David Multer

I never tire of looking at the faces of my family. Every little detail and expression is worth a thousand words. Posing, forced smile, concerned, and hard at work. The faces of my Gabey.

The Hoyems are over for a visit and Zach has challenged Gabe to a chess game. Gabe makes the first move and can’t contain his glee. Zachary looks very concerned about Gabe’s move. He tries hard to recall that particular grandmaster opening. There’s nothing quite as impressive as the ability of these young champions to look dozens of moves ahead.

There’s a local marine lab we like to visit when we don’t want to do the drive down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The UCSC Long Marine Lab is a quiet little place in west Santa Cruz with a nice selection of displays and interactive exhibits. Another nice day in Santa Cruz.

Karen’s in town and the girls head off to Big Sur. Karen is a birder and she always enjoys heading to California to check out different birds as compared to the ones she finds in Wisconsin. The group gets lots of shots together. Needless to say, the scenery is as impressive as you can imagine. They look like they’re enjoying the day together. After a long day outside, it’s time call it quits. Must be just like the old days growing up. ...

The family came to visit me at work today. Gabe is trying to give me advice on the current software project. We headed over to the plaza area of San Jose for the Christmas in the Park event. Every year they set up displays for people to enjoy. There’s also skating and other things to do at this time of year. We also headed over to the Tech museum. It’s a fun collection of technology related interactive displays. Learn how a computer works, experiment with gravity and optics, see an IMAX movie, and make believe your a San Jose Sharks goalie just like Nick. ...

It’s that time of year again where the Multers, the Peysers, and the Hoyems converge on Val and Kim’s house for Christmas dinner. We have 3 kids, George has 3 also, and Kim has 4 boys. They have the best time when they all get together like this. It’s also a great time for everyone to catch up on events. There’s plenty of milling around in the kitchen before dinner is ready. ...

Time for a real vacation! We’re off to the Big Island of Hawaii with my mom. We stayed at the Mauna Lani villas. This place is so unbelievably beautiful. I am definitely not going to want to go home. Our place is on a series of inland ponds that the native Hawaiians built for fish farming. The kids have tons of places to run around and play. We spent a lot of time over by the snorkeling area. We could spend the whole day there on the beach. There was also a great little restaurant we enjoyed lunch at regularly. I’m hanging out in my regular attire. I wish I had some underwater photos from our many snorkeling trips. The reef is spectacular and all the kids got the hang of it after a while. ...

Charlotte is off for fun in sin city with her good friend Lynn. All these photos she came back with look pretty innocuous. I hope she was a good girl.

Monica, and Nick dress up for Halloween at school. Monica looks great as a black lipped witch. Nick does the scary skeleton man. It’s looking very busy at school with tasty treats everywhere. At home Gabe does the Pokemon look and shows off his jack-o-lantern. Nick and Monica did a great job on theirs as well.

I’m off to Japan and the fusionOne KK offices there. I have a great view from my office. The rest of the crew that joined me on this trip work out of the conference room. Koichi is the president and does a fantastic job showing me the best Japan has to offer. I also had a chance to check out a trade show where we were exhibiting. The booth looks great, but the marketing seems a little odd to me. ...