Lara Lara's big news this year was the successful completion of medical school with graduation at the University of Chicago campus on May 30, 2000. The extended family from California and Illinois all came to this happy event and we shared a graduation brunch with family and friends. (photos: family, chris & lara, rick, joanne, & lara, a party toast ). Having been selected by her first choice family practice residency program, Lara is now living in St. Louis and working HARD for her first money as a physician! Christmas marks her first break.

Chris Chris is now in that "over 30" category and a homeowner to boot! Chris spent most of the first half of 2000 fighting the Bay Area Real Estate Market Madness, and in May he finally found a tiny little bungalow in the Temescal neighborhood of North Oakland (photos: chris & house ). After two years Chris is still working at Bigstep.com (which still has funding, for now) and communates daily on BART into the city, as Bay Bridge traffic is hell (even on a motorcycle).

Rick The big milestone for Richard was turning 55 and getting those first discounts! So far he hasn't joined AARP, but maybe next year. :) He continues as chief electrical engineer at HOK. This year has seen the completion of several of his 'justice' projects (incarceration) as well as one new terminal at the San Francisco airport and a campus for Veritas software. His travels have taken him to Phoenix, Tacoma, Oregon and the island of Saipan in the south Pacific. Piano lessons continue, but no recitals this year.

JoAnne After spending her 54th birthday with Lara in St. Louis, JoAnne collected her present from Chris (a 'long' motorcycle ride) in October (photo: all geared up ). It was lots of fun, but JoAnne's not likely to be a full-time 'motorcycle mama' anytime soon. Big news for this entrepreneur was a liquidity event for JetCell - acquisition by Cisco Systems on May 1, 2000. Integration has been very busy and the commute from San Francisco to the Cisco campus has been anything but fun. Great to see the JetCell product get launched thru the Cisco sales channel. Now time to start thinking about what's next while 'vesting'.

Jo Anne and Rick have continued to make family, food, fun and friends important parts of their lives together (photos: food, fun, more fun, ). Y2K has been a very good year for us all and we are so grateful for our health, family and friends. We did say goodbye to one extended family member - the aunt of Jo Anne's brother's wife, who died peacefully at 84 in February.