Star Watch Update

• Cindy Crawford and her family sat right next to us and the Olivers last night at Malibu Seafood. Our kids got down and went over there to talk with their kids. It was great. For those of you who are wondering about this...she drives a Volvo SUV. :)

STAR WATCH

Here we will list the stars we've seen so far, and where we saw them.

• Clint Eastwood at a bar in Marina Del Ray. Having a drink with some young business looking guy and an incredible looking Amazon-gal.


• Pamela Anderson at school picking up her two kids, and at a newsstand in Malibu Colony.


• Rod Stewart getting groceries at the local grocery store here in the Bu.


• The "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" guy leaving the grocery store and getting in his very nice Mercedes AMG SUV.


• The one that got away--Arnold and Maria Shriver were seen by my neighbor at Malibu Lumber picking out some paint for their new place here in Malibu.
  
• Scott Hamilton is a member of our church. I sat down next to him one Sunday and thought "he looks familiar, I must have met him before". So I said, "Oh, hi. Mike Williams." He said, "Hi, Scott Hamilton". Then I realized why he looked familiar. :) Marcus kept crawling all over him during church. He was truly a saint!


• Ken Starr lives behind us and we've see him regularly. Did you know he was "not kicked out of Harding College" his freshman year? He and President Ganus simply reached an agreement that he would be happier elsewhere. That's the story he repeated at a new faculty orientation last weekend. He's got a great sense of humor (for a lawyer!).

Great Surprise! Our dear friends (whom we've not seen in ten years!), the Olivers are in town dropping their oldest son off at Pepperdine. Can you believe it! Amazing. When we left Abilene to start NLC Kline was only seven. Now he's a freshman at Pepperdine. Wow, before you know it Matthew will be starting at Harvard. :)

I'll take photos tonight at dinner and post them up here.

Wow! Today is the clearest day we've had so far. I'm right now on the front porch wirelessly surfing the web while I look at the lights of the airport and Long Beach about 30 miles across the water. Amazingly cool.

Two interesting fireperson stories:

• Last week after church we were at a potluck out in the courtyard on campus. During the blessing prayer for the new Children's Minister, Madison got stung by a bee! As you know, she's quite the drama queen. We'll, she threw such a fit that before we knew it there were 2 police, five firepeople, and about a dozen adults all rushing to treat her with ice. Seriously. There were firemen at the helm to help her bee sting. Welcome to Pepperdine!


• Tonight, while I got Marcus down to bed Michelle took the big kids for a walk at the track. Despite repeated warnings to not lock the keys in the car, Matthew locked the car. :( So, they started to walk home. However, there's about a 800 ft difference between our house and the track. So Madison got plum wore out before they even started up the big hill. Who came to the rescue, you ask? Pepperdine's Bravest! That's right. Michelle and the kids got a ride in a firetruck! They came home to get the keys then went back down to get the car. I took some pictures and I'll post them later. Pretty funny.

Well, those were the big events this week. Additionally, the fam went to the LA Zoo one day, and we took a shopping day in Canoga Park. Lots of fun so far. The highlight this week was that Michelle and her new friend Stephanie were able to spend a night out getting coffee, and got together a few other times too. Very fun.

Here are some
photos of us settling into our new digs here in Malibu. It's really beautiful here. Wow.