I grew up in Southern California. Scenes like this are sadly familiar. {Source} I have stood at my kitchen window, and watched flames suddenly appear over a ridge, and move with amazing speed, until they were uncomfortably close to my home. {Source} I know what it is like to drive away from your home, wondering if it will be standing …

{More pictures here.} The highlights: Introducing my dad to his grandson!! (My mom came to visit when Titus was a month old…so although she had already met him, he had changed a lot in the last few months!) Watching the L.A. Kings win the Stanley Cup!! Hannah enjoyed playing dolls with Grandma & Grandpa, having tea parties with Grandma every afternoon …