Girls' Trip to San Francisco

Over Mother's Day weekend, my neighborhood girlfriends and I all went to San Francisco on a girls only trip! Our husbands kindly watched our kiddos from Thursday to Sunday...and we had a blast!! I've been there several times, once when I was younger with my cousin and then the rest of the times for work...but this time was so enjoyable being non-work related!

Eating and shopping in Union Square

On our trolley ride...so "touristy", but hey, we had to do it! So much fun.

View from the front of our trolley. Didn't remember how fast these things go downhill!

Ghirardelli Square

Visiting Fisherman's Wharf and eating at a fabulous seafood restaurant there!

On the ferry boat to our Alcatraz night tour.

Alcatraz...what a great tour about its history. It was soooo cold when the sun went down!

Wearing fancy headsets...in front of one of the cells.

Golden Gate Bridge

Jamie and I in front of Alcatraz with the city skyline in the background.

So after we got off the ferry onto dry land in San Fran, we had a hard time hailing a cab to get back to our hotel in Union Square. All of the sudden, a limo pulls up and the driver asked if we wanted a ride. It was so funny...we were so "prommed out" with the ceiling stars, etc...minus the prom dresses and hair sprayed hair and ugly corsages. I mean, if we knew we were going to ride around town in a limo, we may have gotten a little more dressed up, right?

Pier 39, visiting the sea lions

xoxoxo!

Lombard Street...what a great workout!

We spent a day in Napa, Sanoma, Salsalito and hiked through Muir Woods. Here is Mondavi Winery. The tour was excellent!!

Field of planted grapes. Stones mark the specific varieties.

Barrels of aging wine

At the wine tasting

On Mondavi grounds

At V. Sattui Winery. It was amazingly beautiful. We could pick our own ingredients for a picnic lunch and then we did a wine tasting.

Enjoying our picnic lunch

The bottle we drank. Only kidding.

Driving through Sanoma

Hey...remember us??

Hi everyone!!! So here is our daily...um, weekly...um, monthly...yearly?? update!!

Obviously, I've unfortunately been WAY behind in posting. Reason? Well, it is most likely due to the end of school, a busy summer filled with lots of traveling, lots of visitors, birthday parties, laundry, housework, household management...oh, yeah, and having two babies. That may have contributed to my hectic schedule...a little, right? Ahem.

Fast forward to where we're currently at:

Madison had a fabulous two year old birthday party (okay, several of them), is talking up a storm, speaks in sentences now, says all her ABC's on her own, can count to ten on her own, is a gymnast (we're starting gymnastics in September), and loves to sing songs. She weighs 32 lbs and is 39" tall. At 98th percentile!

Hunter is doing wonderfully! He babbles non-stop - the doctor even said it was advanced for his age, how much he talks and the fact that he can stand on his own against taller objects. He is almost crawling and can sit up on his own for a long period of time. He just got his second tooth! At his 6 month visit, he weighed 20 lbs on the dot!! Healthy boy! He is very tall, too, at 28.5", which currently puts him in the 90th percentile. Who cares about percentiles...I just want to record it for the future.

Mark is doing very well. He recently received a promotion and new position at work. He is really enjoying it. Of course, he's still working 12-15 hr days, but I'm very proud of his hard work. As SOON as he gets home, he immediately jumps in to help feed/bathe, play with the kids, wash dishes, put kids to bed, spend time with me. Such a great husband and father.

I'm doing great, too! I love being able to stay home as a full time mom. I wouldn't want it any other way. It is a lot of hard work and requires lots of patience (this "terrible two" stage is no joke), but so, so worth it. I feel very fortunate to be able to stay home. Although we love our awesome friends in Beaumont, another move couldn't come soon enough!

Last Sunday, I flew out to Portland with the kiddos (that story will come later!) all by myself, to help prepare for my sister's wedding! We'll be here for almost the whole month of August. Lots of little details to take care of, so we have been crazy busy. I'm hosting her Bachelorette Party in Seattle next weekend, as well as her Bridal Brunch the morning of the wedding. I'm very excited about both.

So, without further ado, I'm going to start from where I last left off and eventually get us up to speed.



Hunter at 3 months old...what a handsome lil' man! I am so in love with him.

Madison: April 2009
Buh-bye! Goin' to take my walk!

Ugh, do we really have to do this again?


Naked golf!

Okay, let me explain...she's just in this stage where when we're in our own back yard, Madison always wants to take all her clothes off. I hope...pray...it will pass. I mean, it's really, really hot where we live, so who could blame her?!