1 Tennis Ball = 1 Happy Dog + 1 Happy Girl

Mother and daughter enjoying nature in their own ways.

 
Maya left this note for her brother Kyle and I could not stop laughing when I came across it. She chooses a happy penguin motif, leads with a guilt trip and closes with a demand for restitution. Gotta admire her style. I will have to follow the story to see if and how her brother responds.

Over a dozen aircraft and 1500 firefighters have been deployed to battle the Jesusita wildfire. Santa Barbara, an otherwise idyllic setting is unfortunately subject to these fires and this is the second major one in the last 6 months. Everyone here is concerned over the welfare of our California colleauges.

Sonos west coast headquarters is located in Santa Barbara less than 2 miles from wildfires which have destroyed several homes and caused the mandatory evacuation of 13,500 residents including many of our employees. A slight shift in wind direction or speed can dramatically change the course of the fire and we are watching it carefully given our office lies within the recommended evacuation area. I am traveling to Santa Barbara next Monday and hope the rain we are having here will follow me there.

 
Work and family demands left no time for a photo today so I dipped into the archive. Nico in his first tuxedo taken while the family was in France attending a wedding. He balanced atop a pedestal in front of the chateau where we spent the week.

 
This morning a colleague and I visited with a Sonos customer to observe and take notes as they unpacked and setup one of our new systems. Seeing this first hand is invaluable as we fine tune our products to maximize out of the box satisfaction. We walked and took local transit to the downtown Boston location and I grabbed this shot along the way.

Kyle’s church youth group and the chaperons who will be traveling with them to Transylvania this summer to visit our sister church there. Kyle’s soccer team suffered a very disappointing 2-1 loss, Nicolai scored a header to help his team to a 2-0 win, and I was on the sidelines this week nursing my injured knee.

 
Jeanine and I also cleaned up for a neighborhood social event. Photo courtesy of Maya.

Neither Kyle nor Chloe seemed very interested in being photographed, but I do rather like this shot which I caught between poses.

 
Kyle and Chloe just before leaving for the CCHS Sophmore Semi-Formal Dance.

 
Maya helped her team to a 5-2 win today showing fine form throughout the hard fought match. Pound for pound she may be the toughest of the Calabria’s on a soccer pitch.

Jeanine poses with her new beds. Later on we fill them with compost and top soil. Tomorrow they will be ready to plant.

 
The entire family pitched in to complete Jeanine’s new vegetble garden. I started by leveling three pads for the raised beds which Jeanine helped me to set in place. The kids transported and installed wood chips around the beds to create a three foot wide path on all sides.