Above – the new kids table with Maya and Sparty after gymnastics. They were used up!
Below – a little rain and some big boots.
All tuckered out.
There’s nothing more cute than rain boots with a leotard!
But really, there’s nothing better than new rain boots!
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Above – I love this photo of Ron and kids last month paddle boarding in Mission Bay.
This video will give you an idea how much these two love the water.
Showing some of my students how easy it is to take a timed selfie.
Backbend in the chair (aka Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana).
Siblings.
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Above – Selfie withh KJ just before she flew the coop yesterday morning.
KJ, my good friend since 7th grade, paid us a very pleasant visit from New Zealand.
She was here for a little over two weeks, and when she wasn’t off visiting family and her close friend, Connie, we had a really good time getting to know each other a little better and, as she said, she made a new friend (Bruce!).
A trip to Rancho’s in the golf cart…
Dinner on the deck. KJ’s new friend took the picture.
We met up for dinner in Mission Bay with another Jr high friend, Penny (Keenam), who traveled from Alabama to meet up with KJ.
With our waiter …
& enjoying a beautiful sunset!
KJ likes her sweets … This was some sort of German chocolate cake on chopsticks. Yes, I had some too.
Watching the sunset in OB.
KJ’s youngest son, Jamie, flew out from Chicago for a few days and had dinner with us Saturday night. Ron stopped by later – a perfect photo opportunity!
Beautiful!
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Above – After the performance, Maya with her medal and flowers.
Waiting for group photos which takes quite a long time getting all these gymnasts ready.
Unfortunately, Sony restrictions on posting videos without permission prevented me from uploading this video with background music. With the help of GarageBand I removed the audio. It’s still pretty darn cute. Here she is, our little gymnast:
https://youtu.be/dN-yi7pEnsA
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Above & below – More birthday for Alo?
Robb sent these photos of adventures last weekend – a belated birthday train ride to Sacramento and train museum. 
A hike through purisima redwoods.
There’s nothing better than bugs … Banana slugs!
Here are a few interesting tidbits I found about the banana slug:
Pony rides!!
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Above – Go ahead and help yourself.
Below – Alo’s completed school project. I’m guessing it has something to do with his favorite things.
Yesterday marked our first “all-dayer” with Sparty. We collected the curly headed critter at 8am.
We got home and made the transition to Willy Nelson.
The braids were a cute idea while his hair was wet but as soon as it dried even the braids curled up. I guess you can’t trick a braid …
He passed out in the car on the way home from gymnastics but not before insisting we take turns singing lullabies. I couldn’t figure out how it was going to work, getting him to fall asleep to his own lullaby, but finally after taking the long route home I won the battle and his heavy eyelids closed for good. Here he is out for the count after I carried him from the car to the sofa bed upstairs.
After waking up and switching to the man bun. These are Maya’s sunglasses (she was at jiu jitsu).
I took more videos of both of them at gymnastics I’ll upload to YouTube and post sometime.
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Above – Bruce Ron Maya Sparty Me & KJ (a friend of mine since jr high school) just in time for the sunset. KJ’s staying with us (from NZ) until next Sunday.
Sparty sporting Maya’s goggles.
Cuddles after swimming.
Sunset.
“Daddy, let me fix your hat.”
And now, only in OB … Where else can you see girls in their pjs eating ice cream on the main strip?
And this. Oh my …
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Above – Happy birthday pancakes.
Birthday fun at Bart.
More birthday celebration at school. Do the festivities ever end?
A little action of both Sparty & Maya at gymnastics last week, including a “first” for Maya!
There’s never a dull moment!
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Above – everyone loves a present!
Below – Alo with the book we sent him for his birthday, Return. It looks magical.
Brothers… Alo and Kando with Burt & Ernie.
Kando & Alo on an outing in the Indian-wear I bought them in India last year. 
Special message to Alo – Happy birthday Alo. 3 years old! Amma and Pappa love you and hope you have a super duper day!
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Above – Alo after his first day of school. This is one tired looking kid!
Below – a couple weeks ago (yes, I’ve been remiss …) just outside gymnastics. Where there’s a tractor or other fun “toy” there’s always someone willing to play! What made this so funny was the gardeners were right there working and I said “C’mon, let’s climb on the cart!” The kids crawled up on the cart and the gardeners acted like we weren’t even there. This guy got up and walked past us and never even looked. 
Just cruisin’ in my matching red leotard …
Crazy boy …
What happened to our warm weather? I’ve been freezing here. Somebody turn on the heat!
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