The Adventures of Greg, Vivi, Grace & Annika

Saturday, March 12, 2011

ECDS Jog-a-thon 2011

Grace ran 19 laps in the 2011 Encinitas Country Day School Jog-a-thon, First Grade edition!

(For Full Screen click on slideshow, and click "Full screen")

Proceeds for this year's Jog-a-thon will go to help Etheopian children receive life-saving surgeries. Grace raised over $300 for this worthy cause. Thank you for all of you who supported her - Grandpa Booth, Aunt Susan, Auntie Evy, Ian, and Valeire, Granny Fanny, Jorge, Auntie Beaner, Aunt Jeni, Aunt Kristen, Aunt Kelly, and several awesome Heron Circle neighbors)! We are quite proud of her and the ECDS effort!

Air Grace!

Way to go!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Our 10th Wedding Anniversary!

Hey, our 10th Wedding Anniversary is October 7, 2010!

RIGHT MOUSE CLICK HERE, OPEN IN NEW TAB, THEN CLICK SLIDE SHOW FOR FULL SCREEN EXPERIENCE

As a part of the celebration, I've posted a slide show that focuses first on Grace as a baby. Everyone comments on how Annika looks like her big sister as a baby, so now you can decide for yourself! The rest of the slide show focuses on pictures from 2005 and 2006 with an emphasis on our beach walks and trips. Below are some clips from our Sequoia trip when Grace was two...

Greg's Top 10 Memorable Times Together

Our Wedding / Honeymoon

Our Engagement Weekend

Our Big Night Out - Kane

Camping Ostrander Lake - Yosemite

Moving into Portage House

Grace's Birth and Taking Her Home

Buying / Designing / Moving into Heron House

India / Amsterdam

Thailand / Cambodia / Korea
Annika's Birth

We have always loved the beach!

One last image - Grace and Cousin Zach jumping on the bed, 2006

Dear V,

Thank you for the most wonderful 10 years of marriage.

I treasure our relationship and I affirm our vows.

Let's dream our greatest dreams,

and with conscious attention and love,

our dreams will come true.

Love, Greg

Friday, July 16, 2010

Announcing Annika Kaylee Porter!

We are so blessed to share the news of the arrival of Annika Kaylee to this world July 3, 2010, 8:04am. Ask us the story because we love telling about it!

Coming Soon: Her First Days Slideshow!

The Beginning of a Love Story!

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Grace's 6th Birthday Celebration at Encinitas Country Day

For a girl who always wanted to be five, Grace sure did enjoy her 6th Birthday celebration with her kindergarten friends at ECDS. Mrs. Maggie and Ms. Gaby were truly wonderful teachers for Grace and her class is such a great group of kids. It just feels that Grace has some friends for life in this bunch.

Credit V for the excellent outdoor photos. Grace, you can scarcely fathom what a wonderful year this will be for you. (Click on the Slideshow then Click "Full Screen" so you can see the shots close up.)

Our Winter Trip

After Christmas we visited the Stricklands at their new home in Texas...highlights involved telling them about the Pea in Vivi's Pod, and a trip to freeze with the Grinch who Stole Christmas....

then headed east to visit Evelyn and Susan's families!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Porter Campbell Strickland McFadden Venick Holiday Party '09

Merry Christmas from our many families that come together as one...we are so blessed.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Buena Vista Athletic Club Annual Smackdown '09

This year's annual BVAC Smackdown was, as usual, a blast!

The fishing was bountiful for the Boyd / Porter boat on Friday, with a virtual limit by 11am!

The golf produced some amazing moments of skill and cunning - pretty sure Boyd took the cup Friday night but the memory is shaky. Gosh, can't seem to remember who won Saturday night either! (Must not have been me!)

Smalley rocked the Poker table Saturday night, watch for his 6 high straight in the slideshow...

Until 2010...

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Beach Camping with the Gohls!

Now Tracy, you ok having your name in lights? OK, good.

We love beach camping with Scott, Tracy, Zayne and Allegra...so when you get TWO sessions in together in one month, - wow - that has to rock! And it did. Heck they loved it so much we might even get them out next year to do it again!

Couldn't you just put these pics on your wall?

Gohls, if you send your pics I'll layer 'em in!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Sequoias!

(Click on the slideshow for a fuller screen view. )
We love the Sequoias, and this year we were part of a five-family stomp with Lodgepole as our base camp.

Sequoias are majestic!

We all love big trees!

Kids in the Meadow

Snow in June, are you kidding???

See, the snow melted, no big deal!

Thanks Adam and Celica for setting this one up!!!!

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!"