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Today I experienced my first real earthquake – a 5.4 magnitude, not too shabby! The center was about 40 miles away in Chino Hills – click HERE for detailed information from the U.S. Geological Survey. [...]

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This weekend I finished the production of Jekyll and Hyde the Musical that had [...]

This past week has been very busy for me, as I am playing in the orchestra for the musical “Jekyll and Hyde.” It has been a lot of fun, but a lot of time, with rehearsals and concerts literally every day for over a week. We have three more concerts of the show [...]

The drive home on Sunday July 6 was slow but festive, as it was Steven’s dad’s birthday! Here he is, posing as the birthday boy!

Saturday, July 5 we took Apollo to a dog sitter in Cambria since we couldn’t leave him in the hotel while we went to Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA. He actually had a great play day, but I was a little sad to have to leave him.
Just 5 miles north of where we [...]

Thursday, July 3 we drove to Cambria, CA, which is about 100 miles north of Santa Barbara. This was the first time that we took Apollo with us on a trip out of town, and we were lucky to find a really nice hotel right on the beach that accepted dogs. It was [...]

Thanks to Jessi we were able to go all out for the Fourth of July, a few days early.

Steven’s parents left today after a nice long visit, and I have lots of pictures to share! We had a wonderful time exploring different parts of California together. The puppy was overjoyed to have more people to play with, as you can see in the above picture.
The first weekend of their visit we [...]