Fun with cousins!

This has been a really fun week for us, Dom got to spend a lot of time with his cousins! Kier, Conner, Hunter and Keenan came down for a few days to visit and celebrate Hunter and Conner's 13th birthday. We spent a day a the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, saw Jordan's summer camp play, went to ice cream and hung out in Half Moon Bay. By the end of their visit Dom and I were exhausted from all of the action!


Dom wanted Grammy to hold him most of the day.

Buddies :)

Conner, Hunter & Jordan waiting for the Mission Impossible laser game

Kier & Keenan snuggling

Grammy, Dominic & Keenan


Jordan & Conner were the only brave ones to ride the Double Shot...


The end of the ride...

Keenan and 'his little clone' at Grammy's house

Rinaldi fest!

We went up to Ashland, OR for a long weekend with the Rinaldis. It was great getting to see everyone, it had been a long time! We got to see El Grandre, Noni, Aunt Danielle, Great Grandma Adel and Great Grandpa John, Great Aunt Bonnie and Great Uncle John, and Nicole. That's right, 11 Rinaldis in a small town! Unfortunately we didn't get many pictures of the weekend.

We spent most of Friday exploring downtown Ashland; then met up with the rest of the family in the evening for dinner. Saturday we went wine tasting and then off to Great Grandma and Grandpa's house for a BBQ. Since it was a long drive, we headed home on Sunday morning. Dominic was such a great trooper on the long drive. He slept the entire way up and for a couple of hours on the way home.

Sitting on Great Grandpa's lap

Danielle, Adel, Star & Nicole working in the kitchen

This was the first time Dominic stayed in a hotel; he LOVED it. He had so much fun running all over the place and exploring every inch of the room.


Looking at the creek after breakfast

Cute little guy :-)

Gymboree

I've been taking Dom to Gymboree for some classes this month. He loves playing on all of the equipment and meeting the other little kids in the class. Just in the past few classes he has become really confident climbing all over the slides, ramps, tunnels and other things. So far one of his favorite parts of the class is drumming to music on the giant tube.

Here he is playing on the mini trampoline.

A message for Daddy...

Happy 4th of July!

We had a fun day hanging out together. We played at Cuesta Park and then headed to our friend's house for a BBQ. Dom was asleep before it was dark so we missed the fireworks, but he'll definitely see them next year!

Happy Father's Day!

We spent Father's Day together, just the three of us. We went to a random indian lunch in Palo Alto, then Gabe got to watch an autocross and we had a fun walk around our neighborhood. Here are some pics from the day...