Let's Go Bowling

The fam hit the bowling alley again with our good friend Billy!

Pre-bowling stretching.

Let's bowl!

Dexter is ready.

With a little help.

Nice!

Behind The Scenes

A rare look behind the scenes at our photo shoot...

Mommy tries to get some good shots (to be fair, Daddy took a lot of great shots, the majority of the good ones are from him).

Hmmm....

Not so much.

Dex not so happy.

Maya a little too happy.

And...here's a fort by Maya just for fun.

Christmas Portraits

Time to get some Christmas card photos.  We decided to embrace the rare rain...

Playing in the temporary "river" that flows down the sides of our streets whenever it rains.

Cuties.

A little more true to how the photo shoot went.

Big sister.

Little bro.

"The Force Awakens Teaser" video

Daddy decided to film Maya and Dexter watching "The Force Awakens" teaser...

Thanksgiving in San Francisco

The Hare/Noll family was kind enough to invite us to large Thanksgiving celebration at their home.  It was a fun and delightfully chaotic night.

 Kid's table.

 Adult table as the food is served, Laura, our hostess, standing up.

 Delightful.

 Todd and Ella.

The journey home.

Goodbye Hello

Dexter said goodbye to a favorite teacher at his school.  Maya says hello to the camera.

 Dexter's first love at preschool was Alicia.  Sadly, she wanted to spend time with her own adorable 2 year-old.  Here they are on her last day.

 Maya takes some photos.  Mama and Maya selfie.

 Mom by car.

 Car.

 Teeth.

Cat.

Crabs

Maya and Mommy indulged in a culinary treat.  We shared a whole crab.

 Ready for crab!

 Yum!

 Yum!

Visit to SF...not crab related...but that's okay.

Maya Gets Awarded

Time for Maya to receive her personal success award for her 2nd grade year.

On our way to the awards.

Maya receives her award.  Yes, Maya has decided to do an independent study on eels in her free time.

Proud girl!

Dim Sum

We decided to go on a ferry trip to San Francisco for dim sum...

Maya's outfit might damage your retinas and, yes, those are leg warmers on her arms.

Ferry ticket in hand.

Ferry Building, San Francisco.

Daddy and Dex.

City walk.

Ferry home.

Maya experiments with mouth close ups.

Perfect.

Maya Comics

Maya loves to write and illustrate stories, but she's recently gotten more interested in making comics in the style of the Sunday paper.  Here are a few of her creations...

Making Friends With Robots

A nice visit to ILM and a little fun with R2 and C3PO...

Greetings!

Chillin' with robots.

If only R2 knew what was going on behind him...

...C3PO is not amused.