... the ride to Laughlin 2009

A turn-out on S22 over looking Borrego Springs, CA the far east edge of San Diego County near the Salton Sea. This year there were seven bikes and a total of eight riders. My buddy Randy Hartsock was riding two-up (his wife Laci was riding with him).

Mad dogs of the Laughlin River Run, April 22nd - 26th

Since I've been riding 'point' I thought I'd buy a new helmet so the rest of the Harley Boys won't lose site of me. What do ya think?

Wendy Decker's BFA Thesis Exhibition May 9-16

We got this postcard in the mail today from Wendy Decker. Great art work don't ya think! Her gmail address is wlynndecker@gmail.com. Send her an email with your feedback.

later, #5

Hola mi familia!

Matt, Isaac & I (Kat) were blessed to be able to spend a week for spring break in Barcelona, Spain this March. We wanted to take Isaac on a big trip before he turns 2 in July and costs money to fly ... so we randomly picked Barcelona because none of us had ever been there. Isaac is an amazing little traveler ~ he slept on most of the flights and the flight attendants adored him, giving him extra toys and snacks. We saw a lot of amazing things in Barcelona from the Mediterranean (freezing cold right now!) to cathedrals, buildings and parks by Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi. We hiked up a mountain to check out Castle Montjuic, went to the zoo and Chocolate museum (some of Isaac's favorite places!). Matt & I love to explore new cities by walking around everywhere ... and it was definitely different pushing a stroller around on this trip. But we loved having Isaac with us, and he really enjoyed seeing all of the planes, buses and pigeons (which he referred to as "chickens" for some strange reason).We returned to reality and the spring college semester, which will be over for us in about a month, so we have a lot of grading of our students' artwork ahead of us. And after walking all day every day for a week, Isaac is constantly asking us to take him on walks and climbing into his stroller and just sitting by the door, waiting for us to take him outside. We're heading to New York City for the day next weekend, so that will be a little reminiscent of our trip, and a fun family outing. We updated our website, www.katklos.com/mkk and there are some more pictures of our trip to Barcelona on there, as well as other random things we have been up to. We can't wait to see everyone at the end of May in NY.

Love & Blessings,~Matt, Kat & Isaac

We're celebrating Easter in San Diego for the first time since 2005. Back in 2006 Judy and I were road warriors; me with Diebold and Judy with SAIC between Washington DC and Charleston. In 2007 & 2008 we were in Charleston, SC but this year we're back on the west (left) coast.

Judy claims she couldn't find the old Easter decorations and that maybe everything was lost in the move back to San Diego (ya, right!). So she headed to the clearance sales and bought a big a-- bunny and a bunch of baskets at the Salvation Army Store for 50 cents apiece. We're in the Easter business once again.

The boys are joining us for a ham dinner with all the trimmings on Easter Sunday. Then it's snouts in the candy until dark.

Take care and Happy Easter everyone. John & Judy/sd.