hiking

fun times

some cool guerilla art along the way



jacuzzi and dinner, soreness tomorrow, its all good.

day camp training

so today was my day camp training, getting ready for camp shiwaka. we have gone to camp in august two years now, but wanted to try a busier session in june this year. the tropical weather was interesting today, with mixed hot, cold, rain, humidity...crazy!

donut making, yum!



the girls get to chop wood this year and start fires, 4th grade is a big year for us. day camp will be very exciting with new challenges and responsibilities. after training we scoped out the tile wall at emily's school for inspiration for our own family tile


making our own tile for the elementary school tile wall

walking the hood with los cerritos wetlands rummage sale flyers... last on the list today. whew!

east coast weather

i loved living on the east coast and one of the reasons was the weather, yes the weather! i loved the tropical storms and humidity, loved it! today was one of those days here in southern california and actually all week has been quite tropical. lots of clouds and warm sun with sprinkles and thunderstorms. i remember this kind of weather in virginia right in the middle of summer, something you rarely see in so cal. i spent the day gazing at clouds and snapping pictures as i went. i let the girls hang a bit at lizzies preschool at pick up time to just play and it was so nice to not be rushing to another engagement. this preschool has been in our lives for 6 years now, two and half years with emily and three full years for liz. it is a fabulous place and today i felt a bit sappy that this wonderful school will soon be just a memory for us.

topanga hike

met up with my buddy maryann for a nice 4 hour hike, yikes! cant believe i made it, but i did!

this would make a lovely plein air painting, have to keep this one in mind when and if i get some free time to paint. so many fantastic paintings i want to do! i wanted to mention i made some vegan chocolate chip cookie sandwiches last weekend from this book and at first i wasnt sure if i liked them but they are really growing on me! i hope to make some more and i would like to try other recipes from the book. it has some strange ingredients but i am used to that kind of cooking. hopefully i can get some baked up for the rummage sale coming up! it would be nice to have a vegan choice on the table. today was a fun day but i know i will be sore tomorrow. gotta keep it up though.

Los Cerritos Wetlands Rummage Sale

working hard on this!

the block i was making yesterday, the goofed up one, will be for some new flyers i am making. if you are local, give me a call, i need you!!

d day

liz finally drove at autopia




small world, after all

ice cream break (you can take my word for it)

my block for the wetlands, oops!! major set back. oh well!
i am loving my week off from work, but definitely busy.

blast from the past

preschool, now this will be hard i think, or maybe not?

me and my bro (this is pretty bad, sorry matt!!)

my best friend eric, my brother and robby (eric's big brother)

pretty picture of my grandma, this was mixed in with graduation photos of my uncle (from ucla) so it might be from there

another from the ucla box, could be, i just love all the cars parked on the street!
happy monday!