America's Cup Party

At the beginning of September, right before the kick off of the America's Cup Finals, Tom and I were invited to attend the America's Cup Party on the waterfront in San Francisco.

It was amazing.  I have never been to a party like it before, and doubt that  I will ever have the chance again.  The party progressed from a Great Gatsby themed garden party, to an incredible cocktail party to a disco party throughout the evening.  

The food, wine, cocktails, dancing and music were all fantastic!  All of the hard work of preparing for America's Cup was rewarded with this awesome experience!

(That is a person dressed as a statue behind us.)

Cabo San Lucas

In late August we took a trip to Cabo San Lucas to meet up with Adam and his family.  We had a wonderful trip, we spent most of our time swimming all day.  O's favorite part of the trip was riding the golf carts around the resort.  There were multiple pools to chose from.  Our daily schedule generally went something like this:  wake up, eat breakfast, pick a pool, swim for a couple of hours, eat lunch, nap (or try to), pick a pool, swim for a couple more hours, eat dinner, maybe swim again...  pretty much paradise.

The view from our room.

We brought along some mustaches for everyone to try on.  O was very excited to have all of our friends wearing mustaches.

Hyabob!

Matching family mustaches.

Sunset at the sky pool.

O and his buddies.

We told the kids to make an "angry" face.  This was the best O could do on demand:

In case you can't tell, we were all pretty happy and relaxed by the end of the trip.  Actually, we were all pretty happy and relaxed for the whole trip.

Among O's favorite things to do was watching the flamingos from our balcony.  Here he is posing by the flamingos for Nan.

One last swim before the plan ride home.

When we got back home, O went to his swimming lessons and tested into the next level!  Hurray swimming!

Adventures

O and I have had some fun since we got home from our trip.  Tom left the day after we returned (he is home now!).  Last weekend, we went to the California Academy of Sciences for the day and had a picnic in Golden Gate Park.  

Yesterday, we went to a birthday party.  The theme was traveling, so here is all decked out in his traveling gear!

I took an appetizer to share at the party.  They came out really good, so I thought I would share a picture.  The eggplant and tomatoes were from my garden!

Tom came home today, and I have not seen O so happy to see him and single-focused on playing with Daddy.

Big Trip!

We had a wonderful two weeks in New Jersey and Pennsylvania!  We all had a great time visiting with family, and O basked in the attention of so many people for two weeks!  I did not take as many pictures as I thought, but I did get some good ones.

We started out with Nan and Pop in New Jersey.  O helped Pop out with fixing his tractor and got to drive one of his own around.

We also spent a few days on Long Beach Island while in New Jersey.  It was fun to go to a beach where we could actually swim!  O had so much fun playing in the sand and surf.

After a few fun days in New Jersey, we all headed north to Pennsylvania for Grandma and Grandpa's Anniversary party.

Road Trip Buddies!

The first order of business in PA was Grandma and Grandpa's 50th Wedding Anniversary party.  It was a gorgeous day and a lovely party.

Me, Jennifer and Katelyn (looking very grown up)

The happy couple!

O enjoying a sweet ride!

Jimmy, Peggy, Chris, Jennifer, me and Tom.

I hope we still look this happy after 50 years!

We were very happy to see Kristen at the party too!  She drove up from Baltimore for the day, and it was wonderful to see her.

O also got to have fun at a fishing day with Jenna and Grandpa.  He caught two fish!

He also got to ride the tractor with Grandpa.

One evening we went to see Katelyn play softball.  She was pitching that night, and it was pretty impressive.  The picture is a little blurry, but that is because it is an action shot.  They did not win the game, but Katelyn played really well.  It was fun to see her play.

On Friday we went out for a fun day on Grandpa's boat.  O sure did love driving the boat and fishing from the boat.

The Captain and his Radioman

Jenna!

The big catch of the day!

Friday was also Grandpa's 72nd Birthday!  After fishing we came home and had cake to celebrate.

"When I'm 64..."

O got to go for a prowler ride with Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Jen on Saturday before we 

It is good to be home, but we miss everyone.