Long Beach Grand Prix

We were lucky to be given tickets to the Long Beach Grand Prix again this year from one of Mike's suppliers Tecate and once again, it was a super fun Saturday afternoon! We enjoyed some lunch, drinks and goodies at the Tecate hospitality tent and headed over to our seats in the stands to take in some of the racing. It was hot, loud, and crowded but we tried to keep our ear plugs in and had fun just taking it all in and watching the zooming cars.

After being in the hot sun for awhile, we found refuge in the cool arena where the "Kid Zone" was. Maddie remembered this part of the event from last year and couldn't wait to purchase tickets to jump in the bouncers. This year, they had an enormous rock climbing wall for kids that was actually free. Maddie was all over it. She is SUCH a great climber. It was amazing. She climbed all the way to the top. I couldn't believe it. She was such a pro thanks to Indian Princess and maybe Pump-it-up birthday party practice. Fun, fun.

Dad's Birthday

Mikos turned 38 on Sunday, April 10. We celebrated at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It was a beautiful day. Grandpa BBQ'd the most delicious ribs, Grandma made potato salad, I made one of my special salads and Sonja made the birthday cake!!
I bought Dad an ice cream cake too (as seen above) not knowing Sonja was baking one of her specialties. I wish I would have taken a picture of the cake she baked him. It was so pretty- chocolate with raspberries on top- and it was one of the yummiest cakes ever.

Hello again!

I don't know what the deal is this year but I am having a hard time keeping up with my blogging. I'm not off to a very good start but it's only the end of April so I think I have plenty of time to catch up and make up! SO, here goes.

We signed William up for a five week basketball clinic... a few weeks back... and he LOVES it! It's Saturday mornings from 9-10 at the community center right down the street. These are pics of his first day. He was so excited. Mike had gotten him a Lakers jersey and Kobe Nike's for his birthday so he could not wait to get geared up and play!
Of course after his first day, Dad and Wil were off to Dicks to get a new, bigger basketball hoop for practice at home. The Little Tykes hoop just won't cut it anymore. It's the cutest thing to hear Wil out in the garage shooting hoops by himself and narrating who is winning and losing.

First Swim

We spent last weekend in Phoenix and although we were there for Myra's Memorial, we had a nice family weekend. Mikos had been in Texas all week for work so it was great to see him when he flew in to meet us Friday. The kids loved staying in the hotel and getting their first swim in of the year. We spent all day Friday afternoon swimming. The sun was shining and it felt wonderful to just relax by the pool.

Fat Tuesday

This is a bit out of order but I just uploaded my photos from my new iphone Mikos got me for Valentine's Day! The kids and I went to the Pancake dinner and races at church on Fat Tuesday. Mikos was out of town for work. The kids loved the races and face painting. Maddie and Miss Minnie, the Childrens Ministry Coordinator at our church.

Super Dad

Mike pulled a bit of a super dad this week. He was in Las Vegas all week for the Heineken convention (I know, boo-hoo), flew in Friday early afternoon and headed straight into an all-nighter, lock-in at the Science Museum with Maddie and their Indian Princess tribe. A night on an air mattress after a week in Vegas does not do a father good the next morning (believe me, I paid the price on Saturday) but Maddie was so looking forward to the event and had so much fun! She will remember these times with her Dad forever. I am sure of it and that is so cool.

Fun, fun!

Oh where oh where has March gone? I guess the pattern is settling in that I take a bit of a blog hiatus about this time of year. Not sure why. Maybe overload from Christmas and kids birthdays? Or maybe life just gets busy and I feel like it. :)

We had such fun babysitting baby Lucas last Thursday night. Sonja and Russell went to see "Wicked" and we got to play with the little man all evening long. It was such fun. Maddie and William LOVED having him over and I did too. Mike was out of town so I was flying solo and man, did those kiddos have me on my toes all night! Busy, busy. Fun, fun.