Party Time

Over to Truckee to par-taay! Michelle and Tom hosted an open house to celebrate little Kylie's first birthday.

Lots of families we met at the "Baby & Me" class were there, so it was nice for Kenzo to see his buddies again.






The party was also for Nicholas, who has the exact birthday as Kylie! Proud parents Kristin & Ben watching Nicholas try his first bite of cake :)










Quinn and Kenzo getting re-acquainted.

Note Quinn's off the shoulder top and (shoot...out of frame) her summer espadrilles...oh, to be a girl!












We are blazing through clothes these days as Kenzo is just growing like a weed! At least Kenzo can help out with the laundry chores...

Summer Love

My good friend, Christie Valenzona (nee Howard) and her sweet daughter Avery (2 years old) came over today for a quick visit. Kenzo was SO happy to see them in his room as he woke up from his nap!

Here's some adorable photos of Avery trying to kiss Kenzo...can you say "arranged marriage?!"



Some face action...












Avery kissing Kenzo's head. She'll take anything!










Someone thought all the attention was pretty flattering!

East Meets West

Eric's cousins Anne & Dirk came out from Pennsylvania to California for a big two week road trip that ended in Tahoe.

We had a great time visiting with them, but it was too quick and short! We gave them a tour of our little corner of the world, which included our favorite: Meeks Bay.





A visit to Squaw Valley....look at all that snow...it's July, by the way!












As soon as they arrived at our house, Annie & Dirk were put to work! Kenzo was so comfortable with them right away...he must have known they were family!

"Thanks for giving me a bottle and a good burp!"








"Ooh, a present? For me?"













It's no wonder the little buddies were performing so well with recording engineer extraordinaire Dirk at the command controls!

"Yes, more singing from the funny dudes, please..."







Kenzo had a great time with Uncle Dirk...and I think the feeling was mutual!

"You are really fun and funny and I'm really glad we're dressed the same!"

Thank you for making the trip out here to meet Kenzo. We are looking forward to seeing you guys again soon!

Ten Months Old!

Ten months old today! 19 1/2 pounds and 27" long...

Waving, clapping, playing peek-a-boo, quasi-crawling, and making a big assortment of funny sounds! Party boy Kenzo is in for a big weekend - stay tuned!

AND....Happy birthday, Auntie Kara! We'll see you guys soon!







Whoops!













It is getting hot here! We took Oscar for a quick swim yesterday afternoon and he would have stayed longer but the poor old guy was shivering after just two fetches of the ball!












Then we popped over to Squaw Valley for a free concert last night. "Stung" a Police tribute band kicked off the summer series. A nice, mellow hour of entertainment for us!











Got a little chilly when the sun dipped behind the mountains!