tide-pooling

full of fun

the lion song

we are debating the original artisist for this.... amyone??

girlfriends

80 degrees at the beach

after the butterflies we walked across the bluffs to the beach

and daddy got sexy

and true to form, max got totally naked faster than i could protest.

then faster than that he got crazy itchy with the sand or something and freaked out until we brushed off the sand and put those clothes back on him.

It's a Beautiful Day!

we walked out th the Ellwood butterfly preserve and were surprised by how many people were out and how many butterflies, too.

our beautiful 2 year old

Happy Birthday Dr. Sophie

reading time

na na nana na, happy new year!

gparents visiting from galveston (they are part of the approx. 30% of the population left on the island)

rocking around the christmas tree

merry christmas

Christmas Eve

EARLY christmas morning

Tracking Santa

http://www.noradsanta.org
max will like this one!

tired turkeys

Wonder Pets to the Rescue!

trying to make mommy feel better during the run up to my food poisoning. the real food poisoning effects came later.

Happy Thanksgiving

we're giving thanks in Mill Valley this year. doing another house swap, which i highly recommend. unfortunately we were struck with food poisoning on wednesday night (john on thurs) and I had a hard time enjoying my turkey. nor did i have the energy to take the pictures i meant to! we went to uncle john's in lafayette for the thanks giving.

here are some pics PRE - F.P...

roaming the streets of MVplaying in Old Mill park

the family of deer eating fallen apples in the backyard for their pre-thanksgiving meal

a good morning...

yup, that's us.

FYI

the new Tea fire is far enough away from us, so we are all safe here in Goleta. the winds are blowing really strong(70 mph) in the direction away from us, so we are really not seeing bad smoke and ash either. but it is a very serious fire, many houses have already been burned and it is only a few hours old - already devastating for many...

Da'vine at 39

late night (MAYBE 10pm) at the Press Room (John's rivals in the soccer league,but the only place in town with Union Jack IPA on tap)
funny guy

my bday in a giant sandbox

Max's first election

Max and I did some get out the vote -GOTV- work in our neighborhood. The final task of the long day was to make sure our polling place stayed open for anyone in line at 8pm. no problems here, we have a quiet little polling place. i really don't understand the places where people have to wait hours. why don't they open more polling places??? anyway, it was a fun experience and i got to meet some more neighbors.

when we were doing the last poll check, we got a phone call and as we were talking, they called the race for Obama! yea!!!

VICTORY!