Jane invited us over for a lovely evening and dinner again, along with her friends, Naoko, (famous for being the second female astronaut from Japan!), her husband Taichi (an aerospace engineer) and their little girl Yuki. Jane's son, Federico was also there. It was great to meet them and to see Federico again after many, many years:







Sasha is so expressive:



Here is James with his fellow interns. Exxon has regular social outings planned for them. For this one they went to a baseball game (the Astros vs. the Rangers):



Finding new hiding places:





Visit to the Aquarium:

We had a nice visit with Adrienne today. It was nice to spend some time with her. We met at the mall where Sasha went to have a hair-cut (just her bangs). They had all kinds of things to keep children entertained and happy. After they finished, they gave her a princess hair-do:



with princess jewels:



and a lollipop, of course:



(that's what she had been waiting for all along)



We also went to a small children's museum inside the mall: (i'll post more pics of that later)



A few older pics: Making little people with beads - I love to see her concentrating like this:




Visit from Sonja, Xena and Bo:






With Daddy:





Pretending to be talking on the non-working phone with someone:



Being silly with her floaty:

I sent her in to brush her teeth, and this is what I found!



Taking her animals for a ride (one in the back, and one stuck on the front):



On our evening walks:



Another fun day with Sonja, Xena and Boaz:






Talking to Bo:



Giving Xena kisses:



And then Bo:

The Marders and the Cadiks

Barry and Kathy came to Houston for the weekend! We went to the Museum of Natural Science, out to dinner, hung out at James' aunt Adrienne's house, and had a really wonderful time with everyone. It was so good to see them, as well as spend more time with Adrienne and Jan.
We took lots of pictures, of course.

Dinner at Adrienne and Jan's:




The Museum of Natural Science had a living butterfly exhibit:














Enjoying the pool at the Cadik's:





Sasha is learning to float on her back:



Walking to the playground:







Father's Day breakfast:



Funny father's day gift. For those who don't know, James met Barry just before we got married, and so they joke a lot about doing things now that fathers do with their sons when they're little.
I made James this t-shirt with Sasha's footprints about a year ago. Barry never got one of those baby footprint gifts from James, so we made him one! - Better late than never!




Talking to James' cousin Emily: