We celebrated New Year 2011 in Hawaii, committing to daily exercise, more 'fun' travel and more time at our Home in SLO.

None of those things happened as planned! Four days into the new year, we cut our trip short and returned to CA where Jo Anne's dad, Norman, had been hospitalized with congestive heart failure and her mom, Lydia, needed 24/7 care. After 9 months of work with various caregiving agencies and providers, Lydia passed this earth's bounds on September 25th and we celebrated her 93.3 years of loving and living with a family Memorial Service in early October. Norman, recovered from his CHF reasonably well, celebrated his 90th birthday and 68th wedding anniversary prior to Lydia's passing. Keeping him healthy, engaged with the world and enjoying this life have topped Jo Anne's list this fall. We are very blessed to have enjoyed the love of Lydia and Norman over the years!

We did get some 'fun travel' in with a trip in June to London for a conference and Thailand for a nephew's wedding - lots of miles and smiles!

We have continued to be very engaged in the business and engineering worlds, despite Rick starting to collect Social Security and Jo Anne receiving her first 'AT&T service pension' payments! We are NOT retired!

RNM Engineering started it's 10th year Oct. 1 and continues to be a productive, although small, consulting engineering firm - www.rnm-eng.com. New solar projects have been particularly interesting. Email: Rickmiller@rnm-eng.com

Jo Anne continues to work with early stage companies, especially those started/run by women. The new Cal Poly Entrepreneurship Center has been a local focus for her energies and new ventures continue to be her forte. Email: Joanne@milkstreetventures.com; Facebook and LinkedIn.

Our grandchildren - Faith(4.5), Myles(4.5) and Isaac(2+) bring us much joy. They joined their cousins this summer for a last visit with their great-grandmother Lydia. The oldest ones "camped" in tents in our living room!

'Dr. Lara' changed jobs this fall, now working for Executive Health Resources and applying some her MPH knowledge from a home office. She and Faith live just north of LAX in a nice little duplex w a yard.

Chris (aka Christoform) also changed jobs this year, returning to consumer-facing user interface design and to work with former colleagues now at Zynga. Still not a gamer he says! Chris, Anna and their boys balance their personal and professional lives in Oakland, so we get to visit regularly!

Rick's cousin Patrick, sister Ellen, her son and daughter-in-law joined our family Thanksgiving weekend celebrations of gratitude. For Christmas we'll join Lara and Faith in St.Louis, where Faith will visit w her dad and Grandma Flora, then we're off to Chicago for a few days with friends.

We thank God for our continuing good health, our family, and our friends near and far!