I am sure that our loyal blog readers have been clamoring for more updates about our adventures. Well, you may have noticed that it has been a long time since a new blog has gone up, but we have been busy with new adventures to share with you.
First, there was Melissa's graduation from her Ph.D. program, which was very exciting. Although Ms. Molly didn't have the best day, it was still a great day, and we are all very proud of Melissa. Congratulations sister! After the graduation ceremonies were complete, we had a lovely evening and the next day was father's day. We were lucky enough to get all the fathers together at Johanna and Sergei's house for a wonderful (but noisy) get together.
From LA, it was back to work for a week for Matthew while Kristen took a very exciting road trip with some girlfriends (back to LA ironically enough). She was lucky enough to FINALLY get to go to Disneyland and California Adventure (We had been struggling to get to Disneyland for a while now). After Kristen's road trip, it was off to upstate New York for an engagement party. Albany is lovely this time of year--especially Watervliet. We were joined by Kristen's youngest sister and one of the maids of honor--Lauren (we were thrilled to have her there). The party was held in Kristen's Aunt Theresa's backyard. There was a slide show (which was quite well done), good food, and some great back yard games of horseshoes. It was a quick trip, but definitely fun, as we got to see where Kristen would go very often with her grandma Scully and ride the merry-go-round (Hoffman's for those of you who were wondering). While at Hoffman's we had some intense bouts of bumper cars and a couple scary adventures on rides that were probably older than Kristen and I put together.
From New York, it was back to San Francisco. Matthew only had a quick respite as he was headed off to Las Vegas for some fun with John, Eric, Justin C. and Justin V. Good times were had by all, but it took about a week for Matthew to recover and catch up on sleep.
Finally, this last weekend, we went up to a great little house in Sonoma for the long weekend and Matthew's birthday. The place was tremendous and very relaxing. It was a great way to spend a long weekend and the last weekend before Kristen starts her new job at Sun Microsystems (insert your own technology company joke here...). So that about covers it. We will try to be better about updating the site, but the events will get much more boring we are afraid.
