Trivia and Katie

Todd participated in his annual fundraising trivia contest with typical results.  And, cousin Katie stayed with us for a night. That was awesome.

Todd played again in the annual Lucasfilm/ILM charity Trivia Night event.

A familiar sight: Todd's team at ILM won... again. This is the fourth time Todd's team has won first place. Here's StarWars.com's coverage.

Less familiar is having this lovely cousin at our house!!  Great to see you Katie!

The Lion King

Mark Day presented The Lion King as the spring musical.  Maya was in the chorus and played a mouse that almost gets eaten by Scar.  Momma helped with the sets.  Everyone worked really hard to pull together a great show!

Maya dressed as grass.

Lots of singing and dancing.

More of her crew.

The Prideland chorus ladies. Maya dressed as the mouse for her big moment.

Maya with Dexter on opening night.

Dramatic.

Daddy came for other show.

Celebratory A&W.

Santa Cruz Pt. 2: The Kender Page

After our first successful weekend in Santa Cruz, we decided to head there again.  This time with the Kender Page.

 We rented this delightful little place in a little town south of Santa Cruz.

Hanging out at breakfast time (humans are having a few issues in this panorama).

Puzzles.  Very important.

Beach walk.

  

Chillin' with awesome people.

Playing in the waves.

Not to busy out there.

Kid's table.

Sunset.

This is more fun than it looks.

Springtime

A little more fun in the spring.

 Maya heads off to the Girl Scout Sock Hop.  Always a thrill.

Heading into the dance.

The girl scout crowd.

Let's play a little baseball.

Pals.

Helping with the cooking!

Leprechaun Traps With Video

As usual the kids went crazy preparing for the leprechauns that like to play with us on St. Patrick's Day.

 Dexter's trap.

Maya's trap.

Kids check to see what happened.  Sorry to say, the did not catch any leprechauns again this year.  One leprechaun sawed his way out of Maya's trap.

Maya gives us a tour of the traps...

Tidbits

Here's what we've been doing...

Dexter completed indoor soccer season.

 Here are all the people trying to get the photo above.

A selfie after a little trek up to our local tree swing.

Silly shot.

The scene of the crime...someone left some clues that they were messing with the thermostat.

Look at this big boy!

And this little lady!

Lulu in the House

We got a fun quick visit from Lulu which included a cultural trip to the city...

 Ferry ride to San Francisco.

Bad hair day.

"Oysters in the morning, don't mind if I do."

SFMOMA for the first time since it's been remodeled.

Maya and Lulu getting cultural.

Contemplating.

Interactive art.

Maya and Dexter in front of a large figure 8 maze.  Cool.

  

Technicolor Dex.

A little too happy at the museum.