The Dissertation Defense

That's right, folks. Jonathan successfully defended his dissertation at the beginning of the year. Now nothing stands between him and graduation. I guess you can start calling him "Dr." now. ;-)

Christmas '08 Part I

A little sunset from our window

Family on the Fire Truck

at the NASA Ames Holiday Party

I love my girls!

Four generations

A special weekend trip to San Luis Obispo.

Hayride Through Field of Flowers

Grease is the Word

Angelina was a beauty school dropout & Jonathan was her greaser boyfriend for Halloween.

Halloween Witch Family

New Baby Girl!

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of our healthy baby girl, Olivia Marie! She was born just after midnight on October 3rd, weighing 8 lbs 10 ounces and stretching out to 20 1/4 inches. She is an absolute angel and we are so grateful to have her in our family.

For more photos, go to her and Sabrina's blog www.sabrinabambina.blogspot.com

Two Days Before the Due Date...

...Three days before the induction and four days before delivery.

Mama, Daughter, Belly Shot

Uncle "Jame-es" and Carie

Treehugging with James and Carie

Big Basin

Redwood Cross-section

I have no idea what Sabrina is doing, but I'm sure she's okay.

Train Ride

Big Trees Train

When Grandma and Grandpa came to visit, we took the Santa Cruz Beach Train through the redwoods to the boardwalk. Lovely!

At the Tidepools

Howdy!

Cable Car Family

On the Cable Car

We took Brian and Paige to San Fran and tried to hit all the major spots. A good cable car ride is always a favorite.

Belly shot at NASA

7 1/2 months.

Another Flight Simulator

This is an actual cockpit of a passenger jet with computer screens for windows. It really gives you the sensation of flying--even without the vertical motion turned on.

Sabrina in the pilot's seat

When Paige and Brian came to visit, we toured NASA and got to play with some pretty fun flight simulators. Hey--isn't that where Schwarzenegger sat?

Jon Meets the Terminator

OK, so he's officially the governor of California, but he'll always be the Terminator to me. It was on state business that Schwarzenegger dropped by Jonathan's work (He was there to thank them for lending a UAV in the firefighting effort). In this picture he is sitting at probably the smallest flight simulator at NASA. Jonathan's desk is just over his left shoulder. And yes, Jon got to meet him.