We Love Having the Sauer Family Here!

We loved having them here and miss them soooo much! Their trip included Nathan, Brooke and my first time on Tower of Terror, Newport Beach and lots of hanging out. 

Playing In Thomas Cove

I love these kids!!!

It Wasn't Mine, But It Was Meant To Be

Sitting in "Another Cafe" today in San Francisco I had someone walk up to me, hand me this receipt and say "I think this is yours", they proceeded to walk away. I opened it to find the following Jack in the Box receipt (which wasn't mine). 

Wow! 

We Really Take Good Pictures

Love this guy

The Difference

Otherwise called James was right. It's impossible to have Sunny Side up hard eggs.

Cable Management Needed

We haven't done our cable management yet but I am watching my second favorite red head from my beach chair in the pool.

Off To Church

Sydney wanted to wear all black....I didn't think I had to deal with this for another 10 years. I guess I wore black and I turned ok. We compromised by taking off the black tank top and swapping for this one.

Brooke wanted to wear her new black shoes. They are too big, don't match her sundress and will be ruined within an hour. Oh well.

My makeup looks great today. I'm particularly liking my eye shadow. After being straight yesterday I went curly today. I'm up three pounds on the week, not happy about that. PS my shoes aren't showing because I still can't wear heels. Getting annoyed with that situation.

Joshua 1:9

Love this.......

Happy Birthday to My Awesome Nephew!!!

I love you, Joshua!!!! You are such a great kid and it makes me happy everytime you come over!!!!

For his birthday it's watching baseball from the pool! Go Dodgers!

Happy Birthday, Micah!!!!

I can't believe this sweet boy is five!!! He makes me like firefighters even more than  I already do!

Airport Security Solutions

I Like Disneyland

But not this much:

http://abc7.com/society/man-visits-disneyland-for-1000-consecutive-days/326198/

Hi Honey

I'm Not Looking For A New One....

I'm Obsessed With Her Hair

So I am doing it again, binge watching, this time it's Alias with Jennifer Garner. While she may be the most bad-ass woman ever (seriously she is the female version of Jack Bauer) I have found that I am obsessed with her disguises and mostly her hair (Jane, what have you done to me). I have a couple of favorites below can you guess them?

It's A Seal

With a bell hanging from his neck, the spot on the top of the head is the ear and that red and black thing is his heart pumping.

Yes, San Jose Is Still My Favorite Airport

And it keeps just getting better!

Our Love Is True

Rookie Smarts Kick-Off

Tricia and I had the opportunity to meet Liz Wiseman at a Silicon Valley preview of her upcoming book "Rookie Smarts". The book highlights the differences in veterans and rookie's and specifically how the ability to learn is more important than the knowledge you already have. I can't wait to read it! You can buy it here on October 14th. 

Our Weekend

• Special treat Friday at Avalanche
• Evening swim and dinner at Thomas Cove
• Saturday morning soccer
• Saturday afternoon swim and dinner at Tanaka Cove (lol)
• Sunday relaxing
• Sunday night football dinner

Other things: 

• We have made it to season 3 of Alias
• Didn't go to the grocery store
• Got a heads start on homework for the week
• Caught up on some email
• David was at Northridge ALL WEEKEND LONG

The AMAZING End User Services Race

My team leaders and I participated in the Fantastic Race LA and it was awesome! From a team building perspective it couldn't have been better, the shirts Thaddeus made were "Amazing" and we had many take aways that we can apply to everyday work. Our race took us to the Hollywood Bowl, Grauman's Chinese Theater, LA's Central Library, Angel's Flight, Grand Central Market, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Hollywood Walk of Fame and more! 

After the race we were all exhausted! Dinner and bed for an early start the next morning. 

Running Missions on Friday Night

Last year I started "Running Missions" with these five. Missions generally consist of getting in the car and going a whole bunch of interesting places. Last Friday, we ran the following missions:

• Sneaked through the Black Cow (right past James) without being seen
• Dinner at Zeke's Smokehouse (first time we have been there-it was good)
• Running up the ramps at Zeke's
• Return trip to Black Cow for ice cream
• Trip by my office to pick up some supplies for my team meeting
• Yelling funny words in the parking structure to hear the echo
• First Tee-Pee trip ever was at the Tanaka's.

First Day of First Grade

I can't get over how big this girl is! She started first grade last week and I couldn't have been more proud of her. Here's to a great first grade year with Mrs Alexander.

Busy Thomas Cove

EUS Leads were all here for dinner.

First Football Dinner of the Year

Meatballs

Pretzel coated chicken tenders

Wonton cups

Shrimp

Pieregos

Amy Works At The Credit Union

But since I have been watching Alias I think she might be a spy for the CIA. In Alias, the main character's friends think she works for the bank but she is really a double agent for the CIA. 

What does Amy really do when she leaves for work in the morning? Of course she doesn't have the travel cover (Sydney travels for the bank) so maybe Jane's the spy.

Finally Using The Kinect

We played for several hours today. Pretty fun. 

Water Break

Thats because it was so hot for Sydney's first AYSO game but even with the heat she did great! She is loving soccer and I am so happy that is she is having fun.

SF A Bird Scarers Paradise

San Francisco Day 4

Union Square

La Boulange (Not much better than at Starbucks)

Seward Street Slides-super fun concrete slides

Lunch at Piazza Pellegrino (best linguini and clams ever)

The Exploritorium

Giants Baseball game at AT&T Park