Sunday, October 12, 2008

I Miss This Girl

I want to her to come home.

Everything old is new again!

Steve and I on our way to church. Okay, that is a lie. We went to the Entertainment Partner's Swingin' 70's Party! It was grooooovey baby! I actually liked my snake skin pants. The afro? Not so much!

Surprise!

So I am on my morning walk, enjoying the lake and all the nature...you know, the occasional white crane, the ducks, the geese, a turtle floating nearby, when all of a sudden I see this! I think maybe he was a pet and someone dumped in in our lake. I think I will buy a high pitched whistle and some anchovies and try to train him! True story!

Triathalon!






Patrick and Luke competed in a triathalon at Castaic Lake. They both biked, swam and ran all 3 legs of the race. patrick came in 4th place!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Newport trip!

Hmmmmm... I wonder how this book made the best seller list......We love our trips to Newport! Beautiful weather, nice people, homes we can't afford! What's not to like! We take this trip with the extended Spiker Family and now that so many kids are married and having babies, it's even more fun and rare that we all get together.

Courtney and baby Scotty. He is borrowed... maybe someday soon she will have her own!

Court and Mari hangin' by the pool!

We rented a little boat and took a fun trip around the harbour to look at all the amazing houses.

On the ferris Wheel at Balboa Island with Lindsay. Apparently she hurt her head...she is wearing a bandage.

We finally went to Pageant of the Masters!



The boys playing on the beach. I want to live in Newport!

We buried Josh and then Courtney licked his face...I am not sure why, but he seemed to like it...newlyweds...

Monday, August 25, 2008

That Judy Phan...

She's the best!

Sunday, August 17, 2008

An Olympian in the Family!

Steve's cousin Jake Spiker Gibb is on the Olympic Beach Volleyball team of Gibb/Rosenthal! They have won their first four matches! It so exciting to have an olympian in the family and strange as well...who would have thought Steve could have a 6' 7" relative? Any way every time we hear the commentators discussing that he is a "Spiker" we get a kick out of it! Go Gibb/Rosenthal!

Sayonara to our wonderful neighbors!




Our wonderful neighbors, the Phillips family have moved to Japan! Although we feel very betrayed and abandoned we still miss them terribly. They were great neighbors. Here is a top ten list of things we liked about them.
10. They never complained.
9. The little girls called us Aunt Linda and Uncle Steve.
8. The little girls would tell Lindsay to clean her room (she didn't)
7. The little girls would ask me (Linda) if my dad (Steve) was home!
6. They gave us lots of green tea.
5. Bill and Rinna wouldn't let the girls have a dog, making us not look like such bad parents.
4. Grandma from China made us Chinese food!
3. They have given us a good reason to visit Japan.
2. The girls played chess and Guess Who with us when we were bored
1. They are wonderful people and great neighbors!

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Fun at Lake Naci!

To view, press play and after you view, it offers you more videos. Make sure you check out the cliff jump!
Luke never wakes boards, but this is him! He even tried to jump the wake
Melan: Patrick


Steve Skiing like a twenty year old

Day trip to Cambria tide pools







Steve, Pat and Luke spent a week fishing in Utah. They caught some hungry cut throats at Strawberry Lake. Each day they caught over 40 fish.  Luke caught the biggest fish though there is a dispute over this claim. Patrick caught a huge fish in the marina before the challenge began, cheating accusations are being made... 
Steve Andretti SpikerDang, I look good in a uniform.

Alan, Steve, Glenn and Ken preparing to tee off in Vegas.
Steve in his new car. He says he about pooped his pants when he hit the corner going 155 mph. 
For Christmas I gave Steve a day at the Jeff Gordon-Mario Andretti race school. He said it was the most exciting thing he has ever done! Yay me! I finally gave him something good! Besides the kids of course...Steve spent a weekend in April with his friends racing Indy cars and golfing. The ultimate testosterone trip! The top speeds where nearly 160 MPH. They had a great trip and managed to fit in five rounds of golf.