2001 – School dances and football games. Aaron graduates from Laguna and begins at SCU. Al-Qaeda terrorists hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center.
2002 – Yosemite, high school theater performances, concerts and scavenger hunts with friends.
2003 – Renee and Jordan get married. Arnold Schwarzenegger elected state governor. Drama, dance, driver’s license, SAT and zits.
2004 – Lani graduates from Laguna, travels to Spain and begins at Cal. Kathleen and Chris get married. Aaron graduates from SCU. President Bush wins reelection over John Kerry. Tsunami and earthquake strike Southeast Asia. Sarah Mclachlan concert at Arco.
2005 – College roommates, new jobs, and Facebook. Travels to the ancient Mayan ruins of Oaxaca and razzle-dazzle of Las Vegas. Romantic getaway to Monterey. Dennis and Jane get married. Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast.
2006 – Lani studies abroad in Morelia, Mexico. Population of the United States reaches a scary three hundred million. Visit to Nashville and Disneyworld Orlando.
2007 – Ruben and Juliet’s 50th wedding anniversary. The first female speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, is sworn into office. Tree sitting at the Berkeley Oak Grove. New Year’s Eve in Hawaii. Climbing up the Empire State Building and watching Lion King on Broadway. Family road trip to Ashland, Oregon.
2008 – Lani graduates from Cal and starts internship at VTA. Aaron and Lani get engaged and adopt Peluche from the Humane Society. Barack Obama, Democratic Senator from Illinois, wins presidency. Rowan is born. Ani Difranco and Tom Petty concerts in SF. Adventures in Guatemala and Los Angeles (NOW state conference).
2009 – Busy with work at VTA and SCU. Dean is born. Kayak in Half Moon Bay. Visit Ryan in Amsterdam and travel to France, Switzerland and Germany. Wicked the Musical in San Francisco for Lani’s birthday. California fun in Pismo, Huntington and Laguna Beach. Belly dance lessons. The H1N1 virus, or Swine Flu, is named a global pandemic. Marriage Equality march in Fresno.
2010 – Bike riding in the spring and summer. British Petroleum deep water oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Health care reform passed. Whirl-wind of weddings and graduation parties. Honeymoon in Italy. Lilith Fair and Transiberian Orchestra concerts. Catastrophic earthquake hits Haiti. Ashlyn is born. Explore Washington state, Santa Cruz, and Yosemite. Jerry Brown elected governor. LSAT.
2011 – Road trips in our new Subaru Outback. Bowling, line dancing and drum circles. Eating healthy and lifting weights. Campaigning for marriage equality and the environment. Discovering new parts of the state, country and world. Quiet time with good books. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repealed. Celebrating life and love with family and friends.
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