School Days

Madilyn's first day of 2nd grade and her first day on the bus.
She was so excited.

Andrew's first day of Pre-K.

Eliza's first day with mommy all to herself.
We had lots of tears the first few weeks whenever Madilyn got on the bus or Andrew went with carpool. Poor kid. But she and I have had some fun snuggle and playtime together too.

Nor Cal-San Fransico

What an amazing day! We went with Pops, Tim's brother, Jer, his wife, Heather, and their cutie pie, Kinsley. We had the best time. Jer took us to do all the fun touristy stuff...

Pics with the Golden Gate

My first time driving across.

Lombard Street

Rice A Roni anyone?

Eliza's New "Sassies." Lots of fun shopping.

Andrew at our lunch spot in Tiburon just outside of San Fransico-Gorgeous!

Madilyn choosing her oyster.
The pearl inside was a pretty cream colored one which we had placed on a necklace pendant.

We are all freezing in this photo.
Who knew that a San Francisco summer day would feel like an Oklahoma winter one.

Nor Cal-Another One Gone

Did you know the tooth fairy pays double when you loose your tooth out of state? We know because Madilyn has now lost teeth on vacation in Utah and California.

Nor Cal-Tahoe

We were able to visit some of Tim's family this summer in Sacramento and you know the trip is going to be fun when it starts out in Tahoe. Tim's brother and his wife's family invited us to go with them for the weekend
and it was wonderful!
Wakeboarding, sand art, dancing, swimming, sunken dentures :), awesome company=
a great time.
Thanks guys!

4th of July Cuties!

Just wanted to show off our kiddos.
Madilyn even got her doll ready for the 4th in the dress grandma made.

Eliza's Two-Two

If you ask Eliza how old she is, she will say, "Two-Two" as she points both index fingers and fires (like a gun) in sync with each "Two." It's something she picked up from her MDO teacher, Ms. Aurora.

"Helpful" sister and brother.

Birthday Diva

Happy Birthday Wise!

Lemonade!

At the beginning of the summer, Tim & I sat down with our kids and made a list of things they wanted to do through out the summer months. Included were things like...
Library
Pool
Berry Picking
Bowling
Splash Pads
Lemonade Stand...
so we planned a date (which was tricky considering vacation schedules), went to the store, made a poster,

waited for some thirsty folks...
waited...
& waited some more...

made sure to flag down anyone driving by...

and bless one sweet, older gentleman who paid extra for his lemonade and was the only customer. Lesson I learned-always have spare change in my car and never drive by one again without stopping!