happy halloween

last year i saw an ewok costume for a dog and i wanted to make one for dexter, because dexter looks like an ewok.  :)  well, this year i remembered and i made him one!  took me less than 5 minutes.  to go with the star wars theme, i got a princess leia costume for emma.  don't worry, i didn't torture them too long in the costumes. 

poor mr. dex

dexter was cold, so aaron wrapped him up in a fleece blanket and dexter was so comfortable he started snoring.  poor guy.  i need to find him a sweater.

hanging out in sf

after seeing the painted ladies, we headed to land's end along the great highway.  aaron and i never knew that there was a trail here and the view of the golden gate bridge was cool. 

they were making me nervous by standing close to the cliff

too bad we do not have these stairs near our house - do you know how fit we would be?!?!

painted ladies

i've always wanted to check out the row of houses known as "painted ladies" that was on the tv show full house and some other movies.  at least now i can say i've seen it in person.  i expected the houses to be more colorful - maybe the paint got faded throughout the years?  i really wanted to go in one of them to check out the inside, but people are living there, so i couldn't.



nike half marathon

ami and thanhha ran their first half marathon on 10.14.12 and they ran an awesome race!  i knew that thanhha's legs were killing her at the end, but was able to pushed herself to finish in 3:00:54.  looking forward to our next half marathon - tinkerbell at disneyland in january.  i can't wait!!!

me and my sis :)

i forgot to take pics of ami & thanhha with their tiffany necklaces, but i'm sure it was worth it.  :)

genji rolling around

first thing genji did when we let him out in the back yard was rolled around.  so cute.

house full of dogs

a couple of weeks ago we dog sat lei's two dogs, genji and shukie for a week.  every night we had four dogs on our queen size bed.  genji and shukie were loving it because they got two walks every day - apparently they do not get their walks often.  and these dogs only eat meat flavored treats.  tried to give them homemade doggie treats, but unless they were meat flavored, they turned their noses on them.

begging for treats  :)

hanging out in diamond springs

emma & dexter hanging out

love these pics of my furry babies :)

apple hill

our annual trek to apple hill - yummie apple fritters and cider (or so i hear about the cider because i don't like cider).

stomachs are full from apple fritters

warm yummie apple fritters

one of the many orchards at apple hill

never seen these before

precious izzie

look at those cute little hind legs :)