st. patty's day parade last sunday. it came right by our place...bagpipes, celtic dancers, crazy people throwing candy etc. good times. also had a big festival at armory park where jamo and carter attacked the bounce houses with a vengeance.

first day of the year in the 80Fs came on tuesday. spring has sprung in the desert. dad likes the 60s but mum is happy. we spent the afternoon at reid park's aquatic center. water features, a lazy river and all shaded by an enormous canopy. plus at $6 for the whole family what's not to like.

we're starting to get to know some of our neighbors. armory park is a pretty friendly place. we're also on first name basis with the librarians at santa rosa who are all very cool. the F16 flyovers (from the airforce base)which seem to be an all day occurrence and the 4am train whistle which runs downtown have been a bit harder to get used to.

week #3 ended with the arrival of gma tenley who is bunking with carter in the living room of our spacious 600sq ft casa. the boys picked her up at the airport thursday, we spent all day friday at the children's museum and we now just got back from exploring downtown and the 4th ave street fair on foot. whew! think she's a tad tired now as she's taking a nap and snoring loudly.

on to week #4.