Knights Ferry - September 2007 - On Labor Day, to escape the heat, Barb and I took the girls up to Knights Ferry and played in the water, and to hike around the area. It was a good long day in the heat, everyone got a little burned and afterwards we stopped for pizza and ice cream.

Color the Skies - September 2007 - On September 1st we drove up to Ripon (makes it sound like it's a long drive) and watched them launch a bunch of balloons in the morning. They even had some crazy guy on a lawn chair with a bunch of balloons tied to it. It looks like he's done it before though, still crazy though.

California State Fair - August 2007 - We ditched work one day and met up with Barb's Mom and Step-dad, and her Aunt and Uncle and spent the day at the State Fair. Besides being over 100 degrees, we had a really good time. We ate deep fried twinkies. After spending most of the day in the sun we finally rode the log ride and cooled down.

Gilroy Gardens - August 2007 - The Gilroy Chamber of Commerce was so pleased with the work we did for them at Compass Maps that they sent some tickets to Gilroy Gardens our way, and I was a lucky reciepient of four of them. So on Sunday Barb and I took the girls there for the day. We all had a great time, I got a little red for it, but it was a small price to pay.

ComicCon - July 2007 - Well we made it, and everyone had fun. Rob bought a light saber, which I still need pictures of, I got a commission from Tim Sale, the best comic book artist in the world (which you can see on the comics page). Geoffrey got to meet his favorite artist, Bruce Timm, and Robert Jr. just had a blast.

The Barn - July 2007 - Amanda and her husband Jesse has moved out to the country working for a livestock auction. Jesse, works for them and they provide a place to stay, plus a place to keep his horses. Well with all the different animals, Amanda invited the girls up to see them all. Well, here is the results...

Timi Louise Malaluan Craig - Born July 7, 2007 at 7:07am, get it? 7-7-07 @ 7:07, that's one lucky baby. Of course it's lucky, it was born to Gloria, with a little bit of Jim in her, shouldn't mess her up to much.

Pinecrest Lake, 4th of July Weekend - July 2007 - On Saturday we went to a family cabin at Pinecrest Lake and swam in the lake and hiked around. In the evening we watched "Fantastic 4 - Rise of the Silver Surfer" under the stars. The Cabin was built many years ago, and it doesn't do a very good job of keeping bugs out, but it beats sleeping on the ground. In the morning we found a frog in the shower. The frog now stays on the kitchen counter in its own little home.

4th of July - July 2007 - So while Rob is busy building his bike and taking it to Holister, Barb and I took the girls up to their cousins in Elk Grove for the 4th where they went swimming and we watched fireworks in the street, purchased from a local fireworks stand.

Rob's Harley Build - July 2007 - O.K. so we're a little backwards, we've posted some pics of Rob's weekend on his ride, but how did we get here? Rob picked up the bike from Tim seven weeks ago. He spend two weeks dreaming up what he wanted to do, and they five weeks to get to Hollister. Well click on the link above and see the transformation of his Harley.

Rob's Weekend - July 2007 - Rob got his bike going, barely, in time for his first run, Hollister, and here are a few pictures from the run. He did say his bike was quite popular there, with a lot of people stopping to take pictures. I'm sure this makes Tim feel real good, oh well.

Memorial Day Weekend - Manhattan Beach, Disneyland - Barb and I took the girls down south for the weekend where we met up with her sister Chris, her husband Mike and their two girls, Annika and Kyra where we spent time on the beach, plus a couple of days running around the two parks. We really had a great time, the girls had a great time and we were all exhausted by the time it was all said and done.

Macro Contest 2007 - It was a close race with just 4 points seperating the top 3 photos. 1st Place is "Don't Squash Me" by me, Steve Craig, 2nd Place was "Keep an Eye Out for Me" by Mark Keach, and 3rd Place is "Spicket Lady Bug" by Tommy Alberta. Congratulations all! You can view the pics here, I've also added to the end of the lot of 9, two photos I considered using, but in the end chose not to.

Blowin' Stuff Up - Went to LA for the weekend to visit Jeff, and we went shooting on Sunday. Must say I'm getting quite comfortable with dads magnum. Anyways, Jeff had been saving plastic milk jugs for 6 months, he had about 40 of them. So we took them out to the desert filled with water and had some fun with his shot-gun. The following is not for the faint of heart (just kidding).

Amanda's Wedding

Snow Day - Sometime in the beginning of January Barb and I took Pinecrest Lake to do some sleddin'. Well when we got up there, there wasn't that much snow to sled in, but by looking at the pictures we had fun anyways.