Bailey's Birthday

Our dear friend Bailey celebrated her 4th birthday at CuriOdyssey.  The kids had a blast checking out all of the cool things and just being with some of their favorite friends.

A visit with friends

We were so happy to have the M family come to stay and visit with us this month!

Steph and Mommy were roommates in college and have remained very good friends.  We were so lucky that it worked out for them to visit us this year since our families don't get to see one another nearly enough.

One night when they were in town we had some of our other favorite people, the A and M families, over for a BBQ (since all of the mommies went to college and were in their sorority together).  Somehow they have grown from a group of 4 friends to a total of 17 (soon to be 18) with husbands and children!

 The next day, after the sleepover with our friends, we took them to ... where else?...Happy Hollow!

We had to share one of our favorite places with them.

We think that they might have liked it as much as we do!!

Thank you, M family, for coming to visit.  We had such fun!

Cookies and Champagne Playdate

This year Gina offered to host another Christmas "tradition" that began just last year (and I hope it continues for many years to come): our Cookies and Champagne Playdate.  The kids had a great time decorating Christmas cookies and exchanging gifts ... and the girls had fun sipping on champagne and chatting.  I feel so blessed to have wonderful girlfriends and that our kids are also becoming great friends.

What could be better than sharing Christmas over cookies and champagne with good friends?

Pumpkin Patch 2012

We made our annual trek to the pumpkin patch this past weekend.  We decided to re-visit Farmer Bob's in Half Moon Bay because we loved it so much last year.  It is one of the only (maybe THE only) authentic pumpkin patch that I've ever been to.  I love that they have a bazillion pumpkins, but also have a bunch still on the vines so that the kids can examine them and see how pumpkins really grow.  Not to mention that the prices can't be beat.

It was an absolutely stunning morning in Half Moon Bay.  Jess, Aidan, and Bailey met us and we had lots of fun and found tons of pumpkins!

Earthquakes!

We met up with the Moores and took the kids to their first San Jose Earthquakes game this weekend.

Yet again, our children's love for sporting events seems to be directly correlated to the amount of cotton candy that they consume.

Luke and Bailey

Summer Swimming

We spent a lot of time at the club swimming again this summer.  The kids love going to swim, but also are particularly fond of the lunch menu and treats (Mia thinks that the free popcorn is about the best thing ever).

During their last week of summer vacation, our friends Aidan and Bailey came up to swim with us.  We loved having them visit and hang out with us.  It is hard to believe that school starts for them next week, and for us in just a couple of weeks.  Where did the summer go?

Taking a swim break to enjoy some ice cream treats

Yum!



 Sharing

 Now Bailey somehow has Aidan's popsicle, and is also sharing that with Mia.

 And Aidan's eating Bailey's...but Luke, who smartly picked the Ben & Jerry's bar, is staying out of the sharing and keeping his ice cream to himself!