Hannah rides the Giant Dipper for the first time!

The Giant Diaper is the amazing old wooden roller coaster at the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk. You can read all about it here.



As you can see from her photo she loved it so much that she ended up riding it 10 times in one day!



Many thanks to Anna Whiting for helping to give Hannah the encouragement to give it a try.

Hannah is promoted to sixth grade!

We are so proud of our daughter. She just completed fifth grade and is now a 6th grader! It was a fantastic year. Watch the video to see her graduate.

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Hannah's first music video!

Hannah and her friend Anna put together a great new music video to the song "Party in the USA."

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Hannah as a prisoner of war!

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Hannah is a patriot!

Yesterday, Hannah participated in a reenactment of the revolutionary war. Se was fortunate enough to play the role of Deborah Sampson -- one of the first women to impersonate a man just so they could join the rebellion. Check out her presentation and outfit. She did an amazing job.

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Kentucky versus Tennessee

Last week Bob and I travelled to Lexington Kentucky to see my beloved
wildcats win over the Tennessee volunteers. I had not been there
since 87. It was an amazing experience. We even took time to tour the
wild turkey distillery which turned out to be fascinating. Alas there
was no tasting offered but it was well worth the 30 minute drive.

Hannah rocks the science fair at Saratoga Elementary!

Mommy and Daddy were so proud. Well done darling.

Hannah at the Saratoga Elementary Science Fair from Christopher Payne on Vimeo.

Andrew learns to hula!

Villa Montalvo lookout

Christmas 2009

Jim and Elaine stopped by today to visit.  We had a great time together and celebrated the year.  Happy holidays to you all.

 

Christopher

Merry Christmas 2009 from Saratoga

We got the annual Santa photo yesterday. Hannah asked for a camera and Andrew asked for an iPod touch!

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Celebrating 12 years

Tonight sandi and I are celebrating our 12th anniversary at the
Mountain Winery listening to the Beach Boys! Here's to many more
years together.

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1664 Federal for sale

It is with mixed feelings that we announce that our beautiful home just went on the market for sale. We are in the process of relocating the Bay area due to eBay's recent acquisition of Positronic. This is an exciting time for us but we had never intended to sell our home. Here is the link to the site. Please feel free to share this with anyone that you think might be interested.

Andrew's Kindergarten Class sings carols

Andrew is seated in the very front right in the middle. He has a Santa hat on. He was belting out the tunes. We were very proud parents.



Happy holiday.

Christopher and Sandi