Cali Trip- Part 5

playing with uncle tim at auntie kim & uncle jay's house

with papa

the girls and I went to go play with di & kelly + kids

playing at the park next to di's house

kalia & kirra

mt. baldy lodge

baby in a bar

family shot

great grandma & maya

l.a. county fair

feeding the goats
kalia only wanted to feed the short haired or baby goats

kalia was in heaven - mini shopping cars

family shot

auntie kim & maya dress up

allie & kalia with kalia signature pose

kalia & t rex (her favorite dinosaur)

kalia gave us a shaka every time she came by!

last night at papa's house
kalia & logan on top of uncle tim

auntie kim & taylor

hanging out at papa's house

OK, i'm totally sick of this california trip too, but once I start something, I need to finish. Maybe I went into a little too much detail.

Wednesday evening - hang out at Auntie Kim's house with the family.
Thursday - meet up with my friends Di & Kelly and their kids for playdate:)
Then i took the girls up to Mt. Baldy Lodge to meet Erik, Papa & Uncle Tim. Friday we got to visit one last time with Great Grandma Kik and then to the L.A. County Fair. Saturday - Allie's soccer game & get together at Papa's house. Sunday pack and fly to Maui. The End.

Cali Trip - Part 4

zoo with auntie lo & uncle vere

kids petting area

riding the sky tram

me & maya

elephants

polar bear

pink flamingos - kalia's favorite color

panda

kalia fell asleep

catherine & maya

kalia, catherine, rebecca, maya & me

sharing some grapes

After we said goodbye to everyone on Monday,we headed to downtown san diego to spend the next day and night with lauren and vere. They took us to the san diego zoo - which was fun, but the girls were definitely a little exhausted from the weekend. Kalia actually fell asleep as erik carried her, she does not do this sort of thing! Then back to Lauren & Vere's fabulous loft where lo cooked us an amazing dinner. Thanks for having us over guys! In the morning laurent made us these incredible cinnamon roll pancakes- super gourmet! Then we cruised back to tutu and grandpa's house - taking the scenic route through north county san diego, spending 3 1/2 driving back. Tuesday evening was the only night on our trip, where we weren't doing anything but relaxing.

Wednesday, my friend Rebecca and her gorgeous daughter Catherine came over - Catherine is 3 days younger than Maya. It was so cute to see them together and they are at the same exact stage! They both wanted to put these toy grapes in their mouths and since it splits in two (from kalia's kitchen set, where you can cut it in two) kalia split it up and gave one to each. So good to spend some time with them! Then we were off to Erik's sister's house...more later.

cali trip - part 3: koga reunion cont

great grandma & maya

grandpa feeding maya

curtis ross feeding maya

kalia doing her beach thing

cups lined up with everyone's name

auntie lo feeding maya puffs

kalia coloring and erik doing sudoku contest

morning in the living room

beach with ella & jack

erik & friends, tommy & rick

tommy, erik, rick & mark

bocci ball tourney

vere wins the koga kup!

OK, going to make this quick- so day 2 after a delicious fried rice breakfast, we finally organized to get to the beach. Erik borrowed a longboard from the guys living next door and paddled it down to the beach we were driving to. At the beach we had our first event in the race for the koga kup- horseshoes. Team Lauren & Vere won the first event and we all had a great day - body surfing, boogie boarding and relaxing. That night we continued our games for the koga kup- sudoku, mario cart on wii & a cola taste challenge that tutu set up. Lauren won the sudoku game, Vere won mario cart, so by the end of Saturday, Vere was leading by 1 point, since he had identified 1 more cola than Lauren.

Sunday - We headed to Moonlight beach to hang out with Erik's friends from high school - Tommy, Mark, Rick & Rick's wife and kids, Ella & Jack. That night we headed home for Bocci Ball Tournament & Bowling on Wii. Even though Uncle Curt won the bowling tournament - first time every playing, Vere won the Koga Kup by a landslide.

It was a great weekend, so much fun, so much food. Wish we could see everyone more often!

Just wanted to write a quick note on updates here at home right now. Maya is exploding in her crawling and pulling up on everything!!!! She pulled up on the toilet tonight - couldn't get to her fast enough! The first full day back, her first nap, I knew that we needed to lower the crib, since she had been pulling up on things consistently. But it really surprised me when I went into her room after her nap and she was standing up, so I said, "oh my gosh!" and I really scared her and she screamed at the top of her lungs like she was in a horror movie. So we lowered her crib and removed the bumper. But now the problem is that her little legs (or not so little legs) keep getting stuck in the crib slats! Now that Maya is getting into everything and exploring every room - especially the kitchen & bathroom, we need to get organized and be on top of clutter & cleaning! She loves to be in the kitchen, pulling all the alphabet magnets down, pulling up on water bottles & even against the wall!

More later, supposed to be ordering maya photos! Erik waiting patiently:)

california trip - part 2: koga family reunion!

KOGA FAMILY REUNION 2009
group photo in front of the house in encinitas

dick koga family
great grandpa, great grandma, grandpa, tutu
auntie lo, uncle vere, daddy & kalia, mommy & maya

curtis koga family
great grandpa, great grandma, uncle curt, auntie cheryl,
chelsey, bobby, kimber, tommy, curtis ross

ben koga family
uncle ben, auntie midori, gay, brian, jan
conner, bailey

julia, kayla, kelsey
uncle fred, auntie haru

above photos provided by auntie cheryl

koga reunion: day 1

sunset from the upstairs lanai

erik's high school friends who live in san diego

arrival night

vere ruled on the microphone - a little family rock band

poker anyone? - conner the poker shark

After our great playdate with Bianca, we headed to the house in encinitas- where lauren was just starting to unpack. The house was huge - 7 bedrooms, air hockey upstairs and jacuzzi. We spent the afternoon sorting out where everyone would sleep, unpacking and waiting for everyone to arrive. We also obsessed over this little eye piece under the TV that looked like a camera and put a sticker over it. Erik's two friends from high school, tommy & mark came over to take erik for a boys night. Slowly everyone arrived and we had some beers and took turns playing rock band.