Through The Lens

Adventures with Dad

They were both exhausted by the end of the day, but the California Academy of Sciences today was definitely a huge hit!

First Soccer Practice

All was going well until a mini Diego Maradona stole the ball from her: instant tears and she wouldn’t go back on the field! The […]

Fire!

A little too close for comfort this one. 20 feet from the back deck! 11 engines, two air tankers and a helicopter to put it […]

Presents for a Week

With all the presents to open, and Max wanting to play with each one as soon as it was open, it took us almost a […]

Big Max Turns Two!

Lisa had the brilliant idea of having Max’s second birthday at Howarth Park in Santa Rosa. Was a beautiful day, and with a playground, carousel, […]

Sunday at the Dairy

Lilia had been asking all week to take a visit to see “Jarrid’s cows.” How can we refuse that?!

Jam Time!

Our second batch of blackberry jam this summer, my little helper does it all!

First Flight

Been wanting to do this for a long time!

The Hamiltons Visit California

We received a visit from the Hamiltons over Independence Day long weekend, their tour of California took them from LA to Disneyland, Yosemite National Park, […]

Father’s Day Eve

Lilia’s idea: ride to Sebastopol for lunch at The Barlow and a stop at Screamin’ Mimi’s.

Soquel Flow Trail

Kevin and I took the day off work yesterday for a trip down to Santa Cruz. Kevin had been shown a new flow trail built […]

Family Canoeing

Max really wanted to have a paddle too, the little wild man loved it, I think the canoe will be getting a lot of use […]

10 Years

I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since we were in Fiji getting hitched! Time has flown by so quickly. To celebrate our 10 year […]