Ainsley the horse rider

Ainsley had the oppt. to ride horses while staying at Costanoa. Kaley opted to not ride the horses , but wanted to feed them carrots, instead.

Father's Day camping at Costanoa

Sadie, Maddie, Ainsley and Kaley playing dolls

Watching a gopher.

The Worthley girls take daddy camping for Father's Day and this year, we went to Costanoa Lodge and Spa. We pitched our tent and had a blast. Costanoa is located near Pescadero, between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz on Hwy 1. The campsite was great with a nice view of the ocean. There was a walking trail across Hwy 1 and down to the beach, where we spent all day on Saturday. Ainsley rode horses and in the evenings, we played tether ball, roasted marshmallows at the comfort station and listened to a fascinating talk about the stars and planets. Joe, who works for NASA Ames Research Center, gave us our talk about the evening skies and it was really good. Best of all was his green laser, which he used to point out the objects in the sky. Ainsley and Kaley made friends with a couple of girls who shared their American Girl dolls with our girls. Where is daddy in these photos? We've got him setting up the tent, cleaning the grills, hunting something for us to eat for dinner..no not really. We took really good care of him this weekend. He works hard for us!

Last day of Kindergarten for Ainsley

Ainsleys last day of Kindergarten was celebrated with a pancake breakfast cooked by Mr. Hanebury. It was also Flag Day, so Ainsley and Kaley sported their red, white and blue. A couple of little gifts were given to Mrs. Hanebury. Ainsley picked out sugars w/flower decorations for her tea and Kaley gave her a cross for her car visor which had a prayer on it about protecting teachers.

Western Day at School

Ainlsey's second to the last day was celebrated with a Western Day. The students decorated hats and dressed in western atttire. Kinders catered the luncheon....yummy!

Julia..
Ainsley and Kaley
Kaley and Laurens sister, Audrey
Julia and Ainsley hamming it up!

Tennis Kaley

Kaley is taking tennis lessons at the Lafayette Tennis Club. She is having a ball and likes her coach, Jason. The first lesson, there were only three little girls..but word on this great class has gotten out and now they are up to seven boys and girls. So much for our nearly private lesson :)

Makeover for Kaley

It was really quiet in Ainsleys room the other day...this is what I found:

Cinco de Mayo- Mrs. Hanebury's class

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Everyone enjoyed the good food.




Mrs. Hanebury was attending a funeral for her Uncle, but she made sure that the class still had Cinco de Mayo.
Morgan dialing so that the students could say thank you to her neighbor who so nicely made the horchata
Joseph T and his sombrero

Bay Area Crisis Nursery

The Daisy Troop visitied the Bay Area Crisis Nursey on Thursday. The girls presented the Nursery with many sizes of pajamas ranging from 6 months to 6 years. The girls were too young to tour the facility, but they were shown a slideshow about the miracle makeover in which the BACN was transformed in to a much nicer place.

The clock

JT- Here is a photo of the the dashboard from the new car....a bit diferent from the Jetta.

Spelling Bee- Sequoia

Another one of Sequoia's fundraisers is the annual spelling bee. Ainsley spelled all 23 words correctly.

March 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th. A welcome surprise.

Dad and mom gave me a really good gift this year for my birthday....themselves. Michael was due back from LA on the 21st and as the girls and I were frantically cleaning the house for his arrival, there was knock on the door. Upon opening the door, I found a casserole waiting on the doorstep. I peeked around the corner and there was mom with dad walking down the sidewalk. What a great birthday present. I was ever so shocked! In the casserole....holupsies (sp???)...cabbage rolls wrapped with rice and ham. A specialty mom makes, which are really time intensive. Needless to say, I don't make them. How cool...mom and dad show up WITH dinner. Soon after their arrival, Michael pulled in. Now things were falling right into place. The next day-my birthday, Michael treated me to a massage, flowers, dinner and a very nice dessert made of carats- something a girl can never have enough of. I helped set up for Sequoia's book faire the following day. Kaley would not go near Clifford, but Melody and Ainsley liked him...especially Melody.

March 20th, Riding the bus with Anthony

The other day coming home from school, we passed a County Connection bus and Kaley commented that one day she wanted to ride the bus to school. After a few phone calls, I found out that the bus doesn't go straight down Oak Grove, like one would think...turns out that our less than 2 mile trip to school would've take almost 1 1/2 hours because of the route. We found out that we could park at a park and ride near ARF on Mitchell and take the bus down Mitchell to Oak Grove, down Oak Grove to Shadelands, down Shadelands to Wiget and the then the bus dropped us off by Civic Arts. The following day, we made a quick call to Lina, Anthony and Elena to see if they were up for joining us on our adventure. Sure enough...they were, so on Thursday, we boarded the bus...and off to school we went.