Heath the Weather Boy

Happy New Year - 1/1/11

2011-01-01T11:02:00.000-08:00

Pictures from a recent 2 day trip to Disneyland. Click on any picture to enlarge it.

Valentine Cookies

2010-03-04T12:54:00.000-08:00

We made Valentine Heart cookies on Valentine's weekend. The boys got into it and had a lot of fun. Sure, I had to frost most of them, but they worked on cutting them out. Maybe we'll have to make some shamrock cookies in the next couple of weeks!

Sights from the Children's Museum

2010-03-02T12:23:00.000-08:00

On President's day Friday, we went to the Children's Museum. Enjoy the sights!

Snow

2010-02-28T12:18:00.000-08:00

We got to see snow on the mountains in the desert in January. Enjoy.

Drewbie kicking a soccer ball

2010-02-28T10:19:00.000-08:00

Drewbie has a unique way of kicking the ball that I wanted to capture. Enjoy!

Wild Animal Park

2010-01-03T21:30:00.000-08:00

Had a fun day at the WAP with Grandma and Papa M.

Santa pictures and Christmas Eve & Day pictures with Family

2009-12-31T12:54:00.000-08:00

Instead of getting pictures at the mall with Santa this year, we were able to get pictures with Santa on our recent trip to Disneyland. I really like the family picture, but Weather Boy's dad doesn't like it because of his hand placement.

CLICK ON ANY PICTURE TO ENLARGE.

We enjoyed Christmas Eve with my side of the family.

My brother announced that he was going to be marrying his girlfriend early next year. Good news!

Weather Boy's dad found some Navy jumpsuits in a rental and decided to give them as gag Christmas gifts. My dad was a good sport about it and wore one of the mustaches they gave to Weather Boy.

We enjoyed Christmas day with Weather Boy's dad's side of the family. Several of the guys also received the jumpsuits, but I don't think any of them put them on so we just got a family shot.

Happy New Year! We hope we all enjoy a great 2010!

Merry Day After Christmas!

2009-12-26T09:26:00.000-08:00

Our Christmas card this year done at the photo station right outside Star Tours at Disneyland.

I love getting these!

2009-11-13T21:02:00.000-08:00

From Drewbie

Drewbie's art

2009-11-13T15:15:00.000-08:00

Happy Friday! Please enjoy Drewbie's enthusiastic portral of the upcoming holidays.

The big night!

2009-11-06T15:00:00.000-08:00

More than a month ago, the boys decided they wanted to be Boba Fett and Jango Fett for Halloween. Drewbie and I were at Target and found the costumes. They had been dressing up off and on through out October.

The big night finally came. Dad was responsible for make up.

Weather Boy wanted to wear the glow stick glasses he won at the school carnival (I'll post pictures from that day soon)

Drewbie wanted us to buy him a Jango Fett Jetpack, but we already spent enough on the costume, so Dad and the boys made ones out of a Nike and Goldfish boxes, some pipe, alumnium foil, some straps, and duct tape.

The night was successful. Everyone was happy. The next day, Weather Boy counted his candy and had 97 pieces! Drewbie, somehow, ONLY had 80-something. We are already looking forward to next year. In fact, Drewbie already has another costume in mind!

Have a great weekend!

More soccer fun

2009-11-06T14:00:00.000-08:00

Please enjoy more pictures of last weekend's soccer games. Click on any picture to enlarge it. Happy Friday!

Pumpkin picking

2009-11-05T20:29:00.000-08:00

The boys and their dad went with some friends and another dad to a local pumpkin patch before Halloween.

The boys enjoyed getting their pictures taken with

Happy Thursday!

Goal Weekend

2009-11-04T17:15:00.000-08:00

We had to divide and conquer the boys soccer games because they were both at the same time.

Weather Boy scored the only goal for his team. Here's a picture of the team congratulating him...

which included tackling him!

Drewbie scored his first goal this week! Unfortunatly we don't have a picture. Weather Boy's dad was at Weather Boy's game with the good camera, and I was at Drewbie's game with the slow camera, so I only got a picture after the game.

Happy Wednesday!

Zoo

2009-10-21T20:47:00.000-07:00

Pictures from a recent trip to the zoo last month with Grandma and Papa M.

Saturday Soccer games

2009-10-20T20:31:00.000-07:00

Drewbie spent some time at forward this game, and he enjoyed it. Instead of sticking out his tongue like MJ and Weather Boy, Drewbie seems to like to put his tongue in his cheek (see second picture)

Weather Boy scored a goal and was more aggressive than last week. The picture of the boy hugging him is right after the goal.

Happy Tuesday!

Children's Museum

2009-10-19T20:02:00.000-07:00

We had an enjoyable Sunday at the local children's museum. It was the first week of their new exhibits. We enjoyed exploring and playing. The new chariots were a big hit for all of us.

In the past, Drewbie wasn't that keen on the climbing wall, but this trip, he couldn't get enough. I don't think the artist intended the little horses to be the equivelant of bumper cars. Nevertheless, that's what they turned into.

Click on any picture to make it larger. Happy Monday!

