Tahoe with the Crowleys

Taking one of our several strolls around the block.

Eli showing off his cool bicycle moves...on his cousins Sonia's pink bike.....

OK, yes we took the Crowley's to the same spot we took the Ruiz's last weekend....


But....can you blame us????

Uncle Joe and Drew throw rocks into the waves.

Eli snapped a picture of Mom taking pictures with Uncle Michael's super camera.

The beach is made up of all these colorful rocks. It's hard not to take just one home...

Eli's favorite dead tree to climb.

Eli catches a ride with Uncle Michael as Drew leads the way with Uncle Joe.

Ummmm, Auntie Liz? You got some esplainin' to do....

25 Year Reunion

After joining Facebook with some reservations, I am happy to say that the result of joining was finding my grade school best friend Lynda Barros (Beigel). We probably haven't seen each other for about 25 years. Turns out she lives very close!

Here we are at our eighth grade graduation from Vallecito in 1980.


Goofing around on my 14th (?) birthday.

Eli, Joe and Lynda

Lynda her husband Herb, Joe and Eli enjoying a delicious meal.

Herb was nice enough to let Eli sit on his cool bike!

Tahoe with the Ruiz's

Eli and Kaden built (with a lot of help from Auntie Laura) an upscale tee pee.

Kade on our walk around part of Fallen Leaf Lake.

Eli poses on a fallen tree by the shoreline.

Lots of wind and choppy water on the lake. Didn't keep the boys out of the water though!

The Ruiz's and Gouveia's in our favorite grove of tress along the walking path.

Guy and Kaden get ready to head out on a kayak ride on Fallen Leaf lake. Meanwhile the Gouveia's are just figuring out that they are in the kayak backwards...rookies!

Our return from the slightly windy kayak trip. Great workout for the arms!

Eli and Kaden swam out to the raft on the beach and waited for the ducks to come up.

Surfer Girl Auntie Laura!

Auntie Laura brought Halloween crafts for the boys to make their own shadow box grave sites. Spooky!

Big 50th Year Bash

Our brother in law Alfredo celebrated his 50th birthday at our house unbeknownst to him. Needless to say he was very surprised.!

Joe pretended to mow the lawn and I was "painting" the house when they drove up to pick us up to go to dinner. "You're early!" we said, "come for a minute while we clean up". Surprise! and the partying began! Happy Birthday Alfredo!

Deo (Eli's godfather), Joe and Joe (Mama) grab a cold one in the 105 degree heat.

Alfredo blows out his candles on his music cake.

The birthday boy.

Drew and Liam's Visit

Eli and Liam peddle around the basketball court at the park.

Drew climbing on the play structure like a monkey. Hard to keep up with him!

Liam taking a turn on the slide.

Static electricity at it's finest.

The three cousins "pose" for a group shot.

Eli had to contain Drew as he was getting out of hand......what???

Teeter totter time.

A couple of dizzy boys.

Drew delicately eating his ice cream.

Dig in!