Canary Dorothy

Her names is Canary Dorothy. Ahmed found her in the backyard badly hurt. I took a quick look at her and felt so bad. I didn't know what to do. I've never owned an animal, it was hot, she looked tired and flies were just buzzing around all over. It may have been in a bird fight or something, regardless we all decided to help her. Marley and I made a little bed out of a shoebox and filled it with leaves, a cup of water and a sprinkle of seed. Ahmed picked it up and placed her in the box, like WHAT NOW? I automatically said to Ahmed that we should do something. I thought this would be a great lesson for Marley to learn. Act of kindness, especially to animals. Right away we made some phone call and found an animal hospital that was open on a sunday and in the car we drove. We asked Marly what do you want to name the bird? Without a beat he said "Canary Dorothy"! Ok, Canary Dorothy it is! We arrived at the animal hospital, and told the reception that the canary is not our bird, but we found it and we wondered if you could help. With no hesitation, she said it cost $80 to look at the bird. Me and Ahmed looked at each other in disbelief, but its not our bird? ......."Hold on" she said let me talk to the doctor and she came back and said they'd take a look. And they did, and the news wasn't good. They said she was actually an old bird, her eye was damaged and there was nothing they could do. They said they could put her to sleep comfortably. Stop! We have been the guardians of this bird for 2 hours and already our hearts were broken. The three of us pitifully looking down at the bird saying our goodbyes. We all kind of chimed in "Bye Canary Dorothy,we will miss you". We walked out and Marley said "Im sad". And we both told him that its okay to feel sad, but we did a very kind thing by helping her and now she is going down for a long sleep" And Marley said. "Okayyyy" And a week later we still speak of her lovingly and Marley will point to birds and say "Dorothy!"

United Nations -Best Friend

I had one of the best surprises ever last week! I had 2 best friends in High School. Kim and Kaveeta. I was voted most popular, Kim was Salutatorian, and Kaveeta was voted most likely to be famous/or likely to succeed. I can't remember, but we all did just fine in life. Kim is physician's assistant, Kaveeta is a M.D and I flew out to L.A to pursue my dreams as an artist. I laugh because we were really cool in school, and had our own hang outside of school. We were friends with DJs so we went to really great dances and dj battles, but we had the strictest parents...... and somehow we still managed to have a lot of fun.If I could describe us... We were the 90's take on the spice girls, we were referred to as the United Nations. (All first generation Americans) LOL Anyways, I haven't seen Kaveeta in years!!! And we were reunited with our kids in L.A and it was so awesome. Love you Kaveeta. I

Stomp UK visits Marina Del Rey

It is always a treat for us to see our friends and Stomp family, Luke & Steve. They happen to be in LA on Ahmed's Birthday so we to a drive to the Ritz Carlton in Marina Del Rey and had a good time pool side with the Cresswells and McNicholas family. Meeting them and being hired by them 15 years ago changed my life. I couldn't thank them enough for what this show has given me.

We love to celebrate Birthday Party's

Marley celebrated his neighbor/friends 5th birthday party.Her name is Elefe and it was one of the sweetest parties I have ever witnessed. All of the children were so kind and happy, I couldn't wipe the smile off of my face! It was simple and fun and ....isn't it always the simple things? Candy, pizza, cupcakes........ perfection. The last picture the kids said PIZZAAAAAAAAAA. One of my favorite shots of all time.

SEA WORLD SAN DIEGO 2012

Where to go in Southern California, where you feel like your away but your not? Drive 2 hours south and you end up in San Diego. The perfect beach town for kids and adults to have a relaxing stay vacation. The Best Family and the Delaforce's joined forces and rented a beach house for 2 nights in the Ocean Beach area and purchased 4 adult tickets to Sea World! We had the best time. The condo was modern but yet really homey. We were blocks from an organic market and around the corner from a liquor stores. We couldn't have asked for anything more. We spent the first evening watching the Summer Olympics,the next a perfect day at the Sea World Park. We all saw Shamu, dolphins,a dive show,baluga whales, penguins, polar bears,sharks..... it was incredible! The boys loved every minute of it. We practically spent all day there, with the exception of leaving the park for a sushi lunch. Later,we went back to the park and ended the evening sitting on the green watching the Sea World Fireworks show. It was awesome. On our last day we drove to Coronado Island and spent the afternoon on the beach. Ivan showed the boys how to boogie board and I just laid out and enjoyed the sun. One of the best vacations ever. The shortest vacation I have ever had, but nonetheless a memorable one.