I’m back from GDC and raring to post pictures. The set below are from the rare weekend where at least one grandparent from each side of the family were in town at the same time. They weren’t actually in our house at the same time, but they were both in the county. Or something.
Can you belive it is almost spring time? Things are starting to bud and bloom here and the temps have risen from chilly winter (60 F) to warm spring (70 F). Ah, California!
A few pics of Emma and then it’s off to bed for me.
Marla’s been on a bit of a tea kick lately. We’ve been having some dandy Earl Grey or chai tea almost every night. Not one to be left out, Miss Emma had to try. As you can see below, she loved it!
A few weeks ago the moon and Venus were just a few degrees from one another in the night sky. It was pretty spectacular.
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Later this month you’ll be able to see 5 planets just by staring up at the sky – a pretty rare sight!
Yesterday was the last day for GameSpy Industries and the beginning of something all new: IGN/GameSpy. Check out the press release discussing the new company. Some frightening numbers:
We had a, uh, lively celebration on the day of the close of our merger with IGN. (It actually started on Tuesday night, but who’s capable of keeping track?)
A yummy Last Supper, more champagne than I’ve seen (or drank) in my life, a $1000 dollar poker tournament and cigars galore. See us in all of our glory in the GameSpy Last Supper Gallery.
Emma has blossomed into quite the little talker over the past few weeks. It is amazing how quickly she’s advanced from communicating with just one word to stringing together two or three and even making complete sentences. Her first full sentence happened last Sunday and was:
Usually I get to give Emma her bath during the weekend. It’s always a bunch of fun for both of us. Daddy is a little more lenient with it comes to splashing (and many other things) than Mommy is. That’s just the way of things, I guess. I spent most of our bath on Sunday with the camera in hand while Emma happily splashed up a storm. Here are the results.
For some strange reason I had Presidents’ Day off this year. (Thanks, Mark!) That meant I could stay home and head to Tootsie Rolls with Marla and Emma. They go each week and always have a blast. Now you can see why!
We visited Florence Joyner Olympiad Park in Mission Viejo for the first time last week. As I learned at the park, Flo-Jo was a Mission Viejo native and the park sits along the route used for many of the cycling events in the 1988 Olympics.
After playing ’til sunset we headed back home to decorate some tasty sugar cookies that Marla had made earlier in the day.