Friday night!

Everyone at Trung's work got a coupon for a new restaurant in town and it happened to be expiring today, so went to check it out.  It was very similar to it's sister company, Misfit, and was a bit salty, but wasn't too bad.  I personally liked my little cocktail.

Karate group pic

The police officer sponsoring the karate program came by to visit today.  We basically took pictures and then had to jet to Sophie's ballet class since her recital is coming up.

Group pic

"Kee-ya"

Last happy hour of the school year

Sporting the beachy look

Happy hour with a couple of regulars and a couple of "rarely come outs", but always a good time

Our view from the Penthouse at the Huntley Hotel.

From yoga to snow

We had a bit of a rough start on the yoga challenge, but after helping out my team by taking 18 classes this week, we are back on track.  It may seem like a lot of classes, but most of them are very different and I've enjoyed trying new classes out.  My poor hands are mad at me though because in order to protect my wrists, I've been using my fists and pads of my fingers, so my hands have been very sore.  I even have bruising between my knuckles...just gotta hang in there for 2.5 more weeks!

Later in the day, we had lunch at Brodard and then dropped by Mike's house for a quick visit.  Then on to set for Lydia and Sophie to do a simple extras job.  It was cool though because the set had a snow machine making snow to make it look like winter and our friends Amelia and Julia got to work with us.

Karate vs. booty shaking

The kids seem to be enjoying their karate class more now, which is definitely a good thing.  It's a pretty low key class since it is offered free through the city, so sometimes the girls goof off a bit.  Well, at least they turn and kick when they are supposed to.  :P

Grad party

My friend Ada's daughter Stephanie graduated from college a few days ago and she invited Trung and I to her graduation party at the restaurant that her husband manages.  I had the girls at play dates at separate places and they had a blast!  We enjoyed delicious homemade Mexican food and company from adult friends.  Congrats to Stephanie!

Stephanie and her boyfriend

Who says we can't be silly without kids?

 Ada (in the pink) with some girlfriends

Manhattan Beach Swim Meet

Lydia had another swim meet today in Manhattan Beach.  She swam in the same events as last time and did just as well, if not better.  So proud of my little swimmer; the meets really bring out the competitiveness in her.

Beating the butterfly

Ready for the freestyle, where she beat her teammate Una (on the left) by just two one hundredths of a second!

Hey Mickey

We had to submit a 30-60 second video to the agent showcasing Sophie's sparkling personality for a commercial.  Here's what we came up with...

Machine

Lately, I had been feeling that my workouts have been very routine and I wasn't as excited about them anymore.  Then Naam Yoga, where I work out, decided to do a 38 day yoga challenge where you get together a team of 5 and take as many classes as possible.  The team that takes the most classes get a private yoga class and any team that takes 100 classes total gets entered into a raffle.  Being the competitive person that I am, I was all over this.  Not only did I have my team Hot Mommas put together in a day, I also had two people on the waiting list.

So, in order to get our numbers going, I doubled the amount of classes that I normally take, but without the my team's help, we are only tied for second place.  Hopefully, next week, the other team members can step up to the challenge because I can't possibly reach the goal by myself.  There is no "I" in team as much as I hate to admit it.

Making music

Lydia's class had a little music presentation today.  I can't make it to all the kids' performances during the day, especially when I get a day's notice, but this one worked out.

Cute "hello" song in different languages

My little singer

Ah, that's how you spell it

Lydia's first musical instrument

A bit off key, but fun to watch