I also have to add that this truly is a small world. In the last few weeks I have met more people from “home” and it has been so nice to be able to talk to people who appreciate the simple things in life, like Chick-fil-A. I am sure there will one day be one out here in the Bay Area, but until then . . .

I know you are ready to meet your precious little girl!

We got them done and handed out to the classes. It is always fun to do the exchange and look over the massive valentine loot that they acquired. It could rival a Halloween goody bag. So for all of you a happy belated Valentines Day!

It is so hard to believe it is already February. January was a very busy month with so many different things. I have been in charge of the yearbook at my children’s school this year and had my first deadline pass. That led to a crazy couple weeks trying to wrap up those 30 pages. A little breathing room now until the final deadline which I am sure will come all to rapidly.

One of my other more fun projects was this year I am trying to follow through with project365. If you aren’t familiar with that it is basically taking a picture every day, there are different variations on actually doing it. But my rules for myself are this: take a picture on the iphone every day. All processing, etc is done on the phone. Then I upload it to a special site I have just for my project365 images. So far I am thoroughly impressed with myself for actually doing every day! I don’t follow any specific theme, but try to have the picture have something to do with the day. Here is the link to my project365 site – Fringamajig (I have a few random domain names that I have bought and thought this one would be good for something like this)

I will leave you with one of my favorite pictures from January and will be back soon with more . . .

(This was in Santa Cruz behind the Seymour Discovery Center.)

I now get to try and plan out our cards and that is even more of a challenge then actually taking the pictures! So here are a couple fun pictures from our afternoon together.

Here is a sweet little one working on her Christmas card pictures. Her hat was precious and she has some very captivating, wide brown eyes, – you just can’t help but look!

(please forgive the variance in picture size, I am still trying to find the perfect size!)

So without further ado . . . Here is little Mr. K

and finally one of mom and dad with him!

The rest are coming soon!

Miss R is quite the diva with a great selection of hats. Every little girl has to accessorize. She knows the key to being properly attired is the proper fashion accessories.

I just have such a hard time even deciding which images to share!

And finally one of the new family. They have so much to look forward to. Welcome to the family!

Happy one month birthday too!

This was the view from the boat at the approach to Alcatraz. Love the signage all over the island.

It was so bleak and dark in there. As well I would have expected. I did keep looking for Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery though.

This was outside in the yard. Did not look like a fun place to hang out at all. Just thinking of all the people who I learned about in school who were here though is amazing.

There were birds everywhere!!

This is the spiral staircase leading to the second floor of cells. The cells were so tiny. Barely enough room to move around.

And finally on our way back to San Francisco from Alcatraz. It was a great day!

Miss J is so very sweet and proper. She loves all things ballet and gymnastics (and frogs too). She was also more than happy to have her picture taken. That makes things so much easier

Mr. C is such a little gentleman. With such a twinkle in his eye though you know he is all boy – but still so respectful and loving.

And who could resist a picture of little Miss J with her daddy. We all know how those little girls wrap their daddies right around their fingers. A precious moment to remember.