Lily Plays Piano!

I just figured this out! Here's one of our latest videos...

Latest from LA

It was so great to meet little G. I have to figure out how to post video. Our latest news: Lily got her ears pierced and cut both bottom front teeth at the same time! (ouch) Ray and Ileana were just here visiting southern California--Dad ran the San Diego Marathon (woo hoo!). We all were inspired and talked about possibly training for one, or a half marathon. We'll see if any of us will actually follow through...

Love to all!

Jen & Lily visit CO

Had fun Hangin with Jen & Lily out here in Colorado. Took some video... ill put it up soon

GEO

EASTER PICS, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!!!!

JUST A FEW PICS TO SHARE.....
ABOVE IS HAILEY'S K CLASSROOM, SPRING PARTY! ERICA LOVED TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN. SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS READY FOR KINDERGARTEN!!!!! NOT YET ERICA YOU HAVE TO GET THRU PRE-K FIRST!!!!!!! LOL

THE EASTER EGG HUNT IS ALWAYS THE BEST ON EASTER MORNING!!!! THEY GOT LOTS OF GOODIES FROM THE BUNNY.....

Welcome Hudson

Hi all!

Things have been super busy here is San Diego. Jay and I starting to plan the wedding for next summer, as well as our trip back east in June. In the meantime, I'm trying to make it through exam week.

Our latest news is that we have a new puppy in the family. His name is Hudson and he is a Bernese Mountain Dog. He's eight weeks old and very adorable. He's going to grow quickly, so we'll keep posting more pics. Hope all is well!


Love,
Joanna

ERICA'S 4TH BIRTHDAY AND GOOD NEWS!!

WELL ERICA'S BIRTHDAY PAST AND SHE HAD A GREAT TIME... WE HAD A PARTY AT THE HOUSE AND INVITED A FEW DANCE FRIENDS TOO! IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, SO THE GIRLS WERE ABLE TO PLAY OUTSIDE ALL AFTERNOON AND STAY OUT OF MOMMY'S HAIR!! LOL

ALSO, WE JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM COUSIN JOANNA AND JASON ASKING FOR US TO BE A PART OF THIER SPECIAL DAY NEXT SUMMER. THE GIRLS WILL BE FLOWER GIRLS AND MOMMY WILL BE A BRIDESMAID TOO! YEAH, WE CAN'T WAIT, IT'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN!!! THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR LETTING US BE A PART OF YOUR WEDDING!!!

MORE TO COME SOON......

Happy Easter from G Duck!

Easter Bonnets

Stylin' in my new Easter cap from Aunt Jo and MaryAnn...

Visit

Cool Jen

As far as I know we will be here

Rising Stars

Way to go Hailey! Is it possible to have done better at this competition?? Didn't you win a bunch of gold/first-place medals last time??!! You go girl!

It seems that Joe, Lily, and I will be going to Denver/Boulder over the weekend of May 5th for Joe's Dad's 70th birthday party. Hopefully the Colorado crew will be in town so we get to meet the new Little G!

We're heading to San Diego to visit with Joanna and Jason this weekend for Easter. Will post some new pictures of our egg hunt next week...

Love to All!
Jen

Competition Time Again

Hey George...NICE RABBIT!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Hailey just had her second dance competition, and did even better than the first time. She actually looked like she knew what she was doing this time!!! LOL They were all soooooo cute!

Hailey and her friend Samantha!

Poor Erica... I need to get a pic of her in here...

Erica was so happy to meet her cousin Lily! She got to be the BIG KID for a change!!

Bye Bye for now....

Baby G- six weeks!

Outdoor girl

Hi folks!
Lily is about to turn 5 months. We're starting to train her early to like hiking. Actually she loves being outside, looking up at the trees. We made another big turn for the better this week--sleeping through the night. It took a little crying, but man is it worth it! Our next adventure will be ear piercing.









On the home front--we finally busted up some concrete around our house to make more space for planting green things in this paved-over city we live in. Now we have a lovely crumbled concrete sculpture on our front lawn. (pics of this to come soon)

Checkin in...

I'm bored at work so I popped in to see if there was any new news...


...since there wasnt, here's a bunny with a pancake on its head


Geo

Hailey's 1st Dance Competition!!!

Hailey had her first real dance competition...Mommy is so proud!!! Erica watched in envy, cuz she'll be joining the group next year!!! The All American Talent Awards in Valley Forge PA was a great time. Hailey wasn't even nervous and had so much fun, thats what its all about!!! Her group, called "Chiffon" is made up of 4-7 year olds and they recieved 3 GOLD awards and one HIGH GOLD for the routines!! Yeah HAILEY!!!!

Singing in the Rain - Ballet - GOLD

Bossa Nova Baby - Tap - GOLD

Shake your Tail Feathers - Jazz - GOLD

On Your Mark, Get Set, Go! - Production - HIGH GOLD

....More pics to come....

Lily Pics for Abuela

I hear Tia Viv was out in Colorado last week. How are things going with the new little G??

At the request of Abuela Ileana, I'm posting some recents Lily shots.
Hope everyone is well!

HOT HOT HOT

It was HOT here this weekend. 90 degrees on saturday! We sat in the yard dreaming of the summer, when our dirt pile of a yard will be a beautiful garden.

And today--rainy, cold, yucky.

How are things with the new little G??

Lily is about to roll!

Joining this Blog!!

Hi all, this is a good idea. Great way to stay in touch and hear from everyone. Great pictures of Lily and her Uncle Dan. Georgie III is adorable, and so is Hailey and Erica, of course.
Love and hugs to all.
Abuela Ileana

Colorado in da house!!!

this is cool, i never thought I'd actually use this G-mail account LOL

great idea

This should be a great way to keep in touch! Jay and I just got back from Portland, Oregon where I had a conference. The weather was a bit rainy, but it's always fun to explore a new city. It's good to be back in sunny San Diego!

Sounds good to me.... we're in!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lily is so darn cute!!!!

And yes I admit...I'm terrible at sending pics to everyone so this is great!!! Love You

Welcome to Coast2Coast blog!

Hi folks!
I've set up a blog to make it easier for the family to share information and photos with each other. I've stolen this idea from Joe's family. The Sturges's have a blog and it has been really easy to post a quick message with a photo and know that other people will check in now and then to get the news from each other around the county. Much easier than email and attachments, i think. Give it a try and let me know. I've invited the following to post messages:

ileana, ray, joanna, jason, vivian, tara, george jr, sarah, toni, thomas, rise, alison, rob

Who else wants in? Just forward the invitation to them. Also, You can send the blog address to anyone you want to view it.

Today Lily is four months old. You can click on each picture to see them larger.



Below are some instructions on how to post to the blog:

1) Go to www.blogger.com

2) Sign in where it says "new blogger." If you don't have a Gmail account, you'll have to create one. Then type in your email and password and click "sign in"

3) This brings you to the dashboard - click on "new post" (it has a green cross next to it).

You just start writing -- give yourself a title and start to write. Add pictures by clicking on the little picture icon above and to the left of the box where you write text.

If you aren't done or not sure if you liked what you wrote you can simply click on "save as draft". If you want to see what it looks like, you can click on "preview".

When you are all done -- click on "publish"

You can add "labels" or categories at the right lower corner.

4) If you have saved something as draft, then next time you are at the dashboard you can click on "edit" and finish the posting. Also you can change your blog postings at any time you want, in case you see a typo or something. It's really easy.

I think that is all...have fun!