Here up to May 2009 and facebook after that
Tomoko and I had a wonderful vacation in Grand Cayman. Sadly it was the last President’s Club from Interwoven. JB and Grandpa took care of the boys as Tomoko and I zipped down to Miami and the Caymans.
 Boat Trip |
 Sunset |
 Feeding Tarpon |
 Stone Crab! |
We were lucky to meet up with a bunch of friends on this trip.
 Can I put it back on? |
 The Walkers |
 Del Mar Sushi |
 Phil & Mimi at Redondo Pier |
The wonder and fun of Disney in full effect for these two kids.
 Drummer Boy |
 Pocahontas |
 Mickey |
 Tasty Scorpions |
Scott and Helen swung by and we took a legendary trip to Napa. Helen looked really happy after this trip was over. What was she up to?
 Maccauley Barrel Tasting |
 To Kalon or don’t bother |
 To know Manny Frias is to be connected |
 Golden Gate |
Tomoko suprised me with an incredible level of observation. In the pictures below notice the same Tonka truck located in the children’s play area in the Admiral’s club in LAX. Tomoko noticed that it was the same truck Ty played with 2 years earlier. Clearly in 2007 it was beat up quite a bit more than when we first saw it in 2005.
 On our way to Australia 2005 |
 On our way back from Europe 2007 |
Just last week we returned from our European adventure. I’ve uploaded 102 pictures from throughout the trip. We are so crazy. Trish came from Toronto to escort Ty. They flew south to LA and then to London while Tomoko and I flew north to Vancouver to fly up front with British Airways. We met Tomoko’s mother at Heathrow as well. Luckily we all arrived in time to fly up to Edinburgh to hang out with Cath for a couple of days. Cathy hosted all of us for a great dinner at her place.
We flew to Rome, then trains to Florence and Venice and then we flew back to London where we stayed for a couple of nights before heading home via LA. Whew!
 Group shot the morning we left |
 Hitting the Pub with Cath |
 Men wait (Vatican washrooms) |
 Venice |
A few more pix from our drive down to SoCal.
 Sunset in San Clemente |
 Ty at SLO Farmer’s Market |
 Del Mar Sushi |
 Halloween at Madonna Inn |
We took a leisurely drive to Anaheim to visit Disneyland this past week. We first stopped by Katsuyo and Lee’s house and then hung out at Lowe’s Music. We enjoyed visiting Disneyland this past Saturday and stayed to watch the Fantasmic show. Ty got a little freaked out at the Minnie Mouse Character breakfast but it was fun for us to watch! Sunday and Monday were full of strolling around both Disneyland and California Adventure hitting all the attractions. We met up with Brian and Shinobu and Ishii-san then we stopped by Ann’s salon and had dinner with the Walkers. Lot’s of fun and laughs with Ty!
 Giant Pumpkin in Town Square |
 Breakfast with Captain Hook |
 Aboard the Columbia |
 Meeting Mickey |
Tomoko and I have just returned from President’s Club in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico! We stayed at Casa Del Mar Resort (http://www.casadelmarmexico.com/)  which is about half way between the older style city of San Jose del Cabo and the more modernized (westernized) city of Cabo San Lucas. Thanks go to Trish for taking care of Ty. Trish had a couple of nice shots of Ty done while we were away.
 Lovely resort! |
 El Archo from the boat cruise |
 Cruising couple |
 Beach party |
 Ty strikes a casual pose |
 He figured out the plane doesn’t fly |
We are just back from our trip to Niigata to take Ty and Saki to the snow! Niigata is just over 2 hours virtually due north of Tokyo. We had a great time at the onsen and out in the snow.
 Winter on the way to Niigata, Japan |
 Sleeping Devils |
 Ty enjoys his first snowfall |
 Ty and Saki in the snow |