Jessie's Birthday at the GAP

July 27, 2008
Today was Jessie's first birthday party. He had a great shindig at the Gauche Aquatic Park (GAP). Believe it or not, I hadn't taken Gannon to the GAP yet. Well, as we assumed, he loved every aspect of the park. He had a smile plastered across his face the entire time we were there. Happy Birthday Baby Jessie...and thanks for the fun day!

San Francisco Weekend

July 18, 2008
This morning we woke-up and headed to Sausalito for brunch. Rich needed a great meal before his fight - we went to one of our favorites (Scoma's...yum!).

It was so wonderful to see some of our very old and dear friends, Will and Jen. They now live in Santa Rosa and were able to come to the city and hang out with us and watch Richard's fight.

Now - the fight. I'm sad to say that my husband didn't win this bout. His nose was broken. His opponent was tough and much bigger than he was, which isn't unusual for Richard's opponents (they seem to only be getting bigger and bigger). The ref stopped the fight in the second round because he thought Rich was being hurt and wasn't able to defend himself accordingly. Rich was so upset with the ref because his strategy was to wear his opponent down and the ref didn't let that happen. As the wife - I'm just glad that once again my handsome husband is alright!

Weigh-in's

July 17, 2008
Dad, Rich and I traveled to San Francisco for the weekend - Rich has a fight at the Kezar Pavillion. Today he had weigh-in's...his opponent is a beast; a big boy

Wall-E

July 12, 2008
This evening, Richard and my Dad attended a fight in Placerville to support one of Richard's friends that had a bout. While the men were gone, my Mom and I took Gannon to see the movie Wall-E...what a sweet and wonderful movie this was! The film was about the beautiful power of love, but also touched on an unexpected cautionary tale of the potential impact of humans irresponsibility and lazy behavior. A wonderful little movie - great for children and adults alike!!!

Fourth of July!!!

July 4, 2008

We began the day by celebrating America's birthday while attending the City of Yuba City's Freedom Parade. This is our second year participating and I truly think that this year was better than last! This parade is such a sweet event - imagine hundreds of children riding their bikes, wagons or scooters down Plumas Street to the Town Center...but what tops it off is the fact that all of the bikes, wagons and scooters are decorated in red, white and blue. People line the street and watch the children. This is a wonderful event to start a great day!!! At the end of the parade are fire trucks, which all children love, hot dogs and birthday cake. Thanks Yuba City for this event. Check out photos of Gannon and his friends at this festive event below.

After the parade and lunch, Mommy, Daddy and Gannon spent the afternoon in our swimming pool. Once Gannon became especially water logged, he napped while we watched a movie. When Gman woke up we went to Grandma and Grandpa's to enjoy a yummy dinner and fireworks with Great Grandma and Aunt Nena.


Gannon still dislikes fireworks. Oh well! And so sorry that we didn't make it to the neighborhood party...the day simply got away from us.

Water Day!

July 3, 2008

Gannon was especially excited to go to school today...because today is water day! Gannon loves water day. When I put on his swim suit and packed him a beach towel this morning, he really started to go crazy. Once he was dressed, he was really for his breakfast and wanted to brush his teeth so he could get to school! There was no down time this morning...it was all about doing what he had to do so he could get to school to get wet with his friends.

Patriotic Decorations...

July 1, 2008
Gannon assisted Daddy this past weekend in getting our home red, white, blue and ready for America's birthday.

Since swimming lessons - Gannon has been in love with red licorice. It is his favorite treat. He has never really enjoyed sweets (even ice cream), but he'll do just about anything for red licorice.