Above – The sky yesterday looking up over Pt. Loma Nazarene from Ladera Street.

Below – the swat team.

The morning after our trip to the Campo Railroad Museum Maya rides her bike around the house blowing her whistle.

After a lunch at Natis last week, Robb, the boys and I took a walk to the OB Pier. Below is Papa Bill’s very worn out cement medallion at the foot of Newport.

Alo and Kando eat octopus.

Below – a sneak preview of our family photo shoot. I haven’t seen or gotten the pictures yet but expect to see them in the days to come. I took this one of Maya in the tree from my phone. Below that is a selfie at Hugo’s during lunch after the photo shoot.

I put this cooler in Hogan’s yard for Thanksgiving, and he didn’t waste any time climbing and hanging out on it.

Catching up with photos here and also catching up on work I put on the back burner for a week.

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Above – What I came downstairs to this morning.

Below – Three little cakes from Azucar Bruce got for me.

Looking good!

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Above – here we are!

Tuesday was Legoland day with Robb and the boys.

Alo was tall enough to drive the cars. The first thing he did was take a sharp left straight toward the curb. He got the hang of it after a while, but by far the hardest thing was to keep his eyes on the road …

The boys made it home safely last night. We woke up missing those little ones greeting us in the morning. We had some good times – Campo Railroad, Legoland, family photo shoot, Balboa Park Train Museum. More photos to come!

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Above – early morning a couple days ago before the heat wave. An eerie sight over OB.

Below – Sunday trip to the Campo Railroad Museum with all the grandkids. We all had a blast! We took a short ride on a small old relic of a train, played and climbed all over a bunch of old trains in the back of the train museum, had a picnic lunch and played on the swing set.

I am thankful for this awesome family.

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Above – Kando and Alo brushing teeth wearing their new pajamas.

Robb and the boys arrived last night. We’ve got a week planned with all sorts of fun beginning today with a reunion of cousins, a train ride and dinner with the whole family.

Below – a record checkout at Costco Friday. We bought a ton of food for the week and lots of toys, some new ones for the house and some Christmas gifts.

Cousin reunion!

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Above – Beautiful bride, Lindsay, with her lucky husband, Seth. Yesterday we were honored to witness their exchange of wedding vows. Lindsay is the daughter of our good friends, Gail & John. It was a nice afternoon with Mission Bay in the background and a lovely reception at the Mission Bay Women’s Club that followed.

Below – Having popscicles with the painting aprons on.

Below – Ron & the kids on a field trip.

Below – Robb and the boys having a sick day.

Below – Halloween 2017 for Maya & Sparty at Mommy’s.

Too much trick or treat? This kid doesn’t fall asleep easily.

I thought this might help get the toys cleaned up:

After all that, Maya ended up picking up the toys by herself.

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