Company Picnic

Each year my company is nice enough to have a summer family event. This year we had a picnic at Shelter Island complete with yummy food, a bounce house (with Valium for the parents) and tattoos!

Bounce house with buddy Alyssa.

Breck girl.

Flamingo tattoo...what else?

Family time!

We got tattoos too!

Essential Kid Gear

A few months ago Craig was out on the town. It was that night Zeus decided, for the first time ever, to inhale half a box of diaper wipes. Dillon was already in her PJs so I told her to grab her shoes we raced to the vet. Naturally she paired her PJs with some sparkly dress shoes. She also brought along toddler essentials: purse, fairy wand, stuffed animal, Strunk and White...

Wordless Wednesdays (XLII)

Taken: 8/17/2014

Another Random Day Off

I can't even remember why I had this day off, but I did. Dillon and I started off with bagels, then a trip to Mission Trails, then up to Encinitas for a rain-soaked trip to the playground. There was pie too, but you already knew that...

Novel approach to eating a bagel.

End result is Cream Cheese Face.

Measured against the rings of a giant tree.

Out for a hike.

Rain! I knew it was a real thing.

That Was Then / This Is Now (XIV)

You guys, these kids are growing up so fast. Take a look at Crosby and Dillon--friends pretty much since birth!

Still holding hands!

San Juan Cap Mission

A few times a year we head up to Orange County to meet friends who head down from L.A. This time it was Tasha, Kurt, Crosby and new girl Etta. We went to the San Juan Capistrano Mission, which was beautiful, and then had lunch--complete with balloon animals!

Resting by the lily pond.

Close-up of a lotus.

Listening to the audio guide.

This is Dillon trying to crash a party.

I shot this through a gate.

I love this photo Dillon took of me.

Koi + lotus + lily pads.

Balloon animals at lunch! Butterfly.

Wordless Wednesdays (XLI)

Taken: 7/18/2014