Iris and Lily - and Cinderella!

Iris's best friend Lily had her birthday party a few weeks ago, and guess who showed up!!! A real live, full size Cinderella! The little girls were ecstatic, dancing around in their princess dresses and crowns.

Erik's Ironman race in June

Erik looks confident starting the last leg of the triathlon (13 miles to go)...

Iris entertaining herself at the race.

Sprinting to the finish line! Good job!

Hanging with cousin Emily

Naya's cousin Emily that is. We met up with her near her home in Santa Rosa for an afternoon by the Russian River.

National Championship Bike Race!

Erik participated in the National Cross Country Mountain bike championship last weekend in Sun Valley. We had a great time - despite the little "owey" Erik got.

Vacation in California

Point Reyes Light house



We stayed (and played) at Dillon Beach in Northern California last week.

Enjoying the mountains AND the beach

When we were up in McCall a few weekends ago, we enjoyed the sunny sandy beach and the green mountains with snow on the tops....

Erik's mtn bike race

Erik did awesome at a mtn bike race last week (edging out a competitor by 0.001 second!) - even though Iris was a bit put off by how dirty he got.