Big News...

The real big news has been that we MOVED!!  Yes, we bought our first home in July.  30 day escrow and got the keys to the new house the end of July.

This is the day we got the keys to the house:

We moved into the house 2 weeks later and it took us another 2 weeks to unpack.  We are finally settling into our new 'home'.

No Training Wheels...

First it was losing her front teeth, then it was a new school and now it is riding a bike for the first time!!

Grandpa has been running up and down the block teaching Stacy how to ride a bike:

Riding like a champ!!

It's amazing to watch Stacy grow up so quick and be so independent.  She learns so much faster than Jack.

Toothless....

What happened to my baby girl???  Stacy lost her front tooth and now she looks 'older' with her missing front tooth:

A few days later her OTHER front tooth fell out.  It should make for an interesting Kindergarten class photo:

4th Grade..

Normally, Jack has all the really OLD teachers but this year he has one of the younger/new teachers.  Hopefully the new teacher makes it fun and exciting in the classroom for the kids this year:

Although I am just happy both kids are in a FREE public school!!

Kindergarten...

The weekend before school started we went to school to find out Stacy's teacher:

Stacy is usually great with school but initially she is a little anxious and gets sad and cries.  This year she had a few tears but she did well:

Stacy was on the verge of tears so Aya and I just up and left.  So far so good.  Stacy is making new friends every day:

1st Day...

First day of the school and for the first time, both kids are at the same school!!  Aya and I went to work late so we could take them to school on their first day:

Happy campers...Jack going into 4th Grade and Stacy going into Kindergarten:

Maybe the last picture Jack lets us take of him at school.  I bet soon he won't want us to walk with him on his first day:

Westside Hoops...

To get ready for basketball season Stacy took her first basketball clinic at Westside Hoops:

Stacy listens so much better than Jack did at that age and that translates into her doing a better job in the drills:

 She looks good on defense:

Dribbling drill:

Even trying to dribbling sitting down:

Grandpa's Birthday...

Whoops...I think I was doing all the spring break posts in June that I forgot to post Grandpa's birthday.   We had our usual sushi dinner and then cake at home:

Happy Birthday!!

Pre-School Graduation...

We celebrated Stacy graduating preschool and moving on to Kindergarten in the fall!!

We hope Stacy is not totally bored in Kindergarten.  She was doing 1st-2nd grade level work in preschool.

We had a celebration dinner at Ruth Chris in Marina Del Rey:

Dodgers Part 2...

The Dodgers won 4-3 and after the game we stayed to run around the bases:

Jack trying to jump over the wall to make a catch:

Jack rounding 3rd base:

Long day at the stadium:

Dodgers Part 1...

I took Jack and his friends to see the Dodgers against the Brewers:

The boys were able to hang out and talk during the game:

Mostly, they talked about what they wanted to eat and what inning they were going to get each snack!

Tot Lot...

After the pool, we headed over to the tot lot for some fun on the slides.  First, Stacy climbed to the top of the rocket:

Slide time!

If cousin Jack and Stacy can go down the slide then it must be okay for Toshi to do the same thing!

Jack and Toshi going down the slide together:

Pool...

Hanging out with Toshi at the pool:

I think Toshi likes the water but just like Jack at that age he didn't want to be in the water long...especially when he saw our small 'tot lot' park next to the pool:

Stacy and her cannonball!!!

DMI Tournament Game 3...

Even though we lost the first game we still have a chance for the championship game if we beat the Jets Kao's.  We just beat them the week before so I liked our chances.

Unfortunately, Kaos was hungry for the win and took it to us and we couldn't get anything going. They made a lot of jumpers and we missed a lot of jumpers.

We lost 33-16.   So close I could taste back-to-back championships on consecutive weekends.  Ugh.  It bothered me all day long.

Still the boys played hard and this was a good tournament for cancer research.

DMI Tournament Game 2...

The second game of the tournament was against WLA Renegades.  They used to be really tough for us but lately we have played them pretty close.

Jack played really well in the first and second game:

He stayed aggressive, played good defensive and made some buckets:

We won 30-23.