Alex's marching band debut

Alex is a Freshman this year at Mount Vernon High School, he plays tuba in the school's band. He is one of three tuba players, but he was the only one to show on Friday. It was MVHS's Homecoming game against Sedro Woolley (we won!) and the band marched during half time for the first time this year. The wind was a force to be reconned with and Alex had a hard time holding his tuba up, playing and marching in formation at the same time. But he did a great job! And he looks smashing in his uniform :-)

What Marcus does in his free time

If he's not at school or working, he's playing XBOX 360. His favorite is either the newly released Halo 3, or Guitar Hero II. He can't wait for Guitar Hero III to come out on the 28th. Here he is playing GH2, to "Rock this Town". I must admit, it is a pretty fun game! Just push the right triangle below for a preview.

The fish are biting on the Skagit

Bruno and Alex went fishing this weekend and brought these silvers home. It was a beautiful day to be on the river! The fishing bug has been caught, now Alex wants to go all the time.

If it's Saturday, it must mean soccer!

What a beautiful day for a soccer game! Cool morning with soaking wet fields, gotta love it! Nicole scored her first two goals last week while we were in San Francisco. Here she takes the ball away, goes down for the goal! Yeah, I got to see this one!!

Off to work

Marcus is off to another day at Taco Bell. He's been working there a few weeks now, but up until this weekend has been having to drive to Oak Harbor for training. This weekend he works at the store in Mount Vernon. He seems to be liking it, and has lots of friends that work there too.

More San Francisco

Dinner at Morton's before going to see Dana Carvey at the Masonic Temple Auditorium.

The Streets of San Francisco

Bruno and Michelle took their first "long" vacation away from all the kids for the first time since before Nicole was born. They visited San Francisco along with 6,000 other Electrical Contractor's. The weather was spectacular, the food good, and as always the friends were enjoyable to be with. Oct. 4-9th.

Top: Bruno and Dave sample grapes at a winery in Napa.

Middle: It was a beautiful day to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.

Bottom: Having lunch with our good friends, Pete and Nancy, in Little Italy. Buon Appetito!

Our first blog

After viewing a friends blog I thought it was so cool I had to do it myself! So here is our first entry:

Sept. 30th--Nicole turns 5 years old. With Family and Friends sharing in the special day, she had a great time.