Happy Birthday to Grandad! November 30, 2006
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A very special Happy Birthday wishes from your west coast family. We’ll see you in a few weeks!
Happy Birthday Mimi November 25, 2006
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We wish we could be in Louisville, KY to celebrate this special day with you! Mallory and Nathalie have just hung their beautiful stockings and say “happy birthday too!”
The Soccer Journey Begins… November 21, 2006
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Soccer has become America’s new pastime, particularly if you have young kids. Last year, Mallory started soccer in our local AYSO League, which is perhaps the most professional “amateur” organization I’ve ever seen. She started in U-5 (under 5 years old) where 3 on 3 girls scrum up and down the field aimlessly, sometimes stopping to pick a daisy. Flash forward only one year, and Mallory has blossomed into a determined soccer player. She played a great season on her U-7 team “The Lightning Bolts” and constantly improved throughout the season, learning to play intense defense and developing a nose for scoring goals. Enjoy the highlight reel….
A Little Vino in Napa November 13, 2006
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This past week, we journeyed up to Napa to meet Dad and Cheryl for a special wine weekend in Napa. We’ve been looking forward to this trip all year and it surpassed expectations! Click here for (more…)
This Is It: Louisville vs. West Virginia November 2, 2006
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Louisville (#5) takes on West Virginia (#3) tonight in the biggest game of it’s recently revived football program. At stake is a on-ramp to the BCS National Championship football game. Last year, Louisville squandered a 23-7 fourth quarter lead to lose in tripple-overtime to West Virgina 46-44. To quote the euphoric theme song by Kenny Loggins of Louisville’s 1980 National Basketball Champions, “This is It!”
Twick or Tweet November 2, 2006
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Ah….Halloween..the first of America’s Triple Crown of holidays (the second and third being Thanksgiving and Christmas, respectively). Annually we kick off the occasion by watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown“. We’ve established some great traditions over these past seven years living in Aliso Viejo, and Halloween is no exception. First there was our annual pilgramidge to the pumpkin patch with the girls to pick out our pumpkins and enjoy some carnival rides. Yours truly (Daddy) once again got to carve two intricate, detailed pumpkins, first at the Jackson’s annual party and then at the Reagans party. I made the mistake of letting Nathalie and Mallory watch Michael Jackson’s Thriller, after which Nathalie was crawling in our bed every night scared to death that werewolves were going to eat her. Mallory put considerable thought into her costume this year and was a very scary Spider Witch, while Nathalie donned her Sleeping Beauty dress (of which she wears almost every day of the year anyway).