Air Show

2009-10-11T08:53:00.000-07:00

The boys, including the big one, went to the Air Show last Friday. They were excited about the bazoka and guns they were able to hold. Also, they were admitted to a tent where they were giving away free food and drink. It was a tent for recruiting efforts, but since the boys were too young, it was just a free food tent. :-)

Gotcha! I hope you had a nice weekend!

Hummingbirds

2009-10-09T20:06:00.000-07:00

I sent these pictures into the local audbubon society and they gave me the email address for the local natural history museum. The bird guy there confirmed that this little hummingbird is a partial albino. I have not seen him in a couple of weeks now, but at least I have some pictures of him.

The hummingbirds that drink out of our feeders drink more than 32 ounces a day. It gets a little crazy at the feeders at times, but it's really fun to watch!

Happy Friday!

Third soccer games of 2009

2009-09-26T17:14:00.000-07:00

Drewbie was selected to be goalie last week, and he did such a great job, he played goalie the whole game. He wasn't afraid to get "in the mix" and try to get the ball when the other team was trying to score.

Dad worked with him at practice to teach him how to get the ball, run to the corner of the goalie box, and throw it to his teammates. When he did this during the game, the other team wasn't ready. We are very proud of him!

Weather Boy had a great game also. He played a lot of defense, which really helped the team. He seemed a little bored back there, though. His team scored a lot of goals in the second half when it was really hot. Weather Boy really loves playing soccer, and we are proud of him, too!

Have a great weekend!

Second soccer games of 2009

2009-09-26T16:58:00.001-07:00

We enjoyed another week of soccer games last weekend. It was a litter hotter last weekend than the weekend before, but the boys persevered. We had enough time between games to go home and relax before running off to the next one.

No goals were scored by the boys this week. Weather Boy had an assist and Drewbie didn't cry. :-) He actually played a little forward and had fun. Progress has been made. Weather Boy is starting to look like the Michael Jordon of Soccer with that tongue sticking out!

Click on any picture to enlarge it.

I'll post pictures from today's games soon. Have a nice weekend!

First soccer games of 2009

2009-09-13T10:55:00.000-07:00

Big day of soccer yesterday. Drewbie's game started a little rough. He didn't want to play and cried, but by the second half, he was good to go. He played defense, which he seemed to enjoy. After the game, he told Papa L that next game he was going to score a goal.

Weather Boy's game was in the middle of the day, which was warm. Two boys were not there, so there were no subs. The team got tired, but pushed through it.

Last season, Weather Boy really wanted to score a goal. In the last 5 minutes of the last game he did. Well, this year, he scored in the first game, and was the only goal for the team. The below picture was taken right after the goal.

Click on any picture to enlarge it.

Happy Sunday!

First day of school

2009-09-10T07:51:00.001-07:00

First day of school is always a big day in our house. This one was even bigger being that it was Drewbie's first day of Kindergarten. No tears were found. Both boys seem to like their teachers. They have had lots of stories to tell.

The boys have their first soccer games on Saturday. This is Drewbie's first year of playing soccer and Weather Boy's 3rd. I'll have some good pictures, I'm sure.

Hope all is well with you!

Waterskiing

2009-08-01T10:00:00.000-07:00

Weather Boy waterskiing during our annual houseboating trip.

Dinosaurs!

2009-06-28T08:13:00.000-07:00

We went to see Dino Mountain at the Wild Animal Park recently and had a blast. Drewbie was in heaven, well after he got over being a little scared. Enjoy the pictures!

Legoland

2009-06-27T11:21:00.000-07:00

We had a nice day with cousins, grandparents, and Auntie K at Legoland recently. It had been a few years since our last visit and stayed the whole day to get the most out of the visit.

Happy Saturday!

Last day of school and coming home

2009-06-15T18:16:00.000-07:00

Drewbie had a run in with a rock and a curb and had to get his thumb pieced together. This picture was taken after surgery Saturday night. He came home from the hospital today.

Today was Weather Boy's last day of school. We had to document the last day with his super teacher.

Have a great day!

Memorial Day at the Lake

2009-05-25T21:32:00.000-07:00

We enjoyed a day on the lake on Memorial Day. The boys were getting pretty brave on the tube. Enjoy!

Bunnies in the Backyard

2009-04-12T08:14:00.000-07:00

We have a couple bunnies enjoying our grass in the backyard, just in time for Easter. I like the picture with the tennis ball since it helps with proportion (is that the right word?).

Happy Easter!

The boys meet their new cousin

2009-04-10T13:34:00.000-07:00

The boys were able to meet new cousin Coley a couple weekends ago. He was eating during most of our visit, but they were able to pose for a couple of photos.

On the drive home, the boys were goofing around with Weather Boy's baseball helmet.

Happy Friday!

Disneyland, a tooth, and a yellow Corvette

2009-04-09T13:25:00.000-07:00

On a recent trip to Disneyland, we saw a yellow Corvette in the parking lot. Drewbie didn't want to pose next to it, but we tried anyway.

The boys together.

Weather Boy lost his tooth while in line for Pirates of the Caribbean.

He enjoyed an ice cream while waiting for the new parade, which pretty much wasn't worth it.

Weather Boy is into making funny faces for the rides with pictures. Click on picture for larger version.

Happy Thursday!

