Spring Visit to "my kids"

 My budding artists.

Ivy stars as the Little Mermaid :)

A trip to Fritz's.  Ivy has a "baby cone."  Ollie climbs the fence.

 The girls and I took the kids to the Arch.  Ollie learned that we have the only Arch in the whole wide world!

Laker Game Kiss Cam

April 3, Lakers vs New Jersey Nets. Kobe bouncing ball to right.

Here we are before the game. Note the scoreboard hanging from the ceiling. During a quarter break they do something called Kiss Cam. They play "I Got You Babe" and cameras go around and pan on couples in the stands. They are supposed to kiss. And it is shown on the scoreboard in Staples. Stu and I were on camera! I think they liked the Laker "L" on my cheek. :) Fun night. (Lakers won)

We made the LA News. Here is a pic of a clip they showed on the news!

Winter 2012 the kids visit CA

Lego R2D2

















Ollie climbs the "Glendora Mountain" and checks out the rocks at the Nature Park. He is so fun.
































































Ivy swimming after dark !!
















Ivy eating popcorn and cheering for the Lakers.














We went to Huntington Bch. The water was cold. But Ivy played in the sand.














Ivy loves "Dora Dog"

Dora isn't so sure about "Ivy"

Dora is sporting her Dora scarf.









Throwing rocks in the creek at the Nature Park

Family assembles in CA

Everyone rode an airplane to CA! Ivy is checking out what's out the window with Tyler. It is Tyler's first flight.

Everyone assembles at our house on the back deck overlooking Glendora. Larry hates to fly, but he made it just fine. Don & Pati flew into Vegas and drove to Glendora afterwards. Sean Thurston came in from Hawaii to meet up with the Thurstons. We're so glad everyone could come to Glendora.

The Burke girls went down the hill to pick oranges, lemons and grapes. The oranges and lemons are ready. The grapes are green, tiny and hard.

Erin & Ivy, Ollie, Tyler and Jen try out the hot tub. The pool is heated and ready for the big day.

Batman's February visit

Batman came up to California in February to check on Robin and Batdog. He was very pleased that they were doing a good job.












While he was here he decided to take a little vacation, so a trip to the beach was in order.









Another trip to Pretend City was lots of fun. Batman pretended to be a cowboy, a mailman, a fisherman, a plumber and a patient with a broken leg just like maw-maw's.

Now we are looking forward to a summer visit!

2nd Anniversary at the "del"

Getting a headstart on our anniversary we checked into the Hotel del Coronado for their New Year's Eve celebration.












The oceanside ballroom was an awesome setting and we danced the night away (broken arm and all).










This is an 1880's hotel on Coronado island off the coast of San Diego. With temps in the 50's, it was a little too cool to swim, but I loved it.

A Granddaughter

I kept Ivy daytime while her mama worked during the month of August...

we swang,














we napped,













I fed her her first cereal, and

we bonded.

What a little sweeheart!