3 month check up

jasper was in a pretty good mood until we told him he was getting more shots today. two more down...polio and something else i cant pronouce, let alone spell.

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our 8th anniversary!

mara + i celebrate eight wonderful years together today....whew, that went fast!

eight down, many more to go!

(this photo was taken a few months ago when she was 7 months pregnant with jasper)

baptism

father willy is one of a kind. thank you again father!














jasper said he does'nt like to wear dresses, but since this one has been in the family for over 60 years, he thought he would take one for the team.

the men

over the weekend, my dad, jasper, my brother sam + i grabbed lunch at the local pub to watch mexico lose to argentina.





here, sam is teaching jasper how to keep vomit inside the mouth.

you're next!

3 weeks + counting!

get down!

my memory of the night is as blurry as this photo.

my sis is married...

wow, my little sister is now married. she's one lucky girl!

the vows

a father's goodbye

up on the altar, i had a good vantage point to grab this shot.

even more wedding picts!

my dad took this pict of victoria, my mom, + jessica on the way to the wedding.

more wedding photos!

my dad handed me 3 full cd's containing the 1,500+ photos he took over the course of three days. he took this shot of mara + i outside the church on jessica's wedding day.

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uncle ben + aunt melissa gave this outfit to jasper up in olema. jasper said he couldn't wait to try it on.

look out!

check out these ladies! hello! from L to R is mara, melissa, erin, kerry, meggers, + victoria.



attention: the two on the left are off limits! (my wife + soon to be sister in law) + the one of the far right is my sister...so she is off limits as well.

jessica + frank

i don''t have any picts inside the church as i was in command of my father's camera (should get copies of those soon) but here is a snapshot i took after the wedding of the beautiful couple.

congrats jess + frank!

now, jasper needs some cousins to play with!

grandmom murnane was there

as my brother Ben walked into the church, he felt something in his pocket. when Ben pulled out the prayer card from my grandmother’s funeral, we couldn’t help but to think it was a sign from her. to boot, yesterday was the anniversary of my grandmom murnane’s death.

it was also quite fitting for ben to pull it out after what has happened to him and his future wife over the past year. i often wonder how different things would be if she were still alive. i’ve learned some valuable lessons over the past few months on how religion, when mixed with ego, fear, and irrational thinking, leads away from the teachings of Christ. and i'm not talking about Iraq.

the drive over

mara + i almost got lost on the way to the church until we found the wedding party in front of us!

get me out of here!

by the end of the trip, jasper was sick and tierd of being strapped in.

eyelashes

i was able to sneak in while the ladies were applying thier makeup and grab this shot.

before the wedding

before the wedding, the guys snuck away to point reyes and watched the USA v Italy game at the local cafe.

the big day

snapped this shot of jessica doing last minute preparations. frank is giving her a pep talk.

wake to the sound of the ocean

on saturday, i awoke at six in the morning and snapped this picture of mara feeding jasper.

rehearsal

mara + i had to duck out of rehearsal when jasper got bored + decided to let us know.

babysitters!

jasper got used to a great deal of hands on him this weekend. top is my sister, victoria, middle is my new brother, frank (ben), + to the bottom photo is my brother and jasper's Godfather, ben.

moooo

jasper + i thought about trying to ride one of the cows...until one charged right towards us! (then i stopped taking thier pictures)

burrito...nor cal style!

i'm hungry

sights

we felt blessed to have picture perfect weather...70 with a glentle sea breeze. the first shot was taken in china town in SF, the rest were up north in Olema. the bottom right is the cottage my parents stayed in.

back from san francisco

for those wondering what happened to the blog the past few days...get ready for an onslaught of beautful, if i do say so myself, photos from the past weekend. just got back from my sister's wedding from northern california, Olema , Point Reyes, + Bolinas to be exact.

what a time. i snapped this the first morning there in the beach house our dear friends dave + kirsten's parent's own in bolinas. they were brave enough to let a 2 month old baby spend the night with them!

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diaper changing station

mara stopped by shadedbox today to use our sofa to change jasper's diaper.

the blog revolution continues!

ATTN: blog devotees! i've just added two more family blogs! check out the daily going ons with our dear friends the sumralls + the cagninas!

baby grunge style

jasper arrived later at the gig sporting a pretty cool t-shirt!

for our services, the band was paid handsomely in fresh carne asada tacos.

as you can see, i was able to convince this amiga to prepare me one carne asada, one chicken, + one pork taco. this is an action pose before she applied the hot sauce + cilantro garnish.