Weather Boy's dad's birthday

2009-04-08T13:44:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Weather Boy's Dad's birthday last month. We enjoyed a night of go-carting and Italian food. We have more pictures of the go-carting but they need some significant edits because the lighting was poor. Hopefully, I'll have time to take care of this soon.

Happy Wednesday!

Boomer's birthday

2009-04-03T10:15:00.000-07:00

We bought a Beanie Baby at some point that is a dog named Boomer. Each Beanie Baby has a birthday printed on the tag that comes with it.

It turned out that Weather Boy looked at the tag one day and it was Boomer's birthday. So, the boys made cards, and we made a cake. Weather Boy's Dad wrote Boomers name on the cake with some icing. Weather Boy found the candle we used on his and Drewbie's 1st birthday and put it on Boomer's cake. Weather Boy blew out the candle and the party was complete.

Any excuse for cake is a good thing! Happy Friday!

Silver Corvette

2009-04-02T07:29:00.000-07:00

Drewbie and I were picking up Weather Boy after work and saw this silver corvette across the street. I asked him if he wanted a picture with it, and he said yes. I grabbed the camera I keep in my purse all the time and it was out of batteries.

We were close to home, so we jetted home and back with a different camera, and as we pulled up, the mother and daughter were getting in the car, ready to leave. As the mother was closing her door I asked if Drewbie could get his picture taken next to the car, and she said yes, laughing a little at the crazy mother asking her the question.

He hustled over and posed, and I snapped some pictures, which aren't the best quality, but they'll do. So, he has a picture with a Red Corvette and now a silver one. We'll keep trying to get pictures with every color and post here.

Happy Thursday!

Peacock

2009-04-01T11:00:00.000-07:00

We went to the zoo recently with Grandma and Papa M and caught this peacock displaying. Pretty cool if you ask me.

Happy April Fools!

Drewbie's new accessory

2009-03-31T09:10:00.000-07:00

I came home from work one Thursday, and Drewbie greeted me with his brother's cup for baseball on over his pants. He demonstrated with a rock how the cup protected him. Ah, the innocence of youth! The laugh I had washed away the worries of the work day.

Happy Tuesday!

New cousin!

2009-03-30T10:11:00.000-07:00

The boys had a new cousin born on the 20th! Rollie Pollie Coley was born early on the 20th and was happily greeted by mom and dad. March Madness continues with 5 from the L side of the family with birthdays in March. We are excited to have our first nephew and first boy cousin out of a total of 5 now.

If a new baby doesn't say "Happy Spring!" to you, I don't know what will!

Happy Monday!

As a result of a challenge...

2009-03-28T20:03:00.000-07:00

White Sox Game 1

2009-03-16T21:03:00.000-07:00

Weather Boy was under the... weather last week so he didn't get to face the pitching machine at Monday's practice. He had a game on Saturday and faced the pitching machine for the first time, and did excellent. He hit the ball from the machine and never had to use the tee. He just went up to the plate and when for it. Love it!

Here's a couple (unedited) highlight shots for your enjoyment.

Happy Monday!

Tee ball

2009-03-08T21:11:00.000-07:00

The annual spring tradition has begun. The grass is growing long and the days longer. Dust off that glove - it's time for tee ball!

Weather Boy is with the Sox this year. Games start next week. Weather Boy is in a league where he faces a pitching machine for the first 7 pitches and then if he doesn't hit the ball, he gets to hit it off the tee. Tomorrow is their first practice with the pitching machine. I'm sure we'll have some excitement after practice to discuss.

Happy Sunday.

P.S. Weather Boy's dad asked Weather Boy when the Jog-A-Thon at school is. Drewbie answered before Weather Boy could and said, "It's not a jog-a-thon," and repeated himself several times. Finally, Weather Boy's dad asked him what it was called then, and he said, very seriously, "It's called a python." :-)

Spring has sprung!

2009-02-28T21:20:00.000-08:00

Spring has definitely sprung here in sunny SoCal. Last weekend the boys went hunting for ants.

I love how Drewbie looks into the bug vacuum to see the ants!

Weather Boy returned from T-ball pictures and took over ant hunting.

Weather Boy even took over looking into the bug vacuum.

I hope the weather is turning toward spring in your area. Happy almost Friday!

Geneval, this is for you!

2009-02-28T21:05:00.000-08:00

There is a hummingbird nest outside Drewbie's school. Every morning we see the little beak peeking out of the nest. The nest is high in a tree. These pictures were taken in the afternoon and momma hummingbird must have been taking a break. I'm tempted to bring a ladder and get a shot of her, but we'll see.

Happy Saturday!

The Chicken Lady would have loved this!

2009-02-27T13:20:00.000-08:00

From the age of 8 on until Middle/High School, I took care of a woman's pets. She lived down the street from us and was refered to as the Chicken Lady in our house. Her pets were chickens, ducks, turkeys, pigeons, finches, etc.

One chicken was special to me and his name was Flower. I taught him to fly from a perched spot to my arm for a meal worm. Thinking about my time there brings back happy memories and makes me want to have chickens of my own!

I hope this brings a smile to your face like it did to me. The first time I watch this, I even enjoyed it without being able to hear anything. I like the quote toward the end that if more people had ducks, maybe the world would be a happier place, or something like that.

