Sophie's all ready for bed!!

Lucy, just hanging out in her boppy!

Little Surfer Girls....
Here we are in Santa Cruz, just south of San Francisco and a BIG surfer town....we came here on Sunday after the airshow to relax by the water and show Sophia and Lucia their first ocean...the Pacific...it was another beautiful day as we walked around this cliff and watched the surfers paddling away...

More cute pics from the hotel!

Some shots of Lucy and Sophie in their first hotel room! They loved it---they slept like angels in the night!! We gotta go on more trips!!

More plane pics...and a view of the city....it was a wonderful day to be in San Fran!

Some pics of the "Blues" as they performed overhead

Ashley, me, and Courtney...That is ALcatraz behind way out in the water...

Joe and Erik striking a pose...Joe said he had MAYBE come down to fleet week once since he moved to San Fran!!

Ashley and I posing in front of the water....we have our tickets stuck to our shirts if you are wondering what those are!! Ashley had her first taste of my FAVORITE beer that day, Blue Moon...not sure if she liked it or not, its kinda heavy!!!

The Kenny Family's first trip to San Francisco....We went up there during fleet week for the big airshow...We had special "VIP" tickets to watch the show from a pier directly under where the Blue Angels performed...And even with all that noise our sweet little babies were in dreamland! They didn't even stir!! It was a good time and a beautiful day with perfect weather...We drove down with Matt and Ashley and met up with a guy from Erik's squadron "Dirk" and his family, Courtney and daughter Blakely...Joe also met us down there to watch the show...It was a pretty nice setup...with our tickets not only did we get special seats, but catered food and drinks all afternoon! There is a former Blue Angel in Erik's squadron that gave us the tickets...It was my first airshow and I was thoroughly (sp?) impressed!

After a bath...Sophie is the one looking like she is sucking her thumb and Lucy just got out of the bath with her little hooded towel on! Sooooo cute...

Look! Sophia can hold her bottle!!! (with the help of a pillow....:)

Look at us in our sack pjs!!! Aren't the arms over the head ADORABLE??

This is the view of Moro Rock as we drove away...

Here we are at the top of Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park. We climbed up to the top of the rock which stands at about 6725 feet. Our actual climb was 300 vertical feet up very narrow and windy steps. It was all worth it when we reached the top and looked out over these beautiful mountains...Are we crazy??

Our trip to Sequoia....the girls first big outing!

We're ready for our close-up!
Lucy with the big, wide eyes, Sophie with the "put me down, I am ready to sleep" look.

We are not playing with dolls anymore!
As we sat on the couch, Sissy and I couldn't help but think back to the days when we held our dolls they same way we sat there holding Lucy and Sophie...its a bit different with these two! They cry for REAL!

Home from the cook-off...aren't they funny, they sleep the same way...must be some kind of twin thing, huh, "ditters'??

The weekend that Sissy came, Joe also came...Our big outing was to this "chili cook-off" in Hanford...Now, we did arrive a little late, but by the time we got there, all the chili was gone...we did get to taste from one stand, but we were all a bit disappointed in the show! It was a strange mix of people and at one point the different "teams" put on a cheer competition reminicent of summer field hockey camp...this too was also strange...we tried to go to the famour dairy but it was packed...we did go later in the evening and enjoyed some delicious and fattening ice cream.

A visit from Aunt Sarah..."aunt sarah's pancake house"
(for some reason, I always have to follow up Aunt Sarah with the name of that infamous roadside stop on 95 South!)