A Beach Day

The weather has been so nice in San Francisco that we have spent a lot of time at the beach... and thanks to Gina's secret solution (baby powder) to get the sand off.. its not the heinous experience it has been in the past. Last week... we were lucky to have Heather and Nikos join us.. except Nikos kept crawling to other people's towels.. I guess we weren't fun enough for him.


Makenzie and Madison kept themselves nice and busy digging a hole and then watching the waves crash into it.
This was the best shot I could get of the younger three... Jack is on the move so he doesn't sit still long enough for the pic... but from the looks of it something really cool was happening in the water... did they see a great white??
This is possibly my favorite pic of the summer... Makenzie loves the sand and the water and is such a bundle of energy. I can't help but think how her dad is going to love this pic.. if preschool doesn't work out... maybe Baywatch is doing some early recruiting!!

Take Maddy to work day

Madison woke up this morning to some very exciting news.. this wasn't going to be just any old Friday morning... this was a special day. She was going to work with Dad and she was thrilled with the news.
Mark's boss is out of town so he decided to take Madison to work with him. Madison is fascinated by the fact that a yellow taxi comes every morning to pick Daddy up and drop him off... so today she got to check it out for herself.
She got to go to Starbucks and get some "purple bread" and then she found Mickey Mouse on Dad's computer and after all that she decided it was time to get to business so she sat down to write a few emails.
She had a great day, I mean hour, at Dad's office and after Mom picked her up it was time for a quick potty break then off to Enzo with her cousins... Thanks Dad for a great morning!!

Breakfast with Enzo

Most of our Friday mornings are spent with a man called Enzo Garcia... he's a quirky folk singer but the kids and mommies love him. This was a special Friday because after weeks of talking it up... Chloe came with us.All 5 cousins got to enjoy Breakfast with Enzo this morning and it was quite a scene. Here's some video of Madison and Mia dancing/tackling each other.


Surprisingly even with all this commotion... Reese was able to catch up on some beauty sleep.

Tahoe August 2008

We spent a week in Tahoe and had such a great time. Some of the best moments were at the pool at Old Greenwood where Madison became a fish.
Madison also enjoyed (along with Mommy) her first waterslide... so fun!!
We had a great deck on the back of the house where we had many wonderful family dinners and drank nice wine.
We also enjoyed some fun times actually at the Lake.. this was at a dinner we had at Gar Woods.. the best part was after dinner we got to put our toes in the Lake.
and dance together by the Lake at sunset.