Happy Friday!

Walk at the Lake

2009-02-26T22:03:00.000-08:00

On a recent weekend, we took a walk at the lake and found lots of treasures (empty water snail shells, old lurers, and rocks) due to the lake level being really down.

I found a dimple on Drewbie's right cheek to match the one on Weather Boy's left cheek. Click on the picture to take a closer look. Can you see the dimples?

The boys enjoyed digging in the dirt for rocks to throw in the lake and to make tunnels.

The boys pick up sticks and like to play with them or just bring them home. Some sticks I won't let them play with because they are too big. I tell them, "Sorry, that's too big; that's a weapon." Now the boys pick up sticks and ask me, "Is this a weapon?" Drewbie asked if this stick a.k.a. branch was a weapon and I say, for sure.

Happy almost Friday!

Little Red Corvette

2009-02-23T08:28:00.000-08:00

We stopped by the pet store on Saturday and when we walked out, we saw this red Corvette. Drewbie LOVES Corvettes, and I asked him if he wanted his picture with one. Of course, he said yes. Not wanting Weather Boy to feel left out, I asked him if he wanted his picture taken with the Corvette too, and he said yes.

Weather Boy revealed to me earlier in the week that he thought a car cost $100. He added up in his mind how much money he has in his wallet and given that he has $61, I told him he could almost buy a car! We'll see what happens when he gets $100.

Happy Monday!

Pinewood Derby

2009-02-17T08:39:00.000-08:00

Weather Boy is a Cub Scout this year and participated with his dad in the Pinewood Derby. This picture shows his car, particpation ribbon and patch, as well as little Drewbie trying to get in the action! Sorry for the low quality pictures - sometimes this is what you get as Photoshop Elements can't fix everything!

Weather Boy's best friend got second for the whole den, so that's pretty cool. Weather Boy's dad said that during the derby, the boys in the den were interested for a while, but by the end, it was just the dads that were seeing if their car won. Next Friday, there is a dinner to celebrate Weather Boy acheivement of either Bobcat or Tiger Cub. It seems to be a good program, and he's learning great things like personal safety, helping others, etc.

Happy Tuesday!

I am trying to post

2009-02-15T11:42:00.001-08:00

I am trying to post to the blog from my phone but I am only able to get text to post not pictures. I have to keep trying.

Bike jump

2009-02-11T20:44:00.000-08:00

Weather Boy's dad built a jump for the boys to ride their bikes off. Here's some video for you to enjoy. Instead of calling it a wheelie, the boys call it a pop up wheel. Happy Wednesday!

Weekend at the Bob Hope Classic Pictures - Part 1

2009-02-01T16:57:00.000-08:00

We had a relaxing weekend with Grandma and Papa L watching the Bob Hope Classic. The boys had fun each day swimming and playing golf. Check out Weather Boy's concentration and his tongue! I think we have a mini-Michael Jordon on our hands!!! Click on any picture to enlarge.

Weekend at the Bob Hope Classic Pictures - Part 2

2009-02-01T16:55:00.000-08:00

Photoshop Elements (PSE)

2009-02-01T15:28:00.000-08:00

I've spent some time improving my skills with PSE this past year. Here are a before and after shots to show the power of PSE. Click on photo to see larger.

After - Used PhotoBlast Actions Contra Pop and Under Exp Fix. You loose the pretty sky, but that's not the point of the picture, right? :-)

Before - Under Exposed and without much color distinction.

Happy New Year 2009!

2008-12-31T21:52:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year to you! We went to the zoo on New Year's Eve. Weather Boy has been enjoying the camera he received from Uncle G Money and tried to set up a photo shoot with his brother. I took this video with my Christmas present: my new Fip Mino

On the way to the car, we found some leaves and couldn't resist. This is the closest we are going to get to snow this year.

Finally, I have to share a video of the Monitor Lizard that I took today. It was really active and I can't resist sharing this with you.

Enjoy the first day of the new year, no matter what you do or don't do!

I won!!!

2008-12-15T20:07:00.001-08:00

Check this out! I received an early birthday gift. It takes a while to download, but it's worth it! If the screen isn't showing a percentage complete, then click on the play button to enjoy!

Picture with Santa 2008

2008-12-14T11:16:00.000-08:00

We went to get pictures with Santa last weekend. The line was a little long, but we passed the time by playing with a ball and throwing it around. There were two toddlers in front of us, who, when presented with Santa, began to scream, which was Drewbie two years ago. I was a little nervous that Drewbie would hear/see them, and not go through with the Santa picture this year.

Both boys told Santa what they wanted for Christmas (Weather Boy: Indiana Jones Lego set, Drewbie: a remote controlled dinosaur). Weather Boy was happy to sit on Santa's lap, while Drewbie was a little hesitant. I told Drewbie he could stand next to Santa if he didn't want to sit on his lap. Santa was prepared for this and had a little chair for Drewbie to sit on, and it actually kinda looks like he is sitting on Santa's lap. Afterwards, the boys were happy to eat a canday cane, and I was happy to get this picture.

Blasts from the past: 2007 Photo 2006 Photo

I hope your Christmas season is going well!

Welcome Christmas!

