{Happy Holidays!}

Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I took this photo at the old sugar cane mill on Kauai. I will post more photos from the trip soon :)

{catalina fun....july 2012....iphone photos}

The family...hanging at Pedro's.  Pedro set up an awesome bbq dinner for the Coury and Dulich families. We were included too :)



Lu's "big catch"

Boys hanging down at Descanso beach.  They saw a dead sea gull floating in the water so they made a competition to see who could hit it with a rock.  It was pure entertainment watching them.  It was like they won the lotto when they hit the bird. High fives and big smiles. I love seeing them just hang in the moment. Us parents were enjoying some" Descanso Destroyers" and enjoying every minute of it :)

Hud hoarding all his winning tickets!

Hud's arcade prizes...the little man came home with about 30 skull rings.  I'm still finding them around the house!

This seriously was the "big catch"! It was close to a 40 lb White Sea Bass caught near Seal Rock.  Nolan, Porter, Parker, Alan and John went out early one morning and came back with this fish! There was a big buzz going on around the pier when these boys were carrying it up from the boat.  It took 3 boys to carry it!  They will always remember their first "big catch".



Hud enjoying his soda at Descanso beach.  He is sporting one of his skull rings.

It's hard to eat your ice cream when it's running down your arm and face!

Parker won the Xbox at the arcade. He was the local arcade celebrity for the week. 

Me and Al

Me and the ladies enjoying our afternoon happy hour at Eric's on the Pier. 

{meet my girl sophie}

This is our new dog Sophie! She is so sweet and fun! She fits right in with our crazy pack!



{life won't ever slow me down}

Life won't ever slow me down....Parker's six word memoir.  We were sitting around the dinner table when Parker started to share this piece of school work with the family. I was just about to ask him what it meant, when he said his teacher asked him what it meant. Parker said, "I play sports and there are times when you come off a lose or had a bad game and people may think you won't be able to come back.  But you have to keep going and not let adversity slow you down. I want to show them wrong." I think I said, "WOW." I wasn't expecting such a well thought out explanation. I thought I might get the life is hard sometimes but you gotta keep chugging response. I have to say I was kinda impressed with his desire to succeed.

On that note....congrats Parker for completing your elementary years at PEC! We were surprised and happy when your name was called to receive the Presidential Academic Award. That meant you have had straight A's since 4ht grade! There were only 9 kids out of your class of 52 to get that award.  So what words of wisdom do I have...hmm? Don't just keep chugging P-man...you keep showing them! lol - xo, mom

Sixth grade graduation with some of his classmates.

Me and my boy :)

Nanny L

P-man's wall mural

The kids were asking Hud to sign their shirts...too cute

Family photo minus Porter.....he snuck off back to class

The Three Amigos plus a mustache wearing cookie monster

Parker hugging a friend...notice her arm. She didn't have a t-shirt to sign since she is a fith grader so he signed her arm!

Good friend Mayde.  She is my fellow Free People fan :)

The boys with their kindergarten teacher Mrs. Ojeda

{2012 PEC Variety Show}

Lyla (3rd grade) and Hannah (4th grade) wanted to do a jump rope routine for the school variety show.  I gave them a song and they did the rest! They were so cute and were a total crowd pleaser. The girls weren't totally in sync but they jumped their hearts out!

 I also took them to sports authority to pick out a fun outfit :)

Sixth graders, Billy, Jack and Parker, had a dance routine in the variety show.  You should have seen these guys cruising around campus in their morph suits....they drew plenty of attention! I got them on video but it didn't come out well.  Watching them live was too fun and funny :)

{parker playing ell majors for the padres}

It is hard to believe this is P-man's last season of Little League! Trevor Cooper http://www.trevorcooper.com/  takes awesome sports photos, so I'm sharing some he took of Parker. P-man's team is REALLY young and have struggled a bit.  Parker and one other boy are the only two boys that played majors last year.  The coaches, players, and parents are all great and so we all just stay positive and have a good time out there :)  At the beginning of the season, he was playing mostly short stop and 3rd but he really wanted to catch and play more outfield so we told him to talk to his coach.  So he did and now he catches, pitches, plays outfield and they even put him at second too! His coach said to us with a surprised look on his face, "I didn't know he could catch!" P-man, it makes me smile inside when I see you play with confidence and a positive attitude.  BTW, sweet sliding catch in left, double, single, and you rocked pitching in last nights game.  Keep it up but no curve balls, ok? xo

