Celebrity Encounter

Jacob is starting a new basketball season and the Parents Meeting was tonight. The newly formed Stone Oak Athletics League has ties to several Spurs players, past and present. Antoine Carr (http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=Antoine_Carr) and Mike Mitchell, both former players, were at the meeting. Here are Jacob and his teammate Joseph with Antoine Carr. I just realized they are both wearing soccer shirts to a basketball meeting!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy Birthday Mark!

Yesterday was Mark's birthday. I'm sure it seems like only yesterday that he was wearing this Batman costume, or we were giggling over the surprise 40th birthday party invitation...where is that thing? I will scan it if I can find it!

Here he is with his new toy. Anyone want to go on RAGBRAI (July 19-25) this year?

Tubby Time!

Nothing makes Lucas move faster than saying "Tubby Time!" He runs straight for the bathtub. I'm not sure what happened with the tint on these middle shots. Same night, same tubby...but they seem very pink.

Early Summer?

It was the last day of a warm stretch - supposedly going to be 87 degrees and humid! It was actually more like 67 when you factored in the water temperature but the kids didn't care!
OK, maybe they cared a little bit. Here are (clockwise from left) Camryn, Kylie, Sarah, Grace and Gwen, all huddled together for warmth!


Sassy girls!


Tough guy!


Goggles for a waterslide?


Kings of the mountain!

Good thing they enjoyed themselves. It's about 50-something and rainy today!

Push-Ups

After dinner last night all the kids got Push-Ups for dessert. Lucas wasn't quite sure how to eat it - first dipping his finger into it, then sticking it to his forehead. Ultimately, he figured it out before I got that shot, but you can see the globs on his forehead!


I don't know why Sarah decided to wear a tiara to dinner. It was a birthday party favor from the weekend.

Five By Design

Mark and I went to a San Antonio Symphony performance featuring a group called Five By Design. One of the members is a friend from my advertising days at Campbell Mithun, Sheridan Zuther. Their show, titled Club Swing, is a tribute to the music from the 30's to 50's with some comedy and storytelling thrown in. Four of the five members have been together for more than 20 years! Sheridan joined about four years ago and has been touring the country and making studio albums and producing video segments...I'm so proud of her! Check out their terrific show at a theater near you! Visit www.fivebydesign.com for more information.

Best Buddies

Here's Ethan and his best buddy Matthew. Their birthdays are only 10 days apart and we'll be having a joint party again this year. It's amazing how much they've changed in the last year!

3rd birthday pic (last year):

4th birthday pic (today):



And yes, I'm fully aware that Ethan could use a haircut! Why is it that I always seem to realize it the night before picture day?

International Shower

These adorable people are Alaina and Bobby. I helped host their international-themed couples shower this weekend. I've known Alaina for a couple of years since she worked with my friend Robyn. We served foods from all over the world ... Spanish paella, Jamaican jerk chicken, Mexican chips and guac, Mediterranean salad, German sausage, French brie, Greek feta and olives, etc. We had a game where you had to guess the name of the country by its flag. There were international beer tasting stations, lots of wine and wonderful guests.

For dessert there was German chocolate cake, French eclairs and Italian chocolate truffles. However, Alaina preferred to lick the paella bowl! I'm happy to say it was a big hit (Phew!) since I've only ever made it once before. You can find the recipe in the Williams Sonoma One-Pot cookbook...it was relatively easy and flexible for personal preferences.



And from tonight, here's one of our little turkeys...
Don't know if he's more annoyed with me for serving turkey or with dad for photographing it. The little girl turkey decided she'd rather skip dinner. Too bad for her I'm SO OVER making three separate entrees!