Thursday, September 18, 2008

LOTS OF TWINS!!!


So my niece Allysa was having a little family birthday party and I realized there were four sets of twins there so of course we had to capture the moment! from oldest to youngest - Sam's twin brothers Lorin & Allen, our twins Ali and Amie, my cousins twins Ashlyn & Aeryk, and Sam's brothers twins Mischa and Michael. Crazy Crazy!!

Friday, September 12, 2008

Raiders Vs. Broncos

It's a tradition that we go to Denver once a year and catch a Chiefs and Broncos game (Sam's brother is a Chiefs fan). So, When Sam said we were going to a football game for my birthday I was really excited. As we were putting on our Denver gear Sam gave me the pep talk about Raider fans and how you just have to keep your mouth shut. Thinking nothing I agreed and we headed to the game. I HAVE NEVER SEEN WORSE FANS IN MY LIFE!!! We had people coming up and screaming volgarity at us 2 inches from our face. I tried to take some pictures but everytime I got the good ole middle finger. People were being arrested left and right. We saw a little 8 year old boy wathcing his dad get arrested. It truly was the sickest feeling. There was a guy sitting in front of us that was chewing and everytime a Bronco fan walked by he would throw his cup of spit on them. I told Sam I've never had a better birthday present (NOT!!!) Good thing the Denver Broncos blew them away. Most of the obnoxious fans left early. On a lighter note we had great seat.


The raiders have very passionate fans. These were a few guys sitting by us. I asked him if I could take a picture for my kids and he said sure. I thought the double middle finger was a great gesture for the kids. lol...seriously they need a life.
This is Sam on the way back from the game. We were so exhausted "watching our backs".

We saw this homeless guy on the Wharf in S.F. I couldnt resist the picture. Dont you think he had better things to worry about.

This guy was pretty cool. He really had something wrong with his eye so it made him look like a pirate. someone in our area was smokin some good stuff and every once in a while we would get an aroma of weed. I'm seriously still in shock over my little experience.

Despite the fact, we had great seat behind the Denver bench and really enjoyed the game. Here are a couple pictures of Cutler. He had a great game!!



Napa & Sonoma Valley

So Sam and I took a much needed vacation to the the coast hitting the wine country and San Francisco. Minus always being car sick the valleys were beautiful. We spent three days in Santa Rosa. It was great. I'm posting a few pictures but i'm horrible about getting them in the right order.
This is Sam and I at Sterling Winery. You have to take ski lifts (lack of a better word) up to the top of a mountain where the winery sits. It was so pretty. We took Sunday and drove down the west coast. On our way we stop in the Red Wood forrest. It was so cool.
I love this picture because it doesnt matter how much time you give Sam to regroup he always looks like a cornholio in pictures. This one is special because I finally got his eyes open.



This was at the castle winery (i'm so bad i couldnt remember the names). We had a great group and lots of laughs. On our way up the coast or down I cant remember We stopped by the ocean and read The Last Lecture together. It was a great story if you havent read it.
This was our little picnic that we packed down to the ocean. We mostly fed it to the seagulls.

I love watching Sam's face when he is talking or thinking. You can tell exactly what he is going to say with his expressions. He was knee deep in a story. I think he was just checking to see if I was listening.

This is a castle (winery) that lookes extremely old but had only been completed a year ago. It took 11 years to build. Pretty amazing.
This is a truck load of grapes they were taking to crush. Its actually a very interesting process. We were lucky to hit Napa at their picking season.


Monday, September 1, 2008

Did anyone watch the game?

Wondering if anyone caught the beach volley ball game on Sunday? Misty May and Kerri Walsh lost their first game in 112 games. I was totally crushed!!!