Best Dad ever

I pretty much married the best man ever and that is no exaggeration, he also happens to be the best dad ever.

The girls made him a cute apron to wear when he is grilling.  Carly sewed it and Brianna painted it.

They love their daddy.

They have a pretty great grandpa too.

More San Francisco

 We are National Park Geeks and our Bucket list is basically to visit all of them.  So on our second day in SF when we set out to see Alcatraz we were happily surprised to find out it is a National Monument.

 Selfie on the boat out there.

 Alcatraz is on of those kind of eerie places.  It was so interesting and I learned so much history.

 They have an audio tour that you listen to at your own pace on headphones.  I really liked how they do it because everyone was very quiet and it felt like someplace where you should be quiet.

 I never knew that Native Americans occupied the island for several months in the early 1970s. 

 It was also very beautiful there the views of the city and the plants.

 Our next stop of the day was Muir Woods. 

 I loved it there and wish we would have had much more time.

 It even smells beautiful there.

 When we got back we had dinner on Pier 39 and it was wonderful!  We also saw this boat being docked.

 Our last day there we drove around the city for a bit.  We even drove down Lombard street.  It is such an interesting city.

 Then we crossed the Bay bridge and drove into Livermore, where Jon had been working earlier in the week.  We met up with one of his coworker and she took us to a Winery for a wine tasting and a bit of lunch. 

We had so much fun!  It felt like it was our first grown up vacation, but at times we still felt like two giddy teenagers in love.  I'm so happy to have the chance to spend some time with my Honey.
Can't wait to do it again!

San Fran

Yeah so I haven't blogged in forever, but since I'm pretty sure no one reads this anyway I guess it's not that big of a deal.  So we have been very busy around here with birthdays and the end of the school year, but recently Jon and I snuck away for the weekend in San Francisco.

 We had so much fun!  Jon had to go the the Bay area for work so we took advantage and I flew in for the weekend. I got there on a Friday morning and we were going non stop from the minute we got there.  Our hotel was right near the Wharf so we walked around and spent the first day exploring the city.

 The ship yard.

 Pier 39

 We haven't been away together for more than overnight since we had kids so this was kind of a big deal for us to go.  We loved the city.  It has such a different vibe than where we live.

 We ate great food and then decided to take a evening cruise around the bay.

 There is an art installation going on on the Bay bridge for the next few years.  Thousands of lights move and dance on the the bridge.  It was neat to see and a lovely night on the bay.

 Sorry for the lack of posts lately.  We've been having lots of fun the past couple of month.  Here are a few things we've been up to.

Jon and I went to the company party at the beginning of January.  It's always fun to get dressed up.

 We went bowling with Atty.

 They are getting pretty good

 Carly is hilarious when she bowls.  She plunks the ball down then skips back to her seat. 

 We've made a trip to the aquarium.  The new otters are so cute.

 Petting the sting rays.

 Notice Brianna's cute new glasses! 

 We also made a trip to the zoo for a birthday party. 

 We've heard how great the Zoo is in the winter and that the animals are so much more active, and it is true. 

 We had so much fun at the Zoo.  We can't wait for all the new stuff there this summer.

What have you all been up to this winter?

Crush

Sorry for another slightly lame post but I'm sure you will forgive me because it has pictures of beautiful men.

I have a crush. I don't think I have been this obsessed with a celebrity since I was 12 and had a crush on the Newsies boys. My crush is Timothy Olyphant.

Isn't he beautiful? He has been in lots of things but no one ever knows who he is.

I fist saw him in Deadwood, it was an HBO series many years ago, where he played the sheriff of the old west town of Deadwood.

He has been in several movies since then and then last year he started doing a show called Justified. Again he plays a sheriff. It is so good, you should watch it. He has been doing the talk shows to promote his show and a movie he is in and he is just so cute. Half the fun is that my sisters are crushing on him too and we talk about him like he is Justin Beiber or something.

He is also in the movie Catch and Release from a few years ago. It is a good movie, he is very sexy, and has the best last line ever.

But, no one will ever beat the crush I have on this man.
So Sexy. I really love this man.

Then.......

Now.........

Jon and I celebrate 14 years of marriage today. We've actually been together for more than 17 years which makes me feel so old. I can't believe that at 15 I was able to find such a good man. I really am a lucky girl and I look forward to many many more tears together.

A Movie review, Some random thoughts, a milestone and miracle.

We had a chance last night to go see the new Disney Christmas Carol movie. My kids both wanted to see it and were pretty excited, but, it was not the best show to take little girls to. It had some pretty scary images for little ones and since it was in 3d it was right in your face. I think they took a great story and added a ton of special effects and forgot about the true meaning of the story.
One of Jon's friends from work gave us the tickets to the movie last night and his family was there also. They have 3 little girls, 2 of whom are the same ages and Brianna and Carly. We had told them that there would be friends there. We hadn't been there more that 5 minuets and Bri and the other girl her age were fast friends. Since it was a Disney movie and sneak peak too, there was a DJ there (Who just happened to be my cousin Rob who is really great) and they had dancing and fun stuff to start it all off. By the time we left the theater the girls were holding hands and wondering when they would get to play again. I love how fast kids make friends they are just so accepting, I wish we could all make friends so fast.

Yesterday Jon and I also celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. We have been together for 16 years now and I still think I'm the luckiest girl alive to have found such a great man.

I still think we make a pretty cute couple.

I have the cutest little family.

And the two pretties little girls ever.

All these great pictures were taken by my best friend Jill. you can see more of her photos at her site jilloaksphotography.blogspot.com

The Cousins

And now for the miracle

My parents divorced 15 years ago and it has been even longer than that since we had a family picture taken. There still some tense moments in my family, but I love them all so much and am very very happy to finally have a picture will all of us.