Trailblazers

Jesse's coached Shane's Basketball team the Trailblazers this season. Of the eight kids on the team 6 were in Shane's class and all are apart of the Indian Guides Tribe

Thanks too all the parents help, Jesse always had at least 3 parents helping out at each practice. I think the dads looked forward to getting together

First game the team scored 4 points total! Last game, 46 points, still the bad news bears though

We were the team that had the most fun and no one missed a game the whole season

The end of the season party just goes to show how much fun we had. We partied till 11pm with all the kids, Thanks to the Alvins for hosting- pool and karaoke-We love our group, yoiung at heart

Jesse's Thank you letter

Dear Trailblazer-

I bet you thought you wouldn't be subject to any more of these email messages. I wanted to thank everyone for the card/gift card. After much, soul searching, internet searching, and BestBuy searching I settled on the Perfect item. But first, the runner-ups as seen at BestBuy: blue-ray player, heart rate monitor watch, Call of Duty Black Ops, coffee maker, and electric martini maker (a close second).

And the winner.....Party Package including: Strobe light, Multi-Color Laser Beam, and Color Disco Ball. Now Gene and Chris can watch us makes fools of ourselves while they serenade us to their rendition of "Firework". See you at the next party!

-Jesse

Camp Whittle2011

We took our Indian Guides winter trip to Camp Whittle. The trip was exactly the same as last year with one exception...the accommodations. Last year we were in a cinder block "stalag" lavishly appointed with 6 bunk beds, a heater, a fluorescent light, easy to clean cement floors, and just a short 50m walk to shared bathrooms. This year we stayed in Wagner Lodge, the main camp cabin, featuring a foyer larger than our cabin last year. It had 16 four-person rooms, each with its own bathroom. The Great Room featured 6 couches, vaulted ceilings, massive fireplace, etc., etc., etc. It was great!

The FireWolves


The Alpine Slide

On the way to the top of the slide

Shane wanted to take a nature hike

"Daddy, I lost my legs"

Dinner group

Without fail we get together weekly- Kids table for 11

The adults avoid this room

A walk down Memory Lane

Where it all began. We decided to take the kids up to UCLA and walk around. We haven't been in 5 years! It seems so long ago that we actually went there.
Jesse with his Cappuccino Royale-a UCLA staple

Shane was so excited to see the track and wanted to run a lap

Shane all by himself on the track doing the 400m in 1:53. He did it twice!

Doing the 100m dash Shane -21 seconds Hailey 35 seconds

Shane and Jesse down on the track talking

Joe Bruin

Royce Hall

As we were walking back to the car Shane said, "I want to go there (UCLA), they have really good food!"

They're back

Hailey and Shane took a little hiatus from visiting with the chicks, but now they are back playing with them on a daily basis

The kids are so comfortable around the chickens. Hailey holds that chicken like a football, sometimes 2 at a time.

Shane had to talk in front of his class about his favorite animal. Some of the kids choices were- Lions, Gorillas, Snakes.......Shane talked about chickens

Lunada Hike

We took a hike with the Belofskys and they showed us this awesome hike down the cliffs in Lunada Bay to a cave/crevasse that had a little waterfall- who knew?

It was one of Jesse's best days too. The hike was at he base of a surf spot that was going off. He saw Brad out there tearing it up. Jesse decided to go surfing later that day in some of the best surf in a long time. When he got home he couldn't even get out of his van. He was passed out in the car, on our driveway, with a smile on his face for about 15 minutes- Life is Good!