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We took a nice trip to Avila Beach over the 4th of July weekend. Melissa found a killer place to rent right on the beach, which just happened to have a perfect dual kitchen set up for the impending Burger-Off™. The girls had a nice time overall, but definitely preferred to hang out in the [...]

Ok, so I know you’ve all left us for dead. We’ll see if anybody actually notices, but I’m going to post a bunch of catch-up articles to get this blog up to date. Years from now, no one will ever know this blog wasn’t updated for a year. Here’s the latest video, where the girls [...]

 This year, we spent Easter at No-No and Ga-Ga’s. It was quite different from previous years, the children almost outnumbered the adults. The girls got their first taste of hunting for Easter eggs and we caught a very cute moment:

The rest of the good pics:
         

The girls had their first birthday party, which was attended by the whole family. Each of them had their own cake, and while Kaitlin eventually got into the spirit, Ella would have nothing to do with hers. Something tells me she’ll get on the cake bandwagon one day soon.
          

Please be careful when making emotional bets involving your favorite team. You could end up like this Dodger fan:

The girls went on their first vacation, thanks to grandpa Warren. We spent three days at Seascape Resort on the coast near Monterey. The girls had a great time playing on the beach, and Ella even tried her first beer (joking - don’t call CPS).
        

Well the girls’ first swim day started out a lot better than it ended. We had a lot of fun dressing them in their new swimsuits and doing an impromptu photo shoot. The actual getting in the water part? Not so much fun. Neither Kaitlin or Ella were having any of it. Oh well, we’ll [...]

Am I going to do the typical blogger thing and start posting once every six months after my first ten posts? Probably. Deal with it, I am a parent of twins now. I barely have time to brush my teeth. But in the interests of keeping things going a little longer, I’m going to repurpose [...]

What do I do when I’m up at 3am in a hospital room the size of a small janitorial closet? Have fun with moustaches of course…

The plain ol’ beard

The Yosemite Sam

The Inspector Clouseau

Freedom!

Actually, I’ve taken about a thousand pictures.