Bumper Pool at the Lodge

Luke is learning to play bumper pool, without the hassle of pool sticks
and golf...He got pretty good at putting the ball on the tee and hitting it off.

Christina's baby shower

Birthday party day

Luke and Natalie celebrated birthdays for the Ferri's kids and the Santos' 1-yr old today. Here's Luke and his buddies enjoying some snacks.
Notice Luke below in the front row, enthralled with the guitar once again. Sean is great at playing kid's songs.Then off to the Santos party where Luke got to meet Elmo!! (and pet him)
Now Luke just wants to watch Sesame Street online to see Elmo more.

Video: Luke on the slide that Grandpa built

Valentine's Day in Capitola

After we let Luke roam around the village and beach we dropped him off with the babysitter and went out for a double-date with Jerome and Becca for Valentine's Day sushi.

Hidden Villa Farm

Luke isn't afraid of mud puddles.
Stollin' down the boulevard with his buddy.Celery!Chickens!Pigs!

Video: Luke playing Guitar

Video: Dancing in his Car

Play-Doh

Luke loves playing play-doh with mommy...
He takes the play-doh balls in and out of the cups. In and out, in and out, all day long...He's also getting better at petting the cat nicely.

Snow Adventures in Salt Lake City

Visited Nick this weekend in Salt Lake City, and as usual, he had a bunch of adventures in store for us. First was snowmobiling on Friday up a big mountain.
It was a bumpy road, but we made it to the top and found a big flat lake bed to race in. My speedometer was broken, but I know we were going way too fast for our first time on snowmobiles. Here's Natalie looking cute on her snowmobile with a great view in the background. Here's the second time Nick crashed his sled. It took us about an hour to dig out, then we had to tow Nick and Cat all the way back down the mountain.Sunday we skied at Snowbird, an amazing resort with great terrain. We were hoping the Mormons would all be at ward and not on the slopes -- it was still pretty crowded, but at least we didn't have to wait in many lines.In between snow adventures we'd play Rock Band at Nick's house. We have look, now we just need to work on our skills...

Hiking in Palo Alto

Headed up the road today to our favorite after work hiking spot; now Luke can hike it on his own.
Starting out on the panorama trail overlooking Stanford and the bay.Mom and son enjoying the open fields at sunset.I won't mention the part where Luke threw up in the car on the way home because other than that, it was a very pleasant afternoon.