New car

We finally did it. After only 13 months of research, numerous test drives in multiple states, heated conversations with salespeople, hours of intense online research and forum troving, collecting of personal contact surveys from friends, colleagues, etc., a whole lot of moaning and whining (mostly by me about high car prices and shady dealership tactics) and a great deal of perfectly justified frustration and pleading (mostly on the part of Kathy after month 2 of what has become known around here as "The Hunt") we finally got one. Here are the details: 2008 Honda Pilot VP with 4-wheel drive. It's dark gray, seats 8, has a 3.5 ltr. 6-cylinder engine and is great, spacious and powerful. And the safety ratings are so high that it's actually costing us less to insure this one than for our 2004 Nissan Altima. Mostly, we just needed a second vehicle. And they had some great sales over Presidents' Day weekend. I'll post more pictures with the family later, this is just what we had last minute. Come on down to the L.A. and we'll drive you all around!

Liam Loves to Clean

Liam loves to clean. His favorite activity is to do dishes with Dad...which mostly consists of filling bowls and cups with water and pouring into other containers, and most of the water not making it in the sink. After doing dishes one night, Liam kept reaching for something, so my dad handed him the dish sponge, and then...

Disneyland Feb 2008

We made a trip down to Disneyland to see Linda and John and the kids, who were there for the weekend. Liam was very excited to see his cousins, Matthew and Caitlyn. Although, he has decided he doesn't like having his picture taken anymore, so getting him to show his excitement...well, that's another story. Andrew's Dad was in town that weekend, so he came down with us, and Liam had a lot of fun with is "Bonka" (that's Liam-ese for Grandpa).