We made it!

Why I love to run in Pebble Beach...

PHX-MRY-FAT-MRY-SJC

Our day started with a 2 hour maintenance delay in PHX. We got another plane and headed towards MRY. After a terrifying decent into MRY it was clear we were not going to land. So... off to divert to FAT (yes, Fresno airport code is FAT). Land in FAT, refuel, and get back in the air after 2 hours sitting in the airplane with some very angry fellow passengers. Wheels down, almost to MRY... just kidding! Wheels up and off to divert to SJC. We got off at SJC and sat happily waiting for my darling dad to pick us up. Donuts, starbucks & Pizza for dinner! It was a 'thank god we were not on the airplane' celebration!

Just as we were leaving the gate area... the lady on the loudspeaker says... "Those of you on the PHX-MRY flight who would like to give it another shot landing there tonight... we are going to board in 5 min" Hahahaha! No thank you! So we never made it to Pebble Beach and are instead in Capitola. Not too bad!

Goods news is: I now have practice traveling alone with 2 little ones for over 10 hours! All set for our flight to London next week! I learned a few things: always bring more diapers, food, and clothes than you think you will need :)

Where are we going?

New joke we have heard over a hundred times since waking up this morning.

Maggie: We are going to Europe! Not to syrup!!

On to new adventures!

Bags are packed, we are ready to go tomorrow. Goodbye Arizona, hello California! Plans are to stop off in Northern California until John has us set up in Poland. After the months planning & thinking about this trip... We are so excited to get on the road! Wish me luck on the first of many solo flights with two little girls!

Katherine

Update on the cute little one...





I stepped out of the room for 1 min & Maggie decided to feed Katherine a snack. This is what I found... A whole tray full!





Little K snoozing this morning in her crib & in her car seat!




More eight month developments for little miss k: Patty cake, waving bye-bye, eating cheerios, blueberries, bananas, sweet potatoes, apples, pears, and peas. Sleeping through the night, cruising around the house with a modified crawl... Laughing, smiling, and generally being a wonderful baby.

We did it!

John: 13.1 miles
Hiroko: 8.4 miles
Mary: 4.7 miles
Erin: 4.7 miles



Rock n Roll marathon was so much fun! Next time we will do the half with John. So proud of him!

Out shopping

The BOB can hold 4 girls comfortably! Out shopping with our BFFs today. The looks from the other shoppers was priceless.

Horsey is home from work!

Pleased with herself

Picture of a pleased little girl who just changed a white cake into a rainbow cake with a little magic.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday Daddy! We made a magical rainbow cake for Daddy for his birthday today! I made a six layer rainbow cake and then frosted it white so it looked like a plain white cake. Then we told Maggie it was a magical cake and she could turn it into a rainbow cake by sprinkling it was rainbow sprinkles and saying the magic words. The look on her face was priceless when John cut the cake and out came a rainbow.

So excited to sprinkle the magic dust.Sprinkles onLet's see what happens!MAGIC!

Even babysister had to have a little taste of the birthday cake. She was not as excited as Maggie.

Maggie explaining the different colors of the rainbow to daddy.

Grocery store

Maggie was reading our grocery list to me while we strolled the aisles in the grocery store. Funny... Cookies were the only thing on the list.

Picnic on Base

We met Daddy on base for a picnic next to the big old airplanes.


Maggie & Daddy built a pretend fire for our camping trip.

Look who can sit up by herself!

She went from tummy to sitting all by herself!

Eating a biscuit

Teeth

After spotting Katherine's two bottom teeth this morning... Maggie said, "awe, mom. My baby is growing up so fast!"

More fun with Kirsty!

At the face in the canyon


Fun at the Zoo!


Feeding Denver, our favourite giraffe at the Zoo.


Painting our nails and discussing girly things like flying fast jets.

New Year's visit with Kirsty!

We had so much fun with our friend from the UK, Kirsty. She is an amazing pilot and we met her while stationed together in the UK. I told Maggie that she was a pilot. Maggie replied, "I'm a pilot too. We have alot in common and alot to talk about." Kirsty is so busy with her new job so we were excited to get a chance to catch up with her. We miss her already!!

8 Months Old

Katherine loves daddy. She likes to giggle. She likes it when we sing this little light of mine. She likes to practise yoga with downward dog. She stares at her big sister in awe. She loves avocados, bananas, sweet potatos, green peas, blueberries, apples, pears, and cheerios. She can scoot across the room on her belly. She loves to go for walks. We take her everywhere and she just smiles. She loves her paci to sleep. She loves to lay sideways in your arms to fall asleep. She says baba, dada, baba, dada, baba and babbles all day long. She really likes mommy right now and cries when strangers first hold her. She sleeps through the night: down at 6:30pm and up at 5:30am. She is so super cute and we love her. x

Katherine on Christmas Morning

Christmas Morning

For some reason the pictures have loaded backwards. So... we will begin with the aftermath:

Maggie so excited to open her Hello Kitty box. She loves Hello Kitty! Well, she actually calls it Huckle Kitty.

Coming down the stairs! She actually slept until 7. We were expecting her to be up at 5:30 or 6!

Christmas Eve Hike in Sabino

Weather was really warm on Christmas Eve. Perfect for a hike in the Canyon.

Christmas Catch-up

We had a great Christmas. It was the first year that Maggie was so excited for Santa to arrive and bring her presents. She asked every morning for weeks if it was Christmas yet! Uncle Johnny, Sean, and Baba came for the holiday. We hiked in Sabino Canyon, enjoyed the hotel pool, and had wonderful tamales for Christmas Eve dinner. Christmas in the sun and warm weather was really nice.

Snow on the Mountains!

The first light dusting of snow in the mountains.

Cookies for Santa