Soccer Tots Team Photo

Is there anything cuter than a team photo for 2 year old soccer players? Funny! Tanner is to the coach's right.

Mother's Day

We spent Mother's Day at Angel Island. I knew this would be the perfect day since I could spend time with my little family, get some nature in and squeeze in a little hike for exercise!

The boat ride from Tiburon to Angel Island. The Golden Gate Bridge is in the distance.

This is the view from our hike - looking back at Tiburon with Mt Tamalpais in the background.

The day was pretty windy but that didn't stop the kids from getting ice cream after the boat ride....never seen them sit still for so long.

Kyle is smiling because the kids took a nap the whole time we hiked:)

Mother's Day ended on a great note! Kyle made me steak, broccoli and mashed potatoes....one of my most favorite meals and the kids gave me the cutest hand painted gifts.

Stow Lake

Kayla eating ice cream during our first visit to Stow Lake

On a particularly warm day in May, I walked the kids over to Stow Lake. I knew they would enjoy walking around the lake (ok, let's face it, kayla's favorite part was the ice cream/snack shack). Tanner slept for the first half of our journey but woke up when Kristina and Jon, Hannah and Zoe arrived. We had a great day hiking around in nature and enjoying the nice weather. Kayla kept asking if we could take a pedal boat out. I wasn't feeling very confident taking two toddlers out on a boat by myself so I promised we would come back with Dad on the weekend. Well, we did (pictures above) and it was well worth the return trip! We had so much fun just pedaling around Stow Lake for 40 minutes. It's the little things.

Ever Find a Robot in your Bathroom?

This one speaks for itself.

Bubble Trike

Kayla's new game is popping bubbles while riding on her trike. Tanner just runs around like a wild man trying to catch bubbles. We are using our backyard a lot more now that the kids are a little older.

Choo Choo

Kyle took off for a conference so Crick loaded up the Little Strands and took them to visit Aunt B. We had dinner at The Counter on California Street in Palo Alto and then took Mr and Ms. Little Legs down to the train station at the end of the block. The evening was very warm...still in the high 70's at 7pm. We waited about 20 minutes for the train's arrival but when it finally came, both Kayla and Tanner were overjoyed!