Happy Father's Day - 2011

We had a lovely Father's Day weekend; quiet, with lots of quality family time, the way we like it.  On the actual day, after making and flying lots of paper airplanes (one of our gifts to Daddy, something fun to do together) we headed off to brunch together and got some great pictures!


 

Working on airplanes.

Couldn't get them both to look at the same time.

Do you think it will fly this way?

Okay, maybe it'll work better this way.

Aine gets in on the action.

And has a blast!

Daddy and his darling babies ...

... even when one is feeling less than cooperative.

As you can see, Aoife is more than happy to oblige, for the moment.

Cee -ute!

Cute, candid shot.

Playing coy ... ?!? ; )

Spring Family Photos - April 2011

 These photos are from April 9, 2011.  Aoife Roisin was nearly 3 years old and Aine Maeve nealy 18 months; Mommy and Daddy were both now full-fledged 30-somethings ; ).  It was a beautiful day, not quite spring, by Portland terms, but we got lucky.  It was hard to choose photos to post, I could have put them all up, but I managed to narrow it down.

Celebration!

Run, run, run!

Sweet-sissy-love.

What a fantastic moment.

Love.

Sharing.

More sharing.

Lucky in love.

Whee!

Daddy says this should be the cover of a Costa Rican travel brochure, too bad it wasn't actually taken in Costa Rica ; ).

A Beach Sunset: The Last of San Diego ...

 It was the perfect beach dinner : )!

 Yum!

 Gettin' some love.

 Her Royal Cuteness.

Even with pizza on my face I am the best sand architect on the beach.

I also do all my own demolitions.

 More love.

 The sunset we came for.

Seriously, our daddy is too much fun!

Thanks for tuning in for the highlights from our fantastic family vacation.  More to come, soon.

Love.

Beach - San Diego

This family LOVES the beach. We are actually planning a trip for Father's Day, and we're super excited.What Aine likes to do at the beach.

While Aoife loves to play in the sand, too, swimming in the water was a new exciting venture for her this trip. She was in the water up to her shoulders and kept running in for more. I think Daddy and cousin Gabe had a lot to do with her level of enthusiasm because that water was seriously COLD!

Super, dee-duper CUTE!

We hit tidepools one day. Mommy and Daddy were more excited about the sea-life than the girls, but I think that's because it was hard to find. Maybe there's a better time of day/year/location. Great spot, all the same!
Pretty baby -- not sure about this yet.
The pools and some anemones : ).

The Stuhan Girls.

Aoife and Daddy loving the rocks and the sand.

Stay tuned for our return to the beach ; ).

Little Italy - San Diego

One evening we rode the train into the neighborhood of "Little Italy" for dinner. In case you are wondering, it has pretty good Italian credentials! I heard the most Italian I have heard anywhere outside of Italy and we had some pretty darn good food in a rather authentic cucina. I think the highlight, for the girls, was the gelato -- although the calamari ran a close second.Sportin' our gelato spoons, we have (yes, HAVE -- still) many gelato spoons because the girls were so charming with the woman at the gelato counter that she couldn't help but give them taste after taste of the yummy-good-stuff. Pistachio, chocolate hazelnut, and raspberry won the day.
Clowning around waiting for the train to go back to the hotel. I just love this picture of Aoife!
"Plane -- fly -- fly plane!" Love this one of both of them!
One more of our cuties loving their treat ... and their daddy : )!

More to come, including tide pools and beaches, which ranked as all of our favorites!

Besos!