the goings-on

We've had quite the party going on in our house lately. Cj, Jessica and Eli came down last wednesday and we've had such a great time. 8 people sleeping in our apartment has been very interesting (us, them and Ross) In fact, CJ said this morning that he hasn't slept in the same place twice since he got to our house. ha ha. Now, because Jessica has done such a great job of documenting and compiling pictures for her blog, I'm going to send you to here so you can check it out if you feel so inclined.

For All You Sports Fans

These are stills from Doug's Gatorade shoot in Florida last week. This is Peyton Manning (QB for the Colts)



Dwyane Wade from Miami Heat.



Katherine Lilly from US Womens Soccer Team.

According to Doug, Dwyane Wade was cocky, Peyton Manning was tired and Katherine Lilly was a super sweetie.

The Black Tie Affair

we went to the ASC awards last night. 1600 cinematographers and friends and family. we were at table 138. Ron howard and family were at table 10.

i bought 3 dresses and went with the boring black one. When i got there i was very glad i did. Nice and black and drawing zero attention. As everyone knows buying modest formal is a big pain so there was quite a bit of drama leading up to it. I didn't know i was going until friday so i had to get everything in one day. I was very glad, however, that i didn't just wear something lame in my closet. it was worth the effort.

Doug looked like a rock star. What a handsome guy. We got him a new black suit and the cut and fit were awesome.

Everything was really fun. WE sat at the panavision table andi saw Charlize Theron coming out of a stall in the bathroom. Maybe some day we'll go back when Doug is nominated for something.

Sophie with a Shiner

Sophie and a boy at school were fighting over her jump rope. He used it without asking and wouldn't give it back and she really wanted it back. So she kept pulling and he kept pulling and eventually the hard wooden handle of the rope POPPED out if his hand and smacked Sophie square in the eye. These photos are at the beginning stages. It got a lot darker before it faded. It's nearly gone now but for a while she really looked like one tough chic.

who knew?

Who knew that Grandma Chamberlain was such a party animal. Seriously, the traffic jam was nothing. We started out Saturday morning with a trip through the canyon to the beach and included a pit stop at this crazy musty antique shop where we all picked up some vintage duds. Then we went to the pier, of course because we always go there when visitors come to town, rode rides, ate funnel cake, and cruised the PCH before we made it back home.







And that was just the first half. That night Ross was playing music with some friends at the Pig'n Whistle on Hollywood Blvd next to the Egyptian theater, so we got ourselves a babyitter and headed out for a night on the town. First stop, Sushi Tsune, for Grandma's first sushi experience. We started her out with a veggie roll with soy paper...she loved it. Next, the crunchy roll, all warm with the sweet sauce...oh, so good, and she loved that too. We were waiting for our caterpiller roll, the one with the eel, so she could get a taste of that before we headed full board into Albacore, sashimi style, but our sushi master forgot that one and gave us the albacore first. She ate that one too! a whole piece, which is braver than i've ever been with sushi. So, I bit a big chunk just to save face. It was great, she was great. She was smiling and think she liked it. Then once the caterpillar roll came around we were pretty stuffed but, of course, we chowed that one down too. Definitly the fishiest of them all but it was delicious.






We finished up with the food and drove down to the club, walked straight to the back room and waited through some pretty horrific music until Ross and Friends came on. The bands official name is "The mayor and the Fro" and there is a lot to say about them but I will refrain. I'll only say that ross was the best musican of the group. He and his friend carlos could really whoop it up if the mayor felt like bowing out thus saving any future crowds from her karaoke-version of Sweet Child O' Mine. oh, the pain of it all. But Ross saved it in the end and got the crowd going by rocking The Darkness, "I believe in a thing called Love. " Ah, it was a grand finale.





So we got back home around 11:30 and let out a collective sigh of exhaustion. We loved trying to keep up with Grandma and hopes she comes back for some more party time.

Grandma Chamberlain

She's here. We're sooo happy. A little vaca in sunny so cal is just what she (and we) need. So we picked her up at the airport and went to westwood for lunch and started back over the hill around 2 pm. After 1 hour we'd gone about a mile and a half. seriously, a mile and a HALF. after one hour!! (Welcome to sunny so. cal, grandma) So, we were all going crazy and the traffic was just jammed up in every direction and finally we decided to turn on the radio and figure out what the CRAP was going on. Dr. Laura was yaking it up for a few minutes and then came the traffic report.... A construction crane fell while it was in operation ONTO the 405 freeway right at the 101, exactly where we were headed. After another hour and about another mile and a half, we were able to wind into the hills and stopped at a friends house. the trip home took a total of three hours. add another hour and we could have been to Vegas. Wow. Phew, My goodness and holy crow. Hopefully, the rest of the trip will be a little bit better. Although, I do have to say, we had great time laughing and talking with Grandma as we made our way back home.