Posts tagged as:

jake_b

4th of July Weekend at Carmel Valley Ranch

by Papa K on July 5, 2017

For the past few years, a bunch of our friends have been going down to Carmel Valley Ranch for 4th of July. This year we decided to join the fun and we had an absolute blast. There were 9 families in all and 18 kids – all under the age of 8! Having the 4th on a Tuesday made for an awesome long weekend. The kids did a “camp”-type thing each morning until after lunch and then we all had fun together at the pool, playing tennis and running around. On the 4th itself they had a bunch of fun games like the three-legged race, water balloon toss and pie eating contest. We took a ton of pictures, but here are some of the highlights…

CANNONBALL!

Maile doesn't actually like eating s'mores, but she enjoyed making them.

Lauren doing her best attempt to join in on the chubby bunny fun!

Hannah and Maile - they've known each other forever and whenever they get together fall right back into the fun 🙂

Maile and Lauren doing the tube thing...

(Almost) all of the kids - a couple little ones were already asleep...

Younger sister posse - Willa, Kate and Lauren

Pool side snow cones with the crew

Hot tub!

Mommy crushed after dinner Jeopardy with the kids...

Lauren took her first tennis class with her friends...

We are ready for the water balloon toss!

Three-legged race - Lauren and Dexter

A big sister is the absolute best partner in a three-legged race

We got A LOT of swim time in 🙂

Maile Girl taking flight!

Lauren is a little lighter than Maile Girl - Daddy didn't adjust well enough on the first toss 🙁

Love my girls

Mommy and Lauren getting some quality pool time in

And we're done. (Ride home 🙂

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Happy Halloween 2016

by Papa K on October 31, 2016

In many ways Halloween for us starts way back in June – that’s around the time that Grandma Gail takes requests for the girls costumes. She then works over the summer to create whatever the girls have requested. And the results are always amazing! The girls absolutely love their costumes – it really is a fantastic gift and makes the girls feel so special. So thank you, Grandma Gail, for once again making our Halloween fantastic!

This year, Maile wanted to be a Magenta Crayon and Lauren wanted to be Hello Kitty. And that is exactly what we got 🙂

Meet Magenta Crayon Maile and Hello Kitty Lauren

Look at that Kitty face 🙂

With Halloween on a Monday this year, we had a few different opportunities to head out for candy – we did some warm up runs on Saturday and Sunday before joining our normal Halloween crew, Jake, Sophie and Willa for some serious candy action on Monday night!

Our Halloween crew together again!

Ready to rock some candy collecting!

Hope everyone had an awesome Halloween!

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Halloween 2015: Costumes & Trick-or-treating

by Papa K on November 1, 2015

This year we had a couple of princesses on our hands (well, technically Maile was a character from Lalaloopsy). Once again, Grandma Gail outdid herself with a couple amazing costumes that the girls absolutely loved. They got good use out of them too – wearing them to school on Thursday for a Halloween parade and then out and about on Saturday for some serious San Francisco style trick-or-treating on good ol’ Avila Street (fast becoming our traditional spot).

Maile Girl in her Lalaloopsy outfit.

Our Orange Princess, Ms. Lauren

The full crew ready for some trick-or-treating...

And we're off! The parents were playing catch up the rest of the night...

Thank you Grandma Gail! Maile and Lauren are already thinking about what they want to be next year!

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Hiking with Friends from Way Back

by Papa K on March 11, 2015

We had a fun visit this weekend from a couple of my really good friends from college that I’ve known since freshman year. They live down in Dallas now with their three kids and came out to visit us (and our other friends) here in San Francisco. On Sunday morning we got together for some hiking and fun at the Presidio Picnic.

Weather was fantastic and the hike was a really nice way to start the day. Looking forward to doing more of that, especially as Lauren gets a bit older. (She really did a great job though keeping up and having fun exploring with all the kids).

Speaking of all the kids – I’m not sure what it was, but it really hit home with this visit and seeing all the kids how far we’ve come from freshman year in college. Times do indeed change, but good that friends don’t always do the same!

On our way to start the hike - everyone is accounted for!

Making sure we don't leave anyone behind...

Sophie, Julianne and Maile having fun while Jake plans the route...

We found a bug! And we even touched it too - girls are getting braver 🙂

Lauren was a good little hiker

Maile and Julianne found a little stick hut and had fun playing house...

At the end of the hike - the whole crew on the tree line...

San Francisco in March FTW!

