8 for October

 It's been a while since I posted anything. It's hard to think of exciting and important things to blog about. So, to make it easy I will simply post 8 pictures from this month.

The happy sisters.

 

Lucy is now 4 months old. She's started eating solid foods.  You can tell by her smile she loves  them.

This is us outside of the Academy of the Sciences in Golden Gate Park. We attempted to spend the late afternoon there but arrived too late. Instead we enjoyed wandering the park. That place is HUGE. We will have to explore it some more another time.

Stephen took a business trip to DreamWorks' southern CA office.  It was more like a field trip.  DreamWorks flew down their whole northern California office just for the day for a company-wide meeting. 

Stephen and Lucy "napping." After Stephen confessed he was faking it and not really napping at all. 

Princess Eva by the SF Bay outside of Stephen's office building. 

A panda posing by the panda. Notice the SF Giants baseball cap on Po? It's to celebrate the Giant's World Series victory. 

Superman with his super cute leopard. 

Cruising to Santa Cruz

This week we headed down to Santa Cruz on Mally's early day of school. Stephen took half the day off so we could all go together. We figured we would rather go to the beach midweek to avoid the crowds. 

That morning I went to the store in search of durable buckets and shovels for the sand. While there I found kites on clearance, $2.00 each. It was a great investment. Stephen and the girls spent most the afternoon flying kites. That was by far the easiest kite flying experience of my life. The kites almost took flights all by themselves. The constant ocean breeze makes the beach the ideal spot for flying kites. 

It was a blissful outing. There is something about the beach that makes us be on our nicest behavior. It's like the one place on the earth that our girls don't fight. We so enjoy playing at the beach. 

It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a space shuttle!

We had the fun opportunity to see the retiring space shuttle Endeavour fly overhead as it did a low fly by over the Bay Area. Stephen took this shot outside his office. 

A 4.5 Earthquake

Early this morning at 6:19 a.m. I was awaken by my bed shaking back and forth. It took me a while to fully awake and figure out what was happening. AN EARTHQUAKE! I knew it was only a matter of time until we would have one here. We are in the Bay Area and it's known for earthquakes. Then I realized the "epicenter" of the "quake" was sitting on the bench at the foot for my bed. A 4.5 year-old "earthquake" named Eva was sitting on the bench kicking her legs back and forth as fast as she could. What a relief! That kid makes "earthquakes" wherever she goes.

Photo Shoot

We did a little photo shoot. She's a beauty. Check out her eyelashes. They are long and thick and reach all the way to her eyebrows! 

Guess What I'm Reading

My very talented friend Stacy Henrie just published her first novel. I've been anticipating reading Lady Outlaw for months. It just came out last week. I preordered my copy and got it on Thursday. I have loved the read. It's a historial novel with love, adventure, and spirituality. It doesn't disappoint. Read it. Enjoy Stacy's talent as a writer and storyteller and then wait for her next publishing. In March 2014 she is slated to publish a three book series of World War I romance novels. Way to go Stacy! All her talent and hard work are really paying off. I am very proud of her and lucky to be her friend. 

What We've Been Up To

One of my favorite places around the Bay is Coyote Point. I love the views of the Bay. No matter the weather, fog or sunshine, it is always beautiful here. The girls and I love to sit on the "cliffs" and watch the planes fly in as they make their decent on the SF airport. It's tradition that we watch the planes while sharing a bag of Famous Amos cookies. 

 We went to Half Moon Bay and Fitzgerald Marine Reserve one more time before school started. It was foggy and the water was cold like always. But that never stops my girls from going in. We were nearly the only ones at the beach and certainly the only ones in the water without wetsuits. 

Lucy stayed bundled that the beach. 

 We join other ladies and their kids from the Ward and took the train to Burlingame. It was a cute city with a charming downtown. It had Parisan-styled sidewalk cafes. Though we opted for Italian food. I think we will have to go back with Stephen for a family date night. There were restaurants with some good looking food I think we will have to try sometime. 

One of the shops in Burlingame had a cute name.

Our new command center. We bought an iMac. No, it's not a TV, though it is almost as big as our TV. Now we have 5 computers, one for each of us. We got the new computer partly because Stephen convinced me we would be able to consolidate our compter files from a few computers on to it to save space. Anyone local want an old computer and monitor? 

Mally started her first day of school at her new school. So far she is enjoying school. 

The girls love their little Lucy. Maybe too much. She looks a little concerned.