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!

Beer, Soccer, Sushi, Surf and Bocce ball!

The past couple of weeks have been pretty laid back for the Sundseth's. With summer getting into full swing we were able to finally have some "chill" time. We went to Pizza Port on a Sunday to get some beer buddies, wings, pizza and of course Carlsbad Chronic, beer (http://www.pizzaport.com/carlsbad.htm). I think we ordered too much because I was eating pizza for like 3 days straight! I got to play some soccer on Thur and we ended up winning our Thur night outdoor league playoff championship at Aviara Park 3-1! I think it was because Khloe Mai and Geanie were cheering us on from the sidelines! The following night we met the Springers, Lau's, and Geanie's co-workers for sushi at Nozomi. Khloe Mai had fun watching us do sake bombs and was really interested in Ben and Rick for some reason.



The following day we got to catch up on some house chores and make it to the beach for a nice evening surf session at Tamarack with Rick while Maria, KM and Geanie took a walk on the beach followed up with some wine as the sunset went down. Later we got take out with the Springers and tried some killer wings from a place called Wing Stop, I recommend the lemon herb/pepper wings!

Sunday we were back in PB for my indoor game, which we won, go Man U! We then met up with Mike Yentile and crew at Kate Sessions Park for a little bocce ball tournament, thanks to the Lau's I put the bocce balls to use that I received on my b-day! Khloe Mai loved going on the swing at the park and it was pretty cool to see interact with our friend's little girl Lucy who is about 14mths.  They "shared" toys and we found a sippy cup KM really likes (the nuby).  After dad played bocce ball for 4hrs mom and baby were ready so we booked it back home in time to watch the Lakers win in OT, Go Lakers!

Belated B-day weekend

So Geanie, being the awesome wife she is, thought it would be nice to have a party for me at our home with our Cali friends. We setup the yard for sloshball and BBQing and we also had our garage converted into a poker room. I had an awesome time with everyone that showed up and we had a pretty good turnout, around 40 people and 22 players in the poker tourney, congrats to Tai, Gail, James W. and Jamie for finishing in the money. After the poker tourney it got serious with the sloshball, jello shots and fielding that went on! I think Joe took home the honors of MVP with his dedicated (diving) outfield play on the hillside and Roy got best at bat, or should I say "Lost Bat". He managed to swing the bat over the fence into our neighbors yard!



After consuming 90 jello shots, 40 burgers, 40 dogs, and way too much beer and alcohol the late crowd watched our Lakers win! Before everyone left though we had some "Yentile" shots (SoCO, yum...), compliments of Mike Yentile, which reminded me why that bottle of SoCo is never going to be finished!

Thanks to everyone that came and helped celebrate, we had an awesome time and can't wait to throw another party!

The following day we cleaned up and headed to the Springers, and man can Rick cook! They had a sweet BBQ and his pork roast and burgers were awesome, let alone all of the other food they had going on! Today we're off to another BBQ at the Czyszcyon's, nothing like showing up and eating!

Cousin Haley Visit and the Bialas Baby Shower

Geanie's cousin Thiem and Lum came down from NorCal (Elk Grove) with their daughter Haley and stayed with us for a night. It was cool to see Haley, who is over a year old now, play with Khloe Mai. Haley kept giving kisses to KM and hugging her. The last time we saw Haley she was four days old she's now running around and telling mom what she wants to eat!

That weekend we headed up to Temecula and visited with the DeMore's and saw little Owen. Duane and Lydia are doing great with little Owen and after a nice diaper change with KM at their house we headed to the Bialas baby shower. It was nice to see Mike and Sarah and their families and we had a good time drinking their beer and hanging out. It won't be soon until there will be a lot of little munchkins running around when we get together again!

Going home!

It's been a while since the last update, but we've been busy! Geanie had the awesome idea of going to Hawaii as my birthday present and for our family's first mother's day! It was awesome, we didn't do much but it was really nice to see the family and have mother's day with my mom and siblings. We stayed at my mom's house and had a good time with Dave and Misty and their two dogs, Kuma and Haru (Ru).



Khloe Mai had fun playing with her cousins Psalm, Ella and Lucas. We also got to take KM to the beach a few times and were finally able to meet up with Cory Crockett when we went to visit my dad's favorite beach to body surf and where his ashes were spread, Magic Sands.

We can't wait to get back, and we're so glad to have been able to spend time with Mike, Annie, Jordy, Anna, Dave, Misty and my mom!