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EdelHay v2.5

2007-07-03T17:09:51Z

Alex and I have some very exciting news: we're having a baby!

The baby should arrive sometime mid-September. Everybody is healthy and
happy and we are busily preparing our house and our lives for the new addition.

Some ultrasound photos of l'alien are on our blogsite:
http://EdelHay.com

Welcome Beatrice Angela Murray

2007-07-02T03:02:47Z

IMG_4101.JPG
Originally uploaded by allen

Our friends Amy and Allen have just brought a daughter into the world.

We're going!

2007-06-13T21:37:14Z

The Hay family is going to Spain and I’m so excited.

See more progress on: Spain

Ruben's startup gets written up in the Seattle PI

2007-06-08T16:16:03Z

"Stealth startup of the week: Former Amazon execs tackle health care

Two former Amazon.com executives are developing a new Seattle startup that will attempt to connect consumers with pertinent disease and health care information.

Keith Schorsch, who oversaw Amazon.com's initial push into electronics and other products, and Ruben Ortega, the former chief technology officer of Amazon.com's A9 search engine, are attempting to create a new online network that unites people who have dealt with similar ailments. "

Read the story

Alex's cousin Jordana gets a good review from The New York Times

2007-06-07T16:52:02Z

"David Ives’s “Time Flies & Others by Ives” is popular among acting students, and it’s not just because the amusing collection of compact one-acts features comic roles perfect for performers who love to show off. Receiving a spirited production by the director Jordana Kritzer, this show also speaks quite sympathetically to people struggling to make a way for themselves. They are comedies that embrace the little guy — or, in the case of the first playlet, the little fly."

Read the whole article

Congratulations Jordana!

Justin & Betina got married!

2007-05-21T17:23:14Z

how beautiful can two women be?
Originally uploaded by Amy Abe.

Justin and Betina got married this weekend in Las Vegas at the Red Rock Resort. Alex and I were honored to be invited. Amy already has some photos up.

Owen and Amy got married

2007-04-13T14:40:43Z

Wow... I just realized that I never actually posted that my brother Owen got married to Amy Abramski. They did. It was on November 4th and the wedding was perfect.

You can see photos from the pros and from friends at their website: http://owenandamy.com/.

A story about "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"

2007-04-13T14:30:33Z

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

by Paul Torday

I picked this up at Amazon’s free bookshelf (which I haven’t visited in a while). It was good and funny enough to suck me in and I read it in less than a week. Not bad for free.

See more about Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Welcome Jackson!

2007-04-12T17:15:31Z

The proud family
Originally uploaded by Amy Abe.

Jen and Jupe are now proud parents of a little boy. And my brother Owen is actually an uncle.

His name is Jackson MacLeod Barton. He was born at 7:10am on March 24th... 7 pounds 11 ounces, 20 inches long.

Katie Geminder gets an article with a picture into Fast Company

2007-04-12T16:11:50Z

Check it out: http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2007/04/10/making_things_breaking_things_at_facebook.html

Here's my profile at Katie's company, Facebook.

Welcome to Adam Nicholas Graybill

2007-03-14T17:37:47Z

Jules and Jessica had their baby 2 weeks early. Welcome to Adam Nicholas Graybill!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jules and Jessica Graybill
Date: Mar 14, 2007 10:13 AM
Subject: The early bird special

Just a note to introduce the newest addition to our family -- baby Adam -- who made his somewhat surprise arrival on Friday the 9th (two weeks before we were technically set to roll out the red carpet!) The last few weeks have seen big brother Ian happily co-opting all of Adam's things, so there are some sharing issues to now navigate, but otherwise, we are all settling in well and working hard on that whole "this is night vs this is day" thing.

The essentials:

Adam Nicholas Graybill
Born: March 9, 2007 at 10:16am
Weight: 6lbs 12oz
Length: 19 inches

And, of course, every baby needs a web site: http://www.adamgraybill.com

Hoping all is well with all of you and we see you soon!

Love,

-- Jessica, Jules, Ian and Adam

My cousin Marcia got married!

2007-03-08T20:09:28Z

IMG_0537.JPG
Originally uploaded by hay3918.

Check out the beautiful pictures of my cousin Marcia's wedding that my mom just posted online.

Cathy and Russell had a baby!

2007-02-08T22:00:59Z

New Family
Originally uploaded by arrbee.

I should have posted this a week ago, but for those of you who don't know it... Cathy and Russell now have a 3rd member of the family... Josephine (aka Josie).

Russell's announcement:

Hi there,

Cathy and I are happy to announce the birth of our daughter,
Josephine Quincy Belfer on January 29th.  She arrived about
a week early, weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz.  Everyone is happy and
healthy, and we're all now home recuperating.  Some early
photos are up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrbee/

We hope to see you all soon so you can meet little Josie!

