Sonoma and San Francisco

The most colorful girl at Sonoma Square

Lake Sonoma

Lunch at the Academy of Science and Technology

Chillin' at Union Square

Taking in the view at Buena Vista Gardens

We celebrated Chinese New Year (Year of the Tiger) at the San Francisco parade, after spending a week in Sonoma and San Fran. We explored the wine country back roads, stayed in quaint inns, visited the very cool Academy of Science and Technology and the Museum of Modern Art, and took a boat tour of the bay. Yep, pretty touristy, but fun! Jaxin rode her first carousel, got to touch stingrays and starfish (her favorite part of the trip according to her), and and we rocked out to "Eye of the Tiger" - the tune of choice of every marching band in the parade. We're looking forward to next year and a hoped-for three-year reunion with the families we met and travelled with in China!

Catch UP

Morning mist on Redfish Lake, August 2009

Yep, that's us "out on the town" in September

Jaxin, Simrin and Miss Sophie

Jaxin the "Kitty Princess" trick-or-treating with Sevilla the "Bee" and Simrin the "Fireman"

Harper, Cooper, Tully, Jaxin and Quincy at Liberty Park

November 2009

Quincy and Jax

Cooking Thanksgiving dinner with NaiNai (Grandma Quayle)

Checking out the lights with Annie

A freakin' cute picture by YeYe (Grandpa Quayle)

On the boat at Lake Havasu

We had some fun the last half of 2009! We camped at Red Fish Lake in Idaho, Jaxin enjoyed the Moon Festival and Halloween with her school friends, Sevilla and Simrin, and we had a visit from our friends the Piatts from Boise. Quincy and Jaxin are from the same orphanage in China and share the same birthday. We spent Thanksgiving with Jeff's parents and the Estes family (Jaxin's "second family" from Jackson, WY), and took our new boat to Lake Havasu over winter break. Whew!