May found us going "home". No matter how much we travel, it is always a great thing to go home again. It is always great seeing the friends and family in San Jose.

The day after we arrived, we had a little gathering for Roy's birthday. Damien and Michelle met up with us and joined in on our whacky family gathering. Above is sister Ellen and my mom in the front, me, brothers Roy and Dave in the back.

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We left Malibu and headed up the coast to Solvang. I wanted to go to Solvang for one reason, and one reason only: ebilskivers. All I wanted was a breakfast in Solvang so that I could relive my childhood memories of my mom cooking ebilskivers for us. We stayed for two breakfasts

After my belly settled down a bit, we headed an hour north to Pismo Beach for a few days. Malabar loved the ocean!



Finally pointed north to San Jose, and got to see the whole group right off.



Damien and Michelle were able to come by for a visit that first weekend, so we went all tourist at Santa Cruz and San Francisco



One of the coolest parts of the month was getting together with some "neighborhood guys". These are guys that I have known for about 40 years now, and we all got together to go see Iron Maiden in concert - with a quick pre-concert stop at Hooters

--kev