The Fish Bowl

Monday, June 22, 2009

Fun times with Judy, Dave and Rhyen!

[Shopping with Grandma Judy. She bought them each a webkinz and matching flip flops for the girls]

[Last day of school. Rhyen got to Emily's last 10 minutes of class where they were celebrating Emily's birthday.]

[A fun day in San Francisco's Chinatown]

[I never thought I'd see the day with DAVE on a LAP TOP - I guess Devin has rubbed off on his Dad]

[Cousin Rhyen with her 2 BIG cousins]

[Jake was hoping to be TALLER than his Grandpa Dave while wearing his football gear!]

[Dance Party]

Emily's Baptism

This month has been a busy one. I feel like my children are growing up too fast these days. When they were little I used to think "if only" they were out of diapers, or could sleep through the night, or ride a bike, etc. Now I'm wanting to FREEZE them at the stages they are right now! Emily got baptized on her 8th birthday (June 6th). It seemed to take Tyler FOREVER before he turned 8. And it is the opposite with Emily - it seems just like yesterday she was a toddler and now she is baptized and going into 3rd grade.

[The Alfano Clan]

[Emily with her grandma and grandpa]

[Emily with her Tooele grandparents and cousin Rhyen]

[GIRL COUSINS! We were soooo excited that Rhyen was able to come to Emily's baptism. We had fun with her]

[We love our Alfano cousins]

[The Alfano family]

[The "B girls" as Emily calls them]

[Super special friends]

[Emily with the Myer girls]

[Emily and Olivia]

After Emily's Baptism we headed to Livermore to play bocce ball. That was a lot of fun.

It' Official! There's a DON living in MY home!

Those are hard words for a FALCON to say but it is true! Tyler just graduated from 8th grade and is now going to be FRESHMAN at Amador! Wow! After his 8th grade promotion we went to Hana Japan for dinner with grandma, grandpa, Uncle Michael and Cousin Joey! It was fun and extra special for me because we went to that same restaurant after my 8th grade promotion.

And JAKE is now a 6th Grader in Middle School!

Here is Jake on the last day of school with two of his buddies!

And Emily is a 3rd Grader! Watch out - there's a 3rd grade silly girl in our home!

Memorial Day Weekend Fun!

Celebrating Memorial Day with our Veteran! As Emily recently said, "I'm so glad Mondo is still alive!" And I agree with her! Mondo turns any day into a special day! Here are Jake and Mondo (our two blondies) eager to dig into a cherry cheesecake!

Memorial Day Weekend fun at the Marino Ranch!!! This is paradise for my THREE Fisher Boys and we girls didn't think it was that bad either! Steve (and all his parent's amazing properties) are such a FUN addition to our family!

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Easter Vacation Fun!

We surprised the Fish Heads with an overnight trip to Windsor during Spring Break (thanks to Chad and Becky for their timeshare)! We were only gone for 2 days but it seemed much longer (in a good way). Just the perfect little get away. We had a scavenger hunt for them to discover that we were going on a road trip.

Here's a few of our favorite spots we discovered:

BODAGA BAY:

Sea anemones...Jake has always been our "discoverer." And since he had just gone on his 5th Grade trip to Pigeon Point he was quite knowledgeable on these creatures.

STINSON BEACH:

MUIR BEACH:
Old military bunkers.

IN SEARCH OF A PINK HOME:
To distract Emily through the curvy/windy roads of Highway 1 - we told her to keep her eye open for a pink house. We had no idea that a PINK and WHITE building even existed on our trip. You can only imagine how thrilled she was to come across this Emily Perfect Building!

MUIR WOODS:
Hiking, really "walking" through the Muir Woods. We realized we hadn't taken Emily there since she was a baby. We really should go here more often - such an easy hike for the family to do together.

Easter Sunday

I finally had a LIGHT BULB moment - well, maybe it was finally coming up with a way to JUSTIFY ALWAYS making sure Emily gets a new Easter Dress with all the Fisher Boys complaining about! I mean, hello, every girl should get a new EASTER DRESS each year...right? So, why not include the boys in on the new wardrobe too. I bought them each a new tie and white sunday dress shirt. Hee hee hee - there was no complaining this year that THEIR SISTER got more items in their EASTER BASKET! I'm sooo smart!

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Happy Easter!

My Aunt Marie and Uncle Al found a box of handmade painted Chicks that my grandpa had made decades ago. In honor of their Great Grandpa Joe - Marie and Al put a $5 bill in each beak and presented it to the little cousins. That was a super sweet thing to do and a great flashback memory for me. My grandpa was known for giving these chicks to everyone (he'd even leave his tip in it's beak at restaurants for the waitress).