Carlsbad

First and foremost - here's a shout out to Tiff and Anastasia who put together the "hospitality suite" of our vacation. Hot coffee, cold beer, and everything in between. Despite historically bad SoCal weather, a reduced group of us got together and enjoyed some rainy-day play in Carlsbad. We missed George and the Robinson-Shauck family, but are determined to keep trying to unite everyone at a future date. Thank you to everyone who made it and helped us launch another year of family visits.

A few things that stuck in my mind -

1. 3 year olds have swagger! Maddie's premier 10-pin appearance alone was worth the journey.

2. Aunties Kate and Tiffany are dang-good with kids. It was a joy to be part of the family bonding that took place.

3. I need to practice wicked-haard before I meet Sherman in table tennis again. My ego suffered a severe hit. The only thing that would have been worse is if he had let me win.

4. Our rag-tag group of runners rock! "Nobody trained...." Uh-huh. Then it was grit and raw talent that pushed Sean, Anastasia and Chris through the course. Nice run. Really nice run, team Finnegan-Brewster :)

I realized I barely snapped a photo in Carlsbad; darn lazy of me. Thank goodness Tiff did her part! I put up a few shots to Picasa.

Carlsbad Photos