Monday, September 3, 2012

America's Cup & Ghirardelli



The day we got to S.F. the America's Cup was in the Marina to get their regatta on.

It was very cool.

I've never spent one second thinking about checking out a boat race with a bunch of fancy boat-race-watching-folks but I'm so happy we stumbled upon this little nugget of sport-entertainment.

Woody and I were surprised to see how very fast they sail.
They are not messing around once they get going. 

It was impressive to see that many boats sailing that fast so close to each other. (We didn't get any photos of the race, just post-race).

Anyway, if you happen to be near a body of water where the Cup goes down you should definitely check it out.










As we were walking past this stairway down to the boats there were a few women standing there swooning over one of the skippers
They sounded like 14 year olds about to see Justin Bieber. 

It kind of creeped me out considering they were (at least) our mothers age.



That is Alcatraz over there to the left.








Exceptionally mediocre ice cream but we had to visit...



Friday, August 31, 2012

typical family photo

trust me, it's us:)


and another from our fabulous sojourn south...

Monday, August 13, 2012

Reorganized Legos


Owen use to have one giant basket filled with all of his legos, which made it difficult to find the red light saber (not the blue one) and Squidward's face right when he wanted it.

So, we fished out all the body parts and put those in a bowl and fished out all the tiny pieces and put those in a Bell Jar and left all the bigger pieces in the basket.


For now this way is working just great.
Owen and Maya have spent hours in imaginative play, creating new bodies and scenarios for all their little people to participate in.

Woo Hoo for (re)organization!




Friday, August 10, 2012

stinkin' moles


I took that video in May, just three short months ago.
Our backyard was lovely then.

One month later the moles moved in and destroyed it.
These pictures are from this morning.


Stinkin' moles!

I utter that statement every morning when I let Star out and discover the newest hole in the backyard.




On the upside, I adore my sweet little family: