A Nice Weekend

We had a wonderful 3-day weekend and we hope all of you did too. We actually made it of the house a few times this weekend as a family....something we have not done too much of lately. And, I think we can report that it was mostly a success. On Friday, we took a quick trip to the mall for a few things and the girls were quite the hit! On Saturday, we boldly decided to drive to Napa for a picnic and a stop at one winery. For the most part, it went well. We visited Sterling and the girls mostly well behaved. Here they are with me riding on the tram up to the winery (I have to include 2 photos since it's so hard to get both girls looking at the camera in one shot).





Today, we had some swimming time again. Although we have more pool toys this time, we still had a similar result. Amanda's not a fan of the pool, but Natalie seems to like it. I think Amanda prefers the temperature of bath water over the coolness of the pool....kinda like me! Natalie, on the other hand, sat in the little floatie for awhile. Here are both girls with daddy.





And, finally, here is Amanda "reading" a book next to Sable. Of course, Sable is so jet black it's really hard to see her in this picture but you can see her glowing eyes. Amanda LOVES Sable these days and is so excited to pet her and pull on her face and ears. And Sable is so good and patient -- she seems happy to have the attention!