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.

stinson beach cross country meet

the second and last meet of the year at stinson beach. we were playing at the ebach for longer than the actual meet! noble got 15th place - the last one for a medal.

suzuki violin play-in

poaching protest march

ms. honda rallied the kids (and parents) for a protest march against poaching of elephants and rhinos for their tusks and horns. we spent a few days making a huge elephant head and mahala spent some time making pinwheels for the event. it was a warm day in san francisco and the march began and ended in union square. the kids were invited on stage for few minutes to sing a couple of songs they practiced at school. the march took place on the same day in over 100 cities around the world!

noble's birthday party

we celebrated noble's birthday a little late this year - but it worked out well to have it during the school year so all of his buddies could come! the usual hang-out-at-home-and-have-ice-cream- sundaes was in order.

bon tempe lake hike

olympic valley for august 12!

we decided to go to olympic valley near lake tahoe for our anniversary/noble bday trip. we stayed at the same resort and pretty much did the same things we did last year which the kids loved - swimming in the hotel pool, taking the tram up to another pool, playing cornhole and board games and eating lots of junk food! the worst part for the kids was the horrible sunburn and just overall exhaustion...