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.