San Diego!

We just got back from Thanksgiving in San Diego where Aeneas enjoyed his introduction to fish tacos and giant cups of Horchata.

I'll try to find some better pictures later on today.

Patricia Van Doren
September 24th, 1951 - November 8th, 2007

We lost Patty on Thursday, the 8th of November.
She fought - as was her nature to do so - an impossible battle with lung cancer.
She is missed very much by many people.
The best person to share a laugh with you'll ever meet.

It's very hard, living out here on the east coast to think of Patty as dead. She was always so alive. Just in the middle of everything. She was funny & passionate. She loved talking and desserts. Talking while eating desserts, I suppose, very well may have been her favorite thing.

It's not that she had an domineering personality or required conversation or events to be about her; it's just that because of her sweet persistence, her curiosity and especially because of her infectious laugh, things often seemed to revolve around her anyway. You just wanted her around. You wanted Patty in your life. That's how she'll be remembered.

We love you Patty.

Rest in Peace.

We took a trip to Hershey, PA.
Chocolate is a big thing there.

Sexy Doctor!

Our good friends the Abrahams. Joe, Elmo & Mama Elmo.
(ali made those costumes!)

Concentrate... Hold Steady.... Ok... Cake!!!

mmm... Papa likes it too!

Aeneas is thinking about opening one birthday present while Emily wraps another one just out of sight.