Happy Birthday Don

Happy 58th Birthday to a wonderful husband, father, fisherman, biker, businessman, and rafter.

This is DB at the beach North of SF on his birthday Happy 58th Birthday. Laurel and I went hiking with him out to the ocean on the Tennesse Valley Trail.










This is DB the meteorolgist in his business attire.
Here is DB doing a century bike ride with other buff members of the family (that would be Laurel, Erica and Andy).

Here is DB leading our fearless rafting group down the mighty Green River this summer.

Here is DB at his best. He is a fishman of fishermen. He loves to fish.

Christmas 2007

Here are some of the picture highlights of our Christmas.


Dec 16
Mother's Group - Here was our traditional mother’s group Christmas party. We were missing 4 people because of illness. We had a wonderful Filet Mignon feast and talked about up coming weddings, grandchildren and old age. Isn’t that just about the typical discussion for our age group? We’ve been having Christmas gatherings for over 25 years.

Dec 23rd (My birthday)
Kevin, Katie, Steven, Ron, Pam, David and Gregory came by for a visit. The Grandmas came too! Chris, Jess, Maryn and Lucy were staying with us.

Men and Women caring for babies. It's just different!

Here is a sample of the Ballanti Boys taking care of Lucy. I’m not sure about this!
Here is a sample of Pam taking care of Lucy. Good job Pam!

Here is a sample of Katie taking care of Lucy. Good job Katie!

Here is Grandpa teaching Lucy the intricacies of using a marshmallow gun. I’m not sure about this!
Steven tried to walk
We really tried hard to get Steven to take his first steps. He didn’t quite do it.

Dec 23rd Gathering at Smylie's House

Later that evening we went to Buca de Beppo for an Italian feast. It’s not bad having birthday’s right near Christmas. There are lots of people to celebrate with you.

Dec 24th
Here was our walk to the park on Christmas Eve. It was over 70 degrees and beautiful out. We fed the ducks at Miles Square Park. We didn’t see the “Do not feed the ducks” sign.

Maryn loves to be outside!

Dec 25th

Christmas morning
Can you believe that both kids were happy? Well, check out the piece of chocolate in Maryn’s hand. It pays to bribe for great smiles.

Maryn and Lucy with the Grandparents

Laurel with the girls.












Laurel with Lucy

Chris Jess Maryn & Lucy

Chris Jess Lucy Maryn with Great Grandma

All of the Family with my mother on Christmas morning


My mother is recovering from a broken hip and suffering from a blood clot in her leg. She was doing pretty good considering all of her complications.


Laurel and DB at Betty’s house on Christmas Day

Here are some of the things we did this year!

EVENTS OF 2007

Here are some pictures from memories of 2007.

LAUREL AND MARYN TAKE A HAY RIDE

LAUREL WITH ME IN YOSEMITE

HERE IS A PICTURE OF MY MOTHER WITH HER CHILDREN. RITA LOOKS GREAT FOR 92

DB RIDES HIS BIKE 200 MILES TO THE CABIN IN MARCH . WOW!

GREEN RIVER 2007

DISASTER FALLS LAUREL AND HER ROOMMATE ERICA HOLD UP THE ROCK

DB GETS DRENCHED

STEVE AND BARB GOT MARRIED IN JUNE

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THEM IN NY

ERICA'S WEDDING

OUR FAMILY AT ERICA AND ANDY'S WEDDING

SUE AND DAVE AT DAVE

AND ERIN'S WEDDING IN NEW YORK

LAST CHRISTMAS WITH DOMINIC WHO DIED MAY 18TH

MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF ME WITH MARYN

HERE IS LUCY BORN AUGUST 11th

Laurel, D.B., Erica & Andy do a century bike ride. Irvine to San Diego

Two Very Cute Grandchildren

Jess just took this picture of the girls. I had to share it with you. Maryn and Lucy are looking good!

Thanksgiving 2007

We spent Thanksgiving at the cabin. The weather was great and we had a wonderful time. Here is a picture of us with Steve Deb Rachel and Adam. We hope you had a great Thanksgiving too.

Harvest Moon Cruise

This was our Harvest Moon Cruise on our boat. It was a gorgeous night on San Francisco Bay. See that moon in the distance. Thanks to Ron we had lobster appetizers.