Argentina trip 2013

Here are some pictures from our trip to visit Ana's family in Tucuman, Argentina

Horsing around with the tias and tios

Collecting lemons with tia Ceci

Hugo always has yerba mate ready to serve you

Breakfast with Abu

Playing with Negrusa

Making bread with Abu

Playing with Hugito

Making empanadas

Maya at her cooking class

Maya with her cooking class teachers

At the park with Abu

Making croissants with Ceci

Making cookies with Hugo and Abu

Mateo's trip to the puna

Mate addict

Springtime in Sonoma!

Here are some recent pictures and videos of Alana and Maya.  It's been a busy semester, but summer is on the horizon!


Hanging out at our favorite bread place called Wildflour, in Freestone.   The sticky buns and scones are delicious!

A beautiful day at Doran Beach, near Bodega Bay.

Team Pink!

Alana and her ponies

Alana helping Daddy with his spectral measurements of a nearby park to support his NASA research.  She got to lay out the transect lines and place flags.

Alana rock star.

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas!

We had a great holiday visit to Los Angeles!  Maya and Alana got to have an extended sleep-over with their cousins at the Kleiger house.  We had a great time.  Thanks Phoebe and Ean for hosting us!

Lily reading to the girls before bedtime.

Lunch with the girls

Our belated Hannukah party with the whole family (aka "the orgy of consumerism")

 The outdoor swing was a big hit

Uncle Mark playing Olivia's guitar.

T.V. zombies

Grandma and her girls

Maya celebrating her 6th birthday with the family.

Maya pretending to be a garden statue

Alana showing off her new vest from Susan, Alan, Sam and AJ.

Lunch at the The Beach Cave, Paradise Cove, Malibu

Mommy getting off to a good start with her blood mary and bottomless coffee 

The Beach Cafe

Back home in our backyard.  Maya got a cool Smithsonian geologist kit from Papa for Christmas.  Here she is excavating the gems out of the sandstone.