Lucas is getting bigger and bigger every day. Yesterday we played Frisbee and kicked his ball around on the grass at Balboa Park. He loved it! He was jumping and laughing and having a ball. Its so wonderful to have a child and be a father. Lucas is such a wonderful little boy. I look forward to many events where we have so much fun we laugh uncontrollably. Here is to you son.

The celebration of spring is here. We celebrated the event visiting Mamor,( which is MA for mother and MOR meaning great or big in Galeic) in Corona. The air was dry and windy which made for a lovely afternoon egg-hunt. Lucas was so intent on finding his lost eggs. We hid twelve all around the garden and Lucas found every one of them. Dinner the previous night at Joyce's was also a wonderful event. She is a gift to humanity and indeed a gift to us. The evening was spent in conversation with the usual players, Georgia, Abbott, Suzanne, Randy, Charlotte, Justine, Myself, and Joyce. Tallon, Alan, and Dermott were indeed missed. Lucas will have quite an interesting Easter as he grows up with this crowd and we would not have it any other way. Here is to Spring, the time of rebirth! Here is to our friends which we are blessed to know and love!

I took the day off today and it was great. This allowed Justine to finish "Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire" while Lucas and I took a long nap together. Its been a little warm here in San Diego, luckily our house is cool. We woke up refreshed and ready to start the afternoon. I finally finished the 4x6 photo collage for the invitations. I am really happy with how it turned out. As soon as I figure out how to insert images into my blog they will be here. So, one of our tasks today was to find a suitable place to have Lucas' party on the second. There were several places in the running. One was Spanish Landing. We really liked it, but it was missing something. It's in the running. We also have a good feeling about Mission Point Park in Mission Beach. Of course we are also thinking of our neighborhood park Balboa Park. We will let everyone know ASAP. I also hope you enjoy the new experimental website I created from my new .mac account. Until I learn html fully, I have to put up with amature web creation. Thats all for now.

It's good to be back on the blog. Much has happened since I last wrote, most of it good. One highlight of note is the recent vist of my dad. Yes, Art came down to vist. He was solo because his wife, Bearta, was away on vacation in Boston with her freind Sherry. We spent some good quality time together catching up and venting our frustrations with the world. We visited a local pool hall I found while surfing the internet called Jolt-n-Joes. At Jolt-n-Joes we played a round of ping pong, of which I lost 2 of three. Dad revels is winning a game of pong. I honestly think he gages his youth on how well he can come close to or beat each one of his sons in pong. Of course Adam will never admit defeat to dad, but thats another story. Anyway, we also played a few rounds of billiards and drank a few pints of Sam Adams. I of course lost 3 games out of 5. We had a good time.

Dad also wanted desperately to go to the beach and get his feet wet. We are always up for the beach. Lucas has been to the beach at least 4 times in his life so far, which is not bad considering he is only 11 months old. We can't wait to take Lucas to the tide pools in La Jolla, but he will need to walk well in order to traverse rock and surf. We frequent the strand on Coronado Island about a mile from the Hotel Del Coronado. Dad decided not to get in the water but rather talk to Justine about what has happened with Jen, my sister. I will write about that a little later. I went in the water for some body surfing. the waves were pretty decent, 2-3 foot and breaking smooth until the swell pulled. The water temp was around 73 degrees, pretty much golden for San Diego and most likely the best it will get all year. As we were getting ready to leave, the day seemed to slow down and leave room for the moment. Dad picked up Lucas and showed him the waves washing up on the beach. Lucas has been pretty scared so far when we have done the same thing, but this time he was with grandpa. I wish I had brought my camera, but I didn't. It was a nice moment to see them together. Lucas Arthur and Arthur Charles, two people, two members of the Aguilera family, grandson and grand father.

Thanks Dad for coming down to see us.