KAK Visits From Hong Kong

Ken, Araya and our beautiful grand daughter Kyra visited us July 21 through the 28th and we had a terrific time. Kyra has grown so big and is an outstanding conversationalist -- in both Thai and English. We had a wonderful family dinner to celebrate Ken's 50th birthday (where has the time gone) together with Mike, Laurie, Madison and Meridian. Ken had checked into the Marriott Shadow Ridge and so the family spent some quality time at the pool -- catching up, while the girls went swimming. Two nights, Araya did some splendid Thai cooking (yum, noodles) which we all love, and Grandma, Grandpa, Ken and Kyra went to lunch one day at Hogs Breath Inn in LaQuinta, while mom packed to leave. All in all it was a wonderful time and we only hope they will occur more often. We miss these guys!

Remec's Great in the International Junior Golf Championships

Our grandson Remec did extremely well in the International Junior Golf Championships held on July 21-22 in Palm Beach, Florida shooting a two round score of 169 and coming in 43rd out of 80 international competitors. Considering this is Remecs first major tournament and his first trip across the country, his results were astonishing. Nice job Remec!!

Jim Recovers From Oral Surgery -- Scans Navy Pics

After a stressful day getting some teeth removed, Jim was able to pull himself out of bed and over to the the computer and set up his printer scanning device. He immediately pulled his old Navy pics out of mothballs (sort of like pulling a ship out of mothballs) and began scanning them to the computer. Although this constant scanning upset dinner plans and other more important things he pushed forward -- with the scanner in one hand and his dentures in the other. He is now proud to show some of the results of this extreme effort in the pictures nearby. Go going Jim and ships ahoy!!

Visiting The Hills On The 4th

Laurie and Mike and the kids invited us to spend the 4th of July with them. Laurie cooked up a great meal and went swimming in the new pool.

MIKE AND LAURIE HAVE A SWIMMING POOL!

When we came to Mike and Lauries house for the fourth of July they surprised us with their new swimming pool in the backyard. We hadn't heard a word about getting one from either of them -- but when we got to their house.....wa la! It is really beautiful as you can see from the pictures nearby. Surprisingly, it only took them 45 days to have it built. Wow!

Madison Moves Up

Our grand-daughter Madison is moving up from 3rd to 4th grade next year. As her final project for 3rd grade, Madison was asked to develop a presentation on her favorite hobby. She choose American Doll and constructed a beautiful display of her dolls, the history of American Doll, and pictures of her visiting the American Girl stores in Los Angeles and New York

Meridian Graduates From Preschool

Our grand-daughter Meridian just graduated from pre-school and showed grandma and grandpa her yearbook. She has created some great art and pretty pictures. A terrific job Meridian! Congratulations!

A Terrific Time in Big Bear with the Carlsons

John and Tawnya decided to spend 3 days at Big Bear Lake and invited us along. They rented two cabins right on the lake and we had a terrific time with the family -- especially our grandkids Remec, Tyler and Rachel. We visited a great zoo and discovery center, watched Remec and Tyler hit golf balls at a driving range (they are really getting good) and had a great dinner at a steak house near the house. See some pictures nearby

Remec and Tyler Show Off Their Golf Medals

Both Remec and Tyler won major golf awards at the qualifying tournament in Boise, Idaho this past month.

Remec won the Qualifying Tournament for the Optimist Junior Golf tournament in Florida, and the US Kids Tournament at Pinehurst in North Carolina. Remec came in 1st place.

Tyler won a qualifying position in the Junior World Tournament to be held in San Diego and the Kids World Tournament also in North Carolina. Tyler came in 2nd place for his age group.