A Captured Memory

Happy Birthday to me...Happy Birthday to me...

I spent my actual birthday with Mynde and Tammy and we just had a nice dinner out at a local Teppan Japanese joint...good food and good friends...sounds like a nice evening to me!

A couple of days later, the girls hit the town (Fullerton) and had a little fun...


The group at Tammy's before we left (notice Mason sticking his lil head in)...


The Irish Pub--stop 2 of about 7


Our celebratory drink...I hope the fishies found a new home...

And last me showing off my BOLLOCKS shirt I made just for this evening...that or my Saturday Night Fever pose...FUN TIMES...

Wow! I am not being very diligent about this whole blog thing...but in the next few days I will try to catch up starting with the pictures from our little road trip to Santa Cruz just after Thanksgiving. Okay okay...so I am a couple of months behind...I will do better in the future...maybe.

Downtown Santa Cruz
After spending the afternoon touring the shops and sights of downtown Santa Cruz, we picked up dad and went to dinner out on the pier.





We watched the few surfers beg for the wave gods to send some on...not much luck as the sea was very tame.


Santa Cruz landmarks and beautiful signature views...


Mynde and I hangin by the ocean...I need my own photographer...


It was so great to see Drake...way too much time between visits...

Thanksgiving was spent this year in Bakersfield with family and friends. I forgot to take a group shot, but got the grandparents grinning and playing cards.



Cali the cat--she is getting old...I think she is 10 since I got her when I was a Junior at UCSC (1997)...she finally found a comfy spot on Mynde's lap (and she says she doesn't love animals)...

Because I don't have kids, I get my "fix" by hanging out with friends that have kids. I lovingly joke with them that hanging out at their house is the perfect form of birth control as I would easily go insane if I had not one but FOUR of the rugrats...Still they are great kids and I spent the day hanging out at the soccer field and snapping pictures. A great way to get practice and be entertained...

Marley was the top-scorer of her team and was less than happy when she was asked to play goalie for a quarter of this game...at least I got a shot of her stopping a goal as proof she actually played goalie...






I split my time between Macee's and Maddie's games since they were at the same time on fields next to each other. Luckily I happened to catch a couple of nice action shots...Macee likes to practice her acrobatics and my camera was in the right place at the right time...






Maddie kicked butt during this game...she literally saved the game by her fearless goalie display of diving on the ball several times. It was their last game of the season and the girls won 3-2. Yay Maddie Myers!!







Mason beat all the girls and loves to kick-off and throw the ball in...basically any action is good action for him...
I couldn't resist adding a couple of candid shots...afterall, soccer can get a little boring when you are 5 years old...





Thanks to Matt and Tammy Myers for dragging me all around Yorba Linda and letting me take pictures of their kids. Basball season is just around the corner and I will have my camera ready!