Number Nine, Number Nine.....

Happy Birthday Trajan!

Trajan started out his birthday with a walk to the park and a picnic breakfast with his pal Lucas. Then back to our house for presents and more playing. The day was topped off by dinner at one of Trajan's favorite restaurants - Islands. There will be more celebrating at his party on Saturday.

Yeps on the Steps

Check out the steps Daddy made for the gravel path leading to the playset. They are the coolest steps ever! Now, if Macey would leave the gravel on the path, instead of using it for play food and dumping it into Trajan's reservoir....

Leo Party

Chillin' out in Cousin Sara's pool, at the annual Leo birthday party.

Uncle Pat's Pool

Here are Trajan and Uncle Pat having a breath-holding contest.

Old School Style

Here is the latest in toddler fashion - notice the retro portable cassette player, a must have for hip chicks this season.

Indiana Trajan

Part of Trajan's photo shoot for his birthday party invitations. The theme this year was "Raiders of The Lost Birthday Party" Notice the very cool whip provided by Gramma and the stylish fedora from Dad.

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Our Next Kitchen Equipment Purchase

Trajan and I decided we would like to get one of these Hobarts for our kitchen so we can make quadruple batches of chocolate chip cookies - only our kitchen isn't as big as the one in Hearst Castle.....

Morro Bay

At the end of June, we took a trip to San Simeon, Hearst Castle, and Morro Bay. We took a couple of tours of the Castle, and spent some time at the beach. Here you can see Trajan with Uncle Pat in the cold water, and Macey playing horsey with whoever would gallop her across the sand.

Cat Woman

Macey learned a new trick the other day - I was in the kitchen, and I heard her calling from the living room "Mama! Nook! Nook!" (Look! Look!). So I went in and here is the sight that greeted me......

Sunset at the Beach

We are way behind on our blog entries, so we will be playing catch-up over the next few days.

We've been having unseasonably warm weather here for the past month - so we took advantage of the warm evening and went to the beach to watch the sun set. Macey and Trajan love going in the water, so Mama has to go, too.