Big Bear Part 9...

We had so many hole in ones that Grandpa and Grandma wanted to get in on the action so we went miniature golfing again!  We crushed it again as there were hole in ones to be found!

Big Bear Part 8...

Today was going to be our day!  We are ready to catch some fish!!

Or are we???

Sadly, we did not.  Two days in row not even ONE bite!  I mean it is one thing to go fishing and miss a few opportunities but not even a nibble...ugh.

Grandpa & Jack:

The Eberly's in action....sleep mode.

Big Bear Part 7....

Rough day on the lake for the twenty-something year old:

Stacy and Jack on the swing:

Stacy and I missed the sunset the first day but we were sure to catch it the second night!

Playing Clue...man I suck at Clue.   Once I get about 75%, I just make an educated guess...sadly I was wrong every time!

Big Bear Part 6...

Time goes by so quick.  I remember when I had to help Jack swing the mini-golf club like the way I help Stacy swing the club.  Now, Jack wants to do everything himself...even if he is frustrated when he loses.

Jack wasn't doing well and was a little upset that Stacy had a better score than him.  Jack was lining up to putt his ball and he whacked it.  The ball went off the course, ricocheted and well....you can watch for yourself:

Big Bear Part 5...

We might not have caught any fish but we got a whole bunch of hole in ones!!   After fishing we went to play some miniature golf and lo and behold we had lots of skill at sinking putts!!

Uncle Bryan was the first one to get a hole in one:

Jack got in on the action:

Oh hell no...Aya got a hole in one!

Even Stacy knocked one in!!

Talk about pressure...thank goodness I got a hole in one as well!!

Big Bear Part 4...

When I was younger I used to see those bumper stickers that said, "A bad day fishing is still better than being at work."  I used to think what a dumb sticker...no one wants a bad day fishing.  Now that I am older, I totally get it.  Sure I would have loved to catch some fish but it sure was nice being out in the sun, on the lake with family!

We might not have caught any fish but we pulled up anchor early and let Jack drive the pontoon around:

Aya and Stacy:

Rare, family photo where I am actually in the picture!

Shut out on day one but hopefully tomorrow will be the day!!

Big Bear Part 3...

Here fishy-fishy-fishy!

Uncle Bryan wasn't napping but he was playing Clash of Clans while fishing!!

Only so much patience before Jack got bored and took a nap:

Stacy was lounging as well:

Can you believe it?  Not one bite!  No one!  We had 8 poles in the water and not even a nibble!  At least Stacy put our net to some use!

Big Bear Part 2...

We were up nice and early and ready to catch a lot of fish:

Toshi was all squished wearing his life vest:

 Grandma and Jack:

Grandpa and Bryan:

 The King and Queen of fishing:

Big Bear Part 1...

Our end of summer annual family trip to Big Bear!   We tried something new this year, as the usual house we rent is no longer available as a rental we decided to try something different and go closer to the lake.

The house had a swing on the patio:

Toshi didn't have a lot of things to do but he was a trooper as usual:

Stacy wanted to see the sunset in Big Bear:

We stayed in Boulder Bay:

Uncle Bryan napping as usual...how is it the youngest adult is always so tired??

Jake and Sophia...

One of our friends work for Disney and invited us to a VIP event to meet Jake and Sophia.  Stacy loves to watch both shows so it was a great meet and greet event.

They had lots of little activities for kids to do that involved the "power of being good":

I know how ironic that Stacy promises to care for people and animals when I hate people and animals!

A nice summer treat for the kids:

Summer time with Stacy...

I took off a few weeks between jobs and I got to spend the summer with the kids.   Aya kept telling me to relax and just rest but I signed up to carpool the kids around to summer camps and I just wanted to watch them enjoy the summer.

I will admit it is a little boring just hanging out at the park watching the kids play, but I really enjoyed it.  I would much rather be outside in the sun, watching the kids have fun then to be working and thinking about all the fun the kids are having!

Being a stay at home parent definitely is not easy but I love doing it.  If I could I would do it in a heart beat!

Football Part 2...

The coach gave kids nicknames at Summer Camp.  I was hoping Jack would get a cool nickname, like his friends...Mini Black Mamba or Mr. Efficiency.  Jack was happy because coach gave him not one but TWO nicknames....Couch Potato or Butterfingers.

Luckily Jack thinks they are cool names so he was fine with it.  Despite the nicknames and dropped balls Jack did well at football camp this year scoring a few touchdowns:

Football Part 1...

Where to start??   Lots to catch up on.   During the summer Jack was busy with summer camps and sports camp.  Jack signed up for flag football again.  Luckily I was off from work during this time so I could watch and take pictures.

The first day of camp when I picked Jack up the coach told me that Jack caught the most balls in camp.  Keep in mind, this is the same coach from prior camps where Jack hardly catches any balls!  I just thought the coach was being nice but I had to take a few other boys home and I asked them how Jack did at camp and they both confirmed that Jack was the best football catcher of the day!

A couple of pictures of Jack in action:

I am back!!

I am back!!!   I took a brief summer hiatus from the blog.  Aya and I started binge watching the tv series Breaking Bad.  Normally binge watching would occur for a few days but Aya and I had 5 season of Breaking Bad to watch and with kids it doesn't leave us a lot of free time so we would watch 2-3 episodes a night for the last month.

So, the time I would spend to process the pictures and write up the blog was taken away by television.  To make matters worse the fall tv schedule started so we had even more tv to watch!

Did I mention, Aya and I both started new jobs are well?   I started at Herbalife a month or so ago and after 14 years, Aya quit her job in Pasadena and started a new job close to home a few weeks ago.

With all the new changes going on, I just didn't have time to update the blog but it looks like I am back and ready to get started again!