Zeke and Bo at the Beach in the 'Bu

The balmy 80 degree weather drove us to the beach in Malibu on Saturday. Mack was on a motorcycle ride with Pepe, so he missed out on the action.

Bodie worked really hard to dig this hole, and build his mound of sand.

The boys found the parts of numerous dead things at the beach...lobsters...crabs...and various bones.

Riley the Dodge

After 13 years of a wonderful life, Riley is now taking that final nap in the sky. We put him to sleep this morning.

Photography Hike with Zeke

We bought Zeke a new digital camera for his birthday, and he asked if he and I could do a photography-hike. We went up into the hills behind the house and took some pics. Here are a few of the artist-in-training.

Here are a couple that came out OK.

Zeke is talking about starting a photo-blog, so I'll link it when he set's it up.

Sunday Hike in Long Canyon

Andrea is still down with a knee injury, so Bodie and me hiked up the mountain to look at the fossils. The winds were blowing 25-35 miles per hour on top of a cold day in Cali - 53 degrees.

Come on, Dad. This way.
I'm outta here.
One mile later...Fossil Rock..and a vein of shell fossils.

Some beautiful scenery at the top.

So beautiful was the scenery, that Bodie felt compelled to meditate.
No. Really. At times, he can be a strange little monkey.

Christmas 2008!

The calm before the storm......


...and the storm begins.

Doesn't Zeke look stoked to be getting mechanical pencils?

Bo and Z scored some sweet Penguins swag.

The rest of the damage...
Zeke opened all of his presents in 6 seconds. Mack hit euphoric levels when he opened the latest World of Warcraft - Litch King computer game. Bodie paced himself, but seemed very excited about his Nerf Gun.

They were all jazzed about the new Wii accessories and games. And if you haven't heard from them, they are very thankful for all of the wonderful gifts.

Merry Christmas!


And now a brief, personal message from Bo to Mack and Zeke:
Oh yeah, Mack and Zeke. I'm too young to play World of Warcraft with you.

Just wait 'til I pop a Nerf cap in your ass.

Zeke's Birthday - Dec 24th

Z-man hit the double digits this year - the big 1-0. Here is the picture goodness.

And yes...a camera.

I know we are going to regret that one as he very quickly started taking pictures of his brother in various acts of indiscretion. Oh well.

Happy 10th Birthday, Z-man.