We (were) on a boat!

Today, we went on a boat! Uncle Mark took us sailing, and only about a mile or so off Newport we saw a nice little pod of whales pretty close by... there was about 6 of them spouting all over. Maybe going again next weekend in Catalina, we'll see... Woo-hoo!

VAUGHN USED TO BE A TODDLER MODEL

Here’s a shot of Vaughn from about a year ago (I think) during his short stint as a toddler model for our friend’s sunglass company SABRE. He got fired shortly after this photo, but amazingly this shot still made the cut.

An Apple a Day...

Keep's Vaughn eating and the parents happy!

Can't forget about the Vaughnster

I realized there's been a lot of photos of little Lila Dove, so here's a couple of Vaughn.


I think I've pulled this move once or twice. Sometimes you just can't put the drink down!


Nothing wrong with a boy trying on his mom's shoes... Especially the good ones!

Whoa, is it almost November???

Time sure does fly... I kinda forgot about keeping up with this. Well, not really forgot but just been keeping busy. Uncle Mark and Aunt Vicki have been here on their boat, and they've been wonderful to have around. It's nice having dinners with family (and the occasional babysitters!) and we've really been enjoying it. We haven't gotten a chance to get out on their boat with them, but we will make of point of it before they shove off to Mexico - they'll be here 4 more weeks.

When not on the boat, they are staying in a cool old 1 bedroom house in Balboa down by the Wedge that Mark's cousin owns as their beach casita. His father built it 80 years ago when there was only 2 other houses on the block, total cost: $2900 - I couldn't imagine being on Balboa Peninsula when houses weren't inches apart and into the multi-million dollar range. Must have been really cool back then, cause even with all the crowded houses and people now its still very nice!

Juli and I are getting into the groove of things with two kids, it's not so hard... I've even been able to get more surfing in the last two weeks than I can remember. It also helps that it's October, the weather is great, the waves have been really fun and Juli has been very accommodating in letting me get out of the house. I figure since now I'm so old and all, I'm going to have to keep surfing so I don't turn into a fat slob, because there's pretty much no way I'm going to be doing any other sort of exercise.

Here's Lila sunbathing down in Balboa. More pics next time.

Happy Birthday Wifey slash Mama!

Today is Juli's 29th birthday! She is the most awesome girl in the world, the best wife, best friend, best mom to our kids, etc, etc, etc... I'm so lucky. Love you Babe! Here are a bunch of old photos of us from when we first started dating in 2005, and beyond.

This was the first time she met my parents about a month after we started hanging out in Florida at my cousin's wedding. Two minutes after this photo, she was so wasted she fell out of her chair in front of everyone. My family laughed and clapped, and my aunt said, "Oh, she's a Marshall!"

This was later that same night, we went looking for a place to get water at 1 am and ended up in a Hooka Lounge. It was strange...

Going out for Juli's bachelorette party at Beat It!

At Hurst Castle in 2005

At my company Xmas party in 2006

Super duper drinking team... well we used to be!

At her Dad's house in Mexico in 2006 - one of our fav places!

Out in San Diego one night in 2007 at ASR. Can you tell that I have no recollection of this night?