A girls' night out for yummy Peruvian food!
Julie and me.
Selfie queens: Jan, Noel & Kara.
In true hipster fashion, we waited in a long line for ice cream at Salt & Straw one evening.
Kenzo had Stumptown Coffee & Burnside Bourbon....at 10:00 pm.
The "Parent of the Year" award goes to....?!
For Kara's birthday, we loaded up and headed to the ocean!
The town of Cannon Beach is super cute and quaint, filled with tourist shops and restaurants.
Hey, kind of like where we are from!
Haystack Rock.
Such a nice, flat, long beach!
Bombed by Maya!!
This is what spending the day with an iPhone obsessed tween is like.
The skies cleared for a beautiful late afternoon beach session.
This photo was taken at 5:17pm. It was crazy how high the sun was this time of year!
Exploring the tide pools.
Oh the water? It was
F R E E Z I N G!
Lots of good digging work put in by this one.
And this one.
Dinner on the deck at Mo's!
Uh oh, dark clouds rolling in behind us!
7:00 pm and still enjoying the sunshine!
The kids and their Mo's souvenir t-shirts and toy.
Seriously?!
Kara and I enjoyed massages while the kids played at Club Sport - what an awesome place!
Maya was so good about hanging out with Kenzo - she has such patience for her little shadow.
Finally got his Oregon hat!
And we finally got to catch up with the Kalish family at their annual neighborhood block party!
Of course Sumiko put out a huge spread of deliciousness!
Kenzo and Nikko - cousin love!!
Tables and food out in the street - what a perk of having neighbors as friends!
Happy 4th of July!
Photo taken at 9:30pm - wow!
Super good ramen at a new restaurant - so happy to have one last good meal before our flight back home.
Oregon pride!
Good visit, but nice to be home...
Out of school and onto the trails!
Love my little hiking buddy.
Mellow Father's Day, just getting in a little putting practice.
End of Camp Skylandia with Noah and Kenzo receiving the "Best Friends" awards!
Before....
...after!
Ready for summer now!
Met up with the Hagglof's one afternoon.
Kjell gave Kenzo a lesson on skateboarding!
Little buddies.
Hanging at Meeks Bay for my birthday.
Great view, great company.
Birthday dinner out that included Chris!
The next day, Kenzo and I were off to Portland!
Someone was pretty excited!
Lunch at the Hillsboro Pharmacy - an old school soda fountain & a favorite stop when we're in town.
Dad is recovering on track from his heart surgery, but it hasn't been easy or smooth.
And it wouldn't be summer without our daily frozen treat.
Momo's Shave Ice - totally worth the airfare to Oregon.
This, by the way, is the CHILD sized serving!
A fun field trip to the Discovery Museum in Reno last week!
The exhibit on River Monsters was a big hit!
Oskar, Micah, Josy, Kenzo, Mateo & Ella.
Paisley, Ella & Kenzo.
"Camping" in the Nevada desert.
The last T-ball game of the season - it was fun and cute and I'm glad it's over!
A season wrap-up pizza party at the beach with the Giants too!
Good thing Kate brought her "real" camera and captured some beautiful images of the kids!
After school bike ride to get gelato...
...lucky kids!
We only just realized that classmate Tallulah lives right around the corner from us!
And that she's moving to Arizona at the end of June - dang!
Wednesday was the Silly Song Performance by the school - super cute!
TK and K classes performing together.
The performance was followed by Family Picnic Day on the upper field. It was a bit cold and windy, but we all had a fun time.
The faces of ramen.
The last day of school!
Discovery Day at Tahoe Lake Elementary, or as normal people put it: a carnival! Bounce houses, face painting, snow cones - lots of wired kids!
And the fire department comes to hose down all the kids, although it was cold and windy, so they didn't totally douse everyone.
Bartek, Colton & Kenzo saying "goodbye" to a great year of TK!
And then, because these are some seriously spoiled children, we went out for ice cream.
Last day of school, carnival, playing with friends, swim lessons....this kid went to town on his cheeseburger!
Summer is here, and although it's freezing cold, we're off to a great start!
Tooth number 3 - gone!
Two adult teeth pushed out three baby teeth...uh oh - music to an orthodontist's ear!
Kenzo built a custom tooth box for under his pillow.
Safe and secure, thanks to Clutch Power!
A beautiful afternoon with friends at the Alpine Springs Pond...who knew there was an oasis like this here?!
It's funny to go here, when we have GIGANTIC LAKE TAHOE much closer, but this spot is amazing and oh-so kid friendly.
And the pond is not an ice bath!
A rare night out to celebrate Chris' 49th!
A typical after school session at Meeks!
This kid has the life...
We both dunked in the lake!
Brrrrrrrrrrr!!!
Worked up an appetite at the beach - yummy zaru soba dinner!