2008-12-04T08:41:00.001-08:00

Some drawings by Weather Boy to usher in the Christmas season. I like how the snow man is playing golf. Looks like the snow man lives on a golf course, too.
Just 22 shopping days until Christmas! Happy Thursday!

Holiday kick-off

2008-11-25T13:53:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Puppy Cam

2008-11-07T20:14:00.000-08:00

Yeah, Streaming Puppy Cam! Enjoy!

Streaming .TV shows by Ustream

Halloween

2008-11-04T15:10:00.000-08:00

Drewbie was the Bumblebee Transformer and Weather Boy was a Clone Trooper (not to be confused with a Storm Trooper - both are from Star Wars, but are different).
I love it when Drewbie shows his muscles. Weather Boy said he didn't want his face painted, but only wore his mask for a short time. He's showing off his first treat of the night.
At a neighbor's house

Trick or Treating - yes, that is me as a witch, which isn't a costume at all, right? :-) The costume hid my back brace pretty well.

Posing by a candle. I'm not use to seeing him without his glasses.

Assessing the haul the next morning. Notice the pile with the Reese's and other candies. That's the tax we imposed on the boys for taking them trick or treating!

We hope you had a great Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T10:50:00.000-07:00

From Weather Boy to you. Dracula is saying in the word bubbles, "I have come to suck your blood."
Happy Friday, too!

Front Teeth

2008-10-15T09:17:00.001-07:00

Weather Boy lost his other top front tooth recently.

The tooth fairy didn't show up the first night because she was recovering from back surgery and forgot.

Weather Boy thought he lost his tooth too late in the day to get on her list of stops for the night. He made a picture for her so that she would know that he lost his tooth and where to find it, and put the picture on his bedroom door.

Close up of picture that says "The tooth is here. 10/1/08 Heath," and shows his bed, window, and an arrow to show that the tooth is under his pillow.

Happy Wednesday!

Get Well

2008-10-14T12:00:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago I had a spinal fusion to help with my back pain, and hopefully, to help alleviate the pain associated with sitting for longer periods of time.

During my recovery (so far), the boys have been drawing pictures for me and here is a sampling of them.

By Drewbie. Drewbie doesn't do art much at school so these are pretty special. I got these delivered to me while I was in the hospital.

By Weather Boy. He has been working on these at school the last few days. He folds them up after completing them and puts them in his pocket until he gets home to show me.

Weather Boy and Mommy playing soccer.

Have a great Tuesday!

SNL - Sisters

2008-10-10T13:44:00.000-07:00

This is making me laugh hard! Enjoy and Happy Monday!

Soccer 2008 - Game 3

2008-10-08T09:27:00.000-07:00

Weather Boy's dad took some great shots of Weather Boy in action during the third game.
If you want to see a larger version of any picture, just click on it.

After the games, the parents make a "London Bridge" for the boys to run through. Sometimes I think they save their energy during the game so they have enough to run through the bridge a few times. :-)

Have a great weekend!

Dinner with Chep

2008-10-08T09:19:00.000-07:00

We enjoyed a dinner at PF Changs recently with my uncle, Chep (my father's brother).
Chep is smiling like Weather Boy here.
My favorite (and only) brother and Chep.
Chep sampling some wine.
Laughing about something. I can't remember what. Nice relaxing dinner. Looking forward to the next one.

Mini golfing

2008-10-07T09:04:00.000-07:00

After a soccer game and getting fitted for new glasses, we went mini golfing. Drewbie decided to wear Weather Boy's soccer socks, despite the fact that it was in the high 80s that day.

Weather Boy concentrating on his putt.

Watching the ball to see if it went in.

Lining it up

An additional obsticle on the course.

After the round. We enjoyed Icees at the 19th hole. Not quite the country club experience, but fun nevertheless. Happy Wednesday!

Soccer 2008 - Game 1

2008-10-07T08:48:00.000-07:00

Soccer season is in full swing. Weather Boy's dad is the coach with a friend of his. These are pictures from the first game.
Weather Boy has it in his blood to be competative, and he is. He goes for that ball without hesitation (Papa Dina, look how he is using his elbow)
By the way, we do feed Weather Boy despite how skinny he is. Hopefully, he will add some meat to those bones soon. We had to get his shorts altered because when we put them on, the would immediately fall off.
Taking the ball down the field.
Facing two defenders without hesitation.
Line up after the game.

We are looking forward to a fun season of soccer.

Grader

2008-09-09T21:38:00.000-07:00

Back to school last week. Weather Boy is now a grader - first grade to be exact.

He was happy to see old friends again.
He's happy to be back and has slipped back into the routine.

Lost Tooth

2008-09-08T20:44:00.000-07:00

Weather Boy lost his top front tooth recently. I love how Drew's trying to get in the picture.
This picture and the next one are cute, but it makes me nervous see Drewbie's progress from one picture to the next. Is he eating dirt?
What is he donig here? I hope he is looking for lizards, but who knows?

Happy Monday!

Trip to Wild Animal Park

2008-08-30T13:56:00.000-07:00

Little Gorillas got out of their cage during a recent trip to the WAP. They were going wild and could be caught.

Next we saw some foxes with extremely big ears.

We saw a curious creature hatch from a large egg.

