Young Artists' Piano Concert featuring Sully!

Sully's piano teacher, David Mercer invited Sully to play in a real deal piano recital on the big stage at the Washington Pavilion, the catch? He had to memorize a pretty complicated piece by Chopin. Props to David, all of his students are incredibly talented and this opportunity really inspired Sully to do his best. In true Sully form, he rose to the occasion. Sully committed to practicing 20+ minutes each day in order to pull it together. Dave and I were both nervous and excited for him, and most importantly, so proud of him. He rocked it.

March Madness with Sully

Sully and I put the plans in motion 12 months in advance when we realized the first round of NCAA March Madness was going to be in San Diego, I reserved our spot at the condo and with my dad for the weekend. We had the best time. Sully and I flew out to San Diego and spent the weekend watching basketball on TV or in person, going to the Navy Seal Museum in downtown San Diego, hitting golf balls, and doing all of our favorite Coronado things (candy store, pool, Moo Time, the Garage, the list goes on). The highlight for me was paying way too much for the Sunday games in the nose bleed section and finagling our way to the front for the St. John game when they hit the buzzer beater. I loved the undivided time with both Sully and my parents. What a gift.  

Good morning in paradise. 

Always a golf course on the agenda. 

Navy Seal Museum simulators

Squad

Sully practicing his recital piece for my mom. 

My dad capturing the excitement.

Moo Time, looking so tall. 

Cozy at the condo.

Cinderella

Greta dazzled on stage again, this time in Cinderella as part of the Wait Staff Ensemble. She really loved Cinderella because she spent much more time on stage and learned some great choreography. The show happened to coincide with a weekend I had planned away, so Dave managed like a champ. I was able to catch opening night before a spa/shopping/eating weekend in Denver with Leanne, which I loved every moment of. Unfortunately the weekend turned extra long as I had some flight issues, but in the end, it all worked out. Seeing Greta shine on stage brings me so much joy, her confidence makes me so proud. 

Dave and his crew. 

So proud of G. 

xoxoxo

Birthday and Tennis Fun

After a fantastic few days in Puerto Rico, I was happy to be home with the kids for my birthday. We watched Piper play some tennis in the morning, she surprised us all by coming in second at the CCSF Jr Tennis Open which only added fuel to her tennis flame. We were all excited with her victory. We followed that up with breakfast in bed, flowers from Inflower, Inca for dinner, and the most beautiful birthday cake. There are plenty of challenges and stressors, but life really does keep getting sweeter. 

Piper and our tennis coach, Conrad. 

Piper placed second (out of 4 :)). 

Bday cake a la Piper and Greta. 

xoxoxo

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico was fantastic. Dave had a conference and it sort of coincided with my birthday, so we figured, what the heck! It was pretty easy to get to, the weather was lovely, the culture, sounds, vibes, colors, and people were all top notch. We had equal parts exploring and relaxing, including lawn chair naps as the sun set, I mean, actual real life dream come true. Oh, and worth mentioning, we got to experience a black out day.

We stayed at the Hilton Caribe, which was also where the conference was. It had a great resort feel. Dave was up early for meetings and I would meander down to the pool at my leisure. Dave would meet up when he was done and we would grab a quick lunch and either head into Old San Juan (a 45 minute walk) or just find a good lawn chair and settle in. We loved Old San Juan. We had good food, enjoyed the beautiful views, loved the gardens, tried mofongo, had pina colidas from the inventor of the drink, and just followed our noses. I would highly recommend it. A couple of notable mentions... Barrachima for pina coladas, El Asador for mofongo, and sunset drinks at Atelier Rooftop. I can't wait to go back. 

Airplane sunset. 

Gorgeous gardens. 

Exploring Old San Juan.

Colors and vibes. 

Local gardens. 

Sky and sea views. 

Vacation Dave

Mofonogo

Let's Go Bluejays!

Dave and I put a Bluejay basketball weekend on the calendar and had a blast. We brought a buddy of Sully's to even out the numbers, and everyone had so much fun. 

We arrived in time for dinner on Friday evening and had dinner and ice cream. The kids explored the hotel for a few minutes before we came back and watched movies in the hotel. On Saturday, we explored the Old Market, had breakfast at Loula B's, popped into the arcade, saw the Bluejays lose, played some minigolf, and went to Spaghetti Works for dinner, a tween/teenagers dream day come true. On Sunday  we went to Creighton, Trader Joes, and Raising Canes. 

I promised the boys that if they each scored a basket during thier season that we would do it again next year, what do you know, Henry made the money basket during the very last game, whoop! Until next time. 

Girl Gang 

Minigolf

Squad

Let's go Bluejays! 

A beautiful morning for a Creighton tour. 

Student center fun. 

The Mall.