Madonna Mtn. Hike 7/24/11

We climbed Madonna Mtn. again but this time we went the other way so we could go to the top of the mountain. It was a lot steeper than the other side but a better hike. Ashlee was a trooper it was a tough hike for her but she made it to the top!!

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She loves to bake...

My little baker at work making some cupcakes. Daddy helped a little too. She spent about hour just baking a way, I see her owning a bakery in the future.

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Busy Bees...

Sorry it's so long since I have posted anything. It has been a busy couple of months. Marisa made the JV Softball team and we signed Ashlee up to play again this year, so this softball season has been VERY busy. Between both practices and games it's softball 6 days a week but that's okay because that's how we like it! Brad and Ashlee have taken a few months off of karate. Brad will probably go back in June when softball season is over but Ashlee's not sure if she wants to go back, she feels that the dojo isn't the same. Ashlee was very excited the her Uncle Scott, Aunt Lyndee and her cousins Gunner and Karlee were able to watch one of her games. They were very good at picking her out when she was on the field. As always we treasure every bit of time with them.

Madonna Mtn Hike & Marisa's Photo Shoot...

A few weekends ago we decided to go for a hike, so we headed to San Luis and hiked Madonna Mtn to the "M". Next time we go the other direction and hike to top. It was a beautiful day and fabulous hike. The next day a friend of ours and a high school friend of Brad's has been dabbling in photography and Marisa wanted some shots to send out and that too turned into a beautiful day.

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It's Christmas Time....

Brad spent two day doing the front yard. It all started the day after Thanksgiving, it took him one day to wrap the tree and then a day to do the rest. The scary part is...well he's not done in his mind anyway. He still wants to add some more lights and maybe by next year we will have a Rudolph and a Grinch blowup. That's our goal anyway..I am going to say sorry now for the horrible sound quality I had to stand across the street to get it all and we forgot to turn the music up but you get the idea. Happy Holidays!!!

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Marisa's Photo Shoot

Marisa was very excited to find out that she was going to be modeling for a company that sells pool products to places such as Wal-Mart. Thank you so much to Jered who was able to make this dream come true for her. She met a professional hair and make-up lady who does this for professional models in L.A., that was exciting for her.Not only did she do one shoot but Jered called her on her birthday and said they have another product that they think Marisa would be great for. She said that was the best birthday present ever! Now we just wait and see if her photo gets picked. The other day Jered sent us 2 pictures from the first shoot and 2 pictures from the second shoot. I was so excited to see them that I had to share.

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Karate Belt Testing - 10/23/10

Belt testing yesterday was a lot different than usual. Not only was it regular testing but it was also black belt testing. It was insanely packed and crazy but it was so much fun to experience it. Black belts had to test for an hour straight without any breaks of sparring which meant that the under belts had to spar for that long as well. Brad and Ashlee usually only spar for about 10 - 15 minutes so this was a challenge for them as well. Ashlee who is still new to sparring did a fantastic job and Brad did awesome too. But what Brad didn't know was after the kids were done for that hour they had to spar with the black belts for another 30 minutes and well lets just say Brad accidentally walked into one of Mr.T's gloves and well he now has a black eye. After being at the dojo for 6 hours(12pm-6pm) we got home changed quickly and headed to Central Coast Pizza for the belt ceremony which was a lot of fun. We finally made it home after picking up Marisa about 11 that night. Got up early this morning and headed off for some fall ball in the rain! It was a long but fantastic weekend. Thank goodness black belt testing is only once a year! Oh, I almost forgot Ashlee is still a belt higher than Brad so he jokingly told Ashlee she couldn't test the next time so he could catch up to her!!

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