9 October

282/365

Dakota and his team came in fourth in the Pacific Fall Classic.
Great showing, DMWPC!

8 October

281/365

Great action in today's games of the Pacific Fall Classic tournament.

7 October

280/365

Celebrated Dakota's 14th birthday with a family dinner at Chicken Pie Diner
followed with cake and candles at Peet's Coffee & Tea.
Happy Birthday, Dakota!

6 October

279/365

Got out passports today!  It only took ten days!!! 

5 October

278/365

Something sweet to celebrate the middle of the week.

4 October

277/365

So excited!  My Burton Wheelie Flight Deck arrived today!
Isn't it cute?!?!?

3 October

276/365

In practice today, Coach Jake goes over game plays with the Boys 14U's.  
Thus far, they are undefeated in Grommet League play!

2 October

275/365

 Nana and Grandpa got to see Dakota and his team play an awesome game against La Jolla today.
Game went into OT with the sudden victory goal being scored by Dakota!!!
Couldn't be a more perfect end to Nana and Grandpa's visit.

1 October

274/365

Family dinner at Amarin Thai with Nana and Grandpa.  
Cute how they always have to sit together.

30 September

273/365

 Nana and Grandpa visited with us during their west coast trip to Vegas (my brother),
Victorville (my aunt, Lili), Fallbrook (my aunt, Carmen) and San Diego (us).

29 September

272/365

Special treat today - 
Green Apple and Rootbeer Jones sodas with sandwiches from the Deli Stop.

28 September

271/365

Sewing frenzy continued.  Made a pretty quilted camera strap cover for myself.
 

27 September

270/365

PapaBear received his new Burton Wheelie Flight Deck carry-on bag today!
 

26 September

269/365

Early morning sunrise.  It's going to be a good day!

25 September

268/365

Move in pizza party at Jessica's new apartment. 


24 September

267/365

Too beautiful to caption.

23 September

266/365

Macro practice continues with a very interesting new subject!
 

22 September

265/365

Just like Mom used to make!

21 September

264/365

Fabric treat basket for Halloween.
 

20 September

263/365

Macro practice continued, but in black and white.

19 September

262/365

 Backyard macro with an off-camera flash practice.

18 September

261/365
Wash is done and taking a sewing break - now it's Charger time!!!

17 September

260/365
Saturday breakfast with a Michigan win.
 

16 September

259/365
Love is love.
It's that simple.
 

15 September

258/365
With whipped cream and chocolate shavings, please.


14 September

257/365
Boys and girls 14U scrimmage at the end of today's practice.


13 September

256/365
Practice, practice, practice.
(check out the height out of the water!!!)

12 September

255/365

As water polo practicing was coming to an end, the hot air balloons were starting to take flight.

11 September

254/365

Each member of our family remembers exactly where they were at 8:46 AM EST on this day ten years ago.  And we will never forget.
Today we made some comfort food, menudo and tacos de tripa, as we spent time together as a family remembering all who were lost and how our world was changed.

10 September

253/365

PapaBear and I took a rode trip to the Vallarta Supermarket in Escondido.  They had an amazing aguas frescas bar!  PapaBear had an horchata and I had a tamarindo.  Yummy!

9 September

252/365

So beautiful with her quilt, warm and fuzzy, checking to see about her college's 
operation status after the power outage.

8 September

251/365

After making hamburgers on the barbecue, the kids laid out on a quilt in the backyard, talking and watching the stars during the San Diego power outage.

7 September

250/365

The stargazer lilies my husband gave me for my birthday.
(So loving the 28-80mm lens I found and borrowed.)

6 September

249/365

First day of practice for the fall season.

5 September

248/365

Another hot day, another indoor flash photography practice opportunity.  New subjects - nesting dolls measuring cups.

4 September

247/365

It is too hot and humid to photograph outside.  Took the opportunity to stay indoors with the AC on to work on my flash photography.  My first subject, this little Teen Titans action figure.

3 September

246/365

Best birthday ever!!!
Thank you, Jessica, Ana, Alia, Dakota and PapaBear!
LUL!!!

2 September

245/365

A clean and organized craft room has led to the inspiration of making Halloween placemats for our dinner table.  Cute, huh?

1 September

244/365

Look!  My picture submission was published in Skip Shot Magazine!
It's the one at the bottom of the page - view of the goalie from behind the net.

31 August

243/365

So awesome and so appreciative that my husband likes to cook.  And, he does it so well, too.
Check it out - pork tenderloin, steamed broccoli and couscous!
Major score!!!

30 August

242/365

Ultimate success - found the long lost owl fabric!!!

29 August

241/365

Craft supplies can be so inspiring.  And pretty, too!!!
 




28 August

240/365

Tackling the craft room today.  No if's, and's, or but's about it. 
Failure is not an option.

27 August

239/365

Some of the interesting things my daughters store in our garage.

26 August

238/365

Dyed my hair as I continue the fight against the inherited early onset of grey hair.  Is almost 48 years old still considered early?

25 August

237/365

Yummy cinnamon roll pancakes for dinner tonight!

24 August

236/365

It was Dakota's first day of school today!  To celebrate, PB and I had a mini-date with lunch at Lucha Libre and a trip to the AMVet Thrift Store.


23 August

235/365

Finally organized and stored my photography gear all in one central place.
Just missing an 85mm f/1.8 and a 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses.  Someday.

22 August

234/365

What's on your nightstand?

21 August

233/365

Excellent brew - check! Pizza - check! The Chargers won - check, check!! 
Could our Sunday get any better?!?!