Sunny Days - Chasing the Clouds Away

We have had some absolutely gorgeous weather lately and after all the rainfall everything is so green and beautiful. So, we decided to enjoy it while we can and went for a hike on Saturday. Mike, Heidi & boys came over to join us. We went up Mt. Tamalpias to this old outdoor theatre which looked really neat and would have been fun to attend back in the day. We just strolled around for a while drinking in the amazing views. We could see Mt. Diablo, Angel Island & the Bay, San Francisco and then the great big ocean. The pictures really don't do it justice. We sat there and watched this huge blanket of fog roll in to SF. It was just so beautiful! Evan and Austin have become the bestest of little buds and they had great fun exploring and getting dirty like little boys do.

Matthew's note: It really was a beautiful area that we hiked in, I really recommend it to anyone who comes out this way.

You need to click on the pictures and see them really big to enjoy some of the views!

Happy Valentines Day!

I know it was yesterday, but I'm just running behind schedule always it seems. Plus we celebrated on Tuesday because I had an ortho appointment last night. I made Matthew a yummy dinner, at least I really enjoyed it. It was a grapefruit salsa with shrimp and then we had Sarah's yummy lava cakes. Yesterday the boys and I made Valentines and then took Matthew a ballon when we met him at school. Matthew and I had a romantic evening watching some episodes of 24 season 2. So very exciting.

Evan is doing really well in swim class. He gets to move on to the Jellyfish class next which means I don't have to get in the water with him anymore. Now, I'll probably get Dallin into the parent/toddler class. The kid loves the water and when he gets in the water with us after Evan's class he just splashes and kicks and then yells and screams when we have to get out. He's just the opposite of Evan in most things. Evan's never really been a fan of the water and Dallin can't get enough of it. Evan is very cautious and Dallin is fearless. It's so fun to have completely different personalities. They sure are a lot of fun!

Evan loves to share all of his food with Dallin. He tries so hard to be a good big brother. Well, yesterday we were driving back from play group when Evan said Dallin had a dirty eye. I didn't realize what he was trying to tell me until I went to get Dallin out of the car and this is what I found. Evan had shared a blackberry with his little brother.

Dallin is getting so big. He's starting to cruise a little bit and he's got a real speedy crawl. Of course he bee lines for the toilet every time he sees a bathroom door open. He loves that water.

He thinks he knows how to talk and refuses to do any sign language anymore. He shakes his head no when what I'm saying is not what he wants and then as soon as I say the right thing he says "yah-yah". He likes to get into mischief all day long and so I'm always saying "uh-uh-uh" to him and now he says it right back and shakes his head no. At least he listens to me for now. It won't last long I'm sure. He sure is a cutie. We had to switch him to Evan's car seat and get Evan a new one because they are both getting so big. Crazy!

We got Scrabble for Christmas and so we've played a couple of games and thought we would share this particular game. The board just looked really cool, at least we thought so. Some of you will appreciate it!

Where have we been?

Who knows what we've been doing that we haven't found any time to post our happenings. I guess not much has been happening. Except . .

Evan is too cool for school. He loves his new glasses and wears them A LOT! He also loves his swim class that he's taking and he only screams a little bit now after we scoop under the water. He has a love hate relationship with water.

Dallin is always into mischief and rearranging my house. He's so much more busy then Evan was and puts up a good fight when he and Evan get to playing a little rough. As you can see . . .
















Dallin has a nice shiner on his right eye (thanks to Evan) and then a red bump on his left cheek bone and one up there on his eyebrow (thanks to his curiosity). Evan gave himself a nice bloody and then black eye lid. I was afraid to go out in public for a few days for fear that someone might sic child services on me.


Matthew has either lost his mind or discovered a new method of studying that keeps all the knowledge from seeping out.

Nah, he's just being a good dad and wearing his helmet (Safety 1st) while driving his racecar.

Matthew and I had a hot date yesterday. It was an "Over the Hump" party in honor of his class reaching the half way point. G&G Willy & Uncle Josh came out and stayed the night with the boys while we partied the night away. We had some yummy food, entertainment and danced a few before deciding we were old fogies and needed to get home our rest our tired legs. It sure was fun getting dressed up and being childless.

Thank you G&G Willy.