Very early Saturday morning, Steve and I flew to San Jose with a plane full of UCLA and USC fans (both teams had big games against Cal and Stanford). My family picked us up from the airport, took us out to breakfast and then we spent the rest of the day in San Francisco. The weather was perfect. It actually felt like fall (a very nice change from the 90 degree heat in Orange County). We walked around the piers and parks, shopped and had lunch. We ended our city trip with dessert at Ghirardelli, sooo good.
On Sunday we went to my cousin Drew and his beautiful bride, Lisa's wedding reception. They had a small beachside ceremony in Carmel on Saturday.
Drew and I are very close in age, and we share the same birthday month. When we were little we would have our birthday parties together (our moms are sisters). Drew and Lisa have known each other for years. They dated in high school, went their separate ways and then found each other again years later, and now they are Mr. and Mrs. Dowler. These two are extremely talented. Lisa has the voice of an angel and Drew is a talented guitarist. Lisa and her Dad performed a duet together, a Father Daughter song and they had everyone in tears (I tried to post the video but I couldn't get it to work). Their reception was beautiful, full of family and friends, great food and dancing. Congratulations Lisa and Drew!
This morning Steve and I flew back home, drove straight to work and we are both pooped from the last 48 hours.
Dad, Dave and Uncle John a.k.a House Flippers 
