So Grateful

For a new little baby to celebrate. We love you Beck Mondragon!

For having a good imagination to entertain little ones...and the adults

For the sisterhood of the Traveling Thompsons...to Park City



For 7 little faces that CRACK us up!



For the great outdoors

For the golfing, shopping, eating, laughing, driving, organizing, visiting, and relaxing we enjoyed in UTAH

Play Time with Pixi

Our friends had a baby this week. Big time happy for them. We got to watch their dog while they were doing the whole new-born, hospital thing. Yep, Frankie had her first friend over and her first sleepover. They grow up so fast.

Family Visitors

Hebe & Carley and Luke came for a visit this weekend to see the Martin Sexton show, the sites, and of course our newest member.

The Martin Sexton show: A+ for the music. B- for the show, only because H got beer spilled on her which meant H and J got in a minor verbal altercation with the minor who spilled it. Oh well, high school was fun, never hurts to re-live it every now and then.

The sites: Fantastic. Coit Tower. Shopping @ Haight + Ashbury. Food, food & more food (surprise surprise). And a trolley ride, of course.

The newest member: Awesome. She and Carley were fast friends. She and Luke played with each other all weekend. She and Hebe were constantly on the lookout for cool stuff (or maybe small birds).

Good times.

One Big Happy Family

We made the 12-hour drive to Utah last weekend for my sweet great-grandma Hopie's funeral. She was 91 years old and lived a good, charitable life. We drove with Jared and Ryann (my bro and s-i-l) to go and celebrate her life.

After a nice service for Hopie, we had a LONG list of to-do's in Utah. All of which included family time. Which I love.

-Dinner at Maddox' which was AWESOME!!!
-Nieces soccer games
-Bowling
-BBQ and Breakfasts
-Jed sitting in place of the engine in my dad's truck. Man card...check

We are lucky to have such great families and love them all so much!

Say Hello to Our Little Friend

We went to Utah last weekend. We came home with a dog. Her name's Frankie. She's a weiner. She's mini. She's freakin' awesome.

My favorite things so far about Frankie:

1. She's a willing photographic subject

2. She likes to watch me work . . . secretly

3. When anyone around her gets nervous or upset I can say "Frankie says relax"

4. She likes to play ball

About #4. She's not very good at it yet. We're blaming the ratio of the ball's size to her.

We're really excited she's part of our family!

A weekend of Eastman's

This weekend we were able to have Jed's bro and sis-in-law, Matt and Kim, visit from Idaho.

We saw John Mayer in concert...it was pretty amazing. He can wail. Or so Jed says. I was as equally entertained by the tween girls dancing as if we were in a nightclub with techno music.

We woke up early to start the 12-mile run (or in my case, bike ride.) Why a 12-mile run on a VACATION you ask? So did I. The answer: All three are training for a marathon (and half marathon for Kim...just as impressive) so, I played the pack mule and rode alongside. It was a great way to show them the city...and they just so happened to pick a weekend with AMAZING weather.

We did a little exploring, picture taking, and sushi-ing. It was a quick trip, but we had a great time with them!
And, apparently we are selfish because we didn't take ANY photos of the other two.

PS. I look a little J.Lo in this picture with the big earrings and the shades. Unintentional. Well, maybe just slightly unintentional.

Grey Skies are going to Clear Up

What a weekend in San Fran! The rain disappeared just in time for my mom to visit. We had a great time with her:
-Swans Oyster Bar
-Hanging out at the Marina
-Facials (her first, gasp!)
-Frozen Yogurt and in copious amounts
-Lots of talking and relaxing
-Hike up to Twin Peaks

Glad Jed has his camera, because the views were pretty amazing! Don't you think?