Thankfully, it wasn't that hot of a day at the park. Fun was had by all.

Catch up... again!

2008-08-30T13:18:00.000-07:00

We bought new backpacks for school. They both picked Transformers ones. They came with wallets. Weather Boy wanted money to put in his wallet so he wanted to have a lemonade stand. Only problem was we didn't have any lemonade or cookies, but that didn't stop him.

Something Old, Something New

2008-07-26T21:16:00.000-07:00

Fun pictures from the 4th of July. Weather Boy's extreme eyelashes
Mayor of San Diego

San Diego Star Wars Club

Looks like he is trying to sneek a bite, but he's not.

Aloha!

2008-07-11T15:13:00.000-07:00

We spent 10 days on Kauai with the boys and Weather Boy's Dad's side of the family. Lots of fun and too much sun. The boys traveled well with the portable DVD player. Drewbie lost his fear of the ocean and Weather Boy likes to body womp and ride the boogie board.
It's a boys' heaven - lots of things to catch, dirt/sand to play in, and staying up late.

This is a picture taken at Baby Beach in Poipou. Not much waves, but the boys still had fun.

The boys didn't have an interest in snorkeling, just goofing around in the water. They liked their goggles the best

But we did manage to get them in the snorkles once or twice.

We saw a lot more turtles this trip. Weather Boy's Dad and I normally go to Kauai in September or October and we don't see as many turtles so this was a treat.
Another one from Baby Beach. These pools had little fish in them which the boys, including Weather Boy's dad, tried to catch for hours.
Weather Boy getting ready to body womp, which he enjoyed each night at the place we stayed at.
Drewbie at his favorite pool. It was 2 feet and he prefered the pool over body womping.
Evening in the pool
A rare moment of rest with Missy P, their cousin.

Weather Boy showing his fish catch at Baby Beach

Drewbie liked it when the waves (knee slappers) crashed into him. This is his "get ready" position. :-)

Family dinner at Duke's, Weather Boy's Dad's favorite resturant.

Weather Boy working up the courage to eat the orchid that came on his plate
Drewbie enjoying a fruit smoothie. Looks like we caught him doing something wrong, but he wasn't.

Our underwater camera died on our last day, but we got these pictures via an HP Kiosk. However, we couldn't get the videos onto a DVD yet, so no videos yet to share. Hopefully, they'll be coming soon.

Happy Friday and enjoy your weekend!

Slip & Slide

2008-06-15T21:34:00.000-07:00

Even though summer doesn't officially start until tomorrow, it is definitely summer at our house. We busted out the Slip and Slide this past weekend. I'm not sure who had more fun, the boys or me. Here's a quick clip of the boys goofy antics. I am always surprise at how rough they are with each other, but still manage to have fun.

There is another video I've tried uploading where I squirt the boys with water, but it's not uploading. I'll try again and hopefully add it to this post.

By the way, we are NOT Dodger fans. The hat are a carryover from t-ball

Aloha!

Drewbie's 4th Birthday

2008-06-13T19:54:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Drew's 4th birthday recently. He got a new two wheel bike from us, and we made his crown for school - school tradition - with his favorite characters.

He's really into making silly faces when he sees a camera, as you can see from the last four pictures. What a nutball, but we love him nevertheless!

Happy Friday!

Drewbie as Batman

2008-06-06T21:46:00.001-07:00

Happy Friday!

Mentos and Diet Coke Rocket

2008-05-24T19:45:00.000-07:00

Uncle J and D gave they boys a Mentos Rocket kit for Christmas. We finally got around to doing it today, especially since it felt like it was still December here in not-so-sunny-and-warm SoCal. Next time we do it, we won't put the rocket on and we'll use another adaptor so the spray will go up highter. Enjoy!

Weekend in the desert

2008-05-23T18:34:00.000-07:00

We spent a recent weekend out at Grandma and Papa L's in the desert. Auntie K and Uncle S and Sweet P were there, too. We had too much fun in the pool. Both boys got a hang of snorkling for our trip next month to Hawaii.

We celebrated Drewbie's birthday for the second time. Drewbie received the hat from Grandma and Papa and he loved it so much, he went to sleep with it.

Sweet P has gotten so BIG! She loves to talk (babble) and will do so constantly! Loved it!

Just a quick post before the long holiday weekend. A rainy weekend, which is so RARE in SoCal, but a least we can have fun and not have to work. Enjoy your weekend, whatever you do!

Fires = Summer, so it must be Summer

2008-04-28T11:22:00.000-07:00

In my tired state yesterday, I forgot to metion that there was a fire close by my work and a few miles from the beach we were at. We watched two fire choppers picking up water from the lagoon (similar to what we saw last June at the lake by our house). They made a lot of pick ups of water. I am AMAZED at how close they get to the water. We saw two Cal Fire planes fly overhead on their way to help. Turns out the fire was knocked down before any damage to homes/structures. However, it will be sad to see the vegatation gone.

It's suppose to be hot againtoday. When Drewbie and I were leaving before 8:00 am this morning, it was already 77 degrees in the 'hood. Stay cool and happy Monday!

Spring or Summer?

