mother's day

on friday, may 9th, max's class had a mother's day celebration.  we were invited into the classroom and sat at our child's desk.  all the kids sat on the carpet and one by one, they stood up and read out loud to the group about why they love their mom.  it was so sweet.  after that, we ate the blueberry muffins the kids made for us the day before together with ice tea or lemonade.  

why i love my mom - by max

max reading about his mom in front of the class and all the moms

drawing of me by max



about my mom



me and my sweet boy

later in the day, STM held their annual walk-a-thon.  i helped out at the 1st grade booth for a while and saw my beautiful child and his friends have fun and walk lap after lap.  they had such a great time walking to the DJ playing their favorite music and earning prizes as they went.  great times.




max at his school's annual walk-a-thon

on sunday (actual mother's day) we drove to thomas fogatry winery in woodside with picnic in tow.  gail and dom met us there and so did todd and shauna.  we had a great time, nice picnic and took in the beautiful views!  i had a lovely mother's day! 

beautiful views at thomas fogarty winery - mother's day

while in the car today, finn says; "mom, when i was a baby i couldn't say fran sancisco but now i am a big boy and i can say fran sansisco"

easter

easter 2014 was great.  max's last day at school was the thursday before good friday and he attended an easter egg hunt put on by the extended care staff.  so fun!  on good friday he hung out with dad and just relaxed.  the following day we baked cookies that we shared with our closest neighbors together with home made easter cards by max.  and we colored eggs.  we spent a beautiful easter sunday with the uffelmans as we often do.  it started off with an easter egg hunt in their amazing backyard.  brinn and finn got half a minute start on the boys to ensure that everyone got eggs.  we had a fabulous brunch including mimosas and bloody mary's.  the weather couldn't have been better.  days like these remind us of how incredibly fortunate we are - to live in this amazing place with our healthy and beautiful kids and the best of friends.  so thankful!

ready to go easter egg hunting!

coloring eggs

silly

concentrating

exhausted...

seattle trip!

last friday, i flew to seattle for a girl's weekend.  carin flew from austin and met up with me there and together we visited ingrid who lives in seattle.  i had not seen ingrid in five years.  much too long!  we had an amazing time!  sightseeing, eating great dinners and catching up over wine.  i miss my girls already!

the pretty gals carin and ingrid

all of us in front of the space needle

chihuli art 

at top of space needle

molly 

selma and molly

the first starbucks 

the gum wall.  where lots and lots of visitors have attached their chewed gum to the wall...gross!

The boys

silly finn

lunch with boys at free birds

my beautiful boys in our beautiful backyard

picture by max - from open house at school

our boys...recent photos.

max and i hanging out at the park

max in his baseball uniform and little brother watching

max bungee jumping at squaw

max at squaw

family bike ride

boys out for lunch with dad

my little guy at his favorite playground

brent and max went skiing again this weekend while finn and i stayed home.  we had a great weekend, me and the little guy.  on friday evening, we went out for a stroll and visited the favorite neighborhood cat, mickey.  after bath and dinner, we watched a movie and ate popcorn.  on saturday morning, he rode his scooter all the way to the starbucks across from peet's and back.  not bad for a little guy on a scooter.  he fell once but didn't get too upset.  after finn's nap, we went to the playground and he rode his scooter again.  after that we headed to santana row for some shopping and dinner at pizza antica.  of course, finn remembered the pinkberry store and had to have some dessert.  i somehow resisted buying some for myself.  last night i watched "dallas buyers club" and it was good.  depressing, but good.  today we went to target, back to the playground for some more scooter riding and some driveway sweeping.  i had fun with my little man.

brent and max had a great trip.  max is becoming better and better at skiing after every visit and brent loves being able to ski with him.  lots of pride there.  we are glad to have them back home safely tonight.  the boys were so excited to see each other and got very wound up.  both max and finn are now overtired.  bed time was rough.  hoping they will soon be snoozing.  whats important is that all my boys are home.  my little family is complete.  good night.