Making Good on a Promise

I've always been the photographer in the family.  Throughout the year, my pictures have depicted my husband as "father of the year", while I stand behind the camera, no where to be found during family trips, holidays, and special events ("The Absentee Mother effect").  

Today, my husband promised to take more pictures...

However, this was not what I had in mind!!

Taking a Selfie

Snowflake Show-down

Making snowflakes with Jayden and then Chris felt the need to show us up (as per usual...friends of ours have lovingly nicknamed him "No Mercy Uncle Chris" for a reason)!

No need to point out who made which ones...

Home Sweet Home!

Consequences of Cleaning

Finding Jayden's old ball pit toy to add to the donation pile somehow resulted in this:  

Mr.J's Laser Tag Strategy

Today Jayden had a birthday party to attend at Laser-Quest (a laser tag place).  Chris and I awoke to a Jayden completely dressed head-to-toe in long sleeved black shirt and long black pants.  (Might I add it is summer in California?)  So Chris suggested a change of clothing, giving the reason that playing laser tag in that outfit will make him "too hot".  To which Jayden replied, "Hot or Lose?"  Touché Mr.Jay.

Views from the Bay

Love that we have lived in the Bay Area for the past eleven years and we still stumble across beautiful places we have yet to explore.  We can officially check "Point Bonita Lighthouse" off the list.

  

A Very Happy Baba's Day

No place I'd rather be...

surrounded by my family,

with sand between our toes.

Our husby/baba works so much,  we were so excited to get him on Father's Day all to ourselves.  Decided that the most perfect place in the world to celebrate was our Secret Beach.  Again, we practically had the place to ourselves - our own private oasis.  It was so peaceful, serene, relaxing, and most of all - the perfect backdrop for quality time with one other.  It was perfect beach weather - warm, no wind, and blue skies by the afternoon.  

As always - digging a gigantic hole is first on our agenda.

Baba, the excavator, stopped to pose for a picture : )

Hello, from the mama behind the camera

The only thing that could have made it more perfect would be if we had my baba there too.  Special shout out to my daddy-o who is taking care of my grandma in Taiwan.  Love from your baby girl : )