2008-04-27T21:50:00.000-07:00

What a great day! When we left home today for the beach at 9:45am, it was already 91 degrees (F). We were happy to leave the 'hood for the coast. Until 11:30, there was an off shore breeze that was miserably hot, but the wind shifted to on shore, which made it so nice. Then some haze came in and it was even better.

While the wind was off-shore, there was a bug explosion that we enjoyed. There were tons of Painted Ladies trying to fight the wind and get back to land. Also, quite a few lady bugs, and the boys' favorite, Stink Bugs. Side note: The linked article says they don't fly, and I thought they didn't fly either. However, we saw them flying like crazy, and I even swat one down while it was flying, and sure enough, it was a stink bug.

Back on topic, the boys have fun making sand pits for the bugs and watching them try to get out. They'd play with them for a quite a while, get bored, and dig holes or go into the water a bit. There was a family next to us that had a stink bug crawling across their towel and they were freaking out. I told Drewbie to go get the bug, since they were in collection mode. He quickly went over and grabbed it much to the family's horror and the father's embarrassment. We had a good laugh together about it.

You may have heard about a shark attack that happened in a town next to my childhood home. We were at Torrey Pines State Beach. We were advised not to go in the water due to the attack. Since I wasn't planning on going in the water to swim anyway, we just hung out in the knee slappers.

The hours went by quickly. Weather Boy made a friend and had fun swimming and torturing stink bugs. As we were walking to the car, Drewbie found Cali, a caterpillar. They brought him home and played with him until they lost him. That was OK because Weather Boy's Dad brought home some "sticker" bugs, as the boys call them, and they were happy as clams.

Here's a few pictures of our day. Gotta get to sleep - back to work tomorrow! Have a great week!

Horsing Around

2008-03-28T20:46:00.001-07:00

Two weekends ago we went to a unique birthday party. A boy at Drewbie's preschool invited him to a horse birthday party. It was especially unique since we are nothing more than city slickers in this house (and damn proud of it, too!). The ranch where they had the party was out in "booney land," which Weather Boy got a kick out of each time I said it.

The birthday boy's parents rented two horses and each child rode the horse around a large ring. Weather Boy went for it and had fun. Drewbie was a little more hesitant, and after see a few others go ahead of him, he went for it, too. We may have to go out there again with just our family.

It was a pretty close to perfect day. It had rained the night before and was a little cool, which was OK with me.

I think the pictures can speak for themselves.

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It's green in SoCal for a few weeks a year and this was one of them. If you click on the picture, you can see some purple and orange flowers in the bottom right hand corner of the picture. I was bummed we didn't have the other lense to get a closer shot.

We are off to two more birthday parties this weekend with an early morning t-ball game for Weather Boy. I hope you have a nice weekend!

Funny quote (at least to me) of the day

2008-03-26T08:45:00.001-07:00

On the drvie this morning, a cement truck pulls up next to us at a light. The truck has flames painted on the side.

Me: "Drewbie, look at that cool truck."
Drewbie: "It's a Hot Wheel truck."
Me: "Why do you think that?"
Drewbie: "Because it has fire painted on it."

Gotta love how impressionable we are to product branding, even at almost 4 years old!

Trip to the Wild Animal Park

2008-03-13T14:51:00.000-07:00

Three weekends ago, we went to the WAP. Weather Boy was suprised that SpongeBob was made of plastic.
There are some lion cubs that are causing quite a stir.
The male lion was sleeping close to the glass and so the boys measured their hand against his paw.

My little monkeys goofing around
Feeding the lorikeets. We couldn't give the stuff away to the birds - I guess they were full. We managed to get a couple to eat.

Cocoon for the Butterfly exhibit that opened Saturday.
Goofing around as usual.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Shutterfly Offer

2008-03-03T21:15:00.000-08:00

Had to share that Shutterfly is running a special offer until March 5th where you get a free 11x14 collage print for the cost of shipping and tax. I ordered one of some of the pictures in the below post for just $3.08. I picked the baseball theme. You can't pick the color of the background for the theme, but luckily, orange goes well with Dodger blue. :-) I think I'll send it to Uncle G-Money who was making fun of the little "Dodger" aspect of the team this weekend.

I'll post a review of the quality when I get it, which should be early next week.

Happy Spring!

2008-03-03T18:28:00.000-08:00

Spring has sprung here despite what the weather is like in other parts of this great country. Weather Boy had his opening weekend for t-ball, which included a parade of teams, pictures, and a huge jumpie obsticle course. Weather Boy's dad is the manager of the team and has been bogged down with a lot of administrative items as well as leading practices.

Their first game was this last weekend. Unfortunately, Weather Boy's dad couldn't attend due to a family event, and I forgot the camera. It was a pretty funny sight to see! Weather Boy made it to first on his first at bat, and when the next batter hit the ball, Weather Boy started running out to left field instead of second base. Oh well, there is just so much to remember for a little guy!

And yes, I realize that Weather Boy's team name is the archrivals of the Padres, but we still wholehardily cheer for them anyway. I do cringe a little when we are out and about and Weather Boy and Drewbie, the team mascot, want to wear their hats. It feels blasphamous for them to wear them, but we don't have a choice.
The picture where Weather Boy's dad is holding up his fingers, he's trying to entertain the boys while someone writes down their names in the order they appear. It worked!

