Summer Farmer Markets

We love to go to the Farmer's Market during the summer in the evenings. We've had a great time going with friends lately. We walk around, buy some yummy fruit and sometimes other food, hang out in the grass, listen to music and let the kids run around. Just perfect.

Time for the Ball!

We had friends over to play last week and I decided to host a ball. The girls got all dressed up and I put on some classical music and we went to the Ball. We got there and they all got on their cell phones! They had to call more friends to come. They were so cute and had so much fun!

Hiking

We went for a hike with our friends on Memorial Day in Briones Preserve. It was a little cool but lots of fun and great company!

Happy Birthday Me!

We went to Hana Japan last night with our good friends. Thanks so much for coming with us! And for the molten chocolate afterwards! You guys are great!!!

Plus, I got a fun, unexpected package in the mail last evening from a friend. Thank you Rachel!!! You are so very sweet!!

New Years and a Pic for Dan and Whitney

So we were pretty boring for New Year's. We watched the Dark Knight, which we thought was good. We don't have cable, so we didn't do any count downs. Didn't see any friends. Really low key and I think it was our best one yet. Steve always reminds me not to yell at him because our first new years together he tried to wake me up and kiss me and I (completely asleep) yelled at him.

Anyways, my New Year's resolution for this year is to use what I have. After having moved and going through boxes of stuff I haven't seen for 4 months, I have realized I have a lot of STUFF. Some of it I really missed, other stuff I can do with out. So I am going to use my hair products, make-up, yarn, scrapbook supplies, notebooks, pens, and whatever else I've been hording before I buy more of it.

Picture below is for my friends Dan and Whitney (whom I miss and am excited to see when they get back from their trip and YOU BETTER CALL ME, or just let me know your home and I will call). While we were driving over the holidays with my family I saw this truck and HAD to have a picture. I am driving, so I pull out my camera for my dad to take a picture, but it was too far away. Then we hit a red light and we passed the camera back to my mom to take. The truck was stopped behind another car and I didn't have a car in front of me, so I am stopped way far behind the line so my mom can take the picture. The guy driving the truck noticed everyone watching and maybe even the flash. I looked over and smiled at him as I checked the picture to make sure it was good. He probably thought we were pretty crazy. I got a kick out of the whole thing.

Girl's Weekend

I went on a girl's weekend the other weekend with my friend Lindi. We stayed at her parent's place in Aptos (Santa Cruz). We watched girly movies, had massages, drank tea and watched the sun set, went to the farmer's market, had a yummy lunch, did some sewing. We had a wonderful time!

Forbes

Restaurant week is when some restaurants that are a little pricey offer a 3 course meal for $20 at lunch and $30 at dinner. We decided to go to a steak house here in Danville, especially once we found out that we had the house. So to celebrate we came here and about 10 minutes after we showed up, our friends did too! It was such a happy suprise and fun to have dinner with them!

Backyard Fun

Having lived in an upstairs condo, I have not had the wonderful opportunity of having a backyard. Two weeks ago, I stayed at my brother and sister -in law's house. I invited my next door neighbor from the condo to come play in the backyard. The kids had such a blast.

Aptos Weekend

A couple of weekends ago we went to our friends' beach house. Here we are at the beach.

It is hard to tell in this picture, but if you make it bigger you can kind of see. There was this huge amount of birds flying north. It went on and on for almost 10 minutes! Tons of birds just flying together.

Summer Has Truly Begun

It definitely feels like summer when we go to river. We went for the first time this year on Saturday. It had been 100 the two previous days and was close on Saturday.

Here is Steve and RJ wakeboarding.
Here is the the fam, w/ RJ in her gear.



Here is Dad and RJ and friends Danny and son Max swimming.


Captain of the boat.










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San Francisco Zoo

I had a friend who thought it would be fun to get a group together and go to the zoo yesterday because the first Wednesdy of the month is free. I told my next door neighbor about it, but we both thought it would work better if we went a little earlier in the day. So we left about 9, hoping that way we could get our kids back for a nap at a decent time. And I was a horrible friend and did not tell my friend that I was going to go earlier and I even thought I would call and see if we could meet up when they got there. But I'm a slacker. Victory, forgive me?

I'm also a slacker when it comes to pictures. Up until Rebecca was born, I was not very good about remembering to take my camera or to take pictures. I have forced myself to take lots of pictures, now that I have a kid, but sometimes I still come up short.

Rebecca's two favorite animals to see were the penguins and the flamingos. She had a lot of fun at the zoo. I luckily remembered her hat, but my checks got sunburned. It was a beautiful day with just a slight breeze to keep you cool.

Hanging Out with Friends

Saturday we hung out with some friends down in Livermore. This is Rebecca sitting on a stool at their house.

Then yesterday, we went to The Jungle to play with friends. They have a 3 year old and under area for the little kids to play on jungle gym stuff which is so handy when it is cold and rainy outside.

Happy Halloween

We went down to Livermore to trick or treat with Baby Dayne and Crewe and Little Bear (aka Clara). The two girls were tired when we got back from all that crazy trick or treating. But they did very good staying up late.

I got pictures today, from our friends, that are from Sept. 15, 2007 when Steve took Rebecca Joy wakeboarding for her first time.

Rebecca is holding hands with her boyfriend, Max.

Play Date

Rebecca's friend Cadence came over to play yesterday. They had so much fun with each other and didn't hurt themselves or the other. It was a good play date! Aren't they adorable!

















This video is kind of long a little over 2 minutes. But for those who don't live in California, I thought you might enjoy it a little more to see some of RJ's personality. She is so funny with the faces she makes.

Conference Weekend

Steve didn't want to stay in the house sitting all weekend long, so Saturday we....

WENT TO THE BEACH!

It was such a gorgeous day to go, and at the beach, Rebecca ate rocks.

And yes, Rebecca is fully clothed at the beach. It was still a little cool in the morning, but it warmed up quick and she got down to just a diaper. There were rocks in her pants, shirt and diaper, as well as the mouth.

On Sunday, we had our friends, Whitney and Dan, over. For the afternoon Conference we had fondue!! Rebecca thought it was quite tasty.

It was cheesy fondue that we dipped ham and bread in. We also had fruit ~ HUGE grapes, mango, peach, and raspberries ~ and veggies and dip. Yum! And for you Bebe, Rebecca is wearing her Little Pumpkin shirt and the socks (though you can't see them).

Oh and Friday, we went into San Francisco in the afternoon and watched the Blue Angels who were here for Fleet Week. Sadly we didn't bring the camera, so there are no pictures of that. Rebecca would watch the planes and then she would watch all the people walking around. They were so LOUD and it didn't even seem to bother RJ for the most part.