Del Mar

We were invited to join some friends for a weekend in Del Mar. We couldn't pass it up. We picked Mark up from the airport when he came in from Napa and drove straight towards the beach. We were with 3 families and our kids got along great and became instant friends. We hung out by the hotel pool, had an awesome dinner at Il Fornaio then back to the hotel to hang out, talk and let the kids have hot chocolate. The next day was bagels for breakfast, a walk on the beach then Del Mar race track. An awesome weekend! Thanks for inviting us Romanos. Next trip....Temecula Wine tasting :)

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.