Halloween

I took Quinn out trick or treating tonight. Riley decided he would stay at home and Julie stayed home too. But I did bring our dog Maya, who was dressed as a banana split.

Here is Quinn dressed as a Wizard. We were out for over an hour but Quinn’s legs were getting tired so we came home.

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Trip to Military Vehicle Technology Foundation

This is a great place over in Portola Valley. The facility has over 250 military vehicles including tanks, armored cars, artillery units, and other vehicles. It’s incredible. Apparently, the owner, Jaques Littlefield, was sort of a military nut and apparently wealthy enough to allow him to procure his own armada. Littlefield has passed away but the facility remains in operation and does tours by appointment. I took Riley and Quinn today with Riley’s Scout troop.

Waiting Room Fun

Quinn and I were in a waiting room today, and we spent the time in different ways. I read the Steve Jobs book, while Quinn spent time making photos with the iPhone app called Kitty Carnage.

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Halloween Traditions

We visited Perry Farm over in Ardenwood today to get some pumpkins. They have all the traditional fun things we like going here for, including the mountain of straw, a small hay maze and some displays.

Unfortunately what they didn’t have was good pumpkins. So we left empty handed.

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Disneyland Trip

Here are some of the better photos from our trip to Disneyland last weekend. Notable is that some of these are from my new iPhone 4S and comparing them to my Canon DigitalElf camera they are essentially indistinguishable.

Pumpkin on Main Street
Pumpkin on Main Street
Matterhorn racing (gonna miss these bench seats)
Matterhorn racing (gonna miss these bench seats)
Quinn on Big Thunder Mtn Railroad
Quinn on Big Thunder Mtn Railroad
Halloween Tree in Frontierland
Halloween Tree in Frontierland
Quinn Swinging Alone Finally
Quinn Swinging Alone Finally
Julie Swinging
Julie Swinging
Great snack place at Grand Californian Hotel
Great snack place at Grand Californian Hotel
Julie and I take a break while boys are at Challenge Trail in DCA
Julie and I take a break while boys are at Challenge Trail in DCA
Easy Entrance to DCA
Easy Entrance to DCA
Riley Cooling Off
Riley Cooling Off
Loving Brothers One Minute
Loving Brothers One Minute
Killing each other the next
Killing each other the next
Walt Disney's Railroad Barn in Griffith Park
Walt Disney's Railroad Barn in Griffith Park

Appearance at JiveWorld Mainstage

Last week I was in Las Vegas for the JiveWorld 11 conference, put on by Jive Software (we use their social business platform for an employee community at work). I was recently added to Jive’s “Jive Champions” program of customer advocates, and in addition to appearing as a “speaker” on a panel discussion of Champions, Jive also had a few of us do some speaker introductions on their Mainstage presentation area.

These photos of are me along with Tim O’Connor from Ashworth College. Tim got to tell people about the upcoming events for the rest of the day, and I spoke about the dinner program later that evening. Lots of fun to see yourself on the big screen and in the middle of a giant conference hall with over 1000 attendees.

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