The annual tradition. The tree hunt. At the same place every year, the one with the really big trees. They have hot cider and candy canes. This year they even had homemade cookies. Most importantly, and why they get our business every year, they have...

"Flat Stanley" is a hand-drawn flat dude that elementary school students send around the world. #7 got one from her 8 year old cousin. She was to keep a journal for him and write about the things Flat Stanley saw and did while he was staying with her,...

I hope all who read this had a Thanksgiving surrounded by loved ones and had opportunity to reflect on the many blessings which are yours. I was particularly impressed this year by the things I heard from my children, as we gathered around the...

As teenagers and young adults, one of the fun date places to go near where we grew up was the De Anza Planetarium. They used to have a laser light show called the "Eye See the Light" show. It was new, it was cool, it was awesome. Apparantly they still...