The Look

Little does Cole know that he's NOT about to get put in the car.  He was terrified. Can't you tell?

John and I couldn't stop laughing.

Had to share. 

Treasure Island Music Festival

Vince, Shaleah, Andrew, Megan, John and Me.

Treasure Island Music Festival 2009.

MGMT, Decemberist, Flaming Lips, amongst others. 

Nice fall weather. Good friends. Good music. Good food. Totally chill crowd. Amazing views of the city. 

What more could a girl ask for? 

Cole's Acting Debut

Cole had the opportunity to be in one of John's Radio Shack ads for the Holidays along with Biz  Markie, the rapper, when we were out in LA two weeks ago.   

It was the real-deal along with a call-time, a costume, and his own dressing room. There were even other "actors" there, and he still got his own dressing room.   

He did quite well and got to show-off all of his tricks - sit, down, rollover and jump. He even learned how to spin around with a little goldfish cracker as motivation. I was his official handler for the day, but John was the one out there with him on the green screen getting him to do his tricks. 

We'll find out this week if he makes the cut and actually makes it into the spot. Regardless, we still think he's the cutest thing ever, and we were so proud of him! 

A little something unexpected.

We went and saw Bob Dylan on Saturday. At the Greek Theater in Berkley. 

I bet you are thinking,"hmmm, that doesn't sound much like Becky and John."  Well, to answer your questions...

Yes, it was a last minute decision.

Yes, I really only knew like one of his songs. 

Yes, he's looking old. 

Yes, he put on a great show. 

Yes, the hippies were out in full force.  Of all ages.

Yes, I saw a women changing her baby's diaper by the ladies room.

Yes, we got there late, and John almost got kicked out for arguing with the ushers.

Yes, I was mortified.

Yes, I think we were probably one of the only sober, not in a drug-induced state people there.

Yes, I'm glad we went. He put on an incredible show!  It was a night I'll never forget.

Thanks, honey.  Cross one off the list. 

Cole

What a good boy!

I think she's going to like this one...

Mom doesn't like having her picture taken. As long as I've been alive she's been like this. I never understood it, and then I turned 32 and then I got it. She's so photogenic, and people tell me the same thing.  All I can say to that is thank goodness for the invention of digital cameras!

Here she is at the park bench in Mill Valley that Cole and I like to go to. I think she looks so beautiful, and I know she was happy because she was with one of the loves of her life, Mr. Cole.

I love you, Mom.

B

A Glimpse into the Future at Castle Reid Skull

Getting the initial drawings today of how we are going to turn 300 Mountain View Avenue into our dream home actually made me giddy.  Considering the last couple of weeks haven't been all that stellar for me, it was nice to have something that made me excited. 

John Lum, our architect, is the bomb. He works fast. And he instantly "got" the vision that John and I have for the house. We met with him over the course of a few hours a couple of weeks ago after work on a Friday night (yes, it was blazing hot in the house. Poor guy came in trousers and a long-sleeve shirt), we took him through the house and talked him through how we want it to function. Since then, he's been drawing up a plan that is going to help us turn our vision into reality.

Now, granted, reality isn't going to all happen at once right away.  But it's good to have a roadmap. We quickly learned this as we started to tackle little things here and there.  As we tried to get small projects started, the questions always led to bigger questions or required us to have something else figured out before we could tackle it.  Because of this, we realized we needed a master plan. 

Anyway, for those of you that have been in the house, we are going to knock out the wall that encloses the staircase to downstairs and cut off the narrow walkway that goes from the front door to the kitchen, and re-create the pantry in that space. The kitchen will become a tad bit smaller (we'll move the fridge down) and where the southwest window faces that looks out towards Mt. Tam, we are going to create a family/den area.  It's going to be killer.  Also, we are going to make the second bathroom smaller and the master bathroom bigger. Selfish?  Yes. But John and I are worth it.

Just for kicks, I've attached the initial drawings. Take a look and let us know what you think.

What we've been up to...

I admit, I've been a bad blogger lately. Blame it on my camera batteries, blame it on lack of inspiration, or blame on it on the heat. Blame it on whatever. But, I'm back. Promise.

I've got a new camera for better documentation. A new blog template for inspiration. And a boat-load of things on the horizon to share with everyone.

To catch everybody up, we ended the summer with a bang between separate visits from both mom and dad, a quick visit to San Diego to see the Millays, and just recently a week-long trip in Los Angeles while John was on production making all the holiday TV spots for Radio Shack. Cole joined us and even got to be in one of John's spots. For me, it was so nice to be on a production trip and to get to experience it from the outside looking in. And it was really nice for all of us to be together.

Fall should be a fun and exciting couple of months as we are looking forward to all of the adventures that lie ahead - new growth group at church, our bathroom remodel officially starting, the Treasure Island Music Festival, a trip to San Diego with the Millays for Halloween, a visit with all the Reids for Thanksgiving and most importantly - whatever path God leads me with my career as I wrap things up at EVB in the coming weeks. Stay tuned...

Love you all.