-- Russell

We finished remodeling our bathroom

2007-02-01T17:23:11Z

vanity and sink detail
Originally uploaded by alexedelman.

Alex has finally put the finishing touches on our newly remodeled bathroom. You can check out the before, during and after in Alex's Flickr gallery.

Happy New Year

2007-01-03T18:07:12Z

Happy New Year to all. Warm wishes for an exciting and beautiful 2007.

Alex and I just posted our holiday newsletter with all the latest Edelhay news. Enjoy!

I'm at 170 birds!

2006-10-04T16:34:34Z

After a couple of fabulous days in the Reserva Costana Sur I’ve gotten my life list to 170 different birds. Yay!

You can see the birds from Argentina

Highlights include:

the monk parakeet which collects twigs in pairs and build colonies out of huge stick nests
the always beautiful yellow winged Jackana
the hot-red Vermillion Flycatcher
the tiny yellow-eye-ringed Pico de Plata

See more progress on: Get my birding life list to 150 birds

1984... finally!

2006-10-02T21:38:43Z

George Orwell’s 1984 has been on my “been meaning to read” list for over 10 years. I finally finished it in Mexico a little over a week ago. Yay!

See more progress on: read two books a month

Amazing Bird Watching

2006-10-02T21:18:09Z

This reserve has amazing bird watching and it’s right in downtown Buenos Aires. We saw large Monk Parakeet twig nests, Jacanas, and 20 other types of birds in our brief 1.5 hour visit.

See more progress on: Reserva Ecologica Costanera Sur

Alex and I are in Buenos Aires

2006-10-02T20:53:32Z

Alex and I have now been in Buenos Aires for over a week. We have another week here and then we’re going to go “somewhere else” in Argentina. We’re loving Buenos Aires, but we really want to go somewhere less urban for the last week. We’re having a heck of a time deciding. No matter where we go, we have to fly.

The best plan we have now is to fly to Iguazu Falls for 3 days to see the tropical birds and the huge falls, and then to go to the very northern end of Patagonia in the Lake Region for the remainder of the time.

If any of you have traveled in Argentina, Alex and I would love recommendations!

See more progress on: Argentina

feeding time

2006-08-29T23:12:10Z

I stopped by the aquarium right at feeding time. The otters are cute as ever, but the surprise hit was a human in the giant local fish tank feeding a moray eel with squid. It was really neat to see the Moray eel outside of it’s hole.

See more progress on: Seattle Aquarium

Merlins

2006-08-25T02:31:29Z

I took a long walk through Discovery Park yesterday. The highlight was seeing a pair of Merlins flying, diving, soaring and nipping at eachother on the north side of the bluff—beautiful.

See more progress on: Discovery Park

I'm a zoo member

2006-08-19T03:52:55Z

Alex got me a membership to the zoo and aquarium for my birthday. Yay! Bears and Tapirs.

See more progress on: Woodland Park Zoo

My subscription just started

2006-08-17T17:47:57Z

Yesterday I got my first copy of the Wall Street Journal. I’ve read it 2 days in a row and I’m thouroughly enjoying it.

See more progress on: Read the Wall Street Journal every day

Bikes, Beer & Blackberries

2006-08-15T20:08:05Z

Yesterday was my birthday. The weather was beautiful. So I took the excuse to ride the Burke-Gillman trail out to the Redhook Brewery.

It’s summer in the Pacific Northwest, so the trail was coated with overripe blackberries. I could smell them for the whole ride. And when I finally pulled over and dug in, the berries were warm from the sun.

Chickens crossed the path in Bothell, near the very cute Bothell History Museam. Kim called and met me for beer at the Redhook Brewery. We went wine tasting and chatted up the pourers.

All in all, riding my bike from home to the Redhook brewery on the Burke-Gillman trail—excellent idea.

See more progress on: burke gillman

Biking with Kelli and Eric

2006-08-09T16:33:06Z

Kelli, Eric and I rode bikes from mom and dad’s house, to the ferry, and up from the orcas ferry terminal to Eastsound. The ride was beautiful (though quite hilly). We took the advice in “San Juan Islands Best Places” to take the road less travelled. Turns out that was a mistake. It was an ungraded dirt road and the maintenance crew was covering it with a mixture of water and tree sap to keep the dust down. We got shlacked; I’ve never used so much Spray ‘n Wash! The bike ride on the regraded big road with traffic was much nicer on the way back. Overall, the ride was probably about 25 miles—certainly the longest that I’ve taken yet.

See more progress on: Eastsound