Teaghan's Birthday - Saratoga

With Grandma Joanie recuperating from her surgery, we headed down on Sunday to see Los Lynches de Saratoga.














SpongeBob awaits the start of the party.














Unos de Los Lynches de Saratoga en la cocina.














Teaghan eyes her second birthday cake in two days and likes what's she's seeing...














Mommy helps Teaghan blow out her candle.














Teaghan digs in.














Great Grandma helps Maeve with her lunch.














Teaghan and Daddy back home in Redwood City at the end of a long and wonderful birthday day.

Teaghan's Birthday - Redwood City

With baby number 3 due at any moment, we kept Teaghan's 4th birthday celebration mellow. We had a few folks over on Saturday afternoon in Redwood City.














Ryan, Ray and Teaghan paly with the moon sand. The kids love this stuff, and it sounds good on paper, but we're still finding it all over the house. Buyer beware!




















Anne shows off her beautiful cake.














Teaghan blows out her candle and admires the many Elmos.














Gracie is ready to party!














Teaghan enjoys her cake.














And so does Maeve.














Dan and Nora bought Teaghan this cool baskeball hoop which was a bit tricky to get through the door. But Dan succeeded!




















Teaghan takes the ball to the basket...




















...and throws down a monster slam!!!














Kathy and Anne partying it up 'Lavelle' style!














Nora takes it to the hoop with AUTHORITAY!




















Gracie sneaks off to eat her cake in peace.














Las Lavelles Mujeres en el sofá.




















Bill with his three favorite things in the world (Gracie, Nora Jane and Beer). Ok. Kathy is on the list too. Let's try that again. Bill with three of his favorite things in the world.














Marisa wows the kids with her bubble blowing skillzzzz....














Nora Jane wraps up the day with her million dollar smile.

Four in Five Parts

If someone could please let me where the times goes, it would be greatly appreciated...




















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Feet

Grandma Joanie had surgery on her feet in late January, and we headed over to visit.














The feet in question.














Maeve gives Grandma Joanie a hug.














And so does Teaghan.

Of course, the girls had to get some QT in with Papa Jack before we left.














Teaghan, Papa Jack and Maeve at play in the fields of Burgundy Way.














Papa Jack and Maeve and bucket.

Grandma Joanie is healing up nicely and hopes to be out on the tennis courts this Summer.

Sisters

Sometimes it feels like you can turn your head for just a minute and they've grown another inch.














Maeve: Princess.

Teaghan: Superstar.




















Teaghan does her best Daddy impression.




















So Maeve decides to give it a shot...

Deep Fryer

Dan and Nora gave us a deep fryer for Christmas. We immediately put it to use.














Items that have gone into the deep fryer: pork meat balls, frozen breaded shrimp, snickers, twix bars, twinkies, french fries, tater tots, chicken nuggets, mozzarella cheese sticks, pizza rolls, frozen burritos, taquitos. Essentially anything not nailed down has gone into this thing. Remember that just because you CAN deep fry something, it doesn't mean you SHOULD deep fry it. Trust me, there have been some hard lessons learned. But you can't beat perfectly cooked french fries out of the deep fryer.

There's still a standing wager for deep fried grilled cheese.... If it happens, there will be pictures. Stay tuned.

Another New Year

New Year's Eve was spent with Los Lavelles in San Jose.














Maeve and Teaghan - New Year's Eve 2007














Scott, Bill and John ring in the New Year with some tunes














Papa Jack and Teaghan celebrate the New year with toys!














Maeve interrupts her call for a quick picture.




















And they're off!














They played hard and gave it everything they had.














In Los Lynches lore, the Holidays aren't over until the gingerbread house has either been eaten, carried away by ants or deposited in the trash. Shortly after this picture was taken, the gingerbread house was sent to live with other gingerbread houses on a farm out in the country. And with that, the Holidays were officially over.