Friday:
We were scheduled to depart from LAX and head up to Reno / S.Lake Tahoe for my wife's company retreat. Every year her company allows the district "teams" to gather together with their families for a relaxing social weekend. Unfortunately, with all that's been happening at the airports, our trip was cancelled. =( Naturally I'm pretty bummed about that, but at the same time, why take the risk? They will reschedule the retreat - hopefully someplace where we can drive to instead. ;) So we stayed home and later took Mia to her gymnastics class over at Pierce College. It all worked out for the best - we were able to join some friends at their home for a little get-together. The kids watched a movie outdoors in a huge tent, while we parents sat on the patio and played some poker! *whoo-hoo!* After a couple of hours, the girls were all tired (it was close to 10pm) and I split the last pot of the evening with a nine-high straight. Mia and Jacob pretty much konked out after that - it was a quiet evening...
... oh, and Jacob is doing great sleeping through the night now!!
Saturday:
Let's see - we were out a lot today. I made brunch for everyone and then cleaned up the kitchen while the kids ate. It was just a lazy day for us all. We finally got ourselves together and headed out to Costco - time to stock up on some stuff again. Then we agreed we would go to Toys R Us to buy Jacob one of those ball-pits you can inflate (I think Mia had more fun with it than her kid brother). After unloading everything, we decided to head to Zen Buffet, a local buffet of Asian food... like the Asian version of HomeTown Buffet!! =) I think we spend a couple of hours there filling up!!! Then a quick run to Bed Bath & Beyond. In the kids' bathroom, I put up a huge mirror over the double-sink. HieRan thought it would look better if we moved that mirror over by the tub and the replace it with two individual mirrors for the kids. We found the mirrors on sale at BB&B - plus we always seem to have one of their 20%-off-one-item coupon, so even more savings! I'll put the mirrors up on Sunday...
Sunday:
Okay, I knew that the mirrors weren't going to fix themselves, so after breakfast HieRan and I switched them out. As I started to drill the holes in the wall, I could hear my cordless drill struggling... and eventually dying. Good thing I had a spare battery!! Too bad it wasn't charged... *grrrr!!*. I discovered that my 7-year old cordless drill could no longer hold its charge. I rushed over to Home Depot to see if there was a battery I could buy for my drill. Unfortunately they no longer sold them there. Looks like I may be in for a BRAND NEW CORDLESS DRILL!!! *ahem* I mean... darn, I'm going to miss my B&D Drill/Saw/Screwdriver/Sander... (heh). After installing the mirrors (without the benefit of my drill), I went back to BB&B to pick up a couple of mantles for underneath the mirrors. Not bad, actually. Now Mia and Jacob will have their own shelves to put stuff on.
So today we went to our first Concert In the Park - right here in Woodland Hills. Every summer the city sponsors a summer concert program that features some well known (and some not so well known artists). Tonight was Stephen Bishop (remember, he sang that song “It Might Be You” on the soundtrack of 80’s hit movie TOOTSIE, starring Dustin Hoffman). Interestingly, this song was covered by my brother’s group, KAI a few years back. We met with some of our friends, and their kids out at the park around 6pm – the perfect time to be outdoors. We packed a picnic dinner (compliments of McDonald’s drive thru), and really enjoyed the evening with friends. By 8pm, the performance was ending and we headed home. You can almost feel the end of summer coming soon...
... so hopefully we can cram a little bit more fun in before it's over!! =)
We were scheduled to depart from LAX and head up to Reno / S.Lake Tahoe for my wife's company retreat. Every year her company allows the district "teams" to gather together with their families for a relaxing social weekend. Unfortunately, with all that's been happening at the airports, our trip was cancelled. =( Naturally I'm pretty bummed about that, but at the same time, why take the risk? They will reschedule the retreat - hopefully someplace where we can drive to instead. ;) So we stayed home and later took Mia to her gymnastics class over at Pierce College. It all worked out for the best - we were able to join some friends at their home for a little get-together. The kids watched a movie outdoors in a huge tent, while we parents sat on the patio and played some poker! *whoo-hoo!* After a couple of hours, the girls were all tired (it was close to 10pm) and I split the last pot of the evening with a nine-high straight. Mia and Jacob pretty much konked out after that - it was a quiet evening...
... oh, and Jacob is doing great sleeping through the night now!!
Saturday:
Let's see - we were out a lot today. I made brunch for everyone and then cleaned up the kitchen while the kids ate. It was just a lazy day for us all. We finally got ourselves together and headed out to Costco - time to stock up on some stuff again. Then we agreed we would go to Toys R Us to buy Jacob one of those ball-pits you can inflate (I think Mia had more fun with it than her kid brother). After unloading everything, we decided to head to Zen Buffet, a local buffet of Asian food... like the Asian version of HomeTown Buffet!! =) I think we spend a couple of hours there filling up!!! Then a quick run to Bed Bath & Beyond. In the kids' bathroom, I put up a huge mirror over the double-sink. HieRan thought it would look better if we moved that mirror over by the tub and the replace it with two individual mirrors for the kids. We found the mirrors on sale at BB&B - plus we always seem to have one of their 20%-off-one-item coupon, so even more savings! I'll put the mirrors up on Sunday...
Sunday:
Okay, I knew that the mirrors weren't going to fix themselves, so after breakfast HieRan and I switched them out. As I started to drill the holes in the wall, I could hear my cordless drill struggling... and eventually dying. Good thing I had a spare battery!! Too bad it wasn't charged... *grrrr!!*. I discovered that my 7-year old cordless drill could no longer hold its charge. I rushed over to Home Depot to see if there was a battery I could buy for my drill. Unfortunately they no longer sold them there. Looks like I may be in for a BRAND NEW CORDLESS DRILL!!! *ahem* I mean... darn, I'm going to miss my B&D Drill/Saw/Screwdriver/Sander... (heh). After installing the mirrors (without the benefit of my drill), I went back to BB&B to pick up a couple of mantles for underneath the mirrors. Not bad, actually. Now Mia and Jacob will have their own shelves to put stuff on.
So today we went to our first Concert In the Park - right here in Woodland Hills. Every summer the city sponsors a summer concert program that features some well known (and some not so well known artists). Tonight was Stephen Bishop (remember, he sang that song “It Might Be You” on the soundtrack of 80’s hit movie TOOTSIE, starring Dustin Hoffman). Interestingly, this song was covered by my brother’s group, KAI a few years back. We met with some of our friends, and their kids out at the park around 6pm – the perfect time to be outdoors. We packed a picnic dinner (compliments of McDonald’s drive thru), and really enjoyed the evening with friends. By 8pm, the performance was ending and we headed home. You can almost feel the end of summer coming soon...... so hopefully we can cram a little bit more fun in before it's over!! =)
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