Brandon's Chuck E Cheese Birthday

This year Brandon has a Chuck E Cheese Birthday party. He had a blast!

The Party of the Year

Again, we had the kids party on one day! It was a blast!

The pinata!

My friend Jenny made balloon animals!

Group picture on the hill.

CAKE, CAKE, CAKE!!!

Sarah is 14!

Sarah chose Buca Di Beppo for dinner!

Ben is 12!

Ben chose In-N-Out for his birthday dinner.

Other Interesting Sleeping Spot

Emily turns 8!

We celebrated Emily's birthday at the Happiest Place on Earth!

OH MY! 3 TEETH AT ONE TIME

Brandon lost three teeth at once! He lost one and then did a face plant into the carpet and lost the other two! He got a bonus from the tooth fairy!

The Beach in December

Where else but California can you be at the beach?!?!

Heike and Daniela are enjoying the beach also.

Halloween 2011

Our front door was the TARDIS from Dr. Who.

Montana De Oro Tide Pools

The kids went to the tide pools in Montana De Oro.

July 4th

Our annual 4th of July in Ripon.

Fun with glow sticks... pretty neat!

Brandon feeding Uncle Mark cookies....

Farewell

It was a great year and then it came time to wish Noriyasu good-bye.