August 2008, Take Two

August 21st, 2008 |

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Howdy Folks!

Here’s a look at the second batch of images from August: August 2008, Take Two.

This set starts with some shots of the Philly Z’s trip to San Francisco. Unfortunately, there aren’t that many shots of their trip! The girls are such a handful when we’re out and about these days, it’s hard to get my camera to my eye before one of them is nipping off into the surf, or the road, or a subway train, or a… But either way, we had a great hang with the kids from Back East, with a real nice day out at Limantour, where all the kids big and small made sand castles and snacked and snoozed and got sand in every nook and cranny. I can tell you the kiddie pool back at the house was a savior, and that it had never had so much sand in it before. We did get in a trip to Angel Island, but the scheduling wasn’t great, nor was my attempt to lead us to a picnic area – my bad: we shoulda just ate right there and hung out at the visitor zone – but all of the images I have from that are on my phone and not great (doh.). The last day we all hooked up at the Discovery Museum, and that’s always a winner. It was fantastic to have my family in town. Henry and Ben and Jackson were fantastic together, and the girls loved everyone and everything we did. Pete, John, and Jen: thanks!

That Friday, the 15th, was the girls’ first birthday. We didn’t really do anything. The next day though? We threw a proper one-year-old birthday party at Samuel P. Taylor Park in Lagunitas! Lots of friends and family came out to the woods by the creek and we all ate chili and splashed around in the creek. It was a great day weather-wise, and Olivia and Isabella had a fantastic time being the centers of attention. They really are the bees knees, and all the kids who showed up were so genuinely happy just playing and eating watermelon and cupcakes by the creek. There’s a buncha photos… they’re really great. Thanks everybody for coming and all the gifties and great vibes!

On Sunday, at was time to party Dianda-style! Nearly all of Emily’s family showed up at her parents’ house with food and gifts (we missed you Uncle Jimmy!), and set about cavorting and swimming and snacking like kings and queens. As always, the food was delish. There were tons of kids there (except, notably, Jackson, who had to go back to Mom’s) and the pool certainly paid for itself that day. The day was beautiful, and Em’s family is so full of fantastic characters and fun folks, it was a great time. Opening up the pile of gifts at the end of the day, I thought the girls were going to literally melt before my eyes they were so tired… Thanks to everyone for all of the well wishing, support, and wonderful gifts for the girls. And big props go out to Don and Judy for hosting! Thanks guys!