California Vacation 2009

We spent the first two weeks of August in CA at Kathleen and Shahriar's. Wedid alot. Michael was there the first weekend only when we went to X-Games 15 and to Disneyland.

I took the boys to Vans Skatepark, California Adventures themepark, camped on Oceano Beach in Pismo again for 4 days and met up with our STL friends the Espenschieds in Huntingbeach for a day.

Steve and John E's parents are great friends of Sue & Joe Einig (they were in each other's weddings).

Nicholas' Skateboard Snippets

One of their favorite places to skate is at St. Louis Family Church in the Valley. Here are a couple videos of Nicholas doing a 'Five-O' on a grind rail and dropping in on a 1/4 pipe to catch air on a smaller ramp.

Lake St. Louis Triathlon 2009

Just a walk in the park for this champion, Michael completed this Olympic distance triathlon on August 22 and placed 7th out of the 38 other men in his age group and 39th overall. Wow! Way to Go! Next up are two Ironmans in Tempe, AZ in November and in Coeur D'Alene next June.

First Day of School

The First Day of School went well; they even met up with our school mascot, Ollie the Eagle.

Creepy Crawly Birthday Party

Family and friends celebrated Nathan's 6th birthday late this year with the Reptile Experience. Nathan looks pretty comfortable with these creatures but i'm not so sure about the girls!

Skatefest 2009

Nicholas and Nathan competed in St. Charles County's YAP Skateboard Competition on August 15. Nicholas took 2nd in his heat of about 8 boys and Nathan took home a participation ribbon.