Fun Videos

Sometimes it's nice to just show off the kids, so here are a couple of fun recent videos...

Here comes trouble...

Well, Violetta has begun her mastery of crawling and is the more adventurous of the two -- she now is pulling herself up and loves to scoot along in order to get what she wants. Here's a recent video to give you an idea...

Special Day

Last May Fleishman-Hillard moved it's Los Angeles offices from downtown to a newly restored building right on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ever since, I've been wanted to spend the day with Gianna showing her around and visiting Disney's El Capitan theater.

We started off the morning picking up shakes at Robeck's near the USC campus (following a brief nature stop -- it's a long trip from Orange County), caught Sleeping Beauty at El Capitan, visited my offices for a great view of the Hollywood sign (which for some reason really resonated with Gianna), a brief walk along the Walk of Fame to see Snow White's star, on to the subway for an afternoon at Universal Studios, and then back to Hollywood Blvd. to watch the stars at the premiere of Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Whew! Gianna crashed out within minutes of getting in the car.

Star sighting

So last night we had our "stars" sighting of the year. We met some friends at Disneyland and while we were in line to buy some churros right out side of the Astroblaster exit I recognized Comfort from "So You Think You Can Dance". She was wearing a Goofy hat but when I saw her smile I knew I had seen her somewhere then I noticed Mark standing next to her and that's when I knew for sure who she was. I normally don't say anything but before I knew it I was waving and saying hello to them. She was surprised that I had managed to still recognize her. A little while later we got to see Katie and Joshua, the winner of the show. Geoff and I got to congratulate them all. I debated about taking their picture but by the time I got my camera out they were gone. It was definitely a fun experience. Having been a dancer for over 15 years I am just amazed at how talented these young people are and to get to see them having fun at Disneyland was such a treat. http://www.fox.com/dance/

Another Weekend, Another Trip to Disneyland...

Ho, hum. Living in California is such a drag. Weekend comes, have to schlug it off to Disneyland...

Beautiful day -- we tested out the new Toy Story ride (very fun) and Violetta took her first trip on a Carousel. She was a little tentative at first, but took it in stride. Gianna, of course, is a natural...

Welcome Kyle Steven Mordock!

Craig and Nicole welcomed another son into the Mordock clan. We went to visit him when he just just a couple of hours old -- beautiful kid, not like most newborns. He has a big clump of dark hair and was very alert. The girls were so excited to see him.

OSWho?

Big game today and Violetta demonstrates that she's being raised right by sporting the Cardinal & Gold. She's a quick learner -- already has the "Victory" sign going (well, almost) to the sound of the USC band.


Tickets were going for more than $1,000. Um, we stayed home and watched it on TV. Only a UCLA grad would do that poorly in economics. Speaking of UCLA, how'd that game go with BYU?

iProblems

Silence at the Mordockdome is a rare commodity -- what, with two little girls that love to exercise their vocal chords and all. It's amazing how different their lives are than ours were at the same age with all these newfangled gadgets -- Gianna has pretty much commandeered the iPhone and rarely lets it out of her sight. Think the video below is a harbinger of things to come...

Back to school Princess

The evening before Gianna's first day back at preschool I decided to have a princess dinner for her. She got to wear her princess tiara for the evening and use all her princess dinnerware. I just love this picture because it shows how much she loves being a "princess". I love how wearing a tiara makes her so happy.

End of Summer

To celebrate the end of summer and our nephew Dane's 3rd birthday we got together at Mom and Dad's. We were able to enjoy the great weather and Mom and Dad's new backyard. The kids had a blast running around while the adults got to enjoy each others company. I can't believe how fast summer went.