Happy Autumn

Daddy and his girls

This is Erika's attempt in helping to clean up her bedroom. She climbed INTO Nicole's art box, reached inside her bed to pull her blanket out. She couldn't get the blanket all the way out, so she leaned her head up on it against the crib. It was so funny!

Kristian shooting his riffle


Nicole shooting her rifle

Kristian with our friend Dan. Kristian has driven this model T twice! Which Nicole thinks is so cool because he is only 13 and not yet old enough for a license!

Mommy with the Lady Bugs

Nicole and Elise looking so cute

Erika so excited to be running around at the church halloween party

Elise was super excited to carve her own pumpkin. She calls the pumpkins, "pumpkin pie"

Jessica's First 1/2 Marathon

Jessica and her gal pals ran the San Jose Rock 'n' Roll 1/2 Marathon on October 5.

Ryan and crew waited at Mile 13 to cheer us on. They nearly missed me, I saw them first. Elise ran out to the street to see me and Nicole ran along side of me for a few feet. They were so excited!!

Below are the photos from the event. ENJOY!!!

Nicole and Elise with one of their signs

The Band at mile 13 - Full Throttle

The kids waiting for Mom

Erika looking cute

Jessica happy to be finished with the 13.1 miles!

Showing her medal and a special message for her Mom:
"Live Strong For Mom"

The Girl Crew, arranged by Jessica Rose

Front left: Melissa; Left to Right: Niti, Jessica T, Yolanda, Jessica R, Sam, Tricia
(Jamie was part of our team too - she is pictured below)

Jessica T and Jessica R (before she puked)

Niti and Tricia

Melissa and Jessica

The Gals who trained together every Saturday at Lake Almaden

Jamie blew us all away! Pictured here with Sam and Yolanda (Elise's new best pal from the Spaghetti Factory)


Eating some yogurt with the girls and stretching out

Erika admiring the medal

Yummy Yogurt!!!

Elise liked it too!

Post run eating at Johnny Rockets

Thank you everyone for all of your support!

Now on to the next race!

Cute Photos

The following photos were taken by Meghan when Ryan and I were in Reno.

More photos of birthday celebrations to follow.

July

Erika is 11 months!

Hot summer days and cool popsicles!

Ryan used the excuse of a Scout campout so he could relive his teenage years and drive his jeep in the sand dunes. Oceana dunes is right on the beach near Pismo.

Kristian at Scout Camp

June came and went

Since school has been out it has been a very crazy schedule for everyone.

Last week Kristian and Nicole enoyed spending time with Ryan on a car tour. Kristian was thrilled that his cousin, Aaron, could join them.

Nicole attended an intense five day, 3 hours each, soccer camp. There was a special guest on Monday, Brandi Chastain! I couldn't believe it! She is so awesome! She gave the girls a motivational talk and bumped the ball around with them. She brought one of her gold medals and let each girl touch and hold it. I even had a turn!

Next week Kristian and Ryan will be at Boy Scout camp. I have the entire week off from work - yeah!

Happy 4th of July everyone!

Milestones

Erika is crawling
Kristian turned 13
Nicole turned 8
Elise is potty training

Ryan and Jessica are parents of a TEENAGER!!!! YIKES!

Our teenage son

Mother's Day annual photo. I'm wondering how many more years Kristian will want to be a part of this tradition. I'm sure I will have to MAKE him as the years move along.

Kristian's Birthday

The girls LOVE their brother, but he is not so sure about them :-)

Erika all over the place!

Nicole's Birthday Party