Party of Five

Five kids in Ellie's pre-K have February birthdays so we had a group birthday party at the inflatables!

Here are the birthday kids - TJ, Ellie, Celia, ZuZu, and Diana.

Fan Fest 2013

Ellie's photography at the aquarium (well, 5% of it)

SFO & Monterey Adventure

Nommy and Poppy picked us up and we went straight to Monterey where the adjoining hotel rooms were a big hit.

Of course, we were really there to visit the aquarium (hello kelp forest!).

There were A LOT of jellyfish.

On Monday, we hit Yerba Buena -- carousel, park, and ice skating. 

We also took our first ever cable car ride.  So cool!

 We also had lunch at Neiman Marcus with Nommy's friend, Marlene.


Ellie was sad to leave because we did even more fun things, but the good news is we'll be back.

Ice skating adventure

Quinn's first time skating!

Ellie did a great job with the "pusher"

And she even did a pretty good job without the pusher!

Only fell a couple of times - action shot!

Two cute girls at the fountain

Winter wonderland

We don't see it as often as we should, but snow is only an hour away!

Very tall and very small.

Snow snack.

Eventually, Ellie ended up in the backpack.

Our turnaround point.

We ran into our friend, Harper. 

Snow bunnies, or hot cocoa bunnies?

Happy Holidays - photos from our holiday celebrations so far

Festival of Lights (eight crazy nights)!

Who doesn't like a new party dress and a glass of champagne (limonata)?!

So cute in stripes...

A couple of party girls!

Turkey Day

We had a great Thanksgiving with one new addition this year: Mia!

Matching beauties!

Who's that turkey?

Aunt Kaeren & Uncle James

Ellie loves her new Madeleine doll!  Thanks, guys!

Ballerina Halloween

Thanks to Nommy and Aunt Judy for making Ellie a beautiful pink and purple ballerina costume! 

The Pacific NW weather made our pumpkin extra scary just in time for Halloween evening (yep, that's mold inside).

Trick or treating at our favorite haunt (U Village). 

We found our friend, Kitty (I mean, Quinn).

And we found our friend, Elephant (I mean Emily). 

And we found our friend, Bunny (I mean, Mia)!