Kirra Mylan Sundseth

 It's been a while since the last post but here are some photos of Kirra Mylan Sundseth, born July 16, 2010.

X-mas 2009

We celebrated X-mas with Weedman's again and Khloe Mai and the boys had a great time.

The next day opened gifts at our house and had Uncle Giang over for some Shabu Shabu.

The day after x-mas we headed up to grandma's house in Torrance.

Thanksgiving 2009

We had a good time hosting Thanksgiving this year. The O'days, Meeuwsens, and Czyszczons were all able to make it along with Karyn.

Jordin's B-day

We went up to LA o celebrate Jordin's 1st bday. The girls had fun with the pinata and treasure hunt.

Love you Dad!

I can't believe it's been a year since dad passed, it seems like yesterday he was still here showing me how to paint, talking about his adventures as a Pilgrim in Hawaii, and shuttling us around for our AYSO soccer games. I miss you dad and you'll always be in our hearts, love you!

At the paddle out at Magic Sands where Dave dove dad's ashes into the sea...

Our wedding day

Right after our ceremony, dad looked good in a tux!

At our rehearsal dinner

At my college graduation

With mom, dad and big bro Dave and our matching outfits made by mom...

At Hapuna Beach with dad as a keiki...

Zoo day!

This Monday was Khloe Mai's official bday so Geanie and I took the day off and enjoyed it with our little girl at the Zoo. She had a great time looking at the birds and barking like a dog at the monkeys! The new elephant exhibit was cool and KM really like pulling on the fences and wires surrounding the animal cages. After a nice relaxing stroll at the zoo we took off and had nice family Spices of Thai lunch and luckily KM took a nice nap in the car on the ride home.

Khloe Mai's 1st Birthday!

I can't believe it, we're celebrating Khloe Mai's first b-day! In true Hawaiian fashion we had kalua pig, terry beef, mahi mahi, mac salad and rice! We thankfully didn't cook all the food and Kealani's did a nice job of providing the food. Khloe Mai had a great time with all of the kids and rarely left the slide or her car. Ashley's cousins Ila, Tucker and Ryan were great babysitters and kept a watchful eye on Khloe Mai. Geanie's family also made it down it was great to have so many friend and relatives to celebrate KMs first birthday. Thanks to everyone that showed up, the gifts, the donated lawn furniture and kegerator, and for all of the fond memories with Khloe Mai that day! We look forward to celebrating many more happy birthdays inthe future!

New Dining Room

Geanie got inspired to get our dining room redone. We repainted the walls, changed the lighting, updated the drapes and bought some new leather chairs and a storage cabinet.

Gotwald's Wedding

My good friend from Rose Greg Gotwald got married in Indy this weekend and I left the wife and kid and took a flight out there to help celebrate. I stayed with Kelly Ojala and his wife Megan (who's expecting) and had a great time going to Broadripple that Friday night and rehashing punchy face with Rev! We had a cool little Rose alumn soccer game early Sat morning and Ian/Andy Doll almost had to be taken off in a stretcher. I also almost froze my toes off playing in the wet grass!

The wedding was awesome and Greg and Lindsay are such an awesome couple! Michael Nietch almost missed the ceremony but some how he pulled it off and was there in time. I of course drank too much both nights, slept too little (about 6hrs total) but had a fun time seeing a lot of old college buddies I haven't seen in a long time, some over 10 years! I also realized that traveling without your family is nice but it really sucks when you miss them! It was nice to get back into SD, I don't like cold weather!

Sundseth BBQ

Geanie decided to have an impromptu BBQ at our house this weekend and had the O'Days, Meeuwsens, Cabrals, Czyszczons and James and Rose. It was cool to have the kids over and was really nice of James and Rose to restock the beer. It was made really interesting when Geanie's turkey burgers dwarfed into spinach turkey burgers that were a bright green color! They tasted great but bright almost neon green really only belongs in the 80s, not in a burger!



We also had Roy, Ashley and Jacob over later in the week and gave him his present finally! Jacob is getting so big, he's in Kindergarten now at Kate Sessions and he's doing great, nice work Roy and Ash!

