Nice to know a great photographer!

We are so fortunate to have a good friend, Carolyn (ok she's really Seiko's friend :)) who is a professional photographer, and a wonderful one at that. She was recently out in San Diego doing photo shoots of her friends' families and she graciously offered to take some photos of Izzy & Ethan. She got so many wonderful shots, but here are a few of our faves:















Click here to see them all.
Thank you, Carolyn!!! Check out more of her work at Andros Photography.

November in a Nutshell

A whole month has passed by without ANY blog posts!? I guess time flies when you're having fun...and working...and planning for the holidays...and going to LA for Thanksgiving to visit Koko...and getting a Xmas tree (wait that was in December)...and watching the kids grow up!!! Here are a few pics.

E-man loves riding his bike:


Izzy & Porter still love their wagon rides:

and pretend driving, too:



Lots of bike rides to the park (this is post-play time):


And some yoga afterwards:



E-man's first trip to the carousel / train at Balboa Park:

He didn't enjoy the carousel too much:

His big sis, on the other hand, LOVES the carousel:

and everyone loved the train:


Little Isobel meets Big Isobel at Koko's over Thanksgiving:



Even Gumbo got to come to LA for Thanksgiving:

Halloween 2010

Where did October go!? At least we have a few Halloween shots to share. This year we welcomed a few spooky members to our family (as named by Izzy):
JoJo:

Pincher:



And the googly eyed Ghost family:


E-man sported two costumes again this year. First, the duck/chick (we're not really sure what it is):

Then the doggie:


Who was supposed to stay close to his fire hydrant:

When E-man wasn't in costume he wore this fun "hat":

Mr Brown Comes to San Diego

We don't have many pictures to show for it but we were lucky enough to have a short 7 hour visit from our dear friend, Chris Brown, on his way from DC to Irvine. Marc & Chris maximized their time and went on a bike ride, then we enjoyed a beer in the backyard:

(Yes, that's Chris w/the beard!!)

Mission Bay Triathlon--Go Daddy Go!

We are all so proud of Marc for completing his third triathlon. He did the Mission Bay Triathlon today and did an awesome job. The Babe, E-man and I went to cheer for him with handmade signs and the cowbell in tow. And the Babe did a great job of yelling "Go Daddy Go!"

Pumpkin Palooza

We headed to Suzie's Farm again this year for their Pumpkin Palooza with Kelly, Jessica, Porter, and Chris & Danielle. Each of us contributed in the selection process and we came home with 5 wonderful pumpkins of varying shapes, sizes, and colors.

Lots of pumpkin choices including several varieties such as Full Moon, Kakai, Knucklehead, and the good ol standy jack-o-lantern pumpkins:

D likes the Full Moon pumpkins:

E-man found his:

The Babe & D

The Babe specifically requested to take a picture with Chris just like she did last year:
2009:

2010:

Aww, Iz loves Chris:

I wanna be a cowgirl

It's not really news to anyone...the Babe LOVES to dance. Just some more pics of her doing just that:



She took a break and let E-man have a turn with the hat: