Greystone-Napa

Mark was one of 12 Club Corp chefs chosen throughout the nation to head to Greystone CIA in Napa for a week to work. They worked most of the day creating new dishes for the company, taste testing, tweaking the recipes and tasting again. He said it reminded him of watching Top Chef. Each night was a planned function at either a winery or restaurant. They also visited a place where blasamic was made, the local farmers market and a local farm. Pretty much all the places chefs would want to go and be happy to see. We're very happy he's back though.

First day of School

First day of school has arrived again except this year Drew is officially in Kindergarten putting the kids in the first school for the first time. Mark started off the day with pancakes for each grade. Drew and Zoe are in the same class and Peyton once again has Griffin and Zach in his. The boys have been in the same class since kindergarten. It's been a lot harder for me than I thought it would be sending her off to school but I know she'll do great.

Del Mar

A day at Del Mar race track is a fun time for all. Plenty for the kids to do and of course for the adults. Normally we go with a large group but this year we went alone and still had just as great of a time. Such a fun time day trip to get away from the desert heat and enjoy the outdoors. Even though the kids had tattos, charicatures, funnel cake and jumpy houses, watching the horses intrigued them. Peyton picked horses by the number and colors they had and ended up being the winner for the day winning the 4 last races straight.

Hair today, Gone Tomorrow

Since February, when baseball season started, Peyton decided to grow out his hair. He loved having it hang out of his hat when he played. But, the summer heat has taken over and he begged for Mark to cut if off. I actually miss the messy, sweaty do.

10 Years

Ten years of marriage...a decade. When I stop and think about the things that have happened in just the ten years of marriage I can't believe it. Time has gone so fast. We went from meeting as teenagers (and yes my naturally curly hair) then getting married in our very early 20's, having a beautiful son we named Peyton, then buying our first home. Then came our second home and our gorgeous bald daughter Drew. We pierced her ears at 4 months old to help make her look more girly. Then came the task of raising a family and trying to instill holiday traditions on top of ways to beat the summer heat. And of course we've had family trips to Disneyland and the fun of making homemade Halloween Costumes. In ten years we've grown from kids to adults who are now raising kids. We try our best to balance it out with work and play. Going through years of pictures and trying to find just 10 of my favorites is pretty impossible. The pictures just touch on the life we've lived and a fraction of the fun we've had. It's really gone racing by but I'm so looking forward to the future and the fun that awaits us.

Vegas 2010

I'm lucky to love my job, but even more, I love the people I work with. Not everyone can say that. We get along like a family. To the point where someone recently called us toxic. Definitely not a compliment but I can see where they were coming from, we're close, spouses included. Each year the brokers I work for take our team away for a Vegas getaway. This year they put us up in the suites at Treasure Island where you can see had a great table in the hallways of the rooms where Mark felt was a good place to rest. We hung out, gambled, visited downtown Freemont Street and gambled some more. We had a private party one night at the Carnival Court which is the round bar outside Harrahs....which was also the place where Whitnee won big the next night! We found a champagne bar at Palazzo which served our favorite, Vueve! We ate and ate but can't really say we loved our meals even though Vegas has wonderful restaurants. We people watched and saw all the street "entertainers" you can take your picture with for a small fee. A great trip even though it was 2 weeks after my surgery. Next year I believe we voted on a new city....San Francisco. It should be just as fun.

Allstars 2010

Peyton made the Allstar team this year and played Pitcher and Short Stop. Short Stop is by far his favorite position but pitching is moving up on the list. Our team was like the bad news bears. Take notice how excited the short stop is behind Peyton in the pictures. I'd like to blame the heat for the fact that we lost 4 straight games and were bumped out of the tournament....but....well....who knows. They are a fun group of kids who got along great . It was so much fun to see them come together as a team. I am by far more of a baseball mom than soccer. I love watching him play.