I've decided to let go of my "exploded" Blog, and set up shop elsewhere. Please update your subscriptions and bookmarks, and join me over at Wordpress here:
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Thanks to Livejournal for getting me started with blogging. I'll always be grateful. Time to move on...

I'm doing some stuff in Flickr that will probably make my blog explode. At least the links to my photos will explode. And let's face it, my blog is mostly pictures. There won't be much left to sift through. 

I don't know what I'm gonna do, but it'll probably be a bit before I have a solution in place. 

Breathe. (yes, I'm talking to myself)

This made me giggle.



This guy is pretty funny, and apparently has an entire channel of videos on Youtube. if you're bored, check it out.
 www.youtube.com/user/MrArturoTrejo

I've been wildly posting about this on Facebook, so I guess it's important enough to give it a blog post. On this rare occasion, the three Washam sisters managed to be in the same place at once! It has been about five years since we were all together. So sad, but work schedules and living in different states has made it difficult. 

We had a ball visiting San Francisco yesterday.

We drove through The Presidio and caught some amazing views of the Golden Gate Bridge. 


Emily, Kevin, and Baby Girl




I love how my sisters laugh together.


Washam Girls, all grown up


After a declicious snack at Gott's Roadside Stand, we made the trek up one of the Telegraph Hill staircases, admiring the flowers and wild parrots (!!!) on the way up.


Emily, Kevin, Matt and Jennifer. I love that I captured them admiring my children.


Coit Tower and my boy


Proof that Emily is still a kid. She's either surfing or trying to make room more room for that growing baby.


One final shot of E & K, 'cause they're just so darned cute together.


PS: I'm proud because this is a handheld shot, taken in a really dark spot. I've gotten the hang of shooting manually, and am thrilled to be getting shots that I never would have managed in the past.

PPS: My new wide angle lens and tripod arrived today. Woot! You can bet that I'm going to be playing with my new toys in the weeks to come, and will likely have many new photos to share.

 Boo! I'm having issues with my links to my blog and photos. I think I need to make a change. Will think on it and let you know. Sigh. 

 Blog? What blog? 

Oh. Yeah. 

I'm just barely hanging on to my status as a blogger aren't I? 

We're all doing well. Alternating between travel, activity and relaxing at home. Today, we're relaxing at home. 



Partially toothless




Being good sports for shutterbug Mama


Even my sweet boy stayed still enough for a few shots

I'm such a sucker for their love. After they pose for pictures like this, I'm pretty sure they could convince me to buy them the moon if they asked. 

Annapurna turned six yesterday. I have few words, but lots of pictures! :-)



Her biggest fans, Kenyon and Swirly, helped her celebrate




As usual, we celebrated at The Old Spaghetti Factory, this year with gluten free flourless chocolate cake. Yum!


She got everything on her birthday list..Lego


Stuffed animals


And a...wait for it...


What is that???


It's a skateboard!!!


First ride, pre safety gear


Celebrating with some of her favorite people, including my Mom and grandmother


Wow, six. Where has the time gone? I might have to do a year by year birthday post to get it out of my system. Seriously. Six! Happy birthday to my sweet punky girl.

We love to create things around here. It seemed only natural that we attend the Maker Faire in San Mateo. It's an entire weekend devoted to people who create. The scope is huge, with arts and crafts, lego, woodworking, metalwork, cooking, sewing, robotics, and more. 

The scene was mobbed. We were totally overwhelmed, and tried to take it slowly.




We gravitated to the Lego area and oogled the creations.


They had entire Lego cities!


Complete with adorable restaurants


And even a playground for the Lego kids


The Lego Jeep was a big hit with the kids. Every square inch was ready for Lego bricks!




I adored this weather project, which shows weather camera video feeds from rain storms from all over.


Best of all, fun was had by little kids and big kids alike. We're already looking forward to next year!

 Pretend it's still Wednesday, mkay?