Category Archives: Family

Sparty & Ron paid a short visit Sunday

But Sparty wasn’t going to smile.

Meanwhile, south bound, Alo took a moment to give his best friend Ernie a kiss.

I’m getting excited!! They’ll be here today! Yippee!!

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Robb Akuch & Alo are Southbound!

And sending photos along the way.

The ones above are from the Monterrey Aquarium.

On the home front, I finalized my airline ticket purchase yesterday. There’s no turning back now. Pune, here I come! I selected a flight with the least stops and shortest travel time – 1 stop (Dubai); 21 hours total travel. I’ve been in touch with some friends I met in 2013 who I’ll be hooking up with during my time there – 1 from Australia (Jill, who will be staying in the same flat); Aubrey from the UK, staying in the same building and Kathleen from Milwaukee, staying in the same flat with Aubrey. They all made appearances in my Blog in 2013, and you will be seeing them again during this trip.

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Winter Blooms & Sparty walks!

Ron took this short footage yesterday of Sparty walking. The music in the background is perfect for the event!

Such a cutie!

We have some beautiful orchids in winter bloom. I took these photos this morning.

Ho hum … another beautiful sunny San Diego winter Santa Ana. Now if we could just find a good water source …

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The weekend – a sleepover

We had Maya from 3pm Saturday to Monday morning. A lot of playing went on.

And downright cuteness!

Some spaghetti & meatballs & Caesar salad.

And bath time fun.

Hair brushing – it took me about 20 minutes to brush her hair out, but she was very patient & sat still for me the whole time.

This was the pretty hairdo Sunday morning.

And then shortly after lunch (with a tangerine smile) …

Hey!! What happened to that pretty hairdo???

Sparty arrived after breakfast on Sunday, and then early afternoon both Maya and Sparty found a good spot to rest!

And then more playtime.

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What’s going on in the Bay Area?

It looks cold.

& rainy.

So why not eat ribs??

Ron & Jen left for Steamboat Springs this morning, Grandma returns from her trip Tuesday, Robb & Akuch & Alo head down for a visit in a little over a week!

Meanwhile, we’re looking forward to spending some time with Maya & Sparty this weekend.

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Maya at Disney on Ice

Last Sunday while we watched Sparty, Maya went to Disney on Ice. I hear she loved it!

Of course, she had to finish her job before she went.

Afterwards a little shopping spree in her Minnie Mouse dress …

& here’s Sparty. I have no idea where this is, but my guess is the library. I think he’s going to take after his daddy & become class clown :-/

A busy day at work for me with lots to do & 5 days in a row off to follow. Monday is Jeff McFaddin’s memorial service, which we’re planning on attending.

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Maya

Thursday I had a little one-on-one with Maya. Above she is paying close attention in gymnastics to the instructions and demonstration of what she was supposed to do next.

After gymnastics, all ready to go, but needed to put on a little (ok, make that a lot of) lip gloss.

And then I took her to McDonald’s for lunch. Her lunch pretty much consisted of sucking ketchup off French fries and sipping apple juice. Oh & about 2 tiny bites of her cheeseburger.