Surf Club

One of our favorite past times these days is surfing.  We go every Sunday morning and it has been awesome watching Connor learn the skills and even Alexis is jumping up now.  

Christmas Parade

Christmas in Coronado.  We always have such a great time up town at the parade.  This is truly a local event.  We know most everyone in the parade and get to sit along Orange Avenue with friends.  

Decorating the tree

YEAH!!!  It is Christmas time!!!!  The house is decorated and we are just finishing up the tree.  I love bringing out all the ornaments and remembering all the great times that we have and all the adventures. 

Thanksgiving

This was the first year I have every had to cook Thanksgiving Dinner on my own.  I am usually at Mom’s and helping her but she jet setter off to Europe this year.  Brian and I pulled it off and we had a very nice and relaxing night.  We had Joanna and Phil with us which made it perfect.  

Turkey Trot

The big fundraiser for Rady’ Children Hospital is a Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot.  I have spent many hours over the last year planning this and getting it off the ground.  All of the hard work was well worth it.  We made $25,000.00 to give back to the hospital.  The race sold out the week before Thanksgiving with 500 runners.  Next year it will be much bigger and raise more money.     The best part was everyone had a blast!!! 

Robotics Club

Connor just finished a Robotics Club!!!  He loved every minute of this and he learned a ton.  They used legos and mechanics with computers to build things.  Super cool and Alexis gets to start in January.  

Pow Wow

The next Radical Rabbit show was the Thanksgiving Pow-Wow.  This is one of my favorites.  The kids look so cute and have worked hard on there outfits. 

Avenue of Hero

Coronado has dedicated the two main streets on and off of the island as the “Avenue of Heros.”  They are dedicating them to the Men and Women who serve in our military.  On Veterans Day they had a ceremony and released a few of the banners that will hang along the corridors.  The Radical Rabbits got to perform some Patriotic songs. 

Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!  This year we have Anna from Frozen and Raphael for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We had a blast walking up town and seeing all our friends and then Trick-or-Treating in the dark!!

Halloween Happenings

As most of you know that Alexis is a Radical Rabbit this year.  And if you can remember when Connor was in this class they had a lot of performances.  The Radical Rabbits had there Hallowing Happenings Show and it was adorable.  Alexis had a speaking part and did great.  

Kids News Day

I am a member of the Rady’s Children Hospital Auxillary- Coronado Unit and every October we have a Kid’s Newsday.  The UT dedicated an entire section of the daily paper to the Hospital.  It is a fun way to get out in the community.  Alexis has been our star the last few days.  Who could say no to her!!!

Carving Pumpkins

One of my favorite times of the year is here… HALLOWEEN.  Carving pumpkins is the main attraction.  We had our annual pumpkin carving party at The Lemieux’s and had a blast.  Alexis went traditional and Connor was thinking out of the box.  

Brians Swearing In Ceremony

The Wray household has had many big changes in the last few weeks.  I started a new job in Hematology/Oncology and Brian is switching over to Coronado PD.  We are both excited for the new changes but it is “chaotic” around here right now.  Brian was sworn in yesterday and it was a very nice ceremony.

Fire and Police Open House

One of our favorite yearly activities is the Firehouse/Police Open house.  They open both buildings to the public and the kids get to cruise around and see what it is all about.  They also have demonstration out in the street of a car accident, bike safety, Mercy Air lands and tons of other games and activities.  The kids love to do the rock wall and the jumpy “thing.”   This year was fun to see more of the Police Station since this is Brian’s new home away from home.

This is Alexis in the Jail at Coronado Police Department!!! 

Radical Rabbit of the Week

Every week each kid gets to be the “Radical Rabbit”.  They get to hold the flag for the pledge of Allegiance and they are the leader all week.  They also get to do a board presentation on themselves and their family.  Alexis did a great job!! 

Patriotic Performance

To celebrate 9/11 Alexis’ class did a Patriotic Performance for us.  It always makes me cry when the kids sing these songs and signs them.  These little guys don’t understand what happened that day yet but they definitely made us all proud to be Americans.  

Radical Rabbits at Concert in the Park

As you may remember Connor had an amazing Kindergarten teacher and we are so lucky to have her again with Alexis.  They do lots of fun performances which I enjoy and so do the kids.  They always get to sing Patriotic songs at the final Concert in the Park.  Even Connor was asked to come back and sing.

First Day of School

Can you believe that it is time to go back to school??  I am not ready and especially this year.  Both kids are in full time school.  Connor will be heading off to Second Grade with Mrs. Marston and Alexis will be in Kindergarten with Ms. Ratcliffe.  They are both excited to see friends and get back to it.

Wizard of Oz in Coronado

Coronado does have very special events throughout the year.  This year they celebrated the Wizard of Oz.  Most of the book was written right here in Coronado.  They had a big fair for the kids and a parade for them to all march in.  It was a great time. 

The Farm

After picking up Archie we headed up to Shim and Linda’s to visit and see Great Grandma.  We can’t come up to Lafayette without a trip to the Farm.  

Introducing Archie

Right after our guests left from the party we packed the car and headed up the coast to Gilroy.  Besides garlic there really isn’t much of a reason to go to Gilroy besides to pick up our new puppy.  We have been anticipating the arrival of this puppy for months.  We have been watching them on a Dropcam video and now we get to go pick one out. The litter consisted of 10 puppies.  Three girls and seven boys and we have first pick of the boys.  How exciting.  Here he is…..  introducing Archie!!!

Frozen Birthday Party

Alexis decided that she was going to have a Frozen party.  She invited a few of her girlfriends over and they all dressed up as different princesses.  Alexis dressed up as Anna from Frozen and she invited the “real” Elsa to come to her party.  The girls decorated tiaras to wear and then Elsa entertained them with singing, face painting, reading the story, magic and even blowing snow.  She had a blast.