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Christmas Tree Cutting/Trimming

// December 5th, 2009 // No Comments » // General

Today we went up to the Peacock Christmas Tree Farm off of Summit Road in the Santa Cruz mountains. This is the place that my family used to cut Christmas Trees when I was a kid, so it is real special to be able to share this with Christine and Andrew. We had a great time running through the trees and finding the perfect tree to cut down. Andrew had fun helping Daddy with the sawing. Then we enjoyed some hot apple cider, tied the tree to the roof, and headed home.

After getting it on the stand and situated in the room we had a great time trimming the tree with lights and ornaments. Christine and I thought it was neat to see how excited Andrew was with the whole process. His face lit up and he kept saying “Christmas! Christmas!” over and over.

Just the guys

// November 21st, 2009 // No Comments » // General

Andrew and I had a great day while mom was at the spa. We went to the Little Gym for class, then got a haircut, then went to Vasona to ride the carousel and train. Didn’t know you could just ask to ride in the engine with the engineer. That was awesome. Andrew even got to pull the handle to blow the horn.

Andrew’s 2nd Birthday Party

// October 4th, 2009 // No Comments » // General

Today was Andrew’s 2nd Birthday. We had a Yo Gabba Gabba! themed party for him in Oak Meadows Park in Los Gatos. Highlights of the day were riding the carousel, riding the steam train, playing with kazoos, and of course the awesome cake that Christine made with all the characters from the TV show. Andrew had a ton of fun and was beaming with happiness all day long. It was really special to see him so happy and having fun with friends and family.

A day on the coast and at the beach

// July 3rd, 2009 // 2 Comments » // General

Christine and I both had today off since tomorrow is Independence Day so we decided it would be fun to go up the coast and go to the beach. We packed up the car in the late morning and headed over Hwy 17 and then up Hwy 1 towards our first destination: Pescadero.

Back in October Christine went to the pumpkin patch with the Werles in Pescadero while I was in Florida for a conference for work. Ever since then she has been raving about this artichoke bread at the Country Bakery there. We decided to have lunch in Pescadero so that I could finally experience this bread.

We got to the bakery and got our bread (fresh out of the oven I might add) and some deli meats and cheese and headed to the picnic area they have behind the bakery for some delicious lunch.

After lunch we drove back down the coast a bit to Bean Hollow State Beach. It was a really nice day — Not too warm, not too cool. It was a bit overcast at times, but overall very nice. We caught a lot of our fun on video including making sand castles, burying feet, playing with a hermit crab and then walking like a crab. We also got to see a family of dolphins jumping out of the water right off the shore.

Fun at the beach from Patrick Hutchinson on Vimeo.

Overall it was a most excellent day.

Fishing at Los Vaqueros Reservoir

// May 27th, 2009 // No Comments » // General

On Saturday Fred and I woke up before dawn to head up to Los Vaqueros Reservoir near Livermore to do a little fishing. The fishing wasn’t kind to us and we didn’t catch anything, but you know what they say, a bad day fishing is better than a good day working!

As a consolation, here’s some panoramic pictures of the lake that I stitched together from pictures I snapped with my iPhone.