Exchanging food & giggles

Here's pics of Asako and Yuki making dinner tonight. (Rachel was at a tennis game so Asako came to our house.)

Now the girls are working on an English crossword puzzle together. I just heard Asako read , "when the waiter is good you leave a .....ummmmmm.......CHIP!!!" then they all started cracking up when Xia showed them the correct word in the dictionary is" "TIP".

Thanksgiving at the Vets Hall - 2009

Xia and several of her friends volunteered at the annual community dinner. 1,500 served!

David Bacon visit

Last summer I invited the author of a new book called "Illegal People" to come to our school district and make two presentations; one to staff and one to to the migrant community. He said yes! These are the slides from that event that was held on November 13, 2009. It all went great! We had community TV cover it an everything. Even though he's famous, he's a super nice guy actually, soft spoken and quite humble.

You can also see more about his work on his website dbacon.igc.org

Happy Birthday to me! 47 here I am....

Thanks Xia for the beautiful morning surprise!!

Halloween 2009 The mouse and the computer

Zombies take over Santa Cruz Motion Pacific Dance Company!

Thriller 2009 - Santa Cruz

Xia and a bunch of Santa Cruz dancing ZOMBIES gathered on Cooper Street today to attempt a world record; largest group of Thriller Dancers at one time.