JBBP Parade Video

One of the moms at Rosa Parks Elementary, Lora H., filmed the families marching in the 2009 Cherry Blossom Parade!
Here is the amazing video she edited together, set to the soundtrack of the Rosa Parks JBBP kids/families singing their customized, Japanese-ized version of “We Are Family.” Enjoy!

Cherry Blossom Parade – Sunday 4/19 @ 1pm

UPDATE: Here are the photos from today’s festivities on Flickr:
Cherry Blossom Parade 2009
It was a HOT beautiful day and the kids did great!
Ohayo-gozaimasu!
Just in case you are heading to J-town for the Cherry Blossom Festival and Parade this weekend…
On Sunday 4/19 @ 1pm, we will be marching in the parade down Post Street! Look [...]

Trees for Rosa Parks Elementary

We are raising money to plant trees at and around Nora’s school, Rosa Parks Elementary, a San Francisco Public School. The schoolyard is all blacktop and chain link right now, and we’re working hard to change that. The city of San Francisco has put together this fantastic “buy a tree” program… the trees will be [...]

Nesting Dolls

Teresa and Michael brought back these beautiful nesting dolls from Moldova… Nora loves them and has given them all names. The little tiny one in the very middle is called “Mimi” but the other names have been changing.

Dell’s Surgery

Dell had surgery to correct his deviated septum and remove a lipoma from the back of his head. It wasn’t pretty. If you want to see the gore, here are the pictures. Truly not for the faint of heart or stomach! I mean it!

Nora’s School Photo ‘05-’06

Awwww… isn’t she cute!?!? And getting so darn big!

Hot Fun in the Country

We headed to the Merced County Fair for some fun and music. First there were corndogs, pony rides and cotton candy.

Then we met up with the Little Texas band and gang – Porter, Del, Duane, Dwayne, Mark, Jason and Donny. We got to be true groupies and hang out on the tour bus (thank god [...]

New Car – WhooooHoooo!

Every three years, come ’round mid-July, Dell trades in his leased car for a new leased car. This time, we decided to go from a “crossover SUV” to a standard sedan… So, it was so long Infiniti FX35

And HELLO! Infiniti M35

This new car is totally bad ass! Push a button to start it, with no [...]

Santa Cruz Slumber Party

We spent Saturday night at our friends Brian & Carol’s house in Aptos, near Santa Cruz. The Dudley’s home is so comfortable, fun and relaxing.

Nora is about 8 months older than Camille, and the girls had a great time together playing dress-up, watching Dora, playing in the park, and coloring (there was lots of [...]

Loud and Proud – July 4th Weekend

Ahhh, what a relaxing weekend! Sam and Bobbi Kotara joined us for Friday and Saturday at my parent’s ranch in Lakeport.
We left Nora & Otto with Joan and Ray while the four grown-ups did a Napa Valley weekend. Sunday was Mudbaths and Massages at Indian Springs Resort – we stayed in a room at the [...]