Devin Jumping with his kids


Nana and Garrin


Who knew that Nana could swim



The Princess hair salon



Sucker Fish


The kids had fun with Nana, Aunt Mariah, Uncle Devin and their cousins Garrin and Brenna. Of course everyday consisted of swimming, BBQ, swimming, BBQ and more swimming.

Bonnie and I just came back from our 17-year anniversary trip up the California cost. We stayed at the Kon Tiki Inn in Pismo Beach for two nights and then up to the Monterey Beach Resort in Monterey for 3 nights. We had a wonderful time without the kids.




We decided to visit the wonderful Monterey Bay Aquarium on Tuesday morning. It’s always neat to see all the fish.


We were able on Tuesday night to drive up to Santa Cruz Boardwalk and meet Linda and George along with Steven, Catharine and two of their friends. The boardwalk was celebrating its 100-year-old birthday and all rides were .75 cents. The hot dogs were .75 cents along with the soda. "What a deal" Of course I pigged out and ate 3 dogs and two sodas. Oink.


The weather was quite a bit cooler once we got up the coast. We went from our Monrovia 90+ degree weather to 60-63 degree weather. It was a bit cold for us Southern California warm-blooded types.

My mom flew down from Utah to watch the kids. We are both thankful for all that she’s done for us. Thank you, Mom. The kids just love their Nana.

Bonnie and I found a wonderful road-side stand on the way to Avala Beach. They sell all kinds of fresh fruit and vegetables as well as preserves. The homemade ice cream topped with fresh picked raspberries made it all worthwhile.

Scott, Ed and I went to Point Mugu to see the air show in March. Ed and I took some really cool pictures a few of which I’ve posted here. We all had a lot of fun.

The BBQ is under construction and should be done in a few weeks. I can’t wait for it to be finished. It hasn’t stopped us from using it. We had our MYBL Baseball Tigers Team Party. Everyone had fun.

Yes. The pool is finally finished. I can’t believe that it took 6 months to get it finished. You can see from the pictures the different stages. We are all enjoying swimming. The BBQ is in the middle of being worked on so we can Swim and EAT. Life is Good.

The pool has now been Dug and Steeled. It has taken several months now for us to get stared on the project but we are finally underway. At this rate we should be swimming by summer. Maybe.

Well, finally the long awaited pool project has begun. The demolition has stop and the building has begun. Today the excavation crew from Long Excavations showed up and lad out he dimensions of the pool. They started digging right away.

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We are hard at work making the back yard ready to accommodate a swimming pool.

All the hard work that I did putting in the built in BBQ and raised planter bed is in the back of a dupster.



We're still a long way from swimming but we'll keep you posted.

We just love to see Liz run. Run Liz Run.

Yum..Yum... It's snack time. Liz just loves oranges.

Liz is so excited that her team has just scored a Goal....Yea.... Hugs all around.

Liz had fun at soccer. She was kicking everyone's shins. The teams aren’t supposed to keep score of the games but if they did, Liz’s team would have won the game 8-1. Liz played a defender and kicked the ball away a few times and took a few girls out. Hey, she’s a Card, what can I say.