Box mansions

Our kids are lucky enough to live in the woods; have a lovely deck over a creek bed; two 50 foot covered decks, AND a two-story treehouse. But on this lovely Sunday they must build a box mansion fort.

Wow....

Has summer really gone with us not posting the entire time? Well Lets see what happened over the summer. Genevieve is walking and she turned 1 on Spet. 19th. Sophie is in 1st grade. Ty is back in preschool for his last year before kindergarten. I am coaching Ty and a bunch of other kids in U6 Soccer. We went to Missouri and SF over the summer, check out the pics on Mcadara.com. That's really about it... I'll post more soon, promise

Cute campers

Brianna, Ty, Logan and Sophie... climbing fallen logs.

She scoots, she crawls, she stands!

T Ball

Here are a couple of photos of the kids receiving their trophies with their BFFs - this was of course the highlight of their season! Sophie is hiding under her giant hat and I love that you can see the spot where her tooth was.

Memorial Day

Ok - way behind here with posting. I have a million photos I would love to share and will work on posting a few. For now, here are Memorial Day Camping photos. We went to Sugar Pine Point with the Yetters and Trutna's, sans Judy who stayed home with a sick little Casey.

We had a wonderful, albeit freezing time! Just wish we could have had actual snow to accompany the 34 degree nights...didn't seem to bother the kids a bit as you see them frolicking in the photos. They played outside all day each day despite the temps and sleet. We even managed to get in a couple of hikes - one of which was 4 miles long! Go kiddos! We toured a great old mansion and the grounds and visited the beach. Tahoe is beautiful regardless of the weather and everyone enjoyed the break from the valley.

Thank goodness for my Moby Wrap- I don't leave home without it! It made slinging Gen around a breeze on my back and kept her very happy and cuddled.

So many babies...

And we love them all...

Soph's Field Trip

Oh, how I hate to say this, but don't Sophie and Carson make a cute couple. This photo just cracks me up!

Kitties

Someday, I'll blog again, someday da ta da ta...

Sorry peeps, busy right now feeding babies upon babies... :)

T-Ball

Sophie (Cheetahs) and Ty (Lions) are now in T-Ball! This is a rec league put on by the YC Parks and Rec department to introduce kids to T-Ball in a fun, no pressure environment. So far the kids are having a blast, Sophie's friend Mackenzie is on her team , and Ty's friend Ryan and Rachel are on his, so it's "Good Times" when they all get together (for the kids and the parents).
Here are some pics!

Sophie'sFirst Report!!

Hey all, it's Scott posting.
Sophie just finished the first report of her illustrious school career and I had to share.

"Elephants are mammals. There are three living species of elephants. A baby elephant is called a claf. The African Elephant weighs up to 16,000 pounds. They can live up to 70 years. Elephants have wrinkly, gray skin. Elephants can spray water or dirt from their trunks."

Please admire the accompanying artwork :)
S-

Evie and Emma

Here is Evie's first documented baby play date. Her little friend Emma came over with her mommy to do some shopping at Sweet Noelle. Hard to believe that Emma is only 2 weeks older than Genevieve. Frankly, I could eat them both up. Gotta love that gorgeous hair - Genevieve sure did and tried many times to remove it!

Here is another cute one of our little model sampling our stock items...

Tile - ooh la la!

Have a sneak peak at our tile project - soon we will have lovely tiled bathrooms! We chose a very neutral Travertine and threw in the occasional accent tile. I can't wait to see it done. Of course, like every home improvement project we now have a list the length of my arm full of upgrades for the house. This place is an openended project...!

Did I forget to mention the absolute best part of this project? We hired someone!! Whoo hoo!

Kami is here!

We are proud to share photos of our sweet baby niece! We can't wait to meet her in person. I really miss my brother and his family and look forward to our June visit. Missouri - here we come!

Meet Kami Sue -
Born April 2nd at 11:50 am , 7.5 lbs, 21 and 1/2 in long

Isn't she precious? Such gorgeous hair.

Toothy and Toothless

Here are photos of the kiddos...

Teeth lost and gained...

Well, our big girl has now lost all 4 of her front teeth. And our little one has two new pearly whites on the bottom. Apparently, we are on a trade basis in our house. Really drives home the fact that time marches on... and kids are growing up. It's enough to make a mommy cry (and believe me I have).

Next week Sophie and Ty begin T-Ball! We are all excited and have started practicing batting in the street. This will be Ty's first adventure in organized sports and we hope he has a good first experience. He is definitely an athlete, but only time will tell where his real interest lies. Right now he is focused on his friends interests. For example, "Mom, Wyatt is REALLY INTO skateboarding. And Tony Hawk; he is really into Tony Hawk". Where does he get this stuff? This is pre-school? I just have to sit back and take it all in...

Off to bed, the tooth fairy comes tonight and we all know that we must be soundly asleep before she can make her deposit!

Zoo and Fairytale Town

Happy Easter

Another holiday down - how can it be? Time is flying this year for the Mac's...

We had a fabulous and fun Easter brunch with our great friends - if you weren't here we certainly missed you! Great food, great friends and great weather! We certainly could not have asked for a better way to spend our day.

We had our 2nd annual Easter Egg Hunt - great fun for the under 8 set and lots more fun for all of us "big kids" to watch.

Here is a picture of our beautiful girls joined by their friend Paige all dressed in their Easter finest. Paige and Sophie have mother's with clearly unbeatable taste in clothing...

Here is the best picture I could get of our 3 cuties all together - notice the tattoo that refused to fade on Ty. Apparently he will be 96 and still have a giant robot tatoo on his arm.

And last but not least - who can resist a daddy daughter shot?

Ty Taking a Bath!

I know, normally this wouldn't be such a big deal, but hey, it's not everyday that a 4 year old takes a bath in the sink!
Check the vid!