Tuesday, September 29, 2009

our lil' santa cruz roadtrip!

at the end of August, we roadtripped it up to santa cruz for some quality aunt kendra & uncle jim time, a little camping, an afternoon with aunt erika & darek and the monterey bay aquarium!

ok, a bit stir-crazy after a looonnnnnnng afternoon of driving.
almost home!!!



lovin' the aquarium!
(especially "nemo"!)

aunt kendra giving some tlc and first aid after
gav and hana's (kendra's kitty-cat)"exchange"...

:) good times...

on the steam engine...
choooo choooo!

g'mornin campers!



helping dad...

heading over to the beach...
across the street from kendra's house!

"big trip in the truck"!
(the quote of the day)

Thursday, August 27, 2009

....and they're off!

for our friend Brian's birthday,
we spent the day at the Del mar race track...

Teresa and Mari had an educational car-ride with a 2-year old...
glad to have finally made it to the track!


looking for horsies! (or "neighs" as Gav says)

aha! we finally found the walking circle...
Gav is happily greeting each horse!

party party party!
(Brian, the b-day boy is back, left)

taking a break...

on the ride home...
apparently Cheez-its are a toy AND a snack!

rockin' out!
boom-boom pow dancing with Mari and Teresa

the back seat crew...
definitely a better ride on the way home!

Tres Generaciones: boys weekend in Florida!

Mark, Grandpa Marvin and Gav took a guys trip to
Florida recently to visit Great-Uncle Dan!

en route to florida!

cozy flight...


winding down and getting close to bedtime???


eating on the road....

grandma jojo's birthday....

for grandma jojo's birthday, AE (aunt erika) came down to help us celebrate... it was a fun mellow weekend... the beachclub, the park, yummy bbq in the backyard and good times!

AE, gav and karson read before bedtime...



gav really loves the happy birthday part!



happy happy grandma doh-doh!


potty time! every now and then.... just practicing.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Friday, July 17, 2009

sum-sum-summahtime!

ahhh where to start? so many memorable moments...

hanging at the beach...


life is good!!!!
(after about 20 applications of sunblock!)


taking a break from the heat!


checking out the scene at the park...


mama, i hide!
yep, more hiding! this hide-and-seek took place
when mark and gav came to visit me at work...
gav thought it was super fun to hide in all
of the rounders in employee purchase...

just taking a moment to stop and smell the flowers...
(which now happens with every flower we see...)


once again, sheer bliss!


showing how he can kick, kick, kick!!!


gathering water balloons with sophie
at kian's birthday party!



yummm!!!
ice cream sundaes!!!
all is GOOD!

...until the brain freeze!
poor guy. first time for everything!!!


..."i daddy"...


getting ready to cruise the cul-de-sac!


a new friend?
(if you look closely, you can see the caterpillar on his right knee)


4th of july...
ok, i was a bad mamarazzi...
for some reason, i didn't have my camera for most of that day.
the pix that i did take weren't all that worthy!
here is a shot of gav enjoying the bubbles at our friend brian's casa...

Sunday, July 05, 2009

catching up on june!

gav and sophie after many hugs!

daddy's day! 
father's day at the aquarium of the pacific!

playing with the starfish

gav had a blast!!!! loved the fishhhhhhies!

bonfire at the beach!
wahoooooo! having a blast with our pals
the rogers and the van dorps!


ahhhh... life is perfect....


hmmm.... ponder ponder....
what is going through that head?



puddle-jumpin!
such little boys..

getting some cool lessons from kristie!
(kian's mommy)

the night is drawing to a close...
going in for a kiss on keilani!

ohhhh sleepy guy.
one too many s'mores!

on a sunny sunday afternoon 
at the Van Dorp's casa....
Lakers Game 5 !
(post-jacuzzi!)

building tracks in the dirt...
does it get any better?


i guess it was bound to happen...
a doggie incident!
gav got in the middle of some speed racer doggies! 
(between mack (our newfie) and roxie (golden retriever 
from next door...) all was fine, just a big bonk on the head, 
tears and a little scratch. (nothing that yummy apples don't fix!)