Rathtrevor Dance Party 2009

I said it was coming and here it is....the Rathtrevor Dance Party 2009!!

Rathtrevor 2009

What a wonderful time!! I am so glad I was able to make it up. Spending time in the comfort of good friends and a wonderful setting is truly a gift. Watching the kids play from dawn to dust was also amazing. Below are some pictures we took from the weekend and I will be posting video's soon:




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Amara's 2nd Birthday Beach Party

As promised here are the pictures and videos from Amara's beach party. She and her friends had a blast. Enjoy the video and be sure to check out all the pictures:










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Happy 2nd Birthday Amara

This video below speaks for itself. She had a great time on her birthday. I will post more video's from her beach party that is coming up on Saturday:

Sweet Amara

She does not do anything half way...she is definitely full on. Case in point, see her first makeover:





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And then check out her eating...this was last night.






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Cool Dude Amara

We were out visiting a friend who happens to have 4 acres of waterfront property out in Mectchosin on the weekend. An absolutely beautiful piece of property. Anyway while we were there I got some good pictures of Amara with India's sunglasses on. Check it out:

Budding Videographer

Well now that India has her own digital camera with Movie capability there will be no end to her prolific movie making. Today's special song is called, "I Love You". Enjoy!

The Crisis of Credit Visualized - Part 1

The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated. This project was completed as part of the thesis work of a graduate student named Jonathan Jarvis at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

This is an amazing piece of work that brings some clarity to the current financial crisis. The one piece Jonathan misses, which is crucial, is the regulatory framework in the US which allowed this craziness to happen. Everywhere else in the world, this amount of leverage was strictly illegal. Right at the end of the Clinton second term, legislation was passed which made this legal and completely unregulated. What is even more amazing, the architects of this global fiasco are now on the economic team of Obama's administration. For more details on the historical context, click this link to read more.

Watch the video...it will blow you away:

The Crisis of Credit Visualized - Part 2

This is the last bit of the above video...it ties it all together.

A Long Time Away

Well there is no excuse for not posting on this blog for over 7 months!!! So rather then publicly berate myself, I want to present my daughter India's Valentine Song to the World. It is aptly called "I Love You So":

Naramata

Well we again headed off for the last week session at Naramata Centre. This year my folks came as well and camped in their 5th Wheel. My Dad took a bird building course and I took a photography course. Below are my best pictures:



























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Camping at Rathtrevor

Okay...I am way behind in my posting. I can't believe this was 3 months ago. Kudos to the women of our crew who organized this. It was an unbelievable weekend of fun. I hope we can do this again in September. Here are the kids roasting marshmellows:



Can you believe Nicole was still pregnant?



The kids eating:



Amara really solidified her walking on this weekend:



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Second Day in London: 5-1-08

Up early and off to see the changing of the guards were we. It was a challenge but we made it. It was hard to believe that even in rainy weather in early May there were still crazy crowds about for this spectacle. We took a few shots and then decided to wait out the rest in the gift shop. Here are some of the early photos:







Pretty boring stuff. Once we left the gift shop we ended up talking to a Bobby who explained who really protects the Palace (the London Police) and direct use over to the King James residence where the Prince of Wales resides....he informed us there is a Queen's Guard there with whom you can have your picture taken with:







We then went off to the Natural History Museum which was amazing. India was enthralled with the bug exhibit. The museums in Britain are free and therefore are incredibly attended:







We then decided to walk back through Hyde Park...not as impressive as I would've thought but nice nonetheless:









Once again we ate at an Italian restaurant...we couldn't get enough of authentic Italian food. Amara was once again an entertainer and India befriended some Italian kids visiting London:





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