Goodbye August. Hello September!

August was horrible as far as surf and waves go but September seems to be more promising!

The photographer in the first one here is Alan of 808soul shot yesterday with a GoPro Black.

The following two were shot by Brandon this morning with a Canon T3i.  The remainig collages are also Brandon shot on Thursday evening.

This is my favorite time of the year and it only gets better.  Enjoy!

Ladies and Laila

Laila and ladies she mentions a lot lately. 

If your picture isn't here its because I couldn't find one but she mentions you too. Lol!

August Austin

With Luke in real school, we have had to plan our vacations carefully to ensure that he isn't considered a truant.  This actually happened in October 2012 but that's another story.  This summer break, we opted to delay our vacation to the last weeks before schools begins.  Austin in August provided us an opportunity to see the Kinoti's and Sanchez's so we packed up and headed down south y'all.

We stayed at the Lakeway Resort set by Lake Travis.  The property was quite well setup with water slides, pools, gym and all the amenities you need to get into the vacation spirit.

Here are some fun shots.

The girls..all excited at LAX

Lakeway Resort.  Happy Hour with the Sanchez's

Laila at a splash-pad Round Rock

Munchkins being silly at Franks Hot-dogs

Silliness ensues

Now its addictive with Noah in on the action

Infinity pool at Lakeway Resort..bliss!

Feeling chillaxed

Selfie at the infinity pool

Swim up bar for 21 and up only!

Luke and I rented a boat and went 22 miles one way

My co-captain

Co-captain Luke testing the other seats

Check out the huge hotels and mansions cliff-side!

Huge mansions!

Captain Big-shot..says so on my shirt!

Captain Big-shot and son.

Co-captain took the tiller (wheel) for a bit.

Captain on the tiller and co-captain filming

More Captain and co-captain

See no evil

Hear no evil

Speak no evil

Think no evil (I made that up)

Now go crazy!

Chillaxed to the Max!

Kissy..kissy kissy!

Paleo burger from Wholly Cow Burgers.

Mind blowing Reggae

We went to a music event at the famous Hollywood Bowl this past summer.  The artists were all Reggae artists and most of you probably already know that is my favorite genre of music.

Third World whom I last saw in the 90s at the Carnivore in Nairobi, Kenya years ago opened up and were absolutely amazing.  They were followed by Ghetto Youths crew who seem to be the breeding ground for young talent out of Jamaica.  Julian Marley son of the late great Bob Marley is part of this crew.

This was then followed by what I can only describe as the most amazing musical experience I have ever had.
Stephen Marley, another son of the late great Bob Marley took the stage and from start to finish had the entire crowd singing along and dancing.  The sound was perfect, the weather balmy and the experience awesome.

Damian Marley, another son of the late great Bob followed this performance with a more uptempo beat.  In my opinion, Stephen stole the show but it was all good!  The only sons that were missing were Ziggy and Kymani which sounds like Kimathi or Kimani if you ask me.

You can hear a little in this little clip I recorded on my phone.  Excuse the amateur sing along and wild screaming.  I have no idea who that lunatic next to me was that was screaming like that!




Here is a little fun motion photo from the event.

Happy 3rd Birthday London!

We love you London!  Have a Happy Happy Birthday!
We recorded this for you and hope you get to see it first thing tomorrow morning.  Enjoy!

June Fun in the Sun

This June, we went to San Pedro for Pedro and Janet's wedding.  We decided to turn it into a staycation so we booked into a little hotel that had a pool and spent the night.

Barb and Steve's daughter Lauren babysat the munchkins while we attended the wedding.  The next morning, we hangout at the pool and the kids showcased their swimming prowess.  Note that the pictures in the album show the depth of the pool.  The deep-end they were diving into is 8ft!

Luke flying high as I marvel at how he does this

Laila trying to outdo Luke

Of course I had to get in on the action

Group cannonball.  I tricked them and didn’t jump but they did

Luke with a flip jump

A fun motion shot..something new

Luke's Piano Recital

If you didn’t already know, now you know.

Luke has been taking piano classes once a week for 45 minutes and recently we were invited to see his progress.  While the sounds coming out seem simple, I can assure you I have tried and it is not simple.

Enjoy!

Laila's Birthday

Yes!
Today was Laila's birthday.  She woke us up so early was so excited and almost sneezed on her entire cake!
Enjoy!




Update: I thought updating this post with an old pic of Laila at 1 month would be fun.  As you can tell, PINK is still the theme!

Bobby and Nisha's Wedding

The real photos of this event are on the camera and will soon be uploaded for your viewing pleasure.  These are some fun shots from my phone.
It was awesome being with the family again and welcoming Nisha and her family to ours.