Friday, April 20, 2012

Easter Doggie…

No Easter rabbit at my parents house, but there was an Easter doggie, Kekoa came for Easter:

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Trick or Treat…hmm…wrong holiday:

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Hahhahahahha:

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Look at this guy!   Youngest guy at Easter and he has to take out Jack’s tricycle to walk the dog down the street:

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Easter Basketball…

Seems like a family game of HORSE is becoming a tradition at the family gatherings.  Unfortunately, I was out as the doc hasn’t cleared me to run, jump or even goof around shooting baskets.   Man, it totally sucks watching others play as I wanted to play HORSE.

Lucy gave it her best effort:

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Jack hung in there but was a little intimidated to play against the ‘adults’:

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Thomas was representing the over 40 club:

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It came down to our New Years Day Champion Scott…who nearly broke Jack’s basket hanging on the rim and Bryan.

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Bryan ended up being the HORSE champion:

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Easter Egg Hunt…

Not only did Harrison run the Easter Egg coloring event but he also set up the Easter Egg hunt for the kids:

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The competition is down to Lucy, Maggie, Jack, Aiden and Stacy:

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Stacy got the early head start and did better than Jack at that age:

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Jack and Aiden were the next to go:

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I don’t remember us getting dollar bills when we were that age.  I guess nowadays, you can’t buy candy for a quarter either:

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Lucy did quite well and gathered a lot of eggs:

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But Maggie was the big winner of the day:

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Easter Egg Coloring…

Harrison gathered up the kids and had them decorate the Easter Eggs this year:

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Stacy had a good time coloring and dipping all her eggs:

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I like eggs…I like hard boiled egg….I like egg salad sandwich's….I don’t know why but I don’t like eating colored Easter Eggs.  Sometimes the color bleeds thru and gets on the egg white and just grosses me out to see that on my eggs.  Sadly, we had to take home the eggs that Jack and Stacy colored.

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Easter…

Aya and Stacy went to the WLA Church Easter egg hunt.   Stacy warmed up at the park before the Easter Egg hunt started:

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And off they go:

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Stacy did pretty well out there on her own.

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She gathered up about 5 eggs in her big basket:

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We had asked Jack if he wanted to go but Jack said, “No, I have basketball practice on Saturday we have a tournament coming up so I better practice.”

Friday, April 13, 2012

Dawn’s Birthday Part 2…

Happy Birthday to Dawn…and this time I have a picture:

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Stacy didn’t like blowing out the candle on her birthday but she was much more comfortable blowing out the candle on Aunty Dawn’s birthday  (Uncle Bryan looks awesome….duh):

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Yay!  Happy Birthday!!

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Dawn’s Birthday Part 1…

Hahhahahaha, I was planning on having this entry for Dawn’s birthday when I realized there was no picture of Dawn from her bday dinner!    As you can see the apple does not fall far from the tree.  Stacy i s hungry and Aya is peering thru the door hoping people leave soon so we can eat at Sakura:

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Stacy is so hungry she is just slurping down her miso soup…you can’t even see her face:

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Happy Hour…

Interesting….I can’t remember where we went for Happy Hour last week:

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It has nothing to do with this picture as Jenny was the only one who really ‘boozed’ it up.  Crap…maybe it is old age.  In any case, I must be a glutton for punishment because I went out with the birthday people…this time together:

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Why, I had to go to separate dinners with them and them see them AGAIN is beyond me…I must be a GREAT friend:

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In any case, good times were had:

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Jenny’s Birthday…

Happy Birthday to one of the all time pain’s of my life…Jenny:
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Did you know that Jenny is going to take Saori and Aya to Paris in May?   Not Saori and her spouse or Aya and me with Jenny to Paris…just Saori and Aya.  This marks the second ‘free’ trip Aya has gotten this year and the second time Aya has gone to Paris without me.  Sure glad I got that passport…with ZERO stamps in it.  I didn’t even get a stamp in Toronto coming back from our Alaskan cruise when the cruise docked in Canada.

In any case, Ron, Jeff and I celebrated Jenny’s 41st birthday at the Six:
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Monday, April 09, 2012

Oscar’s Birthday…

Since my surgery, I have stopped going out because:

1.  I have PT three times a week after work.

2.  I can’t be standing or sitting for that long and after 8 hours at work I need to elevate and ice it.

3.  My knee has been swollen so I am not that mobile to walk around very far.

 

The past 2 weeks I have been feeling better, so it was back to going out….EVERY night last week starting with Oscar’s birthday:

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My second favorite Mexi-Can’t (Yes, Mark, you are still my first favorite Mexi-Can’t).

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Friday, April 06, 2012

ACL–Week 8

Finally…a good day.  It only took 8 weeks but my Therapist finally said my knee is starting to look better.  Apparently this is the “best” it has ever been and hopefully the range of motion and swelling stays down.

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I still have to concentrate to walk without a limp but I am starting to do more ‘normal’ things around the house.   My surgeon is away at spring training now, so he cancelled my 2 month checkup and he is so busy that I can’t get a visit until the 3 month checkup so hopefully all goes well the next month.

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Faces…

Stacy loves to copy us and make faces.  Here she is copying Aya looking at the menu:

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This is Jack’s standard goofy pose:

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OOO-HHHHH:

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Mad Face:

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Mouth Closed:

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Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Nails…

Aya painted Stacy’s nails for the first time:

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So girlie:

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Pretty in pink!

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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Lakers…

As a reward for a good report card, Aya took Jack to the Laker game last week:
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Once again, Jack lucks out and gets to see the game with good seats in the 8th row:
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You would think a simple point and shoot camera would be a no brainer for Aya but here are the pics from the game:
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Too bad the Lakers lost to the Grizzlies:
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Monday, April 02, 2012

Swim Class–Week 5

Another good week of swim class for Jack and Stacy.  Stacy was all smiles this week:

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Stacy was definitely more comfortable with the teacher and in the water:

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Stacy was having fun in her lesson.  She was able to float by herself.   She wasn’t scared putting her head under water.  Stacy’s best week yet!

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