Happy Monday!

Happy Friday!

2008-02-29T13:19:00.000-08:00

Thought you might need a good laugh. Combining my favorite TV shows - Lost, The Office and Conan. I like the Catch a Preditor part, too. Happy Friday!

Better Late than never...

2008-02-23T21:38:00.000-08:00

Happy Belated Valentines Day!

Serenity NOW!

2008-02-15T17:19:00.000-08:00

This episode makes me laugh. Click on the first one for a short montage and click on the second one for the full length episode.

Seinfeld - Serenity Now! | Funny Jokes at JibJab

First Lost Tooth

2008-02-02T14:35:00.000-08:00

Not only has Heath lost his first tooth a week ago, he lost his second tooth yesterday. Here's a layout I did for LOAD on the first tooth. I'll have to do another one shortly for the second one. Have a nice weekend!

Parodies

2008-01-25T10:27:00.000-08:00

Here's Cathy Z's parody of the now infamous Tom Crazy Cruise Scientology video. Check out Jerry O'Connell's version.

You should watch the Tom Cruise version first (or at least part of it) before watching Jerry or Cathy's so that it make sense. OR if your middle name is Crazy, too, just watch whatever the hell you want :-) Happy Friday!

LOADs and LOADs!

2008-01-24T10:21:00.000-08:00

Here are some recent layouts for the Layout a Day (LOAD) class I'm participating in at Big Picture Scrapbooking. Enjoy!

Dilbert

2008-01-22T11:56:00.001-08:00

Found this cool do-hickie on the Dilbert blog where you can view Dilbert comic strips. Pretty cool, huh? I have added it to my side bar so I can look at the comics, but feel free to enjoy also!

Happy Tuesday!

Happy MLK, Jr. Day!

2008-01-21T14:54:00.001-08:00

I'm not off work today, but still thinking about MLK Jr. and all he did. Needed to do a Google search today. Every holiday they change up their logo in honor of the holiday. They have an unexpected one up today that I like. Just in case you don't read this post today, here's the picture.

Happy Monday!

Edited to add: Google keeps a database of logo drawings from the past. It looks like it's for holidays and other days, too. Enjoy!

LOAD - Golf & Owl

2008-01-16T10:52:00.000-08:00

Still keeping up with LOAD. Here some from the last couple days. Happy Wednesday!

LOAD - Fall

2008-01-14T11:14:00.000-08:00

Still keeping up with the LOAD. I hope you had a nice weekend and have a great week!

More LOAD

2008-01-08T09:39:00.000-08:00

Here's the second page (see yesterday for first page). Click image to see larger version and to read journaling. Happy Tuesday!

LOAD

2008-01-07T12:07:00.000-08:00

Still keeping up with the Layout a Day (LOAD - see last post). Here's one from Drewbie's Nutcracker play. Journaling will be on page two, which I'll do tonight. Drewbie was having difficulty saying "Soldier" and instead was saying "Shoulder."

Happy Monday!

Layout a Day

2008-01-03T09:23:00.000-08:00

I am participating in a challenge to create one scrapbook layout a day for the month of January over at Big Picture Scrapbooking. The layouts I am creating aren't ever going to get published in a magazine, but they are going to make me happy! Here's the one for today. So far, I'm keeping up.

Happy Thursday to you!

Happy New Year!

2007-12-31T20:48:00.000-08:00

From a walk at the beach today. What a great way to end the year. Best to you!

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-24T14:04:00.000-08:00

From our Christmas card. Click on image to see larger version.

Happy Weekend!

2007-12-01T20:10:00.000-08:00

Some catch up business from previous post: Our house was fine during the fires here in SoCal, but they evacuated us anyway as a precaution. We were out of our house for 24 hours at Weather Boy's dad's brother's house (whew, lots of possessives there!) by the ocean, along with another 250,000 residents. There was a lot of smoke for more than a week after the inital day of fire.

They boys's schools were closed all week because so many factors were up in the air and we were bouncing off the walls here at home trying to entertain them. We are NEVER inside for very long as we like playing outside, so it was kinda tough. However, not as tough as our dear Larry Himmel had it. This is a heart breaking video, but even more so because he is such a likeable guy (at least that's what I get from his TV appearances).

On to lighter things: We had a Power Ranger Halloween. Everyone was fired up to collect candy and we got a lot!

Due to the fires, the annual Halloween festival was late, but still fun. They give away consolation prizes when you don't win at the various games, and Drewbie was engrossed with this toy ring.

We stopped by to visit Shamu, and I had to video my favorite part of the show. I laugh every time I watch Shamu drench people!

We went for a walk as a family in a local park. Within 10 minutes of being there, Weather Boy was looking up at the falling leaves and managed to fall into some cactus. He got spikes in both knees and one hand. Weather Boy's dad picked them all out. There was some minor swelling but after a slupee, he was willing to go back to the same park and walk. It managed to rain on us, but it was nice anyway.

Finally, we enjoyed rain here yesterday, and the boys had fun in it after school.

We are just about done putting up Christmas decorations, and it's only December 1st! I wish I was done with Christmas shopping! Still working on doing most online. Good luck to us all!

We are off tomorrow to the happiest place on earth. Have a great Sunday!