Lauren Rides the School Bus!

Where is that bus?

Shannon enjoys running around the grassy area waiting for the bus and collecting leaves :)
There she is!

Lauren is the only kindergardener on her bus so she gets to sit up front and be the first off w/ her bus driver :) She was SO excited to ride the bus home! Wednesday is early release for 1-6 grade so I found out the hard way that if she rides Wedesdays it's a different bus and a different route that would put her sitting on the bus an hour! We only live 15 min. from her school so Wednesdays I pick her up :)

Llamas and Grandmas...a visit from my Mom

For national alpaca day (who knew?) we stopped by a local alpaca farm and enjoyed visiting with the locals :)



We took Grandma to San Francisco to see the Sea Lions at Pier 39,

It was a bit windy! Alcatraz in the background.

A trip to the mall in Fairfield :)

Time to play catch up!

Here are a few random pictures from early September.

Shannon and I enjoying a non-preschool afternoon.

Shannon's band practice :)

... behind the scenes of the magic show the girls were putting on for Daniel and I

All clean after baths posing in the playroom.

Reno Balloon Races 2009

This year was our fourth and probably final year watching the balloon races with Daniel's aunt Barb and uncle Harold in Reno as they recently moved back to Oregon :). Since Barb use to work for a company that sponsored a balloon and she helped each year get the balloon up we were able to share their great parking pass (versus walking with the masses at 5am to see the dawn patrol) and were able to enjoy sitting in their warm tent until the sun came up and we could walk the field. We will miss our annual trip but cherish the memories :)

Posing with my girls

A quick picture before the balloon inflated and took off (then Barb was off in the chaser car to follow the balloon and help get it folded up and put back into the trailer)

The girls watching Aunt Barb's balloon get inflated

Shannon showing signs of waking up at 4am :)

The girls and aunt Barb wearing their balloon race t-shirts...

...and showing some love to uncle Harold.


Our first amazing time in 2006