Family Vacation in Pismo Beach

We had the chance to escape to Pismo the week of July 22nd. We (the kids) were done with sports for this season. We joined Grandpas Jerry+Sharon, Heather+Jason and Amy+Brandon. We had so much fun eventhough the weather wasn't too friendly. At least we had one warm sunny day!

Last day in Pismo we had lunch with the Lorangs.... Below, Brittany, Megan and Nicole
Cousins....
We saw sea lions..
Pelikans..

Seagulls.. Amy and Brandon

Lil Brandon

The ocean was freezing cold however Brandon and Kyle didn's miss a chance to go boogieboarding (at least for 10 minutes!)

Here is Kyle following his big brother

Fun with the sand

Francine was the only kid that did'nt enjoy the wild wind..

Some pics of us

Western States Police Olympics

Big daddy Mike won a gold medal...no big deal!!. He competed in the 2009 Western States Police & Fire Games in Valencia, in BJJ Submission Grappling. He had to cut some weight.... just 50 pounds!! He is so happy with this goal. His weight class was 169.9 and under. Here're some pics of the big day. We were able to go with him, Grandpas Jerry & Sharon and Amy came too. It was very stressful for the family to watch but he did OK and he is so glad he won.

This is the "Big John McCarthy" gym where he fought:

A day before the fights:

Weighing himself:

And his weight!!

Muscles dude:

And the fight:

Ceremony of medals:

Mike and his buddy Jason (he won Gold Medal in his weigh class too)

The most important guests:

My 2009 Sporty kids.....

9 year All Star Right Outfielder :)

11 yrs. All Star Pitcher..

Softball Outfielder..

Softball 1st. base

Hitting a fast baseball..

and pitching again..