Dave will manage the 2008 Loara All-Stars

I've been privileged to have the task of leading our major girls to the 2008 All-Star tournament. Please come an cheer us on July 10th in Long Beach. Click on the logo I designed above, to view the team website.

Dave will manage the 2008 Loara All-Stars

The Must-See Summer Movie...

The Dark Knight is gonna be great. The early reviews have this being an Oscar worthy picture. The Academy would never give out an award to a "comic book" movie, but this is breaking through that stereotypical genre, with an A-List cast of actors and well written and performed dialogue and plot. I list Batman Begins as one of my top favorite 3 movies of all time, so you can expect I am really geeked to see this. I heard it is close to 3 hours long, and even at the end of it, you want more. Rarely, movies live up to the hype, but I'm sure this one will.

The Must-See Summer Movie...

Tay hits the links for the 1st time.

Not bad young jedi...Dad took Tay out for her first 18 holes at Birch Hills Golf club in Brea. She took turns driving the golf cart (which I think was the funnest part for her). She shot a very good 95 against her dad's lousy round of 83.

Tay hits the links for the 1st time.

And so it ends...

The Lakers postseason is over. Actually, it ended Game 1 of the NBA Finals. That game showed that we didn't stand a chance against a hungrier, tougher, more disciplined team. I won't say their name because we don't mention those leprechauns on this blog. As a lifelong Laker fan, it is a hard pill to swallow. So hard in fact, that I refused to watch the last five minutes of the fourth quarter. Usually I punish myself and re-watch the games later at night, win OR lose. There is nothing worse than seeing the most hated rival celebrate a world championship. Hopefully the squad takes some lessons from this experience and we get to do it all over again next year. Click HERE to watch the exit interviews

And so it ends...

Graduation 2008

Our niece, Christina, graduated from Katella High School on June 17th. Congrats Chris! Good luck in your future.

Graduation 2008

Ethan becomes a Wolf

Ethan graduated from a Tiger Cub to a Wolf Cub at the Boy Scout graduation at O'neill Park. Part of the ceremony is to roar like a Tiger and show that you are old enough to move on to Wolf. The normally timid Ethan, didn't pass up the chance to show his stripes. He is on the far left. Congrats Buddy!

Ethan becomes a Wolf

2008 District 46 Champs

Once again, we captured the Tournament of Champions District 46 Title. The last time we took home this trophy was in 2005. The Breakers beat the Silver Bullets 10-0 behind great pitching by Jordan, and Taylah's timely hitting from the lead-off spot. Congrats girls, see you at All-Stars in July!

2008 District 46 Champs