SOLSTICE CANYON MALIBU

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN ON THIS HIKE!! IT WAS 3 MILES ROUND TRIP. NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL! IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GET OUT AND SEE WHAT GOD HAS CREATED! THE BOYS ALL MADE IT- SEBASTIAN MADE IT TO THE WATERFALL WHICH WAS OUR DESTINATION AND MOST OF THE WAY BACK. LONG WAY FOR SUCH A LITTLE DUDE!!

GETTING READY FOR THE TREACHEROUS HIKE :o)

BEAUTIFUL OAK TREE

WE LOVE THE COMMENTS WE GET- "HMMMM- ALL BOYS" "YOU GOING FOR THE GIRL" "SORRY" "HOW FUN" "YOUR HOUSE MUST BE TORE UP" AND SOMETIMES THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY


LOVE THESE BOYS! THEY ARE TROOPERS!


HOUSE THAT BURNED IN THE FIRE A FEW YEARS BACK



THE BOYS HAD SO MUCH FUN FROG HUNTING! THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM!!

Road Trip

Last weekend we went to AZ with Daryl's sister, Rachel, her husband Carlos and kids. It was so much fun!! We saw so much of this beautiful country!!

Natural History Museum

A nice indoor activity on such a rainy start to the day. Fortunately the weather cooperated while we were out and about. The kids had a blast at the Museum.

Would you expect anything less from these monkeys!!

CHINESE NEW YEAR Jan 30

We went downtown last weekend hoping to catch the Chinese New Year Parade but we were a day late but we still had a good time walking around. They did have a nice performance of Chinese acrobats but unfortunately Daryl dropped the camera and it broke right before the festivities so those memories live on in our memories.


Sebastian is doing his part to keep the streets clean!

Rubbing the Buddha Belly for good luck

Luke is soundly sleeping- I thought for a moment to get him out but then came to my senses and decided to let the sleeping baby sleep!

This was some delicious food!

We ventured to the Watts Towers Saturday. An Italian immigrant built the Towers because he wanted to do something BIG, something great with his life. Over the course of 33 years the towers were erected. Click on the first pic to read some interesting facts about the tower.

He lived right on the property where he built.



One of the towers had scaffolding around it so the tour wasn't has complete. The Watts Towers became a tourist attraction after an attempt to pull them down with a crane failed and actually resulted in the wire snapping.


A trip to Watts would not be complete without a picture of at least one of our kids in front of a gangsta ride!!

LUKE LELAND

After a long, emotional labor our little guy arrived. We arrived at the hospital at around 5 at only 2cm. Progress was slow even with a little potocin to speed things along.At 1am the pushing began and after 45 minutes, the baby was in distress so he was delivered by csection.The placenta had started to separate from the uterus.We are so grateful that we have such a handsome healthy boy in our famliy. We are especially grateful for modern medicine and the wonderful nurses and doctors who do their jobs so well and helped me not totally lose it with their reassuring encouragement. I especially love my husband for always keeping such a level head and just loving me through it all!!
Bouncin' baby boy! 8 lbs 11.6 ozs 19.5 inches long


Auntie Tash has been at all the boys' births! I love her and am so lucky to have a friend as wonderful as her!!

Proud Nona and Tata

Hanging with his cousins!!


My cute family!!

It just wouldn't be right not to have this picture!!

Happy New Year

We made it to look at the Rose Parade floats. They really are amazing. And if anyone remembers the story of losing Synjin last time we went, we have no such stories this time... thank goodness!!




What do you think? Modeled after Synjie!!




Oh the convenience!!