Well I have dropped the ball on keeping this site updated.  Honestly the last year or so has been a bit insane.  We remodeled then sold our house, I left my job, we moved 500 miles away, bought another house and remodeled it, and are now happily living in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas.  I think that instead instead of boring you with all of the details you can just enjoy some of the highlights….