Baby Zahara!

We went to the Cabrals and visited newborn baby Zahara! Boris and Wassila are so proud of their little girl and it reminded me of how much of an impact Khloe Mai has had on us too! It's so cool to see the transformation from boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife to parents. Children are awesome and little Zahara is a true testament of a life changer! Khloe Mai was a little interested in Zahara and she also tested out Zahara's room fro a little siesta. Nice work Boris and Wassila!

San Diego HeartWalk

It's that time of year again and this time we walked with my company PhotoThera and Khloe Mai. Last year when we did this walk Geanie was almost full term. Khloe Mai enjoyed the walk and we had a good time with my co-workers and were also able to meet up with team Synteract for a little kid bonding with Geanie's co-workers. It was a nice morning and we look forward to many more HeartWalks in SD!

Cousin Lucas Visit

Cousin Lucas and Auntie Annie visited us while they were out in SoCal visitin family and friends. We had a great time seeing Lucas and Khloe Mai play around at our house. They are getting so big! We also met them up in Murrieta at Annie's sister's house and we had a great time hanging out in their hot tub and pool. Lucas and KM also had a bath together and they were awesome! They always seemed to want to climb on top of each other and play with whatever the other one was playing with, typical cousins!

Grandma and Grandpa visit

The other weekend we headed up to Torrance to see grandma and grandpa. Khloe Mai had a fun time playing with cousin Brandon and Uncle Nam. We took her to the park next to her house and she had fun on the swing and slides. The pics below are of that weekend plus some other pics from this month which include a BBQ at her daycare and some house pics and videos.

San Francisco!

The past weekend we took off from San Diego on Thursday night to spend the weekend in San Francisco. Khloe Mai loved the gadgets in the Virgin America planes and kept on hassling the poor girls behind us with her peek-a-boo games. My college buddy Tom picked us up from SFO and his girlfriend Lisa was kind enough to let us take over her apartment near Fisherman's warf. It was great hanging out with Tom and Lisa again and their two pugs, Peyton and Fuji. We were also able to all go out and meet up with our old roommate Pete and his new girl Anna for some Thai food at Basil Thai Friday night.

Saturday we all went to the the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and had lunch. The farmers market there is pretty insane and they definitely have a lot of great food. Tom and Lisa also took us for some sightseeing and we went to the top of the Twin Peaks and were able to have some awesome views of the city. We then headed into China town for a quick stop into Lisa's mom's shop, The Wok Shop,(www.wokshop.com). We tried to surprise her with Lisa and Tom walking in with KM before as their new adopted child but unfortunatley she was running an errand. After being forced to take our items we were going to buy for free we headed back to get ready for the wedding.

Josh and Minnies' wedding was at the Ritz, and in true Sundseth fashion we rolled in at 5:10 and the wedding started at 5:00. Thankfully it was an Asian wedding and they didn't get started until 5:30, maybe they planned it that way? I know we did! The wedding was great and after eating a ton, drinking more, and dancing, or at least trying compete with the two physicists that were battling (check out the video), we called it a night.



Tom and Lisa did an awesome job with KM while we were out, I think KM took them through the ringer though with her 1hr crying bout, which might have been some good birth control! After the wedding Tom and I went out for pizza and beer at Golden Boy Pizza and later met up with Pete and Anna for some late night drinks at Grant and Green Saloon. We pounded a few beers, snuck in some shots of Fernet, dumped a few beers into Anna's lap and listened to some awesome covers of Journey and other 80's music by a band called Fast Times, I think. It was a good time, and it was nice to chill with Pete and Tom again like old times. Of course we stopped and bought a ton of beer for an after party back at Pete's place and in true dad fashion, I bailed out. Sometimes you got to be responsible you know, or have a thoughtful wife!

Sunday morning we met up with Lisa's mom, Pete and Anna and we all had Dim Sum at Yank Sing. It was nice to have some good dim sum and I highly recommend their signature Shanghai Dumplings, although it takes a special technique to successfully eat them! After saying our goodbyes and packing our stuff up we headed back to SD. Thanks Tom and Lisa for the hospitality and we can't wait to see everyone again!

