Luke's 1st day at CDC

Here is our little one, Luke headed for his new Pre-K class! The director told me Luke was the most requested kid to be in their class by parents! We love you Luke and are so proud of you and your vibrant pesonality. Mom and Dad

First Day of School for Parker and Luke

Here she is -- our big girl going to 1st grade! She was so brave going to school and was practically running to get there! We love you, Pookie!

Beach Girls Trip

I forgot to put a picture of our girls trip to the beach -- we had just the right amount of dancin', relaxin' and sunnin' -- thanks girls for coming this year, I value each of your friendships.

Teacher Day

Today we got to visit Luke's class room at CDC and find out who Parkers 1st grade teacher is -- what a big day it was full of excitement.

Both kids are so excited to start school.

Buca

Last dinner out before the new school year starts! We got to sit in the kitchen and watch the chefs prepare the food at Buca di bepo -- we had a great time and the food was yummy.

The funniest part of the evening was when Parker discovered a porcelain angel fountain and you can guess where the water was pouring out from -- the kids couldn't stop laughing and we had to keep getting up to go see it - kids, they always find humor in the ordinary to adults! I love it!

Luke and Nate -- best buddies! It was so cute, the cousins all had a blast and when Nate had to get in his other car to go home, Nate and Luke both cried. They love each other.

Jeff and Luke

This is such a sweet picture -- this is our family friend Jeff Gladden, whom Stacy and I grew up with -- he is so good with our kids and he held Luke up so that he could see all the fish that the Big Boats were bringing in at the Deep Sea Roundup. Thanks Jeff for giving Mom and Dad a break. We love you!

Parker's Camp Spirit Performance

Parker had so much fun at this camp -- it was a 3 day camp where she met new friends, learned some new cheers and she was so proud that she was chosen to be front-and-center for the pyramid - Mom, Dad and Luke went to see the performance and we were so proud of her.

Mom and Dad's 2nd Honeymoon

We went to San Diego to celebrate our 9th Anniversary - whew hew! This picture was taken on the last night at the hotel after a few cucumber martinis :) 9 years and still havin' fun!

Luke and Chris going out in the boat

I love this picture because this was Luke's favorite thing to do at the beach -- he and Dad would go out in the deep water and ride the waves with the boat. My little thrill seeker even loved it when the waves would tumble him over.

Beach weekend w/Chris' parents

I love these pictures! Playing on the beach, going for a sunset cruise on the boat. We even saw a "pirate ship" in the channel and luckily we were safe.

July 4th weekend (more)

Here we are at the Piggy Perch contest -- 1st ones there, imagine that!

We are ready to "reel" em in!

A good pic of the captains of the boat!

BDog, ElDog and D-man

Not sure when or where we came up with those names but somewhere in our years of friendship!

D-man is not looking very jovial in this pic, don't let him fool ya - sometimes we can't get him to stop giggling!

July 4th Beach weekend

So fun! A highlight was going to the Deep Sea Roundup and the Fireworks. Luke and Parker got to touch a 54 lb. Wahoo fish that came in on the boat, it won 2nd prize! Luke touched his eyes and Parker touched his belly. It rained the entire 1st morning of the roundup so you can see us in ponchos, made out of black trash bags :)

You can tell from the picture that fishing in the rain is not Parkers idea of fun!

Beach w/Harris' and Dilts' '08

We had so much fun this year at the beach with our good friends -- the kids played really well together and as always, we made some new, fun memories! The pic on the left is of the kids dancing on the bed and the one on the right is a pic of us visiting "Bruce, the shark" -- what fun!