Milestone Alert

On Sunday, Jack crawled one time and since then, it's been all walking. Chris is amazed at how quickly the walking progressed. He has no problem standing up on his own and today he was picking up Garrett's soccer ball and was walking around with it.

Garrett's soccer team once again placed 3rd this weekend in a soccer tournament. If you're keeping track, that's 2 tournaments and two trophies. Think we're going to need a trophy room by the time the season is over!

Happy Birthday Nana!

Thanks Jenifer

Over 500 steps to the bottom of Moaning Caverns. Chris, Jack and Morgan made it down about 1/3 of the way before deciding this was not an adventure they wanted to continue. Garrett and I went all the way down (and UP!) and thought it was really cool. The guide even cut the lights. I don't think I've ever been anwywhere as dark before.

Jack is not an adventurous eater, but did decide to try out a pickle. It was a good photo op at the very least.



Spent a day at Columbia State Park and did some gold mining. This is something Morgan will be learning about as part of the 4th grade curriculum. The found gold flecks and garnet chips. It's a very addicting hobby, I can see why so many people decided to head to California for the Gold Rush.

Had to get a least one picture of a frog!






Gotten a little behind saying thanks to Jenifer for letting us use your time share in Angels Camp. It was a really nice condo and we all had fun. And we got lucky that the heat wave broke just as we arrived. Well you all know that Morgan and I went on the zip line. The "big" boys also enjoyed a round of golf while we were there. Here's a few more highlights of the trip.

And They're Off...

So that's what they say at the races. How about the start of a very busy soccer season? This weekend Garrett had his first soccer tournament for BUSC. They finished the tournament with 2 wins, 1 tie and 1 loss and ended up with a trophy for 3rd. And if you did the math correctly you'd see that was 4 games. Yes, 4 games at 3 different fields in San Jose over the course of 2 days. That's a whole lot of soccer. And Jack attended 3 of them and did fabulous (even in the midst of major teething). Garrett has tournaments the next 3 weekends as well. Can you say bye-bye relaxing weekends?

Almost Walking

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Jenifer's Visit

Aunt Jenifer came for a visit last week. She picked a REALLY hot week to enjoy some time here. It was 108 degrees a couple days in a row. But one place to beat the heat is in San Francisco so we took a little day trip there. We walked around Pier 39. Garrett found a digital camera so we performed a good deed and turned it into security. We got taffy from a store at the end of the pier. Then we headed over to Boudin's for some lunch. This was just recently remodeled and they had a viewing area of how the bread is made. By the way, it was agreed by all that Morgan's grilled cheese sandwich is something was all wished we had ordered~yum, yum. After lunch we decided to do a very touristy bay cruise. It was so nice. The weather couldn't be beat. Got a little windy as we head toward the Golden Gate Bridge, but what a sight! We passed right under in then turned around and headed toward Alcatraz. Can't believe we've lived up here 9 years and we just got around to doing this.

It's a Bird, It's a Plane...

Nope. It's me and Morgan.

Found My Camera

I looked in my diaper bag two times. Took everything out. But guess where I found my camera? Well all I can say is a big PHEWWWWW!!! I'll share more later, but here's a peek at the pictures that were missing (bottom 2).

And I did get my new super fancy camera. And so far I'll let you be the judge (top 2 pictures!).