Julian's Birthday

Last night Julian invited us for dinner at his new house, since it was his birthday. Very nice house, it made us all envious for a better place than the shacks we live in now. We had a great spanish meal made by Peppa. Also the first time in a long time that an Italian wine impressed me - 95 Barolo.

Wine and food last night

2002 August West Rosellas Pinot - brilliant as ever
2000 Rust en Vrede Shiraz - wow this was humming with the prime rib

My first ever prime rib; from a recipe in the newspaper (San Jose Mercury). It was very easy to make and it seemed to go over well with Mandy and the neighbors, James and Michelle.

Golf @ The Ranch

Using our Yahoo passports for a 50% discount we played The Ranch in San Jose for $40 (including cart). Only problem is that this course is SO difficult that you need another $40 to pay for all golf balls you loose. Every errant tee shot requires a new ball on this course. I probably lost 4 balls in the round. I played quite ok, but still only managed 110 - which might sound like a lot, but trust me it is rather respectable for this course. 3 iron worked like magic, too bad I didn't hit it on all the holes then I would probably have broken 100. Play conservative here is my recommedation...it is short so no need to use the driver. Oh and it is dead slow... it took us 6 hours, although much of this was due to the baffoons that played before us from the blue tees where they should have played from the reds in my opinion - it is a wonder they didn't run out of balls.

Liam at dentist today

Mom was still a little concerned about Liam's tooth chipping fall last night, so she checked his teeth this morning and discovered that his gums was bruised. We end up at a pediatric dentist and he confirmed that both front teeth got chipped and that one of the teeth are loose. Worst case scenario is that the nerve might die, but the dentist is positive that everything will heal just fine. We'll keep our fingers crossed.

Liam's Fall

Ok so it happened, Liam stood against the bath, lost his footing and we have the first chipped tooth! Blood and crying followed, but after some pain killer he is sound asleep. Could have been worse.

New Beginnings in Cyberspace

Today the Visser family at long last joined the digital world by uploading their brand new family webpage at http://www.visserhome.com and by starting this blog. Hopefully we can keep up with all the fast moving developments of young Liam and his wine drinking, golf playing and sometimes working parents.