Day Trip to "The Most Beautiful City in The World!"

After all sorts of other little plans getting in our way, we finally took our dat trip to San Francisco. We wanted to keep it simple and ensure the kids had a success trip or else they would not want to go again. The picture above is our mid day snack at Union Square with a hot dog.


The kids prior to getting onboard the BayLink ferry in Vallejo. The boat ride was part of the day and believe it or not, they both thought it was the best part of the day! OMG...future US Navy Officers?!? Not again!?!?!

An adorable moment at the end of Pier 39! Regardless of the little fighting, they love each other!
Yeah, the economy looks grin on a Monday at the Pier!

Nice shot, but wish it was at sunset intead of 11AM, still a historical site! All in all...an awesome day for us and the kids! We loved every minute of it and cant wait to do it again, REALLY soon!

Day Trip to

Dillon Beach 2009 baby!

Looking north from Dillon Beach, this shot was taken Sunday afternoon. The good news is that it was a beautiful day, the bad news, it was the only true clear day. However, it was foggy and cool at the coast while it was hotter than two rats humping in a wool sock at home!

Yup, Ms. Thang doing her pose for her daddy photographer. Which comes first? The model behavior or the daddy taking the all the pics? Who cares really...shes so cute so why not shoot the cute kid huh?!



OMG! Click and save now! This is a rare moment, a picture of Derek!

A cute girl like Drew must have a cute Mom! Yup its true!


Mr. Brady loving the beach!

Drew & The Bike

So here are the Drew pictures! A few weeks back while at a bike shop, Drew noticed a cute lil pink jersey for kids. She wanted it, so I used it as a motivational tool, "You get off training wheels and you can have the jersey!" So what happens? She gets off the training wheels and makes sure that I get her the "bike jersey," then she wanted shorts...the lil things were so cute(in addition to to my daughter wanting bike shorts), how could I possibly resist right?! So here she is, jersey and shorts, as Daddy promised.

BREAKING NEWS - Brady is off training wheels!

After trying to convince Brady that he could indeed ride his bike without training wheels and no luck, only his little sister Drew could push him to do so! How so? Thanks for asking! With the Tour de France on every morning, Drew was determined to ride without training wheels, she sure did it(we have video, cant help her, take pics, and video all at the same time!). Then this afternoon, Brady just decided to try on Drew's bike...and off he went! A few minutes later his bike was ready to go and as you can see, he's off and riding! The funny thing, Derek only took off his training wheels after his brother, Jamie, took his off. And we know how that ended up for Derek. So we'll see how it all goes! Brady and Drew have some proud parents!

4th of July Weekend

Whats a 4th of July without fireworks right?! For the past few years we have been going to our friends home and having a total blast in the pool, great food, lots of great drinks and the awesome 2 later fireworks system! We love it!


As you can see, Drew got into the fireworks and it all worked out great, no one was hurt!


Brady gets the food gene from Melissa and Derek....not too good! But heck, he loves the day also worked up an appetite with all the swimming he did in the pool!

Melissa and Brady having a fun moment in the pool...working up that appetite right?!


What da?!?! Every year, for 33 to be exact, Davis has hosted a 4th of July Criterium race downtown. Its a great event put on by the Davis Bike Club. In addition to the great racing, Derek got 16th by the way, its fun for the kids with face painting, balloons, and all sorts neat places to eat etc. Just a great atmosphere for the riders and family! Drew of course HAD to have her face painted! She was painted around 10AM and it only came off around 4PM once she got in the pool!

Daddy & Brady Day and Mommy and Drew Day!

Drew got her nails done with Mommy! A first for Drew, she loved it as you can see in her eyes! Afterwards they hit up A&W for "Rwoot Be-AH" floats!

After we had our days, we hit up the new West Sac Rec Center's pool, good times!


Daddy and Brady went to Scandia for miniature Golf and some car racing, then In & Out for lunch! Check out Brady keeping his eyes on the ball! Potential to be had...oh and by the way, he had a legit hole in one! So we went out and bought $1,000 set of clubs and 500 lessons! YEAH RIGHT!


The Girls head off to their day and Brady was still in his PJ's! Lil Hugh Hefner in the making!