Baby #2: It's a Girl!

We're excited to announce that not only are we having another baby, we found out today that it's a girl! We are really excited for her anticipated arrival on April 6. Above is a picture of the beautiful girl.

Halloween

Ok, so we're not as timely with the postings as I would like, but at least I didn't go three months between postings this time.

Last week was Halloween and we took Jack over to his friend's house for a little trick or treating and a lot of running and playing. He had two potential costumes and tt took a bit of coaxing, but he eventually opted for "Mater" from the Cars movie.

At his friend Zion's house, the kids (mostly boys) ran around for a bit, as boys tend to do, and then the dads took all of the kids trick or treating in the neighborhood. He was hesitant at first, but then soon learned that if he went up to the house, they gave him candy. Pretty soon he was running out ahead of me with his little green jack o' lantern dragging behind and yelling, "there's another one Daddy!" He also learned that if you just kept standing at the door amongst a crowd, the owner of the house would sometimes forget that they had given you candy and would give you another piece. We hit pretty much every house we passed with the exception of one where the owners had gone all out on the decorating. I'm talking smoke machines, giant spider webs, tombstones, and some sort of goblin booth at the front of the house. Jack stared at the house for at least minute and then said he wanted to just go to the next one.

In the end, he got tons of candy, which I think he has sort of forgotten about, and had a great time.

Back From Hiatus

If you're reading this for the first time, which you probably are since I didn't email anyone when we started this blog three months ago, you may have noticed the big gap between the posts. The reason is simple, Kristen showed me how to set it up a while back and then I forgot/got busy/got lazy, etc. I did think about updating several times, but I never got to it. Anyway, the Paris blog is back and I'll try to keep up this time.

This was an interesting weekend with an unusual combination of events. Our anniversary was this week (9 years for those keeping track) and we went to a great French place for a romantic dinner. The next day, we drove an hour and half into Riverside county to a demolition derby at the fair. Jack loved watching the colorful cars crash into each other and I must say Robyn and I had fun too. If you haven't been to a demolition derby, it's worth checking one out. Jack also hit the petting zoo and even rode on the back of an elephant! What's a trip to the fair without an elephant ride?

Other than good restaurants and dusty fairs, we've been busy. School has started again for Robyn, Jack is attending preschool, and I've been working on the fresh pomegranate season.

More to come, I promise.

First Post

Ok, Robyn, Brad, and Jack now have a blog! If you're lucky, Robyn will post something creative. If not, you're stuck with Brad's informative but boring posts. Let us know what's going on with you!

Recent Picture

Here's a picture of us at a Santa Monica farmers market on Fathers Day.