Luca and Paca

Mom and I have gone out together the last two weekends, leaving Luca with his favorite buddy, Grandpa...or as Luca calls him, "Paca"!  This is the site we came home to last weekend - and Catherine, who was there grading papers most of the night, can confirm that Luca was NOT the first one asleep... 

Here they are last night having dinner at "Angela's" and I'm betting that little turkey sat perfectly still at dinner with Grandpa, whereas I have to sweat it out rotating crayons and iPad apps to keep him from climbing all over the place!

...and here is what we came home to last night.  Luca is like a little puppy at Grandpa's feet :)

Under The Friday Night Lights

Mom and I scored field passes to the Amat game Friday night, where the halftime show culminated in honoring the '92 football team who went for an unforgettable 15-0 season.  It was an amazing night to honor this incredible team!  HERE are all the pics.

Endeavour's Final Flight

Luca and I went to Universal City Walk to watch the historic final flight of NASA's Endeavour space shuttle atop a carrier aircraft over LA.  Kinda like the whole Kings' Stanley Cup win, it might be a few years before Luca realizes quite how cool this was...

We had quite a bit of time to kill while we were waiting, so here is a little video of Luca avoiding the water fountains at City Walk...

 

...and here he is "cooling off" - it really was a hot one that day!  Oh, and do notice the Buzz Lightyear wardrobe, in honor of the space shuttle sighting :)

Can I Still Say "Early 30's"?

Kicked off the birthday weekend with dinner with the fam in Pasadena at El Cholo Friday night and then it was back to Pasadena the next day to continue celebrating, witnessing a UCLA win over Nebraska in the home opener at the Rose Bowl!  Can't remember the last time I went to a game - it was so wonderfully nostalgic! 

Sunday was a very relaxing day of watching football (and eating more cake!) at Nonna's.  I guess getting older isn't so bad when you got pretty wonderful people to celebrate with! HERE are all the pics.



Pool Party!

Angela and Randy had us all over on Labor Day for a huge spread of delicious food and tons of fun in the sun.  Luca has been shy with the water up until now, but now you can't get him out if it!

So cute to see ALL the cousins (and Toby!) on the raft together!