The Adventures of Greg, Vivi, Grace & Annika: June 2008

Friday, June 27, 2008

Yosemite Trip

The week after our Palomar Mountain trip, we journeyed to the Yosemite Valley for Camp Curry - style camping, hikes, and fun with our friends the Disepios. With weather in the 80s and waterfalls and rivers running strong, Yosemite did not disappoint! We found deer, squirrels, raccoons, all kind of birds, and even a few little fish at a stream-side picnic spot in a secret location! Valencia's pics are here and Greg's pics are here.

Greg and Vivi at Yosemite Falls

Grace as a Rockstar

Greg and Grace on Father's Day

Dan Photographing Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Camping and Fishing Palomar Mountain

In June we camped at Palomar Mountain State Park and fished Doane Pond with Grace's friend Cory and her family. We leveled out our tent sites with the help of a flat head shovel, and Cory's Dad Adam hung a rope swing from a tall oak for some airy mountain fun. Doane Pond fishing is as good as it gets in Southern California, especially for the kids as the rainbow trout are plentiful and bite as fingerlings or fully mature - enough to put your three-pound line to the test. Yep, they got bass and catfish too. So check out our pics here, and family/friends let us know if you'd like to join us on our next trip!

Monday, June 2, 2008

Porter Look-alike Meter

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Grace Quotes

10/9/10 "Daddy, how do you spell "Wackadoodle Wackasmoodle"? "Sure, why?" "That's the name of my new book!"

4/23/10 "First we go to Circle and then second we dance. Then we go to Circle, do our journal, reading, - I'm not including my workbook yet - then we do our workbook, and then we have Snack, then one of my teachers Ms. Abria comes." "What do you do with her?" "Nothing. And then we go to Circle, and then we go outside and play. And then we eat lunch. And then we go inside, sing a song - that's the one we're doing for Mother's Day - so don't tell Mom - oh yeah and then we go outside and play until our parents pick us up. I don't have music today, do I? Oh, Friday, I just have library - because there is a library at my school. "

4/18/10 Demi: "Oh Grace, you look beautifuller than a fairy!"

9/12/09 "Daddy, what is under the road?" "Dirt." "What is under the dirt?" "More dirt" "What is under more dirt?" "Rock." "What is under rock, hot lava?" "Yep!" "Yikes!"

9/12/09 "Daddy, do policemen pull over policemen?" "No." "Then who delivers the mailman's mail?"

9/8/09 Grace's first day of kindergarten was a smashing success..."we didn't have to do ANYTHING HARD!"

8/11 "Mommy, how about you and Daddy eat what you want to eat, and I'll eat a happy meal."

7/25 Olivia: "When Grace is 8 and I can drive we're going to have a cousin and me weekend. We gonna go and do all kinds of girl things together."

6/25/09 - Zach: "Pirates never sleep...they fight all night!"

6/2/09 "Daddy, when Demi and I are grownups, Damon will still be a teenager!"

5/23/09 Tracy, while she's putting Allegra age 2.5, to bed while beach camping: "It's OK Alegra, that's just the sound of motorcycles." Allegra: "They're called Harleys, Mom."

2/15/09 "If I don't cry can I have a Happy Meal?"

2/12/09 "They all know how James Bond likes his drink!"

2/4/09 "Daddy I don't like hawks." "Why, Grace?" "Hawks eat fairies!"

10/6/08 "Daddy can we call Amelia to see if she can play and if she can't play can we call Haley to see if she can play and if she can't play can we call Demi to see if she can play and if she can't play can we play cars?" "Sure." "Yay!"