We HEART The Goulds - We miss you Adam and Raimee!

We so lovingly tease that the only good thing to come out of our life in the East Bay was meeting The Goulds and all of our other friends up there...



Sally had a blast reuniting with Adam and Raimee!

Sunshine Smiles Sally

On this first one she is not quite smiley and happy, but I came into the office to find her in this book box. She is a serious little climber!


Pretty purple girl


See - she smiles about 10% of the time. Ha! The other times are reserved for her look of "Blue Steel"

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving at the Rowe's home in Palos Verdes, CA. They live close to my Dad and Step Mom in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.

After dinner we had a great time with Sing Star and the girls got their groove on. Jason and I actually did some rocking out too.






This happy photo of the girls should make it onto the family Christmas card...


"Mimi" and Mary





Here we are teaching Mary how to point her finger in the air and work the crowd someday when she becomes famous!

Girls Gone Wild

Now that the Sheriff is back in town, things are more normal and vacuumed around here. I had a great time in Henderson, NV visiting with my cousin Melissa. She has a monogramming business CHECK IT OUT HERE

Lots of things got monogrammed this weekend including these cute little jackets that were found at Costco and then personalized! The girls just love them!

Tra le celebrità catturate dai paparazzi

Because of her celebrity status and cameras following her everywhere this was inevitable. This weekend I (Jason) was alone with the girls at home letting them pretty much do whatever they wanted. Sally was playing in the backyard and had mulch and rocks for dinner and Mary watched a Care Bear video marathon for about 5 hours straight while eating all of her halloween candy. I got a lot done while they were each doing their thing. Clifford was mad that he didn't get walked so he chewed up another one of Mary's dolls. Isn't that sad? Below is more photographic evidence that mommy should never leave daddy alone with the kids for the weekend.

Sally wasn't upset all day at least - but this is right after the camera was assaulted by Mary

Sally really was eating the mulch. I guess you could say she had a "Mulch Mustache"

Blurry tears

Mary has become quite the computer wizard. She clicks around pretty well and can pick and choose which YouTube video she wants to watch

Care Bears at lunch

But seriously we did enjoy the end of the day today with a visit to La Jolla shores beach playground. Mary and Sally both got to ride the swings for a long time while watching the waves crash and the sun set. Then we ate PB&J's and BBQ chips and took a walk/stroller ride on the beach. It was very romantic.

Hallopalooza Celebration

Jason and Strawberry Sally at CVCF's Hallopalooza (3rd Annual Halloween Carnival)



Mary is hiding behind Jason. She still doesnt like to have her photo taken.


(More photos will be added later. My camera battery died and we borrowed our friend's camera to take additional photos of the girls)

Halloween Photos of Mary and Sally!

Yes... yes... OK. I got it now. She is a walker

OK - so after posting the video and folks telling me that Sally should be considered a "walker" (even though the videos did not do justice to her amazing talent - just kidding) - I have come to accept her new found ability to walk and will consider her an excellent walking walker that walks upright in a great walking kind of walker way.

kind of cool family idea

Goldberg family, who every June 17th, sit for a photograph to, in their words, "stop, for a fleeting moment, the arrow of time passing by." They've been at it for over thirty years now...

You can see their entire collection (from 1976-2007) here http://www.zonezero.com/magazine/essays/diegotime/time.html

Sally Walking - Mary Talking

Ok - I really dont consider her "walking". She takes steps. On this video she is mostly cruising and taking a few steps... but if this is considered "walking" I thought I ought to capture it on video. Then the video basically turns into the Mary show. At least Sally is showing off her goofy grin and her other talents (waving). :)

Is she walking yet????

Almost! She sure likes to stand up in the middle of the room and squat back down and then pop up again. She has officially take a full step, and the later today took 2 more. Stay tuned for the big announcement of when she finally starts to walk.... whenever that is!

Messy eater

Spinach and ricotta ravioli - Trader Joes!




She really likes marinara sauce. It is how I can get her to eat some other stuff like veggies too.

Quail Botanical Gardens, Encinitas, CA - Family Day

We decided to do a family day on Sunday at the Botanical Gardens in Encintas





We had a great time exploring the fruit trees, tropical gardens, children's garden, and found our own private little picnic area.
























































guava - Sally and Mary loved it.








































Here is some really cool garden art.

Princess Mary Thomas

Pretty little Mary likes to dress up (ALL THE TIME) in her Princess gear. Yeah - it has definitely gotten old and makes us a little crazy, but I am pretty sure this is only a phase. She does look really cute.

What about Clifford?

We are just consumed with our little girls, but now we are going to share an old puppy video with you. This is the first day we brought him home. He was super spunky and cute and loving our back yard. It's a little shaky and all, but this was 5 years ago and we had never really taken videos much then!

Dress Up Time

She really does smile, I swear! She is just my serious little pumpkin!

Funny pinky girl!














I actually threw these shoes away. Jason saw Mary in them walking around and thought she looked a little too hoochie mama-esque. I agree. I dont need any hoochies in the house.