Alameda Beach

It was a beautiful day at the beach. Right before we left the wind picked up and added some extra excitement.

We had to cool off tonight from the 105 temp. When we left the pool at 8pm it was still 95.

Major Mission Accomplished!!

Late night.

Paris and Mason set up camp tonight with Misty, our neighbor's dog. Alex was already sound asleep in his bed.

Alex's new bunkbed!!

Father's Day paella dinner.

Paris loves mussels and clams and ate this entire pile herself.

Paris surprised me with this beautiful centerpiece made from our hydrangeas and not yet ripe apricots.

We ended the day with a lego-athon.

First "project" of the summer.

Paris and Alex spent over an hour "carpeting" our kitchen and living room with placemats this morning.

Paris went to a fun tea party today

The girls were hamming it up after their tea party - they decorated visors and sunglasses and had tea and cake.

It's official, Paris has graduated to kindergarten.

Frog update

Here are five of our nine frogs gathered around the water.

A few more wedding pictures.

Groom's Dinner

Arriving at the wedding- Anne, Mike, Sy, Mom, Craig, Nick and Trent

We are back from an exciting and exhausting wedding vacation!

Paris, Mason, Alex, Sy and Soren

Sy and Alex

Alex, Bo and Paris

Today Paris had a sneak peak of kindergarten. We also had a volcanic eruption at our house!

Today was like a trial run of kindergarten. I thought it was an open house for the parents also, but when we arrived, the kids went into the classroom and the parents were told to wait outside. I was surprised, but Paris didn't seem to mind.

We recreated Paris' preschool volcanic eruption project at home.

Paris off to school this morning, meanwhile Alex played with his garage

Paris came downstairs this morning dressed for success and with these accessories (sunglasses and glo necklace were gifts from Cydney and necklace is a freebie from the Paris hotel in Vegas. She is definitely her own person!

"Picnic" in the driveway with Cydney, and Mason trying on his wedding outfit.

Yesterday at the Lindsey Wildlife Museum

Mason is taking copious notes

Injured owls

Posing next to a huge brown bear.

Two new baby eagles

Watching an injured eagle (who was born in Bozeman, Mt in 1988) take a bath. The eagle was electrocuted in a telephone wire and has only one wing.