Club

Hailey and her old teammates Madi and Nicolette.  Ran into each other at a tournament

Luke's visit

Luke is really into burgers so we hit every burger place in town, but not In N Out.  His favorite was Stacked

Out for a run, Luke trying to hitch a ride with the police in training.  

 These got delivered to our door while the boys were there.  They went through Papu's house scaring her and the gardeners

Quadruple Solitaire, always vicious 

 Annual pickle making

Boys earning money

Window washing with a little graffiti

Had a few really nice beach days

no sunburn yet!

The kids made up a new game to play, it's super fun

 The sand makes Luke look tan and protects his skin from the sun.  Like Luke says, " The sun hates me!"

 Treading water contest

 Look who's turning 15, in January!  Celebrating at Beninhanas with Pina Coladas 6 months early

Louie was the best chef, our table was the loudest 

Benihanas has redeemed themselves, the food was great and we were very entertained.  

Dodgers Game

 Shane stayed so active with Luke here, Luke is always wanting to play 1on1 basketball, trampoline, and having to train for Xcountry.  Perfect timing now that Shane is healed 100%

Kids thought it would be fun to help paint the garage floor. Shortly after this picture, the boys painted all around Hailey so she couldn't get out!  It was pretty funny

We did a lot with Luke, everything on his To Do list.  I just didn't get pictures of everything.  Great 2 weeks with Luke

4th of July Golf tourney

We entered the family golf scramble, again.  Hub doesn't play because his handicap is too good and ruins our score and I hurt my shoulder and couldn't play.  So it was Papu, Jesse and the 3 kids.  Jesse's back was a little iffy so we weren't sure he was going to be able to hit much.  There is a cash prize so the kids really wanted to win.  You have to used everyone's ball at least once from the tee.

 2 carts and 7 people, this is how it looks

1st hole of the day and Papu sinks a long putt.  We celebrated like champions which turned into a routine.  I took on the photography role and Hub as the Caddy

 Harry Potter inspired golf

 Just another birdie.  We were so loud when we hit a good shot and were told that we looked like the group having the most fun!

 Hailey has a very natural swing and saved us on a few holes.  

Hailey jumped ship really fast

Shane was so nervous driving

Shane has a very natural swing but only if his feet aren't touching the ground

 BBQ lunch

 Shane came up and told me that he and Luke crushed the competition in the water balloon toss.  Then I looked at the competition and no one was older than 10!  So Hai tried to win

Look who found the face painter

 Announced at the BBQ - Mehlbergs Win 1st place! winners of $150

All the golf members thought that it was because we have Hub, little did they know he didn't play.  In our group no one played great, we just always had 1 good hit per shot.  A real group effort

Universal Studios

 Luke came out to visit for 10 days.  Day 1, kids with their wands getting ready for Universal Studios tomorrow.  We told Hailey 6 months ago she couldn't go unless she started reading Harry Potter.

 Hailey put her outfit out the night before, she could hardly sleep.  She is obsessed with Harry Potter now and wants to watch all the movies

 Jesse made the kids jump out of the car on the way to the freeway to get a pokemon at 6:30am!

Jesse took the kids, I didn't feel worthy since I'm not into Harry Potter.  They had no idea what to expect, here they are seconds after valeting the car

 At the park before it opened. 

 The only way to go in the summertime is VIP 

 morning refreshments for VIPs only

 Luke showing the crowds his VIP status

War of the Worlds set they got to walk through

 Back to the Future set

Entering Harry Potter

 2nd longest line of the day, VIP lunch

 Jesse's 1st plate

The wand shop where they "fixed" our wands

 Hailey found her Halloween costume, it's all she talks about

Jurassic Park ride.  With VIP passes they never had to wait in line, ever!  Totally worth it

 The wands would do magic things around the park

The Owlery

Hogwarts Express

Hailey just loved shopping and wandering around Hogsmead, so much to see

Found the boys!  They went on their own for a few hours

 The boys wanted to go on this kiddie ride and cut in front of all the moms with their strollers and toddlers.  Jesse refused to go

 the cups read- Hailey, Grandma's Angle and  Shannon

 The kids really wanted this giant donut for dessert, longest line of the day was to purchase it.  Only time their VIP status didn't work

 Getting ready for the Harry Potter light show that just opened a few days ago

Stayed until the parked closed

They didn't leave the park until 10:15pm!  A total of 14 1/2 hours in the park.
Jesse said that the Harry Potter world was amazing and that the VIP status made the day so enjoyable