Monday, September 1, 2025

August 2025 Fun...


 
August:
 
We're slowly moving through our grief at losing our boy, time is healing but there will always be a hole in our hearts. Starting this blog with all the lovely cards and flowers sent our way during this awful time. 
All our sweet cards

 
From Jen and Maria

From Neda

From Terri
 
Photo book Brenda made

A lovely personalized box from Ming (Head of Chapman Pets at Chapman)
Such a thoughtful gift from Gabby!

So pretty in the light!

And now for the August Good Times.  See below...

 
Our "Cooking Comrades" group got together and made Asian Style one Saturday night.  Everything was so delicious!
I love to set up cute place settings!


It begins!

Noel made an Asian Style Pancake

Our Cucumber Salad

Julie brought fresh tuna!

Terri made the best dumplings!

My Mango Bars were a hit

Pat made Shaken Beef

Pat and I decided to take our bikes down to Aliso Woods Wilderness Park one morning.  Hopefully we'll start doing this a lot more! We had such a lovely ride.




Got a geocache in!





Stopped at OC Wine Mart for their breakfast burritos after the ride - had been hearing about them and they did not disappoint!      

 Then later that day I met up with Robin and Zoey in Long Beach for lunch!
 
Going to be getting my pup fix whenever I can!

Love this girl

Cheers Zoey!

Loved the presentation of my salad


Did some geocaching:

 


 We're trying to start hiking/biking more regularly
 
El Modena Open Space


Found 2 geocaches, but only took a pic of one


New hiking boots!


Hit up one of our favorite trails by our old place. Forgot what an ass kicker it is!
 



Chasing Roadrunners


 

This bunny let me get so close!

Tough Geocache find!

Riding through Carbon Canyon





Took Mel and Simon to the El Modena Open Space 

 
 Get pictures from Libby sometimes of Pool. I even came to watch.
 
Bromance





 

Bowling Shenanigans:
 
 
Our cheerleaders

Happy Birthday Jill!

Choycie

Jenny got her 1st Turkey!


Pat came to watch one night!


 
 
The food
 
So stoked Pat is making Pasta again !

 
 
Very pretty Lavender Honey Latte I got with Carol one morning!

 
Animal Friends and Fam:
Kill the Fig Beetle Luna!!!!

Pat getting some Mia love
 
Luna found a new spot

This is how Poe used to lay in my office...I think she was channeling him

We hung out with Mia one evening when Elizabeth had to work late


She adores Pat

Photo Sesh

Sweet girl

Wrigley

Jack

Ms Princess
Gramma got her a new toy


Took mom to the OC Fair one day! 

 



 







We only had 10 to choose from in each category, so I'm happy with my decision.  LOL


Jenny got 2nd place!

A gal I used to work with did this one





Tim won the bread division! 

Jenny got 1st in her cookies




I wanted to steal this


Won me a sloth

One night The Rhodes had a few of us over for a yummy dinner! The boys did most the cooking!


Willy


Stella

We all went to Grade School, Middle School and High School together!

 Had brunch in San Clemente with these lovely ladies



We hit up our annual Cub Game and it was at Angel Stadium this year, so way closer!







Some friends wanted to try out an event called Bingo Loco one night, so we bought tickets and made a night of it. It was at one of my favorite theaters - the Fox Theater in Pomona.  The event was....well...interesting. It did have a lot of potential, and if they could tighten up the show, add another host and just have a better producer/director to oversee it - I think it could be great! We did have a good time, but it got kind of draggy and then somewhat weird, so we left before it was over. But def a fun adventure and got some good stories. LOL!







They didn't let you bring gum in, but you can grab it on your way out.  LOL


 One afternoon we headed way up to North LA to have lunch with Alex and Elysse! Got to meet some kitties, see their very cool loft and Elysse made us a yummy lunch!

She's the sweetest thing!



 Labor Day Weekend we hit up Libby's pool then had a lovely dinner at Coris!






 So August has been up and down.  Having good days and bad days dealing with grief, but filled the month with some wonderful memories!




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