Great Park Pumpkin Harvest

October 26, 2010

This past weekend Bryan and I, along with his mom and siblings, went to the Great Park Pumpkin Harvest which took place at, where else, the Great Park at Irvine. The event included lots of fun things such as a hay maze, wagon rides, a pumpkin patch and pumpkin decorating. Although this event was fun it is heavily geared toward children. I stupidly thought that the phrases “Pumpkin Harvest” and “pumpkin patch” meant there would be an abundance of pumpkins to choose from so I brought my trusty wagon. Unfortunately they only gave one pumpkin to each child who was under 12 years old. Luckily we had my husband’s younger sister there or we would have come home with nothing! Despite this unfortunate pumpkin incident we had a pretty good time, we got to ride in a horse drawn wagon and go trick or treating. Well sort of, we did walk around and get candy from a bunch of different vendors which is pretty cool too. I don’t know if I would go to this event again but I would definitely recommend it to people with kids (under 12 obviously), if you want to go to real pumpkin patch I would go to Cal Poly’s annual Pumpkin Festival.

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Fun Events For Dog Owners

October 18, 2010

We have had our dogs for a few months now and one of my favorite things to do is bring them to dog friendly events. I am practically obsessed with finding fun stuff to do with the dogs. One of my favorite websites is OC Dog Friendly. I am not really a fan of dog parks but I love dog walking events. Earlier this year we did one of my favorite dog walking events with our dog Pearl appropriately called the IVHS Dog Walk. The great thing about that event is it requires some exercise for you and your dog. I am a big fan of 5K’s and I really wish there were more 5K events that allow dogs. We participated in one back in July called Paws For Cause which took place in Fountain Valley at Mile Square Park. We brought our dog Maxx along to this event. Maxx is a bit dog aggressive but this was the perfect opportunity to allow him to be around other dogs in a controlled environment. Maxx did fantastic and loved running alongside Bryan and I for a few miles.

Photo by Jason Hong (www.jasonhongphotography.com)

Another great event I attended recently was the Surf City Surf Dog which took place at Huntington Beach. My friend Claudia and I, along with our dogs Pearl and Gizmo, participated in the Woofin’ Walk which was a 2 mile walk along the paved bike path. This event had less participants than the Paws For Cause 5K but it was also for a good cause. Five dollars of your registration fee goes to one of the five charities that sponsors the event, including Coastal German Shepherd Rescue who I adopted my dogs from. I suggested to one of the event organizers that they should turn the Woofin’ Walk into a 5K. Hopefully they will do that next year. The great thing about this event is that it takes place at Huntington’s famous dog beach which I had never been to before. We had a lot of fun hanging out by the water watching the dogs surfing and the dogs loved it too. All of these events are great for dog owners and I highly recommend them for anyone who wants to get out and have fun with their fur buddy.
Photo by Claudia Garcia

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Dirt Devil Half Marathon 10-10-10

October 10, 2010

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Dirt Devil 5K/10K/15K Race Three 8-1-2010

August 1, 2010

Photos from Race 3 are here!

They have not been tagged by bib number or name yet but that should be done by the end of the week.

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Switchfoot Bro-Am 2010

June 29, 2010

This past weekend Bryan and I went to the Switchfoot Bro-Am. We first went to to this event four years ago but haven’t been able to come back until this year. The Bro-Am takes place in Encintas, the home town of the band Switchfoot, at Moonlight Beach. We got there around 7:30am during the start of the surf competition. As with most mornings at the beach it was very overcast and cold during the first few hours we were there. We watched multiple teams compete in heats. Teams included Hurley, Jedidiah, Billabong and other surf related retailers. The main heat between the guys of Switchfoot and the editors of Surfrider magazine was by far the most popular. While Bryan took a lot of photos of the other teams I grabbed the camera to shoot some closeups of the band getting ready for their heat. While all the press gathered around the Switchfoot guys I couldn’t help feeling like paparazzi. Although we didn’t stay for the whole event this year there was still lots to see. There are many vendors on the beach selling food, band memorabilia and giving out free samples. The best part is that there is a concert that goes on most of the day which includes many different artists with Switchfoot being the main performer at the end of the day.

Besides the fact that this event is put on for the local charity Standup For Kids, this is a family event for the guys of Switchfoot. I saw the whole Switchfoot clan gathered around cheering for the guys, from wives to kids to grandparents and local friends. It just shows how down to earth these guys are and that they have never forgotten where they came from, after all Moonlight Beach is the place they grew up surfing at when they were kids.

Tim, Jon and Chad from Switchfoot

Rob Machado

Jon Foreman of Switchfoot

Chad Butler of Switchfoot

Moonlight Beach

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IVHS Dog Walk 2010

June 1, 2010

Last weekend was the 9th Annual IVHS Dog Walk which took place at Bonelli Park in San Dimas. We have participated in this event on and off for the last five years but this year was really special for us because this was the first year we were officially dog owners. As with previous years we joined Team Natasha and began fundraising very early in the year so we would again be the top fundraising team of the event. Our team ended up being quite large with over 20 walkers and of course our team leader, Natasha was also celebrating her 4th birthday at the event. Our plan was to bring both of our dogs to the event however the weeks leading up to the walk proved that Maxx and Pearl could not possibly behave together when presented with the opportunity to meet so many new dogs. Although it saddened me we decided to leave Maxx behind and only take Pearl to the Dog Walk. Without Maxx around Pearl significantly relaxed and was mostly a good dog for the entire event with the exception of when she tried to fit The Wizard’s face in her mouth, but no dog is perfect.

As with previous years our friend Sarah went all out for this event. She and the girls baked dog biscuits which they passed out at Natasha’s birthday booth, she also made cupcakes with little pictures of Natasha and the dogs on them. She also made us name tags out of yellow and red duct tape that looked like rocket ships with a stream of flames, these were to go with the theme of this year’s walk A Pooch Odyssey. Natasha ended up raising over $1400 which not only made her the top fundraising youth but got her some awesome prizes including a hydration backpack and a car sunshade which she carried with her during the entirety of the walk. Naturally we ended up winning top fundraising team with our total donations reaching nearly $3000. After we collected all of our prizes we gathered together and headed out on the walk. This year we actually did the whole 3 mile round trip, the weather was great during the walk and Pearl was a total champ. One of the best parts of the walk is getting to see all the different breeds of dogs that people have. I think Bryan and I agreed after doing the walk that we wanted a St. Bernard and a Great Pyrenees. 
 
We came back from the walk tired out but ready to eat some cupcakes. Even Pearl and the other dogs got to have birthday cupcakes. We all had a great time at the walk and can’t wait to start planning for next year!
Check out our photos from this years walk below:

Natasha's Team minus a few people

Natasha painting her own dog bowl

Bryan and Pearl

Ready. Set. Walk!

Natasha's Team

Pearl met another White Shepherd named Rose

Mark took this photo of Bryan, Pearl and I.

Aisha, The Wizard and Super Tramp

Puppies should no be allowed to be this cute

Yes, someone actually did this to their dog

Birthday cupcakes

Party favors made by Sarah

Pearl enjoying her cupcake

Yet another group shot, it was the end of the day and we could not coordinate anymore. This was shot by the IVHS photographer with our Mark II.

Bryan edited a video he shot with the Mark II of us setting up for a group shot. It was the first video he did in Pinnacle Studio Ultimate. Check it out.

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