Pool...

While some people have to deal with cold temperatures it was in the 80's in So. Cal a week ago.  We decided to go to the pool.  I just got a new under water camera case and I wanted to test it out:

It was hard to see the LED screen under water in the pool so I basically have to point and shoot and hope for the best:

Not too bad.  This will definitely come in handy for the summer!

Venice Pirates...

Jack's CBO season is done and we came in 5th place out of 11 teams.  Not quite the season I was hoping for but when I think about it, we had a very good season.   We needed to win the last game of the season to have a chance of entering the Megalopolis tournament.  Unfortunately, we just couldn't pull it out:

We were down 2 at the half but you can't teach height and the other team was able to get some easy baskets in the second half to increase their lead.  We fought back and caught up:

But couldn't pull it out in the end:

The top 3 teams in the league are way better than us.  Tall, talent, smaller roster.  The 4th best team has the giant on it and then there is us.   We are a great silver division team but we are a terrible gold team.  Hopefully one of our kids will grow over the summer so we can compete next year!

Cayden's Birthday...

We celebrated Cayden's first birthday:

Now, we have been to LOTS and LOTS of kids parties but this party had the best balloon maker I have ever seen.  She knew how to make lots of balloon art and she was quick. A tiara for princess Stacy:

Minnie Mouse for Aunty Paul and Elsa for Stacy:

First tooth...

We noticed a week or so ago that Stacy was getting another tooth growing in.  I guess it is called "sharks teeth" when you can see the permanent tooth growing in before the baby tooth falls out:

Well, I guess when your permanent tooth is growing in it is just a matter of time before the baby tooth falls out:

The tooth fairy came and gave Stacy $5 for her first missing tooth!

Happy Birthday...

We celebrated Aya's birthday this weekend!  The big 4-0 for Aya.  Flowers from her brother:

Dinner at Sakura and then cake at Grandpa and Grandma's house:

Happy Birthday!

Playdate...

This will be Stacy's final year of preschool.  Aya and I are kind of worried that Stacy will be really bored in Kindergarten.  She is doing addition, subtraction, reading comprehension and writing.  Her school work is so neat.  Before school is out, Stacy is having fun playing with her best friend Sadie:

Lunch at Islands:

Artwork at Color Me Mine:

Playing Princesses at home (I am thinking Stacy will be Snow White for Halloween):

Grandma's Birthday...

We celebrated Grandma's 67th birthday at ROC.  It was kind of a fancy dim sum place, but rather trek out to the eastside this place was on the westside.  Grandma and Grandpa looking 'happy' to be here:

I gotta say it was pretty good.  It was my first time having the soup dumplings:

Happy Birthday!

Frozen...

After our family dinner my brother in-law gives us Stacy's birthday present.  Seems innocent enough:

But this is how I know my brother in-law hates me...a Frozen karaoke machine:

This is what I have to endure:

More Birthday...

On to the next celebration as we celebrated Stacy's birthday with Aya's side of the family:

I have a Dream

I am not sure this is what Martin Luther King had in mind when he gave his, "I have a Dream" Speech but Stacy did some MLK school work:

Stacy's dream "was":

I had to fulfill her dream so Stacy helped me wash cars:

Check another item off Stacy's bucket list!

Stacy Birthday Cake...

Stacy was not satisfied with just ice cream from the restaurant for her birthday, we had to go to Grandpa and Grandma's for more cake and ice cream!

We took 5 'normal' family shots and only one came out okay but we took 5 goofy ones and all of those came out fine!

Stacy's 5th Birthday...

We started Stacy's birthday with a family dinner at Sakura:

Grandpa, Grandma & Jack:

Uncle Bryan and Aunty Dawn:

 Little T-Sizzle:

Happy Birthday!

Pre Birthday...

To get us into the 'spirit' for Stacy's birthday, we got her birthday celebration started a little early with lunch from In-N-Out:

Followed by a giant Frozen balloon for her room:

Jack versus the Giant...

Our CBO season is going so-so.  I actually think despite our rankings we are playing pretty well.  In our division we have 3 power house teams that are head and shoulders above the rest.  Another team has a lot of height and then there is us.

We played this WLA team and they have a ginormous kid on their team that I made Jack guard:

Jack tried to do his best and body him up in the post and dislodge him but this kid was a beast:

Even on defense, he always had a hand in our face:

 We played well the first half but just ran out of gas the second half.  It didn't help that we had 4 starters out with the flu.  Still not 100% sure this kid is in the 3rd grade!

Yoshioka Cup...

The 3rd Annual Yoshioka Cup is in the books and the new champion is...drum roll....Tom Yosh!

No big surprise in our winner this year as the two best teams in the league battled it out in the Yoshioka Cup super bowl, Shaka's (Grandpa) and Tom Yosh:

Tom receiving the Yoshioka Cup from last year's champion team, Aya:

Yoshioka Cup Champions:

2014 - Tom Yosh
2013 - Aya-Baya-Bo-Biya
2012 - Shaka's