Clark Gig in Ventura on Saturday

Hope to see some of you at the CLARK gig on Saturday in Ventura. Check out THIS recent article about us in the Ventura Star! (photo by Greg Lawler)

Zoey's in Ventura

9:00 p.m.

451 E. Main St.

zoeyscafe.com

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving in Templeton last week! Check out the slideshow below. Also, be sure to check out the Alpaca update on Angela's Blog.

Daddy Days

I'm in the middle of nine straight "Daddy Days" as Abby calls 'em. These are days that I don't go to work. Abby & I both really love these days because we get to catch up on lost time together.

Since the "Daddy Days" are so much fun, I decided to raise the stakes by offering her a post nap "Daddy Date" to the local school playground. Abby was pumped. She went right to sleep without one ounce of retaliation. We cut our park time short due to wild natives at the school and an urgent bathroom situation. Obviously, Abby was not ready to go home. She thought Tyler's Donuts would be a good place to use the restroom. That's "morning sugar"...we can't go there now.

What do I do? It sure would be fun to do something extra special on this rare, oh-so-special Daddy Date. How about a trip to that new place I've been itching to try: Buddy's Pretzel's. Despite the high prices, she loved it. She even talked me into the deluxe cinnamon & frosting pretzel. I would have preferred the old school salt version, but I suppose when you're 3, we went for the Cadillac. Abby was stoked as was I to be with her. Good times.

New Holga Toy Camera

I've been wanting a Holga camera for quite some time. Many of my talented photographer friends like Lawler and Tbone have taken gobs of beautiful shots with these $20 wonders. Ofcourse, my good buddy Gabe took to them very quickly and knew of my affection for one, so he bought me one on Aaron's birthday! What a friend, eh? Well, they're really fun. I haven't used film in quite some time and I found myself really enjoying the excitement, fore-thought and anticipation. Of course, my first few rolls didn't have tons of beauties, but here's a peek at a couple I liked.

The Saints are Coming

Since we're on the topic of U2, I've posted a video of "The Saints are Coming" down below. Also, just want to clear up that U218 is not a full length studio release. It is, ala the Beatles "1" album , their "singles" album which happens to include two new tunes. (Window in the Skies & The Saints are Coming). There's not much motivation to buy it if you already have all the albums. I guess they do include a DVD with some live stuff to sweeten the package a bit. Enjoy the vid...and leave a comment about what ya think.

Hey U2 Fans

Wanna preview of a new tune? Check out THIS LINK to hear "Window in the Skies" off the forthcoming U218 album. It'd be fun to know what you all think about it...so feel free to post a comment after listening. :)




U218

Back in the Saddle

Abby's last 10 points earned her a trip to the carousel. I think she's beautiful, don't you? She's been a bit more combative lately. We think she recalibrates every 6 months or so. She goes through a phase where she decides to test her independence and assertiveness again. Anyway...not too big a deal. We love her to pieces and she's so cute and very sweet MOST of the time.

Today marks Aaron's one month birthday...



We celebrated the big day with a trip to Costco so we could spend over $100 on peanut butter, batteries and granola bars. How does this happen?!? I always go intending to spend VERY LITTLE MONEY but the place just sucks cash outta you...all in the name of "saving money". Bummer for Aaron was no pizza or hotdogs. (just milk...someday buddy!) Abby, however, was very excited about her rather large slice of cheese pizza.



Here's a fun picture of "The Ron's" (Papa RON & AaRON). Can you tell they're related?!?



There's been lots going on. Even though Angela and I don't get a ton of sleep, it's been nice to be out and about lately. Check out all the latest pictures RIGHT HERE on my FLIKR page.

Goodbye October

October sure was eventful. Let's pray that November is a bit more chill. Here's a few pix from the week...

There's some more pix RIGHT HERE on my FLIKR page.