Austin House Update

Progress continues on the house we're building in Austin. We're still trying to nail down a closing date, but it now looks like it's going to be around the end of June. Some pics of how things are going:

Didn't We Just Have a Two-Year-Old Ourselves?!

In April, Doris and I visited both of our sons and their families, in Mountain View, CA and Redmond, WA. The timing for our visit was driven by the second birthday of Peter, son of Kurt and Karen and our only grandchild at this point (though another one, courtesy of Jeff and Katy, is on the way). Yes, we took pictures of people and things other than Peter during our visit, but mostly we just couldn't stop fawning over Peter. So, here are a few pictures of the most photogenic member of our family, at least for the moment.

At his outdoor birthday party, I introduced Peter to the concept of trying to catch bubbles out of the air with your mouth.

Peter enjoyed the birthday balloons with his daddy, until the brisk wind whisked them away in one brief, unguarded moment.

Peter seemed duly awed by his presents.


Peter is fascinated by stickers at the moment, so he really enjoyed pasting some new ones onto his Omi (Doris).

Peter loved playing in the sand of a nearby park with his new beach tools.

Finally, we just love observing his passion and enthusiasm, captured here by Doris on one of the park structures.