Thursday July 24th

Chelle and I flew from Burbank, CA to Reno Nevada early in the morning on Thursday. When we arrived in Reno we were met by my parents who had the car loaded and ready. We then drove North to Ashland Oregon.



After arriving in Ashland we gathered the Coster family together (my mom's side of the family) and had a picnic in Lithia park.


Dad


As we picnicked and reunited we were treated to a concert by the local orchestra.


Cousin Chris who once owned a restaurant in Sun Valley Idaho put together the menu.


It was so great to see all the family again and to finally meet the new members.


Chris and nephew Kai


Garin is either brushing his teeth in this photo or eating something, I'm not quite sure.

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Apple Store at the Grove

Here is the line for the iPhone at the Apple store at the Grove in LA. This is over a week after it's release. I'm happy to report that I am finally the proud holder of an iPhone. I came to my current employer over a year ago because of my iPhone desires and I finally get to use one. I love it and am very happy to be able to use one in my day to day life. The week of it's release I actually had the pleasure of going to 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino to meet with Apple. It was a dream come true for me. Of course I can't share more with you than that, but suffice to say it was very cool.

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Broken Wings




It is very warm in Havasu. Many days have been a cozy 117, right now it's 111 today's high is only going to be 115 so I'll be sure and wear a jacket. To cool down the air I installed a mister hose above the bar. The picture doesn't do it justice but there is beautiful cool water misting out every two feet. It's a nice feeling to have the cool water blowing through the air.

If your wondering why this post is called Broken Wings, it's because I'm a music geek and I think it is funny. Just think of the band that sang this song in the 80's.

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WE ARE HAVING A....!!!!


Today Chelle and I saw Dr. Platt who confirmed that we are in fact on track to have a child in our arms on January 9th 2009. We couldn't be happier!!!!

Chelle told me a few weeks ago when we went on a date to see "Baby Mama" that she was pregnant. What a great surprise. The difficult part was that we decided to keep it quiet until we had the opportunity see Dr. Platt. Over Father's day we were with my parents at the Lake House and we kept the secret. It was certainly difficult to keep our mouths shut since we were so happy and Chelle was so sick. We have now confirmed that everything is as it should be and we are ecstatic to tell the world we are 12 weeks and 4 days pregnant. The expected delivery date is January 9th, 2009.


On our way home we drove up the Pacific Coast Highway and enjoyed the sun setting over the Ocean. What a beautiful site.



Here is a clip of the ultrasound. This little Crowe is very active. You can see that the technician paused it a few times to get measurements, but when the ultrasound is running you can see our little child bouncing and kicking and swinging his/her arms. The doctor said everything looks good. We sure like hearing that and we hope he says it every time we visit him.

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Weekend in Del Mar



The weekend before Steve Jobs unveiled the new iPhone, Chelle and I drove down to Del Mar to visit Greg and Megan. We got to see their new place, meet Teddy and I finally met Greg's buddy Brad. Brad is one of the Barnes brothers from New York. Greg has been working with them on some film projects.



Teddy is the softest and sweetest puppy I have seen in a long time. He doesn't bark and is always mellow (at least from what I could see). You just want to pick him up and squeeze him.



The five us went out for Sushi and were entertained by the sounds of the Romantics playing across the street at the Del Mar street fair. I considered walking over to the concert to see what they look like now (I was a fan in the eighties), but I decided it was best to keep the images in my head of how cool they were then instead of spoiling it with reality.



Token silly photo

June 12, 2008

Happy Birthday Chelle!!!

Memorial Day Patio Party



Memorial Day weekend we had a little get together at Havasu.



Trent, Bobbi, Linney and Jamye all met up with Chelle and I at the AZ home. Up to this point we had not seen anything but clear skies around town, but on Friday and Saturday we had a rain storm.



It was difficult not being able to swim, but we made the most of it.



Linney made gumbo, but everyone got in on the cooking fun (except me but someone had to be the photographer.)



We tried to spend time outside, thank goodness for the fire ring and blankets.



The men preferred the heat of the Spa to fight off the cold.



Saturday Trent treated us to bacon and eggs. He is pretty good at making grub.



Saturday afternoon Brian and Ginny drove up from Phoenix. Immediately we put them under the microscope to determine their personality profiles. In the group we had 3 ENFP, 2 ISFJ, a ESFP, 1 ESTJ, and a ENTP. Can you guess who is what.



The covered patio provided shelter for the meals in spite of the weather.



Meanwhile Crockett and Clementine cuddled on their favorite chair.



Sunday we were delighted to have a bright sunny day! Trent and Bobbi grilled up some burgers and dogs for lunch.



Can you guess which dog Trent trained and which ones belong to Chelle and I?



This was obviously a challenge that had to be overcome.



Fortunately Ginny is a pro hair tamer.



Sunday afternoon we headed down to the redneck Riviera to watch the boats and boaters.




Seriously! This guy had a DUDE tatoo. I didn't get a clear shot of his buddy but I kid you not, the other guy had SWEET on his back. I wonder if they'll ever realize that this wasn't a good idea.



In addition to grilling, he can also fill the pool toys.



I am good at floating on them.



In the afternoon we put on our Sinatra pool party attire and the real party began.



We had a great dinner.



Trent and Bob



Christian with Brian and Ginny



Mike, Chelle and Jamye



And then the dancing began.... dancing always leads to the limbo.



Chelle gets her groove on!



I'm not sure how we got to this, actually I tried throwing several people in the pool and Jamye was nice enough to pretend she didn't know what I had up my sleeve. Here she demonstrates how to turn an ordinary pair of jeans into a lifesaving floatation device.



Everybody but Jamye, Chelle and I left on Monday to drive back to their respective homes. Chelle and I took the Jamye to the Turtle.



When you come and visit we'll take you here as well.



Chelle and I sure love it here and look forward to sharing our place with all of you.