Happy First Father's Day

Well, it was a fabulous first father's day. I know there are several other "first timers" out there as well who know what a wonderful feeling it is. My day started off with a delicious breakfast at Jeremy's On the Hill in Wynola (that's on the way to Julian). Blueberry pancakes and crepes started us off right.

We then struck out on an ambitious (perhaps too much so) hike at the Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve. The casual one mile hike turned into an uphill effort, but the scenery was beautiful and it was wonderful to continue to introduce Viana to the outdoors.

After a relaxing afternoon nap, both for dad and Viana, it was time to open presents! Dad got an assortment of bar-b-que items; he is working hard to perfect grilling techniques. But the highlight of the gifts was a clay imprint of Viana's palm and foot at 2 months old! Dad has been wanting to do that for a while but hasn't gotten around to it. Apparently mom did, yay mom!