San Francisco

Coit Tower, view from ferry

Andrea and I at Ferry Marketplace

me, Violet, Andreas, Mom, sister

Violet & Andreas

Stinson Beach

Golden Gate bridge

 the painted ladies

Nob Hill neighborhood

My Mom, sister and I flew to San Francisco and spent 4 days in the city celebrating Andrea's 40th birthday. We had a fun trip. We saw "Dreamgirls" at the theatre, had dinner with Violet and Andreas, shopped at the Ferry Marketplace, took a ferry to Sausolito and had lunch. We rented a car one day and drove through the Presidio and across the Golden Gate bridge and saw Stinson Beach and the beautiful coastline. We shopped, ate great food, had wonderful weather and saw great friends!

Growing

Gary and I have never made a growth chart for our kids. I saw this one on a blog and liked it was large and portable. I ordered the vinyl, bought the wood and then got to work. I sanded and stained the wood then added the vinyl. Next up is adding the kids heights from birth to now and on going!

Kendall's bed!!

She loves her new bed! My dear friend Jessica made her bedding and we love it! It's very pretty and feminine! Kendall is sleeping all night in her bed and she made the transition fairly well. She loved taking photos on her new bed with her tiger!

First day of 2010-2011 school year!

Monday, August 16th was the first day of school for Blake and Evan. Blake entered 4th grade and Evan 2nd grade. Evan has the same 2nd grade teacher Mrs. Johnston (former Miss Templeton) that Blake had. And Blake's teacher's name is Mrs. Hoernig. She comes highly recommended so should be a good year for Blake and also Evan! Kendall was so sweet and wanted to hug her brothers when they went into their classrooms. Blake was embarrassed but let her and Evan stood up and gave her a big hug. She keeps saying "I go to baby school." I think she'll be ready to go to school soon.

Spokane & Seattle Vacation

riding the light rail to downtown SeattlePike Public MarketThe first ever Starbucks!the fish market  Mariners V Yankeescousins in the bath!Woodland ZooAlki Beach

While in Seattle, we went to Pike Market downtown and a Mariners/Yankees baseball game. The children and Dads (Gary ran with Kendall and Uncle Jason with Henry) ran the bases after the game. We took the kids to the Seattle Woodland Zoo which was like a jungle. It's a pretty zoo. We walked along Alki beach, ate fish n chips and played in the rocks/sand. Seattle is a beautiful city! We also spent time in Spokane where Uncle Jason, Aunt Jill, and Henry live.                    

Priest Lake, Idaho

We flew to Spokane, Washington mid July to spend our summer vacation with Jason, Jill and Henry. It was our first time meeting Henry and we had so much fun with him. We spent some time in Spokane and then several days in Seattle. And we rented a house at Priest Lake which is about 85 miles from Spokane in northern Idaho. It was beautiful there. Jason borrowed a boat from one of his partners and we cruised the lake. My Dad came down from Montana where was staying and joined us at the lake.