Jeff and Erica's Wedding

The past couple of weeks have been pretty busy. We've been out and about and were lucky enough to have a "free" night off for Jeff and Erica's wedding. Lucky for us, the wedding was 10min away and we had some awesome sitters, Uncle Roy and Aunty Ashley stepped in and put her down like experienced parents, nice work!

The wedding was great! Open bar always helps and a nice, sweet, short ceremony is always a plus because then we get to spend more quality time "socializing", right? Best wishes to the new Jeff and Erica Meyer!

4th of July Weekend

We had a good 4th this year, it was pretty mellow compared to the usual Pacific Beach craziness Geanie and I used to get into. We started it with Ben Lau's b-day party at Pizza Port on Thursday. After many pitchers and some grub we bolted out early to get Khloe Mai to bed. It was good to see the Lau's and friends and Wendy and KM were getting along great!

The next day we met the Meeuwsen's at Power House park in Del Mar for Jonas' 1st b-day. He was walking all over the place! We all had a great time at Del Mar and it was nice to hang out at the beach for the afternoon.

On the 4th we went to the Meeuwsen's and had a little BBQ and drinks along with the O'Day's. The 4th was pretty chill, nothing crazy although Khloe Mai and Jonas had their first bath together, they were pretty funny together in the tub, each trying to get toys from each other. We ended up leaving before the fireworks, should have stayed though because KM cried the whole way home, very fun! Oh yeah, I also gave myself a new haircut to celebrate the 4th! Hope the boss likes it!

Pool Time!

We went over to the Meeuwsen's and met the O'Day's there for some pool time. It was Khloe Mai's first time in the pool and she had a great time with Riley, Jonas and Marley. Riley was showing the kids what she learned at her swim lessons and she did awesome going under water. Jonas still has no fear, that boy was leaping into the pool! Khloe Mai did well but I think she was kinda surprised each time we went under! Jonas showed off his standing skills and took a step for us while we were there, it looks like he'll be walking by his first b-day next week!

Father's Day Weekend

This weekend was father's day weekend and the Cabrals started it off with a nice "in the neighborhood" visit Friday night. Boris and Wassila swung by and had some fun with Khloe Mai. Their new house is up and coming and we're hoping to visit it soon. Wassila was looking great, little Zahara is about ready to come out and join Khloe Mai, well not too soon!

Saturday we had family over and Geanie's brothers could sure do a BBQ! They brought over short ribs, steaks, chicken, fried rice and a ton of veggies to grill. I sadly have to say all we provided was prawns, chicken and beer! It was awesome to have them down for the afternoon. Hieu, Steph, Thu Han and little Hieu were kind enough to bring a ton of old toys for KM, it was practically like X-mas for her! Thanks to Hinny and Judy, who brought a lot of food, I didn't have to do any of the grilling! Brandon was a handful as always but he was really sweet to KM. Nam will be graduating next semester, finally, and we're taking him to Hawaii next year to celebrate! Grandma and grandpa loved Khloe Mai, we couldn't get KM away from grandpa.

The following morning I played in my soccer game and we won, nice. We had a nice lunch at home and met the Rupps at Tamarack beach for some beers and bocce ball. After getting way too much sun and getting my ass handed to me in bocce ball we took off and met the Meeuwsens and Karyn at Pizza Port in Solana Beach. Jonas was great, I think he ate a whole basket of beer buddies! That boy can put down some serious food for 11 1/2 mths! KM and Jonas kept on eyeing each other from their highchairs, it was pretty funny. After a couple of pizzas and a pitcher of beer with a lot of good baby and catching up conversations we headed home.

PS- Thanks babe for the weekend, and that card was the best!

Crawling!

Khloe Mai has been teetering back and forth on her hands and feet and scooting backwards on her butt for some time now, but she finally put some good forward movement together! And it happened as the Lakers were clinching their 15th NBA title against the Magic! Here is some footage that we were able to get and of course, I had to use a hammer to get her going!