{for u dad}

I remember as a kid you ALWAYS wore a pair of Sperry Top-Siders. You would wear them until they were way past done and then a brand new box would appear. I thought they were the ugliest shoes ever made and still kinda do. I never thought that one day I would be sporting a pair of my very own. Can you? They definitely aren't the ones you wear but ones that I would wear.  I guess I am my Father's daughter :) We like the same foods, are easy going, keep a lot inside, competitive, and have that sick Porter side of the family sense of humor. Remember the time I beamed you in the back with a tennis ball? I'm laughing about that right now....sick, right? I love you Dad. Let's get out on the court and run some lines and beam some balls...lol

{park central}

Park on his way to the 6th grade dance. Funny thing about that is last night he was telling me he didn't want to go! A friend who happens to be a girl has been recruiting him to go to the dance. Park asked me what to say since at the time he didn't want to go so I said,  "tell her to have fun." Today 3 girls on their bikes show up at our house and hang out for awhile. Guess who changes his mind about the dance? Have fun with your friends P-man and remember to stay true to you ;)

{hud & the hat}

Thank you Deana for Jake's hat. Hud has worn this off and on since he was 3! He has worn it with baseball pants, slider shorts, and with whatever works for him that day.  I don't have the heart to tell him that it is a little too big and he may not be styling the look all the way :)  Before I took this photo, he was asking me what was under his hat. He had water balloons in there and an Altoids can....pure randomness! Luv this crazy dude!

{happy easter + happy birthday alan}

Happy Easter! We spent the day in Alpine with my brother's family and friends.
Always have a good time there! We celebrated Alan's bday  too.....we love you
and appreciate all that you do for us :) 

Lyla under the pier in Avila. I had some fun with my camera.  I will post more photos
of our trip to Pismo Beach soon.  

I loved the colors under this pier. Look at the blue pole in the background.....love the texture/color!

P-man and HUD messing around

HUD giving me lots! 

The dunes in Pismo. Alan's Mom was his co-pilot. Can't say this was my favorite thing to do but glad I went. I was sitting there thinking how pretty the sand was and how I would love to be taking photos of someone.  Check out the Mickey Mouse sweatshirt P-man borrowed for the ride....sweet! 

I can say I had a ton of fun shopping in San Luis Obispo with Nana Jean! Jean you were down for it all!
The shopping, the hiking, the pool, the IPA's :)  I will remember you singing us the "Red Solo Cup Song" and smile.  Miss you already Jean!

{like this song}

Always looking for music for the gym....I like their stuff   :)

{happy 12 Parker}

Happy b-day p-man! Let's remember air soft rifle, variety show rehearsal, baseball practice, 1,2,3, PARKER and the dog pile, dinner at Oggi's with some buds, and luv ya dude/pook!

{happy 10 porter}

omg.........happy birthday porter! Let's remember i touch, hunger games, dance party in the car, yard tackling, table guard, I've never done this before...I'm so excited, that was the highlight of my last month, toilet paper!

{st. patty's day tradition}

Lucky Charms for breakfast!  These were my favorite as a kid but we could only have them on special occasions...like at my friends houses! We wish everyone a very Happy St. Patty's Day....cheers!

The crazy Leprechauns leave gold coins for the kids after they trash their rooms looking for the pot of gold! Luckily, they only trashed Huds bed...phew!  

Hudson and all his men! Have to share some Huddy talk. He has been telling me that he wants to be an animal rescuer when he grows up, but the other day he told me he wants to be a gardener.  I said, "you want to make gardens?" Hudson said, "no, I want to be the guy who cuts the grass down low."  It was too cute!

Now all the men fall!