You Tube

Jesse makes You Tube videos.  He has tons of videos about everything under the sun.  Here he is Go Pro-ing how to slow cook brisket.  He is so professional about it, I'm not allowed to walk through the room while in production mode.

Hub Guiy

Another year older, another crazy party!

 Face mask gift

 Party favors for all

Beach days galore

We can't stop going to the beach.  Someone in the family has been everyday since it opened.  

Dawn Patrol with the Freeburys- it's been warm and beautiful

 If you could choose the perfect days, we have had them.  No wind, sunny but not hot and we went into the water without wetsuits

the lifeguards don't care if you sit and sunbath, they just drive right by you.  I think I am the tannest I have been in 25 years and it's not even June

Soaking in more sun with the Danons

Hailey won't get out of the water

 Shane went for a run and Jake wanted to join him, in his wetsuit!

Jesse and Saar SUPed from the Cove to Rat beach

Vegas Baby

Drove right onto the tarmac to pick up some crew on a chartered flight.  I felt like VIP

 Just paying the bills, driving 2 crewmembers to Vegas and staying the night.  Sometimes it's nice to just get away

Minnie

Meet Minnie, the new member of our chicken clan

 A friend asked us if we wanted her as she was the only chicken they had left and was lonely 

 She is the chillest chicken I have ever seen, almost like she is drugged up!  

Golden, CO run

Another crazy road trip that Jesse and I had to swing. We pickup up a crew member at 1am and started driving her to Golden, CO

Utah was beautiful and Colorado had tons of cops.  

 I think we saw every major Ski resort in CO

We made it in 14.5 hours!  The parents of the daughter were super sweet and thankful when we dropped her off.  They gave us a nice thank you card with $$ for a nice dinner, it was nice to feel so appreciated.

Belated Mother's Day

Mother's Day dinner- Cheesecake Factory

 Shane is officially 6ft, finally!  And I'm wearing his track and field sweatshirt as I have a lot more miles in for Penhi than he does

 I think Papu liked the card I made for her

Bioluminescence

We did it!  We snuck down to the beach at 9pm to see the bioluminescence.  We parked across the street from Malaga Cove, walked across the soccer field, dodged the popo, down the trail, and swam past the breakers 

 The kids thought it was the coolest thing, anytime we moved in the water, we lit up.  We were the only ones on the beach and felt like special ops in our wetsuits

 On the way back up, we dodged the popo laying down on the grass, and got back in the truck.  I'm sure they saw us but just didn't care

It was an adventure that was way more fun with the police element.  So glad we went

Park City run

A last minute work opportunity had Jesse and I picking up some cruise ship members and driving them to their homes.  We picked 2 people up at 10:45pm at LAX and had to drive straight, without stopping, and one lived Park City, Utah.  Plastic barrier was mandated and CDC said they couldn't use public restrooms if someone else was in it.  I felt like i was transporting a prisoner

 We made it to Park City just in time for a nice Mother's Day lunch in the park

 Not too far off the road was a place called Homestead Crater that Jesse's parents had been to.  We stopped by and it was pretty cool.  

 We didn't jump in as we didn't have a reservation but it was warm and clear

A few hundred miles down the road we stopped at the Red Hills Desert Garden which was huge and free

 It was beautiful and well done

Jesse told me to go climb to the top

 did it!

 It felt so good to get out of the car, we were like kids on a playground

We got back in the car and immediately felt exhausted.  We drove to Vegas and checked in to the first hotel we found.   All these pictures were taken on Mother's Day!  Not how I anticipated Mother's day but definitely memorable! 
Meanwhile back home, kids celebrating Mother's Day with Papu

Cinco de Mayo

Hailey and Shane have been working at the neighbors house doing yard work.  The lady, Dana, loves Hailey and took pictures of her working- as she would say- Girl Power!

Shane goes too, but not this day.  Dana is a character and I can't wait for the kids to come home to hear the stories they have to tell

must celebrate Cinco de Mayo

 My soccer buddies celebrating Cinco de Mayo

 Shane celebrating with his clan