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Marlon snowboarding first day!

We are in Park City and having a great time...wanted to share some cute photos for family and friends to see.

Mom....Family Update!

 This was Marlon yesterday at "Pretend City Children's Museum". Lauren and I took him and at the end of the day he was painted like batman! How cute is he?

Marlon sleeping in his bathing suit after a long day in San Clemente on the beach!

Marlon, again on San Clemente....looking a bit like a gangster....still really cute.

Tyler, Kayla, Andy and Candice at a wedding last month at Pelican HIlls Resort. Not sure you would recognize Kayla....Mom. Isn't she beautiful?

Andy and Cancdice at the same wedding.

 Marlon caught his first fish at the Shady Canyon campout on the golf course with uncle Googie and Tyler.

 Us in Chatham, Cape Cod this summer. Tyler playing SS for the Chatham Anglers.

Diane, Kayla and Nyla in Cape Cod this summer.

The girls in Lobster PJs in Chatham, Mass this summer.

Kevin & Steph this summer in Chatham, Mass.

Tyler & Kayla.....on the field in Chatham....Tyler playing for the Chatham AsTe

Terri, Candice & Andy in Hawaii this summer.

Lauren & Blaine at Pelican Hills wedding August 2009.

Kayla on the beach in Chatham, Mass this summer.

Nikki, Roxanne & Diane in Chatham July 4th 2009

 Marlon & Brian just a few days ago.

Aloha! Remember Me?

Okay, I realize and have heard from everyone how remiss I have been in keeping this blog current. I just have a really hard time with being consistent. So here are a few photos to bring you up to date on the highlights in my life. I spent 5 days in Hawaii with my son Andrew (youngest of four) and his girlfriend Candice. We had a great time and believe it or not, I successfully converted both of them into avid "seaglassers"...check out these photos!

This is in Maui and I have never found sea glass in Hawaii before. I take the liberty of posting Candice in her bikini as she looks almost perfect in a bathing suit. I would KILL anyone who shared a photo like this of me...but I"ll take my chances with Candice. Aren't they wonderful looking. We had so much fun. I really loved spending time with my adult kids....this was quality time!

Seriously, this is the glass we found! We arrived right after a huge Pacific storm.

 After many miles of beach-walking, Candice and I relaxed in style back at the hotel by getting a foot massage by the pool. It made our sore feet feel sooooo good.

I crashed in the room early that night and just had a light dinner on the deck. The kids went into Lahaina for dinner and came home with 6 fragrant leis for me and a wonderful card which meant so much to me. Needless to say, my room smelled like hawaiian flowers for the entire trip.

As the sun set on our trip, I once again thought to myself, "There is never enough time in Hawaii".

So till next year, Aloha!

Grandkids are the BEST!

So here is a shot of my mom Jackie, grand-daughter Kayla & my grandson, Tyler. We had all just been up at UCLA for the baseball game....T is a player....and my mom brought a few dozen donuts for Tyler after the game to be sure that he is getting enough calories!!! LOL. Kayla is looking on in amazement, as she could not imagine eating that.
Meet my other grandson, Marlon. He was chosen to be the junior announcer at the UCLA game, caught a fly ball and got a poster of the team after running the bases after the game. A very exciting night for a sports fan that is only 5 years old. He LOVES his uncle Tyler!!!! Marlon and his new friend after a UCLA game on the field of Jackie Robinson stadium after running the bases. What a wonderful memory for a young kid to run on the same field as the "Big Boys". Marlon had a blast and so did I that night. The difference is that he got to fall asleep 2 seconds after we got on the freeway back to the OC....I had to drive.

I LOVE spending time with both of my grandsons!

Sharing our Fun Family Time with Marlon Oliver

Lauren, very bravely raced around Boomers in Irvine with Marlon loving every turn~
Blaine and I joined them on the tarmac but none of us had as much fun as little Marlon.

We all got totally soaking wet on this ride. Even me..I was the photographer on the
sidelines, but the "gunners" really got a kick on getting me wet! What's up with that?

Marlon Watches not too patiently as uncle blaine brushes up on his swing....so cute!
We headed up to Westwood to visit Ty-wer who happens to be Marlons favorite person on the planet.
Marlon got to see Tylers new dorm "sweet", play x-box with Tylers friends (also baseball players) and also have the pleasure of using the boys bathroom when natured called. The only thing about that was that the bathroom had some pretty sexy girly posters handing right there.....buy the time we realized that he did notice and there was in fact interest in the scantily clad young ladies, Marlon has locked himself in the bathroom.

Back at home, Dodo was exhaused but Marlon still wanted to watch a DVD before he
went to sleep (right next to me)...so ofcourse, that's what we did. The UCLA had was not
coming off, in fact he slept in it all night.

UCLA announces it's 2009 Starting Line Up!

I'm afraid that Stephanie is going to be really annoyed with me for blogging this news (right after she told me) and before she does but I'm going to take my chances....I"m so excited! You know they say it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. So here goes.

UCLA baseball just announced their official 2009 starting line up and guess who is the starting short stop? Yep, you guessed it, my grandson-Tyler Rahmatulla!  He is also Stephanie's first born son, but who's keeping track. What a great accomplishment for Tyler, to be starting player on a PAC 10 team as a freshman. Really, so proud of that kid. I know he has put forth the effort.....the boy comes from a very competitive family. Looking forward to a great season....Go Tyler & Go Bruins!!!

This is a private residence in Cusco, the sacred valley where they make and sell beer from corn. They make everything from corn in Peru it seems.
The corn is sprouted, cooked in gigantic pots and then fermented. Here is a photo of my friend Dee Dee and our guide Jimmy trying the local beer.
The kitchen was pretty basic....complete with dirt floor.
This sweet lady was our hostess as well as the "beer maker" I believe.
In addition to the beer, the Cinchera raised guinea pigs which they sold to the local restaurants.
Guinea pig is a very popular meat dish in Peru. As our group was checking out all the fluffy little creatures that they were raising in the "barn", we just happened to witness a birth which made us even sadder. As you can see by the looks on our faces, we didn't dig the idea of eating the little "pets" for dinner.

HOWEVER, a few nights later in a very nice restaruant in Cusco, Kayla, Madyson and Peri actually did order and taste the fluffy little morsels. YES, they ate guinea pig! Go girls. Very adventurous.

I'm not sure, but her reaction might be due to the fact that she once had beloved guinea pig pets named Golly & Domp!

Did I mention that they also ate quite a bit of chicken in Peru?