fire house tour

today a friend of ours gave us a tour of the fire house in martinez. he walked us through the house, then let all the kids take a seat in the driver's seat. kate thought it was great fun, but was a little apprehensive when it came to be her turn to take a picture so i joined her.

sunday at the park

after we all took naps today we headed over to the park to fly tim's kite. it is been a little windy here, so we decided we'd have a good chance of getting it in the air. the funny thing is that every time we pack the horse (or our double jogger) with snacks, kites, kids, cameras, blankies, etc. the wind dies down and the kite won't stay in the air. oh well, kate thinks it's a blast to help daddy and chase the kite around.

one of those days...

most of you probably know what i am going to write, especially if you have kids. the morning started out great. we went to the park with some friends and came home for nap. amelia was kinda fussy, conmpare to her normally smiley self, but other than that, things were fine. after nap was a little different. first kate woke up-CRABBY is the only word i can use to describe her. amelia then woke up FUSSY. oh, and did i mention that tim is out of town???? we proceeded to spend the next 1.5 hours sitting on the potty (kate that is) while i was on a stool in front of her reading book after book after book, while holding a SCREAMING amelia. after that long, we finally had success going #2. that means that we have gone 3 times in the potty and have had not an accident in almost one week. YEAH! so, i guess this post is to express my gratefulness that both girls are now in bed, tim is on his way home, and that we have poop where it should be-the toilet!

for those of you who care...

amelia turned 6 months old this week. we can hardly believe how fast the time has flown by. she is 15#, starting to eat solids, and is the happiest baby i have ever come in contact with. she LOVES kate (i think even more than me :), sleeps great, and is all smiles. we are so thankful that God gave us her to raise.

we love the zoo!

today was a fun day spent at the oakland zoo. we went with a bunch of moms & kids from church. kate had a blast with her friends-it is so much fun to see them starting to interact and play more together and have conversation amongst themselves.

house projects

while we were gone camping this weekend, our bathroom tiling project began. the tiler got the walls for the shower done and will come back tomorrow to complete the shower floor as well as the bathroom floor. we are so close we can almost taste it!

it's been a while...

for those of you who do read this, it's been a while since i've written. we've been busy and mostly out of town. for the 4th of july, we were up with tim's family in napa. tradition is to watch the fireworks at the country club on the 3rd, then hang out at his grandparents on the 4th. it was a blast eating, playing volleyball, and relaxing. as soon as we got home from that, we packed our camping gear and headed to the sonoma coast for our annual trip with tim's parents and his sister's family. the girls did great-our first camping trip with two. we had tons of fun at the beach and the weather couldn't have been better. kate loved the beach this year (she was afraid last year) and had fun getting sandy with her cousins. call us crazy, but we leave for santa cruz tomorrow to go camping again. i guess this is what summer is all about.