4th of July

Last year on the 4th of July we had a seven day old baby, so we weren't able to do a whole lot in terms of celebrating. This year we made up for though, spending the whole day outside...

We kicked it off with a little swimming in Kailer's new little pool. It was kind of like a cold jacuzzi and Kali loved it.

After the pool, ten of us played a little volleyball, which I don't have photos of. I do, however, have a photo of Kali acting as the volleyball.

After the pool we all went to the beach to watch the fireworks shoot off the pier. No, I don't know why Aaron is sitting by himself with a pink blanky on his lap.

I took this photo right when the fireworks started.

And this was her about 6 minutes into the show.

Kali Turned 1

She turned 1 last week!

The theme? Lakers

Her favorite gift? The Big Mac that my brother bought and wrapped for her.

By the end she was so happy, she did a little dance.

The Ball

Saturday night we went to Dodger's stadium to see them take on the Mariners. We sat in the outfield pavilion where they serve all-you-can-eat Dodger food, and where it's convenient for my brothers to harass the outfielders. The best part was when Aaron's all time favorite player, Ken Griffey Jr., hit his 620th home run right at us. Literally... right at us. It even hit me in the leg.

From right to left: Tasha, Maurice, Aaron, Me, Katie, Kai, and Erik

This is the shot from Sport's Center, where you can't even see me because I was ducking for my life and everyone else was jumping on top of us.

After the ball slipped through a few people's fingers, hit me in the leg, and landed on the ground, Aaron swiped it and has been a happy boy since.

- He said it was like Christmas.

Dallas

Here's a few pictures of our weekend in Dallas. We flew there for Aaron's sister Shelli's wedding, which was beautiful. By the way, we love her new husband Joey and are so glad he is now part of the fam.

When we weren't in wedding clothes, we were surviving the heat in the swimming pool.
Here's Kali catching the football

She prefers to have the pool to herself.

Santa Monica

Last week Aaron had the day off, so we took the muffin to the Santa Monica Pier. I had never been on the big ferris wheel there, so we went on it and Kali LOVED it.

Happy girl

Sitting in the gondola high in the sky

Peeking over the edge at the ocean

YES!

Sweet Victory

Spotlight on Krinny Pie

Today is my little (6'4") brother Krin's 16th birthday and I thought I would celebrate it by blogging some pictures of his newly brace-free teeth.

Last weekend some of the family went to Bella Terra to witness Krin's jazz band play a few sets. Krin was a master on the tenor saxophone.

This is Krin rockin out

I left them with my camera for 30 seconds and this is what I got.

We love you Krinny... happy birthday!!