January 2019

Rochelle let Skylar tag along one day with her the and girls.  Ended up being Skylar best day of winter break.

Jake ran the Carlsbad Half Marathon again this year.  The kids got early and went down to the race to watch him.  He did amazing and ran a 1:43 I believe.

Madden was the big winner for squares during the AFC Champion Game.  He racked in about $90.00.

For Christmas Jake got me tickets for Lady Gaga's residency in Las Vegas.  It was an incredible show and definitely his best gift ever.

Crazy Hair and Sock Day at School.

Pajama Day.

Father/Daughter Glow Dance 2019

Light Up the Night was the theme of the second annual Poinsettia Father/Daughter Glow Dance.  Lisa and I once again co-chaired the event and did our best to bring a lot of fun to all the Dads and Daughters.  The glow theme was such a success last year we did it again this year with a few added surprises.  The girls and their dads pre-partied at Emma's house and got face painted for the added flare, the dad even got in on the face painting this year as well.  

We girls got to snack on donuts and glow cotton candy.

Lucy, Skylar and Olivia with their dancing dads.

Skylar, Emma, Ava and Lucy.

Skylar and Madeline.

This year was really cute because Skylar and Jake the whole time.  She didn't want to leave the dance floor.

The event was a great success with these two have a blast all night.

Video highlights below.

NUVO Dance Convention

I was extremely proud of Skylar for wanted to experience her first Dance Convention Workshop.  Her studio was invited to attend NUVO and even though she isn't on the dance competition team she still wanted go and see what it was all about.  It was two days of learning and dancing to all different genres of dance.  The girls had several instructors who always provided them words of encouragement which was so wonderful to hear.  Even though Skylar wasn't the best dancer in the room she was always out there doing her best by listening and learning every step.  Even when the routines were a bit hard, she never gave up and continue with a smile on her face.  

Here is a short video of her dance experience at NUVO.

December 2018

Annual Bressi Ranch Holiday Party

Building gingerbread houses.

Christmas Jammie Fun.

Celebrating our #1...Dad!

Annual Poinsettia Girl Gift Exchange.

Holiday Book Exchange in Madden's class.

Pajama Day at school for Skylar.

Holiday Nights at the Rancho Bernardo Inn.

New Years Eve 2018

New Years Eve at the Sheraton never disappoints and that is why we keep going back.  This was our third year in a row breaking in the New Years there and probably our best.  More friends are catching on to how much fun we have there that we had a massive group.  The theme was Great Gatsby.

12 Adults and 11 Kids.  The kids are at the perfect age where they can kind of roam freely around the whole event.  The boys spent more of they time playing the endless video games while the girls did some arts and craft and hit the dance floor.

Best part of the night was the Adults Only Speakeasy hidden bar they had.  

The highlight of the night was the family dance/costume contest where half of our group got up on stage and killed it.  We walked away with first place!