Little Bud Turns 4!

Yesterday Ryan turned 4! Little Bud is not so little anymore....!

Ryan gets ready to eat a healthy and balanced meal.


Monica and Ryan smile after he opens up one of his presents.


Maria and Michele lounge on the couch as they discuss whether it will be Syesha or David Cook to go home first.


Ryan shows off his new Sharks jersey!


Ryan jumps for joy after opening up all of his presents!


4 candles for the 4 year old!


Ryan deftly blows out all his candles by himself.


Ryan and his big sister Brooke smile before attacking the cake.

"Teddy Bear Picnic" at LAPP

Yesterday was the "Teddy Bear Picnic" at LAPP. LAPP (Los Altos Parent Preschool) is Bella and Lauren's school... Jordan is an LAPP alum!

Lauren enjoys a drink while Bella smiles amongst their classmates.


In lieu of a teddy bear... Bella brought her cat to the picnic!


Lauren and Bella enjoying the sunshine.

Another Round... Another Tie

A couple of weeks ago Mark, Rick, Monica and Luke returned to the links for another epic battle. As in just about every match during the last few years things started out strong for Mark and Rick... but another furious comeback by the Morey pairing ended up with Murnane/Scouffas down a meager $3.00.

The next battle is slated for 10am on Saturday, June 8th and Spring Valley G.C. in eastern Milpitas. Tickets are now on sale via stubhub.com

Rick shows off sensational form with his new clubs.


Monica lines up for a tee shot.


Another lost ball for the SCU grad.


Luke chunks one with his 7 iron.... who would have thought it would be the last shot ever taken with that club.


Golf can be an ugly game....

Pa's Birthday!

Last Saturday all the Murnanes got together at 1056 Metro Circle to celebrate Pa's 72nd birthday!

Ryan and a little pink dragon get ready to wish Pa a 'happy birthday.'


Maria and Brett discuss ways to invest the millions she will be raking in from the sales of her new book.


The little Murnanes all gathered around Pa to sing him 'happy birthday!'


The little ones even helped Pa blow out his candles.


Bella and Jordo go to town on the cookies....!


Lauren gets ready to attack the frosting on her cupcake.


Pa shows off his voucher for a 'Six Month World Coffee Tour' from Peet's coffee. Each month for the next six Pa will receive a pound of coffee in the mail from locales around the globe.


15 minutes after demolishing the cake, cupcakes, cookies and ice cream... the little ones got a wee bit energetic!

Another Easter Photo

Check out this fantastic photo taken on Easter Sunday by Matt Sharkey. The entire Murnane/Sharkey clan!

Easter Sunday at the Yacht Club

To celebrate Easter all of the Murnanes.... and a few assorted Sharkeys... went to brunch at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. Along with a scrumptious buffet there was an egg hunt for the kids, a mini petting zoo, an actual 'Easter Bunny' and absolutely glorious views of the Bay.

Grandma Terri, Brett, Pa, Ma, Ryan, Monica and Maria enjoy the fantastic buffet.


Michele and Maria smile in front of the Golden Gate. Note: Maria is holding a huge basket of candy!


Pa, Bella, Ma and Icha having a good time after brunch out on the deck.


The 'little Murnanes' played some 'ring around the rosie' after brunch.


Brooke, Luke and Ryan pose out by the water.


Icha, Mark and the little 'Bell-sters' pose after eating... note Icha is trying to push Mark's stomach back to normal after he devoured 3 huge plates of old world rich buffet food!


Brett smile with Brooke and Quentin while Jordo waves goodbye to the Easter Bunny.

Happy Birthday Maria!

Yesterday was "Auntie Ria's" birthday! To celebrate we all went down to "Strike" in Cupertino for some bowling and dinner.

Bella and Maria smile as Maria opens her favorite present.


Chocolate covered cherries with lots of artificial syrup! How can you go wrong?


Ma gets ready to finish off her second pitcher.


Michele and Maria smile... note Maria's name tag.


Bella celebrates after getting a spare on her first two frames!


The highlight of the night for the kids: running amok in the lobby!


The kids help Maria blow out her candle on her 'cake' - which turned out to be a bag of recess peanut butter cups Ma had in her purse!