Then, it was back to California, where they lived in Midtown on Sutter Court while David finished his pediatric residency at Stanford. Following completion of his residency in 1965, they went to Oakland where David completed his two year military obligation at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital. During this time, the Public Health Department in Oakland was facing an epidemic of both diphtheria and whooping cough, so Caroline went back to nursing.

David opened his pediatric practice in July of 1967 on Middlefield Road at Loma Verde. They bought their first house - an Eichler - on Marshall Drive. While David's practice grew, Caroline served on the PTA, participating in the PAUSD elementary school closures including the Ross Road School. She also volunteered at Planned Parenthood and served as treasurer for all four of Becky Morgan's political campaigns (PAUSD School Board, Santa Clara County Supervisor, State Assembly, and State Senate).

David and Caroline volunteered for 18 years for INTERPLAST traveling to Mexico, Central and South America. Together they traveled the Baltic, Mediterranean, North Sea, Black Sea, and to China, Japan, the Philippines and Singapore. On these trips, David took compelling pictures of the people, mostly the children, that he met. Many of those photos lined the walls of his Middlefield office.

In 1986, David was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. He developed multiple complications following surgery and spent five weeks in the ICU. Afterwards, he went to Mills Hospital and later Mills Outpatient Department for rehabilitation. Friends and neighbors lined up to help with carpools to take him to and from treatments. While David did manage a partial recovery, he was not able to go back to his private practice. He worked part time at Moffett Field dispensary and Kaiser Urgent Care. In 1993, the tumor returned, and he underwent additional surgery followed by radiation. A few years later, he began having mini strokes which continued until his death in 2002.

Brad went to Harvard. After his father's surgery in 1986, he went to Stanford Medical School and is now an Emergency Room physician in San Diego at Sharp Hospital. Greg attended Wesleyan, where he wrote his honors thesis on California water politics. This set the course for his well known tenure in the water district. Greg is also a graduate of Hasting Law School and has served on numerous Regional and State Water Agencies and Boards.