mahala in midsummers night dream

cirque du soleil

a gift for the peter-franks and a gift of for the franks - cirque du soleil's 'luzia'! it was incredible and so fun for everyone!

skating and basketball

david had a basketball game in santa rosa so we headed up there early to go skating with kayla and then had a quick dinner before watching david play - but then he got injured and had to leave early to go to the er...he ended up being fine and at least we got to watch him play for a bit :)

2nd place in the league!

noble had a great time playing soccer this season. with a hard fought game against some of his closest buddies, sunshine bicycles lost in the finals. but second place still gave them trophies and losing against friends was no big deal to any of them!

a good day

all day in his robe, harry potter and pomegranite seeds - all noble needs for a good day off from school on veterans day.

4th graders in Sacramento

noble's 4th grade trip to sacramento included stops at the indian museum, sutter's fort and the capital building. we rode the train from richmond and walked many many miles all over the city! the kids had a great talk with Marc Levine's chief of staff and got to go on the senate floor!

halloween 2016

i always swear it's my last year to make costumes. we never have enough time and the kids are so wiggly when we are sizing everything....but somehow we all manage to pull it together. it's especially nice that it's dark during trick or treating so all of the flaws are not recognized :) this was the first year the kids were trick or treating separately so we took the photo the night before.