Thursday, December 24, 2015

Twas The Night Before Christmas

A little peek into the night before Christmas, 2015.

Finn's first Lego build

What is more impressive is that Finn was missing pieces so he had to find other pieces to improvise. 

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Tessa's note to "Magic"

A note to our elf on the shelf


The annual Christmas Card

Ah.... The annual quest to nail the perfect shot for the holiday card. 



I think we nailed it. 




Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Finn's First Ride

Finn hasn't had much time on the bike with the remodel and craziness of three... he had a few good solo attempts but tonight he was really nailing it. Still needs to work on stopping a bit more.

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Happy Turkey Day

A note from Finn 

Friday, November 06, 2015

Father Daughter Dance

Tess assures me that we will go to prom together too.  


Sunday, November 01, 2015

Tessa's first All-Star Try Outs

Tessa had a great season and she was selected to try out for All Stars.  There are about 70 girls.   Tess, Holly and Mylie were selected from our team.  

Sunday, October 11, 2015

11 Years Old


Time flies by fast.   It definitely feels like just the other day, we were in Pacifica and I was walking Rupert up the hill for his morning walk.  Kim started have contractions but we thought we would have more time... by the time I got back from the walk with Rupert - the contractions were super close together.... a mad dash up to the hospital but only to wait for 12 hours as Owen was not quite ready to come.  He needed a bit of help and convincing and finally - we just had to reach right in and bring him into the world.   And we can't imagine a world without him (or his sister or brother :) The birthdays fly by - from his first and now on his eleventh.



Sunday, October 04, 2015

Tessa's first attempt


Tessa paddle out with me beyond the inside white water to the outside.  We waited and caught a few on our bellies.  She even tried to stand up on one.

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Best day ever (for Finn so far this week)

Started with pancakes followed by trip to LA to see and "meet" The Wild Kratts then char boiled burger at Astro Burger and a celebratory sundae at Menchies (because Finn touched the soccer ball ten times during his game) 


Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Finn's First Day of Kindergarten

Made it through the first day.  


Post school snack - graham crackers and milk (he had to settle because we were out of Oreos) 


Sunday, June 28, 2015

Tessa's Dance Performance

Tessa's first year of Tap and second year of Ballet. These were recorded during her rehearsal. She absolutely crushed it during her actual performance. So amazing to see how far she has come in one year. Tap Ballet

Ice Cream didn't stand a chance

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Finn's Graduation from Preschool





When asked what Finn wanted to be when he grew up
Getting his game face ready for the performance

Monday, June 15, 2015

Finn's Five

Can't believe how fast it goes.  (click for a little flashback)
And now Finn is five years old.




Sunday, May 10, 2015

The Day Mom Coached Baseball

 In honor of Mother's Day... the mom's coached the boy's little league team.... "The GoPro Rays"













Saturday, May 02, 2015

Camp Out

The third annual AOE Camp Out