I had to wait a month or so for the good things to happen. First was a trip to Vancouver, Canada for my English nephew Richard Wood's wedding to Esther Moses. It was a very interesting time and Susie my daughter and I went to three separate events on three days. First there was the Henna party where most girls wore saris and had their arms decorated with henna. Esther is an Indian Jewess. We had some very good food over the days we were there. Altogether it was a fun time and I enjoyed seeing my twin brother and his large family who I do not see much as they live in England , Canada and Prague as well as San Francisco.
Then I went on vacation to South Lake Tahoe with my family in July. Later in the month on July 30th and 31st. Michael's wife Farah held a book release party for her new children's book "Watson's Case". Part of it was held in a local toy store. Michael and Farah set up games for the kids to play. The store did good trade while we were there and Farah sold and signed a lot of books. I really enjoyed this.
Then came the most exciting event, the birth of Emma Rose on August 2nd to Lisa and Kyle at Mount Sinai hospital in Beverly Hills. Lisa had a fast labor so we were too late to see the actual birth. Emma Rose was and is a tiny baby weighing in at 5lb 9oz at birth. Dick and I plan to go down to stay near them in Santa Monica at the end of September. Dick guessed Emma's name months before she arrived.
Two more pieces of news, the announcement of Katie's and Farah's pregnancies. Katie is due to have a baby boy around November 5th and Farah is due April 6th, 2011. Look on Farah and Lisa's blogs for more info.
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I guess all this does make for an exciting year.
