san diego birthday party

One of the Mistica cousins, Michael John, turned 7 and had a birthday party while we were in town. As you all know the trio...they LOVE other kids and making new friends.

all the mistica cousins...(minus Danika...4mo)

Toe... peeking doesn't seem to help, does it?

san diego zoo

There is a reason why the SD zoo is rated one of the best zoo's in the nation... it is huge! We spent the day there (although in fall/winter the day ends at 5pm) and only saw 1/2 the zoo!

the polar bears were way too cool... we actually saw one jump into the water from the under-water observation area. If we could have "felt" the earth shake - we would have... it was the biggest splash I had ever seen.

the garcia 4

changed the photo to give it a more "artistic" flare... the whole garcia clan

our most favorite part of the zoo - the panda's!!! (see below video's). We were so enchanted by them that we visited them 2x during our visit. And of course, everyone had to take home a pretend panda as a remembrance!

unfortunately, half way through our zoo time, Gabby began to feel sick. Poor sweetie ended up with a fever and had a crummy night. Luckily, she was much better the next day.

just a teaser

The kids did GREAT on our trip to San Diego!!! And I have a lot of good shots... just don't have the time to post right now. (Lou is out of town for the next 5 days and I am treading water with the kiddo's).... so pic's (and stories) to come soon. For now, here is a taste of CA... notice the hollywood sign in the background?

can you tell that they were enjoying all the pictures? ha!

taste of fall

The wind whipping your hair... the crisp, cool, air....and lots of leaves. Fall is here!! One of the things my mother loved best of all was the changing of the seasons - and so do I! What better place than in Cleveland to enjoy (and appreciate) the four seasons. The trio are really getting into the spirit with hot apple cider, leaf fights, and all the fall activities. (But of course this doesn't mean that on a 40 degree morning I don't miss FL just a little bit!)

new look

trying out a new look... we'll see what happens...

2010 happy halloween!

gabby & mary were princesses, toe was the flash, and abby was a unicorn

trick or treating across the street

the garcia 4 with daddy, uncle mike, & aunt lissy

army crawl

Abby has just started to add the "army crawl" to her rolly-polly movement...