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Halloween 2013: The Unicorns Amongst Us

by Papa K on October 31, 2013

As we know, every year Grandma Gail makes Maile (and now Lauren) their Halloween costumes. (See 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009 – no really, go look, you won’t be disappointed!) A couple months ago, we asked Maile what she wanted to be for Halloween and without hesitation she said “A unicorn. A rainbow unicorn.”

I think it’s safe to say that, once again, Grandma Gail delivered!

Meet the two cutest unicorns this side of San Francisco...

One more time because it's that good. Grandma Gail you outdid yourself this year!

What. Is. This.

Whew. That's better...

Maile Girl got to wear her costume to school - shockingly, she made it through the whole day with the costume in tact!

This year was also a first as we voyaged out beyond the gates of our courtyard to take in the San Francisco trick or treating scene. It was pretty crazy out there, but we had a blast and Maile has a full bag of candy for our troubles (perhaps a bit less by when she wakes up tomorrow morning 😉

After school we met up with Jake and Sophie for some dinner and trick or treating...

Mommy and Lauren took it all in from afar...

... while Maile and Daddy headed out with the hordes to go get some candy!

Maile was very particular about the candy she chose - she learned quickly which ones looked like ones she'd like (colorful) and which were chocolate (brown, yellow, etc.)

This is exhausting...

Unicorn Lauren taking it all in...

THANK YOU GRANDMA GAIL once again for amazing Halloween costumes for the girls!

(Click here for the video.)

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Batman & Robin

by Papa K on March 6, 2013

Jake doesn’t have any princess dresses, but Maile learned this weekend that princesses aren’t the only ones with cool outfits!

Jake and Maile as Batman and Robin! Na-na-na-nah-nah-nah...

Now what?!

MUSCLES!

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Super Bowl with Hannah and Jake

by Papa K on February 6, 2013

We headed down to Hannah’s house for the Super Bowl and while the outcome wasn’t what we had hoped for, we still had a blast watching the game.

Before the game, Maile set to work creating a Go 49ers sign!

Who cares about dinner - that Beyonce!

It's always fun to see Maile and Hannah together - even though they don't see each other as frequently, they still have a special bond...

... which made it increasingly cool that Lauren's very first friend is Hannah's little sister, Kate!

This picture made me look back and the first time Maile and Hannah met…

3 years ago, Maile was the big girl on the play mat with little Hannah (with Wills too!)

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Santa Came to Visit!

by Maile Girl on December 25, 2012

Santa is a good man. Such a busy day and he took the time to come visit my cousins, Jake and I! I couldn’t believe it. One minute we were playing and the next minute the big guy was here giving us presents! It’s because I was a good girl this year. I was very brave – no tears, but Katie did have to hold my hand. (Dad note: you can see how we did last year and the year before.)

Emily and Santa - she just marched right up - so brave!

Jake can't wait to dig in to his present!

See how Katie is holding my hand to support me? So nice of her.

Santa, thank you for the present - I knew you would come!

This is going to be surprising, but Daddy captured the whole visit on video!

(Click here for the video.)

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Allison’s 3rd Birthday

by Papa K on June 12, 2012

Maile’s very first friend, Allison, had her third birthday party this weekend. You might recall that a couple years ago, Allison, Hannah and Maile shared their first birthday party together. (See here and here – if you haven’t seen those pictures in awhile – worth a click, will blow your mind!) Now that the girls are turning 3 we thought they were ready to hold down their own parties…

Jumpy house? Oh no you didn't...

Sadly, this is the only picture we snagged of the birthday girl! Perhaps she was too busy hosting to pose for pictures?

Hannah and Maile catching some serious air!

Oliver is doing his best to keep up with the older ladies...

Since Allison's daddy is from Hawaii they had their very own shave ice machine - Maile hated it 😉

Sam and Jake taking in the puppet show - incredibly the kids stayed put for the whole show...

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Maile Elmo

by Papa K on October 30, 2011

Hi, I'm Maile Elmo!

Grandma Gail really outdid herself this year. Keeping with the annual tradition, she made Maile’s halloween costume. This year, Maile actually was able to request her costume – Elmo!

The best part of Grandma Gail's costume was that she was able to deliver it in person! Thank you Grandma Gail!

The costume is amazing and Maile had a lot of fun wearing it (well, truth be told, she had a lot of fun wearing it all weekend and then strangely pitched a fit when her friends came over to trick or treat with her). Maile invited a few friends over and we did some trick or treating practice around the courtyard (baby steps before heading out into the big, bad city!)