and Race and I spent most of our day hiding out in under the shade trees by the vintage camp trailers while Elizabeth and her fellow judges sweated out in the sun.

Just a silly picture of some silly kids.

Here's our new neighbor, Carson, with Aurora and Race on the back of our truck.

June 26th--Disney Train

Amy, Jason, Aurora, Race and Elizabeth went in to Oakland to see the Disney Train. HP, Amtrack and Disney co-sponsored this train to celebrate the remake of A Christmas Carol.