Lex and I made the trip up to Point Reyes National Seashore this Monday to take advantage of the day off (President’s Day), the elephant seal mating season, California grey whale migration season, and the gorgeous weather. Turned out it was sunny everywhere in California but Pt. Reyes though, so we had fog which kept us from seeing whales… and no doubt many other things. Nonetheless, it was a fun and memorable trip. Check the pics by clicking on the seals below!

Last weekend, Lexie and Laurie Beardsley ran their first half marathon after several months of training. The weather was gorgeous and the ladies totally rocked it, beating their goal time and finishing the 13.1 miles strongly. Matt Beardsley and I spectated from miles 8 and 11, and here is a gallery of the times we saw the girls: http://www.lexieandjamie.com/photogallery/First%20half%20Gallery/

Lex has beautifully decorated our house, and we even got our first real Christmas tree this year!

Click here to see a gallery of several random HDR’s I put together recently

Lex and I went as Barbie and Ken (respectively) for Halloween this year. Below are some images of the costumes… and us in them. Enjoy!

Well last week we returned from an awesome 9 day roadtrip/ hang out with Chelse and Dave (we love you guys!) I’ll write more soon, but click on the image below to see some images!

Well, we’ve been busy since we got back, so I haven’t got any photos up until now. But it was an amazing trip at the end of June and begining of July (including our 3 year anniversary!) Click on the image of Tobacco Caye to see the Gallery.

Started out smokey and cool, but it warmed up and cleared up and wasn’t too busy… then we saw a pair of Bald Eagles at New Melonies… definitely a memorable day!

 Click on the Picture to see the Gallery

My beautiful wife planned a wonderful camping trip with some friends (the Keys and Ellistons) to celebrate my birthday! We went to San Mateo County Memorial Park- it was gorgeous- the food was great- we took a hike and had a fire… life is good. Click the image to see an incomplete collection of pictures:

Well, we went to Yosemite again this January to hang out with the folks. This time some friends from church, Ann and Tyler Elliston. There was hardly any snow this year, which was nice for hiking and seeing waterfalls, but lead to a much different experience.  Below is an HDR (high dynamic range) image, click on it to go to a gallery of some others I took during our time in the Valley.

Well it has been a very long time since I have posted… I apologize to all the loyal fans of this blog… of whom I am probably the only.

Anyway, life has been amazing and full, so this post will hit the highlights and then I’ll show some quick, and somewhat random photos and go to bed.

Since the last time I wrote-

Lexie was accepted to the Dual Masters Program at Cal State Eastbay. She will begin in the fall getting both a Masters in Family Therapy and a Masters in Counseling…

Lexie began taking 2 prerequisite classes at Diablo Junior College- Personality Theory and “Learning and the Brain”- so she has class 4 days a week (starting today), including class until 10 on Tuesday and Thurdsays… which is why I am sitting here writing this.

Lexie got a sweet new laptop- pictures will no doubt follow

Lexie and Jamie finally got a CAR!!!!!! and its not a Subaru wagon… it’s a 2008 Honda Civic EX… as gas approaches $5 a gallon.. that factor trumped all else… guess in the end we are more practical than anything

Jamie is still working for Competition Policy Associates!!!! Despite what everyone expected I haven’t been fired or gone of the deep end yet!

Now that the big stuff is out of the way, here are some random pictures that may tell a story and may not

As you may have guessed, this is our cat… Caya, or as Lex calls her: our “Itty Bitty Kitty”… let’s just say she’s a member of the family with full voting rights.

This is at Chelsea’s (closest on the left) first bridal shower in Santa Rosa… she is getting Married July 26- Monica (farthest on the right) is getting married 2 weeks later- Lex is clearly the trend setter in this picture.

It was VERY hot in Oakland a few weeks back… our apartment has no air conditioning and Caya was wearing a fur coat… Lex’s solution was to rub Caya down with an ice cube… turns out she LOVED it!

Jessica graduated from UOP and she got a degree in International Relations and Global studies… a department  that was thankfully small enough to have their ceremony indoors… for those of you who don’t know, UOP is in Stockton, and it was VERY hot… although, there were many free popsicles available!

As the picture above demonstrates, the Central Valley can be very beautiful… when its almost dark.

This was the Celebration of Matt Griebel’s 21st Birthday! (hence the centrally positioned booze)… what a good looking family huh?

This was an dance exhibition that was part of the San Francisco arts festival that Lex and I went and saw in Union Square… it was like dancing and climbing… also the man proposed to the woman at the end of this set.

PS- she accepted!

THis is a picture of Caya (and Lexie’s legs) playing…

A sunset on the drive up to Sonora

Matt Griebel climbing up “Wing of Bat” at the Grotto… shortly after we were both urinated on by a bat… good times

This is Lexie, Chelsea, and Jen at Chelsea’s 3rd wedding shower (the second was a lingerie… those pictures are not displayed here for obvious reasons). Lex and her mom planned and threw this shower, and it sounds like it was amazing! Go Team! (Matt and I went climbing)

I make a token appearance on this posting playing miniature golf in Twain Harte!

In case you had any doubts, Lexie is looking more gorgeous than ever.

The end!