West High cheerleading clinic

I signed up Audrey for the cheer clinic at our high school. They practiced all week and then cheered at the Friday night football game. It was adorable. Audrey learned her cheers very well and absolutely loved the lifts - just smiled her head off the whole time. And we were so proud of her. It was an intense week for a 6 year old, however. She had a soccer game that Saturday and when I told her to get ready she said "I have already been to enough games!"

Early fall heat wave

We had a nice day at the beach at the end of September after a long, cold summer. When Mark comes we take the boogie board and drag the kids around the shoreline. They love that. It's a good thing this photo of Mark is backlit or you'd all be blinded by his whiteness.

Global warming is real

You might have heard about the day that broke the heat record on Los Angeles. That was the day we went to Disneyland with some good friends. This is the girls in the car on the way there - Bella, Angelina, Audrey and Claire. We had a good time but it was so hot Audrey actually asked me if pretty soon the whole place was going to catch on fire. It felt like it might. This might be the last Disneyland-related entry for awhile - our passes expired and we are sad sad people. It was fun while it lasted!