Oyster Feast

Look at the size of those puppies!

Joe, Ron and Jeremy go to town on the oysters...

After a beautiful day of boating on Lake Berryessa we celebrated our friends Ron 40th b-day with an oyster fest. 120 oysters for three guys! Wow!

Karate Kid Jr.

Eli and Dad started Karate Do last week. They both seem to enjoy it.

Big First Grader

Eli started first grade today! He was very excited. He has his own desk and sits with a couple of kids he knows from kindergarten.

Joe and Uncle Guy toodle around Angora lake

Eli and Kaden built a tee pee in the back yard

Expert diver!

Eli and Joe build a sand castle down by the water.

Back to Meek's Bay with the Ruiz' which they loved. The boys played dive bomb with their action figures.

Casey, Jayne, Hannah abd Eli goof around on the hammock

Football scrimmage out front

Eli and Casey have a serious discussion about 'Ben 10'

Tryed out a new beach at Meeks Bay with the Savadkohi Family. Lots more shelter from the wind and the water is crystal clear! Kids built a rock wall and had fun swimming out to the buoy. Water was pretty chilly!

Spent the day at Lake Berryessa with the Mitchell Family and Budish Family who were nice enough to take us out on their boats. Did some waterskiing and tubing. The kids had a blast. They were in the water most of the time.

Kath, Joe, Eli and Shakira in front of the Embassy Suites in South Lake Tahoe

Peter, Eli and Shakira

Eli, Kath and Shakira putt around Angora Lake

Kath and Joe up at Eagle Lake

Uncle Michael take a break at Eagle Lake

Joe hiking around Eagle Lake

Some dead trees that look over Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe

View from the top of the Eagle Hill trail of Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe

Kath and Joe in a meadow by Fallen Leaf Lake

Eli and Liam horse around on the hammock

Drew, Liam and Eli having dinner at the bar

Off to Tahoe again. We took a couple of extra days off for a long weekend. Our friend Suzy stopped by and we convinced her to stay with her kids. The next day Shakira and Peter arrived and we had a nice dinner on the lake. Saturday we took Shakira on a hike up to the Angora Lakes and went for a kayak ride. Liz and Michael arrived with Liam and Drew late morning and we took Uncle Michael on a hike to Eagle Falls. Joe, Michael and Kath were very over zealous about how far we were going to hike looking at the sign in the parking lot. The 'planned' hike was about 5 miles. So we all starting complaining about 2 minutes into our hike about various body parts that were already sore. The hike was 1.6 miles up a stone stair master from Hades. Needless to say we didn't get much further than Eagle Lake. What a beautiful lake. Totally worth the hike. Michael was nice enough to loan me his mega, stealth camera to take some photos.

Katherine and Tia Mena take a leisurely kayak cruise at Angora Lake

Sonia and J.R. bury Eli in the sand on July 4th

Cool shades Eli!