Our Daughter

From Cherish 8 month Ultrasound images

I know you're not supposed to peak at your Christmas presents before they're unwrapped, but we are too excited to wait. 

Sunday November 2nd 

 

 Spent a beautiful Saturday with Chris, Mary and Jax roaming the Camelback Corridor.  We popped into a lovely little gallery and art show called Shemer- featuring local artists, food, music, and art.

Mary, Mary quite contrary....my talented photographer /cousin by marriage. 

 

Entrance to Soleri - an experiment in eco-culture by the renouned Paolo Soleri, whom still resides here with his wife and many others still living the dream that people and earth can live in harmony.

 

  Uhhhmmm- horizontal stripes are a bad idea even when you aren't pregnant Chelle-belly!!

The above photos are from a very special place hidden away in Scottsdale called, Arcosanti. Paolo Soleri

came to AZ to work under Frank Lloyd Wright and began his own studies merging architecture and ecology back in the 60's.  This community is built completely by the hands of volunteers and tree huggers from all over the world. The pouring of the copper and bronze bells is what funds the entire project.  (The bells run from $100 to upwards of $10,000 and beyond!)  

Some handpainted tiles. (Soleri has branched out a touch from bells to include tiles and olive oil for sale.  however, it is the bell sales that fully fund the projects.)

 

Bells are poured daily from 8am-noon, mon-fri.  It is a very interesting process.  Here are some of the molds used.  All the equipment seems very old fashioned, molds, kilns, tools etc.  We really enjoyed the tour- it was like a step back into the hippy days where love and peace tolled on the hearts of many, and the smell of patchouli reeked loudly to cover the burning pipes of hemp :-) To read more about this mystical little commune and the eco-culture ArcoSanti that is still in construction some 35 years later approx. 50 miles from here, go to: www.arcosanti.org  

- Bella

Halloween 08 in Phoenix

Chelle and I dressed as a Rock-n-Roll Roadie and one of his prego ex-girlfriends.

People have been asking for pregnant pictures of Chelle so we figured this would suffice. We'll show these to Cherish one day and tell her this was what we looked like in 2008.. I'm sure she'll be proud to come from such high class heritage.

We stayed with Chris, Mary and Jackson. Chelle and I actually got dressed and into Character before we left Havasu. We drove to Phoenix like this. It was fun stopping to gas up and having people trying to figure if we were dressed up for Halloween or not.

Chris had told Chelle and I that there were several Halloween parties in the neighborhood so come down and we'll have a good time. He failed to mention that the party (singular) was actually a kids halloween party and most of the adults were not in costume. It was a little embarrassing showing up to a kids party in an affluent neighborhood when we were dressed like WT and Chelle's pregnant belly hanging out.

We had even invited Eric to come over to the party with us. Good thing we found out what kind of party it really was before we painted up his face. After the embarrassment, we headed back to the Coster's house to play a few games of pool, and then sit by the swimming pool and fountain to talk politics, the economy and figure out how to make money in the state of the world.

Happy 30 Birthday Lake Havasu City 

 

Saturday morning Chelle and I took a Vespa ride down to McCulloch to watch the birthday parade.

We were suprised at how long it was, the parade lasted about 2 and a half hours.

 

There were two marching bands, several floats, old classic cars and a bunch of dectorated motorcycles.

 

 We sat and clapped and chuckled.  What a perfect day indeed for a little sidewalk viewing and people watching.  Small town parade can still equal big time fun for us.

 

The classic car cruised down the ave in pristine condition.

Oldies tunes cranking and people cheering.

 

... and a bicycle built for four. 

Stopped for gas and found some history

Thursday after working in LA, I drove back to Havasu taking the southern route on Interstate 10. I took an exit to fill the car's tank and empty mine and stumbled across some exciting history.

I didn't stop to go inside, but may sometime in the future. However, outside near the parking lot is a fenced area full of army artifacts from Patton's era.

There are probably near a dozen assorted tanks and military vehicles in the area outside the museum. I'll have to make a point of visiting the museum one of these days.

Uh-Oh

After being sick on Wednesday from eating bad fish, my immune system must be underpowered 'cause now I feel like I'm catching a cold.

Happy 30th! Eric


Saturday October 11th was Eric's 30th birthday. Celebrating with him were his best friend Brandon and his wife Jill, Chelle and I, and three dogs.




The majority of the time was spent hanging out in the back yard grilling, drinking, and playing in the pool.




Brandon and Eric played several fierce games of badminton and even though it was Eric's birthday Brandon destroyed.


Big sister/little brother


Brandon and Jill's baby Pumpkin had a great time playing with Crockett and Clementine.


Crockett


Jill, Brandon with Pumpkin in one of Chelle's doggie dresses.


Eric's improvement on Bella's homemade birthday cake.


Saturday night we went out to Heat, Shugrues, and Javalena Cantina.


London Bridge at night.

Blog from iPhone test

I've been looking for a good application to post blog updates from the
iPhone and then I realized I could use a new application called
Electronic Mail, sometimes refered to as email.
This my first attempt to do so.

"Boating with Bruce" the still photos


My buddy Bruce and I.


Kim and Chelle


We found a great little cove to set up our picnic in.


You can barely see it in this picture but...


That's right! It's a pizza delivery to the boat party in the canal. Now that's service!

This is a new place called Heat. Our friend Carli works here and I guess they are doing there best with the misters to keep the name of the establishment from describing the temperature at the bar.

Cherish's Chest



Chelle must have known we were having a girl since she picked this out the day before the Ultrasound. The outfits that Aunt Sivje make for her will look great in these drawers! ;-)

Cherish's 19 week Ultrasound

This is from Thursday's doctor appointment.

Ventura, CA





This last week we spent a few days in Ventura, CA. I had a few meetings in Camarillo so we got on Priceline and found a little respite in Ventura. After work Chelle and I did a walk about town and did a little shopping. We were excited to because Thursday morning we were going to learn the gender of our child.










Best view in town. Especially since it's the only window.